Streamer Tips from Orvis.com

Orvis rod designer Shawn Combs is a streamer fanatic.
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Streamer Tips

Saturday Seminar - January 31

This week's seminar. Starts at 10 AM.

Streamer Fishing

 

We have a ton of people come into the shop and say they don’t really get streamer fishing and don’t do well at it. 

This seminar, presented by Mike Gifford, will show techniques to make streamer fishing easier. 

Techniques, gear, and flies for wade or drift fishing.

 All seminars start at 10:00 am and will end between 11:00 and noon. There is no charge and no pre-registration required. Simply drop by the shop and enjoy the seminar.

Saturday Morning Seminars-Streamer Fishing 101

Streamer Fishing 101

Saturday, February 11, 2012   10 AM

Bring on Runoff

That's right, we LIKE runoff.

Runoff gives us clean bottoms. If you fished the city last August, you'll have noticed the vast amount of weeds that were taking over the river. Not only does this make it damn hard to fish, but give a week of 30-40 degree weather and we'd have been in trouble with fish kills, etc.

Runoff pushes fish to the banks, and they realise they like it there. And we like it when they're on the bank.

Runoff gives the fish a break from us (well, it used to). It's nice to let the fish have a break now and then, and having zero visibility certainly lends a hand.

Runoff fattens up our fish, and removes the slackers. Catch a fish immediately after runoff, it will likely be the fattest trout of the year, and attached to a rocket. Natural selection at it's greatest.

So we're all for a big ol' clean. Just don't flood anyone out (or ask us when it'll occur)!

What's In Your Box

Mike Gifford's Streamer Box

"Like my other boxes, I use the M-Series because it fits my pack and it's light. I store flies in large storage boxes and re-supply my day use boxes for my fanny pack as needed. I have eclectic tastes in streamers. I prefer big flies ( I'll often use Steelhead Patterns) on floating lines fished as fast as I can move them, but when the fish aren't in to that I'll switch to Clousers, Geek Leeches, and 1/4 Pound Buggers.
If I can stay with the floating lines, great, but if high water or fish moods dictate I'll switch up to a 200 or 250 grain Streamer Express. The Express lines work great for getting the fly right in front of their faces."

Floating Line Streamer Fishing In Chile

Fishing at Desierto Azul, the headwaters of the Rio Paloma in Chile. One of us fishing the big beetle, the other a floating line streamer.

If you watch close, a nice Brown eats a beetle on the surface as I cast the Party Boy at the bank.

It eats the streamer but I don't come tight. Then I spend the next 20 seconds going from telling myself the fish missed it to realizing I stuck him and pooched it!!

At least I didn't do the tip strike thing!!! Finding new ways to screw up all over the planet....

Rising Fish Eats A streamer from Mike Gifford on Vimeo.

SATURDAY SEMINAR-NOVEMBER 28

WINTER FISHING - FLIES AND TECHNIQUES

Favourite patterns and techniques for fishing the Bow from November to March.

Presented by Brent Piche

All attendees will be entered in our weekly draw for a selection of winter nymphs and streamers.