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FEATURE STORY HOST FLY TYING
INSTRUCTIONAL SEGMENT
- BATTLE CREEK BOWS T & W
Gunn Seal Bugger Denny Rickards
Stillwater Basics
Terry and Wendy Gunn take us to the family ranch where the Cattle Queen
of Montana made her name. We get a lesson in wading for rainbows
and discover a fantastic fly, the seal bugger. Denny Rickards
starts his series on stillwater basics.
- “OLD MOE” ON THE GREEN Jack Dennis River
Scud Denny Rickards Stillwater Basics
Jack Dennis hosts this look at the Green River in Utah, the most
prolific and diverse trout fishery in the country. An old master
does our tie, Jay Fair of Eagle Lake, California creates his river
scud. Denny Rickards has instruction on lake tactics.
- NYMPHS & REDSIDES Guest
Host Twist Nymph Denny
Rickards Stillwater Basics
Oregon’s Deschutes River is known for it’s native “Redside Trout”, we
learn how to fish below the hatch from a local expert. Jack Dennis and Gary LaFontaine team up to tie the delicate Twist
Nymph, and Denny Rickards has a lesson on lake fishing.
- TALARIK TUSSLE Jack Dennis AK Fly
Box Gary
LaFontaine The Dry Fly New Angles
Famous among the big trout rivers in the world is the Talarik in Alaska
and Jack Dennis takes us for a visit. In our fly segment, Wendy
Gunn looks at an Alaskan trout box, and we start Gary LaFontaine’s
reviews of basics books for beginners.
- BONEFISH BONANZA Terry Gunn Mantis
Shrimp Gary
LaFontaine Presentation ... Borger
Terry Gunn introduces us to one of Belize’s top guides, who takes us
across the Turneffe Atoll in search of bonefish. For our fly, we create
the mantis shrimp, and in our instructional piece, Gary LaFontaine has
another review of books for beginners.
- SILVERS IN THE SALT Skip Morris Clouser
Minnow Gary LaFontaine Nymph
Fishing Trout
Canada’s Vancouver Island is our destination in this unique adventure
for in-shore silver salmon. Skip Morris hosts and does our tie of
a Clouser Minnow. Gary LaFontaine is back with another review of
his favorite books for beginning fly anglers.
- STRIPPING STREAMERS Jack Dennis
Bighorn Streamer Gary LaFontaine Mayflies, An Anglers
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Fishing streamer patterns for big browns is the subject as we float the
Bighorn River in Montana with Jack Dennis. Phil Gonzales is our
guide and he crafts his favorite streamer for us. Gary LaFontaine
has another review of books on basics.
- LOCKED UP LUNKERS Skip Morris Black
Leech
Gary LaFontaine Lake Fishing With A Fly
Landlocked steelhead are rare but they shouldn’t be as you’ll discover
in this British Columbia lake fishing outing. Skip Morris
is our host and wife Carol does a black leech for our tie. Gary
LaFontaine returns with his final review of books for beginners.
- FINE SPOTTED TROUT
Narrator Entomology Jack
Dennis Improving Your Casting
The compelling story of the fight to save a species is our tale, set in
the spectacular Grand Tetons of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In addition, Jay Buchner joins us for an entomology of spring creek
bugs, and Jack Dennis starts a series on fly casting.
- OF SOLITUDE & TROUT Gene Hering
Parachute Adams Jack Dennis Improving Your
Casting
Floating the magnificent Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho is
matched with spectacular dry fly action on this trip for cutthroat trout. Our tie is the old reliable parachute adams, and
Jack Dennis is back with another lesson on casting basics.
- STILLWATER TACTICS Denny Rickards Stillwater
Nymph Jack Dennis Improving Your Casting
Denny Rickards reveals some of his stillwater tactics for trophy trout
and ties his most deadly lake pattern in this highly instructional
episode. To close the show Jack Dennis concludes his series on ways to
improve your fly casting.
- RULES FOR SCHOOLS Jim Teeny Salt
Bunny Gary & Wanda Taylor Tips- The Dead Drift
We chase huge schools of tarpon in the Florida Keys with top guide
Bruce Chard and host Jim Teeny. Jim stays with us to tie his Saltwater Bunny fly. In the first of two parts, Gary and
Wanda Taylor help us achieve the elusive dead drift.
- LEAPING LEOPARDS Jack Dennis Egg
Peg Gary & Wanda Taylor Tips-Wind Casting
Big native trout abound as we join Jack Dennis and wife Sandy in search
of spotted, leopard, rainbows. Our tie is more of an assembly and
is the way egg beads are rigged for fishing. Gary and Wanda Taylor
return with a tip on casting in the wind.
- SILVER CREEK GOLD G & W Taylor May
Flies Denny Rickards Stillwater Basics
Hosted by a professional fishing couple Gary and Wanda Taylor, we
venture to Idaho’s famous Silver Creek. Instead of a tie, Jay
Buchner tells us a little of may flies. In our instructional Denny
Rickards returns with more rules for fishing stillwater.
