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Chapter Three: Streamers

New flies, different fly lines, and new techniques for night fishing

Streamers Chapter 3 - Advanced Fly Fishing How To Videos From Orvis

Streamer fishing has changed, or to use a better term, expanded over the past decade. The flies are bigger, sometimes flashier, and we fish them all kinds of ways—not just swinging in the current or stripped away from the bank. Learn about new flies, different fly lines, and new techniques to catch the largest trout in a river. You’ll also learn about night fishing for trout, and using mouse patterns both after dark and during the day.

Watch the entire chapter, or select segments below:

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  1. 1. Introduction

    0:38

  2. 2. Why should you fish streamers?

    1:51

  3. 3. The evolution of modern streamers

    0:59

  4. 4. It’s not always a streamer day

    0:20

  5. 5. Floating lines and poly leaders for streamer fishing

    3:21

  6. 6. Sink tip and depth charge lines for streamers

    4:52

  7. 7. Using a loop knot with streamers

    0:12

  8. 8. Special casts for sinking lines

    2:28

  9. 9. How to present a streamer

    3:10

  10. 10. Guide tips on streamer fishing

    3:42

  11. 11. Water temperature and streamer fishing

    0:53

  12. 12. Fishing streamers with a floating line

    3:51

  13. 13. Euro nymphing with streamers

    0:36

  14. 14. Streamers and trout Spey techniques

    1:18

  15. 15. Hanging a nymph off your streamer

    1:07

  16. 16. Night fishing with streamers

    2:00

  17. 17. Fishing mouse patterns during the day.

    4:02

  18. 18. Mouse patterns

    2:32

  19. 19. Don’t rule out smaller streamers

    0:43

  20. 20. Is the fly pattern that important?

    0:41
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