Pocket Guide to Matching the Hatch

Ebook

Sight Fishing for Trout

Ebook

Frank Sawyer's Nymphing Secrets

Ebook

Trout and Their Food: A Compact Guide for Fly Fishers

Ebook

The Mayfly Guide

Ebook

Learning from the Water: Fishing Tactics & Fly Designs for the Toughest Trout

Ebook

Fly Fishing Basics

Ebook

Getting Started Fly Fishing For Trout

Ebook

The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations

Ebook

Common Trout Fishing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Ebook

Active Nymphing: Aggressive Strategies for Casting, Rigging, and Moving the Nymph

Ebook

Hidden in Plain View: Recognizing the Obvious-Exploiting the Obscure in Fly Fishing

Ebook

Barr Flies: How to Tie and Fish the Copper John, the Barr Emerger, and Dozens of Other Patterns, Variations, and Rigs

Ebook

Seasons for Trout

Ebook

101 Favorite Dry Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies

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Nymph Fishing: New Angles, Tactics, and Techniques

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BugWater: A fly fisher's look through the seasons at bugs in their aquatic habitat and the fish that eat them

Ebook

How to Catch More Salmon

Ebook

Dry Fly Strategies

Ebook

Blue Upright: The Flies of a Lifetime

Ebook

Nymphs for Streams & Stillwaters

Ebook

The Flytier's Companion

Ebook

Tying Small Flies

Ebook

Matching the Hatch: A Practical Guide to Imitation of Insects Found on Eastern and Western Trout Waters

Ebook

How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread

Ebook

Little Book of Fly Fishing for Salmon

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The Orvis Beginner's Guide to Carp Flies: 101 Patterns & How and When to Use Them

Ebook

Fly-Fishing Soft-Hackles: Nymphs, Emergers, and Dry Flies

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The Flytier's Manual

Ebook

Essential Trout Flies: Step-by-step tying instructions for 31 indispensable pattern styles and their most useful variations

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No Hatch to Match: Aggressive Strategies for Fly-Fishing between Hatches

Ebook

Ultimate Survival Hacks

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The Emergency Survival Manual: 294 Life-Saving Skills

Ebook

Where Should We Camp Next?: A 50-State Guide to Amazing Campgrounds and Other Unique Outdoor Accommodations (RV or Camping Trip Planning Guide for a Family-Friendly Budget-Conscious Vacation)

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Manskills: How to Avoid Embarrassing Yourself and Impress Everyone Else

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Bushcraft Illustrated: A Visual Guide

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Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival

Ebook

Prepared: The 8 Secret Skills of an Ex-IDF Special Forces Operator That Will Keep You Safe - Basic Guide

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The Pocket Guide to Essential Knots: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Most Important Knots for Everyone

Ebook

Rockhounding & Prospecting: Upper Midwest: How to Find Gold, Copper, Agates, Thomsonite, and Other Favorites

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Nuclear War Survival Skills: Lifesaving Nuclear Facts and Self-Help Instructions

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52 Prepper Projects: A Project a Week to Help You Prepare for the Unpredictable

Ebook

Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

Ebook

Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival

Ebook

How To Think Like A Spy: Spy Secrets and Survival Techniques That Can Save You and Your Family

Ebook

The RVer's Bible (Revised and Updated): Everything You Need to Know About Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Your RV

Ebook

Your Guide to Forest Bathing (Expanded Edition): Experience the Healing Power of Nature

Ebook

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

Ebook

Sailing For Dummies

Ebook

The Field Guide to Knots: How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits

Ebook

How to Survive Anything: From Animal Attacks to the End of the World (and Everything in Between)

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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

Ebook

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster

Ebook

The Pocket Guide to Prepping Supplies: More Than 200 Items You Can?t Be Without

Ebook

The Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual: 272 Wilderness Skills

Ebook

How to Survive Off the Grid: From Backyard Homesteads to Bunkers (and Everything in Between)

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How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

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Backpacking 101: Choose the Right Gear, Plan Your Ultimate Trip, Cook Hearty and Energizing Trail Meals, Be Prepared for Emergencies, Conquer Your Backpacking Adventures

Ebook

They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?