- RIVER RECKONING Skip Morris Salmon Fly Denny
Rickards Stillwater Basics
Figuring out the hatch is the riddle we try to solve on Oregon’s
Deschutes River as we join Skip Morris and friends in search of native
trout. He stays with us to tie his foam version of the salmon
fly, and we have more basics for stillwater fishing.
- APACHE OUTING Jack Dennis Callibaetis Denny
Rickards Stillwater Basics
The Jicarilla tribe of New Mexico is famous for it’s game and fish
management and we discover why with Jack Dennis and Jan Crawford.
They share the tying of a callibaetis nymph, and Denny Rickards is back
with more basics for stillwater.
- INTRO. TO FLY FISH T&W Gunn Wet Hopper Jack
Dennis Stream Samples
Learning the basics of fly fishing is at the heart of this show with
Terry and Wendy Gunn who start a series taking you from A to Z.
Our tie is a unique hopper designed to be fished wet, and to close Jack
Dennis shows how to take a stream sample.
- SALMON RECOVERY Narrator Callibaetis Lake
Terry & Wendy Gunn Intro. to Fly Fish
The public and private sector join forces in this story of efforts to
bring back streams damaged by logging in the Oregon. Our tie is
with Denny Rickards and is the callibaetis nymph. Terry and Wendy
Gunn close with their introduction to fly fishing series.
- BUG BUDDIES Jack Dennis Griffiths’ Gnat
Terry & Wendy Gunn Intro. to Fly Fish
Jack Dennis and partner Gary LaFontaine join forces to tell us how to
read water on the mighty Green River in Utah. The pair remains to do an intriguing tie of the Griffiths’ gnat, and
Terry and Wendy Gunn have more of their series on the basics.
- INSECTS DOWN UNDER Jack Dennis Baetis Wulff Terry
& Wendy Gunn Intro. to Fly Fish
Knowing what insects are doing down under is what Jack Dennis and Gary
LaFontaine try to show us in this underwater look at bugs.
Their collaboration on the baetis Wulff is the weekly tie, and the
Gunns return with more on the basics for beginning anglers.
- KING CONNECTION Jim Teeny A.P. Emerger Terry &
Wendy Gunn Intro. to Fly Fish
Alaska’s Kenai River is famous for big salmon and Jim Teeny shows us
the technique he uses to catch them. Denny Rickards all-purpose
emerger is our pattern and Terry and Wendy Gunn have more of their
introduction to fly fishing series.
- DESCHUTES RISING Jack Dennis Smerf Emerger Terry
& Wendy Gunn Intro. to Fly Fish
Jack Dennis travels to Oregon’s Deschutes River to show us how to get
the most out of the local fly shop and the river. He joins a
local expert to tie a little emerger that’s lethal, and Terry and Wendy
Gunn are back to close their introduction series.
- YOU CAME, UTAH Terry Gunn Dry Damsel Jack
Dennis Improving Your Casting
Small streams can be a challenge when conditions aren’t exactly right,
Terry Gunn joins guide Jeff Parker in Southern Utah for brown trout in
brown water. They stay with us to tie a dry damsel fly, and Jack
Dennis is back with help for your casting.
- COHO CORNER Jack Dennis AK
Streamer Jack
Dennis Improving Your Casting
Late in the fall silver salmon swarm to Alaska rivers and we join Jack
Dennis in a jewel of a spot for the action. Our tie is an all
around streamer patter that works for salmon and trout. In our
instructional Jack is back with more tips on casting better.
- TALES OF TARPON Wendy Gunn Black Prawn
Jack Dennis Improving Your Casting
Catching huge tarpon in Belize is the goal with Wendy Gunn on this
Caribbean get-a-way for “Silver Kings”. Our tie is like a tarpon
pattern but is a steelhead beauty called the black prawn, and Jack
Dennis returns with ways to improve your casting.
- DOUBLE STEEL Jim Teeny Egg Head Leech Jim Teeny Shooting
Head Roll Cast
There is more than one way to fool a steelhead and we take a look at a
couple of them with expert Jim Teeny. Our tie is a favorite for a
variety of species called the egg leech, and Jim stays with us to offer
assistance on casting shooting heads.
- POSTCARD POOL hosts: Wanda Taylor tie: Fire & Ice How To: Wet Fly Ways
We join Georgia guide Becky Strain at Cannon Falls in the Smokey Mountains. Patience and precise casting make the difference in this adventure that looks at flies and tactics for shallow water nymphing. Our fly tier is Metrela Brown , Metrela crafts a little thing called “Fire and Ice”. Our “How To” segment has our first lesson on fishing wet flies in the traditional style with Davy Wotton.
- STEELHEAD WAYS host: Kelly Galloup tie: Swimming Hex How To: Wet Fly Ways
Michigan’s famed Manistee River is the setting for four distinct profiles of ways to fish steelhead on a fly. Kelly Galloup joins expert Ray Schmidt for a detailed look at swinging and drifting flies for steelhead with both conventional and spey gear. In our tying demonstrations Kelly makes his crafty little “Swimming Hex Nymph”. Our “How To” segment features Davy Wotton with ways to fish wet flies with an upstream presentation.
