The Top Five Casting Mistakes Fly Fishers Make
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: How many false casts do you make before your fly hits the water? According to Tom, the biggest mistake fly fishers make is too many false casts. Find out his other four in this Podcast.
Ridin' Dirty: Tom's Tips for Fly Fishing Muddy Water
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: When the water turns muddy, do you head home or resort to plan B?
More Tips on Fly Fishing in Small Streams
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: As regular listeners to the podcast know, Tom loves small stream fishing. In this podcast he gives more tips on how to catch more fish than trees.
Playing with Fish in Fast Water
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Playing fish in fast water can be tricky; not only are you fighting the fish, but now you have to fight the water, too. Tom has some great tips on how to net these fish more often and reminds us not to worry when we lose a few, after all, it's part of the game.
Proper Catch & Release Methods
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Catch & Release fishing, when done properly, will keep fish populations healthy. When not done properly, you can kill the fish.
How to get Kids into Fly Tying
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: We get LOTS of requests asking us how to get kids into fly fishing. Tom thinks the best way is to get them interested in fly tying first. In this podcast he tells us how to do just that.
More Winter Fly Fishing Tips from Tom Rosenbauer
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: The snow arrived this week in Vermont and reminded Tom that he had more tips to share with us on fly fishing in winter. Grab your hot chocolate and take notes... there's a LOT of good stuff in this episode.
Fly Fishing Tailwaters and "Junk" Flies
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: The temperatures in a tailwater and available food make for bigger trout and really good good fly fishing. Tom has some great pointers in this podcast and then answers some questions regarding fishing egg and worm patterns... or what some call "junk" flies. Tom does not agree with that name, and tells us why.
Landing Big Fish from a Boat with Guest Steve Hemkens
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Tom has pulled in another guest for this podcast on landing big fish from a boat. Tom and Steve fish together a lot and tom knows Steve has a lot of technique to share on this topic. This is a fun podcast with a lot of information!
Ten Fly Fishing Tips for When you First Get to the Water (but this one goes to 11)
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Here is a great checklist for new fly fishers and veterans for when you first get to a river. Check the temperature, take your time getting into the water and don't be afraid to change your location! Have a suggestion for the podcast?
Casting into the Wind with Orvis CEO, Perk Perkins
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: In Tom's episode on casting into the wind, he was fortunate enough to have Orvis CEO Perk Perkins join him for a lively back and forth on different methods. In this episode, Tom and Perk reference the video below from the DVD entitled "Taming the Wind" featuring Prescott Smith.
Five Random, Unrelated Fly Fishing Tips
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: We get a lot of requests for podcasts on topics that only take a few minutes and would not warrant a full episode. So Tom put together five unrelated, small tips into this on podcast.
8 Tips for Fly Fishing with Classic Wet Flies. (and an apology to bamboo afficionados)
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Attention bamboo rod fanatics: we heard you! Tom responds to some feedback we received on one of our more popular podcasts on bamboo vs graphite and gives eight great tips on fishing classic wet flies... then throws in a bonus tip.
The Stealth Podcast
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: In this episode, Tom gets sneaky and gives tips on avoiding detection on the water... if you spook fewer fish, you catch more fish... pretty simple. Some good tips in here from color of clothing to the use of indicators.
A Detailed Lesson on Nymphing with Dave Perkins
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: In this podcast, Tom is joined in our new podcast studio by Dave Perkins, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Orvis Company for a technical and detailed talk on nymph fishing.