Ebook

Outdoor Survival Guide: Survival Skills You Need

Ebook

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel

Podcast episode

How to Find Your Own Small Stream, with Donna Smith: Finding those tiny, unpressured trout streams is a delightful form of exploration. You won’t find them on the internet or in books or magazine articles—at least the ones you really want to fish. But finding a small stream that you’ll probably...

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The Hunt for Giant Trout, with Landon Mayer: My interview this week is with the highly respected angler, writer, and guide Landon Mayer of Colorado. He has a new book out this week—The Hunt for Giant Trout and that’s exactly what we talk about—times, places, and flies for taking the...

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Secrets of Catching Sipping Trout, with Dave Perkins: Secrets of catching sipping trout with Dave Perkins This week I interview Dave Perkins, Orvis Vice Chairman and one of the best technical anglers I know. Dave loves geeky challenges and is an expert at catching those picky large trout that lay up...

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Beyond the Bobber, with Ben Sittig: How to improve your nymph fishing

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Euro Nymphing Lines, with George Daniel: This week I interview the great George Daniel (interview starts at 48:40), who you will see soon in the new installments of the Orvis TV show.  The show I did with him, on Euro Nymphing basics, should be premiered sometime in May.  But until...

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The Hidden History of Fly Fishing, with Paul Schullery: So you thought you knew something about fly-fishing history? This week I have a chat with Paul Schullery, in my opinion the premier fly-fishing historian in North America. When I have a question about history Paul is my go-to guy. He’s the author of...

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Ultimate Guide to the Cicada Hatch: This week, I have a special guest--the world's foremost authority on the life cycle of cicadas and the most knowledgeable person in the world on techniques for fishing this "hatch". I've had a lot of questions on this topic and I've finally found the...

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A life in fly fishing, with Tom McGuane.: Back in 2008 when I first began this podcast I had two dreams—that I would have my two literary heros, John McPhee and Thomas McGuane as guests (they are both passionate fly fishers). I was lucky enough to record a podcast with John in August of...

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Tips on landing and netting fish, with Jesse Haller: This week, my guest is Orvis product developer Jesse Haller [43:48], who besides being responsible for products like nets, wading shoes, and fishing packs and vests spent many years as a fishing guide. Jesse discusses how to pick the right net, some...

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Five Things an Expert Euro Nymphing Angler Learned this Year, with Jesse Haller: We all learn something every time we go fishing, even the amazing vacuum cleaner Jesse Haller, our resident Euro nymphing expert.  So I asked Jesse what he has learned over the past 12 months, and it’s a fun and eye-opening interview that got...

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Getting Kids into Fly Fishing, with Marsha Benovengo: I get a lot of questions from listeners on how to get kids into fly fishing--what's the right rod outfit, what species to go after, how to structure (or not structure) a day on the water, what resources are available, and how to instill a sense of...

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10 Ways to Become a Better Fly Fisher, with Todd Tanner: This week, my guest is Todd Tanner [39:47], a journalist who writes for many of the fly-fishing websites and magazines and is Fly Fishing editor of Sporting Classics magazine. Todd is also the president of Conservation Hawks, an organization dedicated...

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How to practice your fly casting, with Pete Kutzer: The better your casting, the more and fun you'll have and the more relaxed you'll be on the water. Pete Kutzer [46:13] is one of the finest casting instructors in the world, and not only that he's one of the finest anglers you meet, which means he...

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The Godfather of Modern Fly-Fishing Books, Nick Lyons: This week, it was my great pleasure to interview Nick Lyons, who I consider to be the godfather of modern fly-fishing books. Nick has edited and published books by some of our most famous fly anglers--Lee and Joan Wulff, Lefty Kreh, Dave Whitlock, and...

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More Winter Fishing Tips, with Rachael Leinweber: My guest this week is Rachael Leinweber [39:38], general manager of The Angler's Covey fly shop in Colorado Springs. One in a series of podcasts about winter fly-fishing tips, Rachael has some great ones for us, and it's been interesting to see how...