- LEES FERRY TALES hosts: Terry & Wendy Gunn tie: Copper & Grouse How To: Wet Fly Ways
Terry and Wendy Gunn take us to their home waters, the Colorado River, at the head of the Grand Canyon. They show how to fish big dry flies and a dropper for selective rainbows. A Copper & Grouse is our tie as crafted by Davy Wotton, this one terrific wet fly. In our instructional we have more on fishing wet flies in the traditional style with Davy Wotton, the presentation form in this segment is for across and down stream fishing.
- CANADIAN CATS & CARP host: Jeff Currier tie: D.D.H. Leech How To: Wet Fly Ways
On this exotic angling adventure Jeff Currier takes us North in search of both catfish and carp. He joins Winnipeg fly fishing instructor Stu Thompson on the Red River to learn his techniques. In our tying segment Stu has a unique versions of the “Wooly Bugger” that he crafts just for catfish and carp; they also work on drum. In our “How To” we have more on wet fly presentations with guide and expert Davy Wotton on Arkansas’s White River.
- SPRING CREEK CORNER host: Kelly Galloup tie: Crippled Caddes How To: Wet Fly Ways Where Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa come together natural spring creeks abound, and host Kelly Galloup joins guide and accomplished tier Andrew Sobota to explore these little jewels of the Midwest. Andrew does the honors as our tier in this episode and makes his version of a “Yellow Sally” that will work most anywhere. In our ‘How To” segment Davy Wotton has more instruction on presenting wet flies, this time we see the extended dry line cast.
- FROG HOLLER HOGS hosts: Gary & Wanda Taylor tie: Redheaded Stepchild How To: Wet Fly Ways
Down in a pretty holler is where Gary and Wanda Taylor meet guide Metrela Brown and chase some of the rivers big trout. They share with us some of their knowledge and the joy of fishing Georgia trout streams. Metrela Brown does the show tie and crafts her version of the “Red Headed Step Child”. Our instructional segment ends our series on wet fly fishing in the traditional style with Arkansas expert Davy Wotton.
- SAN JUAN SNOW RISE host: Terry Gunn tie: Halo Nymph How To: Madison River
A spring snowfall starts this magical float trips down New Mexico’s most prolific tailwater. Our host is Terry Gunn and he joins guide John Tavenner to talk the ins and outs of pattern selection and indicator tactics the San Juan’s selective trout require. Our fly tying segments features a miniscule offering called the “Halo Nymph”. In our “How To” segment of the show we start a series on fishing the Madison River with guide Kelly Galloup.
- WINNIPEG PIKE PATROL. host: Jeff Currier tie: Weedman’s Slider How To: Madison River
Walleye are a seldom sought after species on a fly but host Jeff Currier takes up the challenge on the Bird River in Canada. He also looks for big northern pike with fly fishing instructor Stu Thompson as they test some big patterns on the Winnipeg River System. Stu Thompson is our tier and crafts a unique flie designed specifically for walleye and pike. In our “How To” segment Kelly Gallup has tips on fishing the Madison River in Montana.
- PEERS ON THE PERE host: Kelly Galloup tie: Peeking Caddis How To: Madison River
Named after one of the first to chronicle it’s whereabouts, Michigan’s’ Pere Marquette is our waterway for instruction on how to fish spring rainbows. Kelly Galloup joins friend and Great Lakes author Jerry Dennis for a float trip and tips on fishing streamers and drifting nymphs. In our tying segment Kelly’s ties the versatile “Peeking Caddis”. If you hadn’t had enough of Kelly he’s back in our “How To” with tips on fishing the Madison River.
- WHITE RIVER B&B host: Gary Taylor tie: Pulsator How To: Madison River
The White River in Arkansas and one of its scenic tributaries is where Gary Taylor joins wet fly expert Davy Wotton for an outing in search of smallmouth basxs. They’ll fish a variety of patterns and techniques for smallmouth and brim. Davy Wotton’s stays with us and ties something we call the Pulsator, a little crayfish imitation that works for a variety of species. Kelly Galloup has more on the Madison River in our instructional segment.
- TAKES ON LAKES host: Kelly Galloup tie: Denny Rickards How To: Madison River
Montana’s Ennis Lake is the setting for some great lessons and on the basics for fishing trout in stillwaters. Host Kelly Galloup joins angling author Denny Rickards to explore why he is so successful on stillwaters. In our tying segment Denny shows us some subtle changes you can make in your “Wooly Buggers” that might produce big results. In our instructional Kelly stays with us to go over more details on how and where to fish the Madison River.
- CASTING ABOUT hosts: Jack Dennis tie: Muddler Daddy How To: Madison River
Improving your fly-casting to help your fishing is at the heart of this story with Jack Dennis and guide John Erickson. They travel to a couple of rivers, one in Idaho and another in Oregon, to explore a variety of ways to make you a better angler by becoming a better caster. For our tie Davy ties his deadly. “Muddler Daddy” that has a lot of twists for such a tiny thing, and in our instructional segment more on fishing the “Madison River”.
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