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George Daniel on Winter Fly Fishing: This week, continuing our series of podcasts on winter fly fishing for trout, I interview George Daniel, author and guide. George is also an Orvis ambassador and field tester, and teaches fly fishing at Penn State. As you'll discover, there are many...

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Traveling with fly-fishing gear, with Seth Berger: This week is my guest Seth Berger [1:00:18], Fly Fishing Travel Specialist with Orvis Adventures. In his job, Seth visits Orvis-endorsed operations around the world and always packs his fishing gear, so he's a great resource for advising us how to...

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The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White: This week my guest is artist Bob White [36:41], a beloved painter of fly-fishing and bird hunting scenes. Bob has illustrated John Gierach's magazine pieces for years and also illustrated the current version of The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide. Bob talks...

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Winter Fly-Fishing in the Far North, with Timbre Pringle: Continuing our exploration of winter trout fishing techniques, this week my guest is angler and photographer Timbre Pringle [40:08]. You have likely seen photos of Timbre or ones taken by her and her husband Darcy in Orvis catalogs and ads, as well as...

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Secrets of the Salmon River: Interview starts at 41:08 New York State’s Salmon River—you either love it or hate it, and some of us love and hate it at the same time.  It’s an amazing resource, with large quantities of high-quality fish that are often chrome-bright and...

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Late Fall and Winter Trout Fishing, with Sav Sankaran: This week, my guest is Sav Sankaran [47:28], fishing manager at the Orvis store in Asheville.  The subject is Late Fall and Winter trout fishing in the Southeast, and although Sav talks about his rivers specifically, there are many good tips for...

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The Ultimate Wet Fly Podcast with Davy Wotton: This week my guest is Davy Wotton, originally from Wales but who now lives and guides on the White River in Arkansas. I get frequent questions about swinging soft hackles and wet flies, and honestly I am not the best at this technique so I brought in...

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16 Things I Wish I Knew About Trout Spey Before I Started, with Shawn Combs: In today's podcast my guest is Shawn Combs, head of Orvis Rod & Tackle product development and Orvis rod and reel designer.  The topic is "16 Things I Wish I Knew About Trout Spey Before I Started".  If you have been thinking...

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15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey: OK, I lied. There aren't 15 tips. There are probably more and if you want to count them up you can e-mail me and correct my mistake. But I get a lot of questions about fishing emergers, and I thought a podcast on how to identify when fish are taking...

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Winter Fly-Fishing Tips part 1, with Tim Johnson: I've begun a series on winter trout fishing podcasts with various experts around the country. I think it will be interesting to see how their approaches compare, what flies and leaders they use, and how they keep their hands and feet warm. This week's...

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Fishing through climate change, with John Gierach: Our climate is changing, and regardless of whether you think it's human caused or natural it is changing. If you don't believe that you need to get outside more. John Gierach [58:00], thoughtful guy that he is, wanted to talk about this subject and...

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Seek the Inside, Reading the Water with Simon Perkins: This week, my guest is Orvis COO Simon Perkins, a lifelong fly fisher with 8 years of full-time guiding experience prior to working for Orvis. The subject is “Seek the Inside”, getting detailed about reading the water in a place that many anglers...

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Saltwater tips from the San Francisco Bay, with Sarah Landstrom: [Interview starts at 45:51] This week's podcast was recorded prior to Covid 19 but I sat on it for awhile because it was about saltwater fly fishing in the San Francisco Bay area and I wanted to wait until sheltering at home restrictions were eased a...

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Joe Humphreys and the Fountain of Youth: This week I interview one of my fly-fishing heroes, Joe Humphreys.  He’s been an innovative angler all his life (he was “Euro nymphing” before the Europeans) but even more impressive is his love of life and fly fishing, and his energy on...

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The Native Fish Coalition, with Bob Mallard: This week, my guest if the executive director of the Native Fish Coalition, Bob Mallard [42:09], who tells us why the organization was formed and what they do. His group took issue with some of the sentiments expressed in last week's podcast with Kirk...