Fly Fishing Adventures Fly Fishing Adventures is focused on destination fly fishing with a mix of exotic and domestic locations featuring a tantalizing combination of fresh and saltwater species. Experience saltwater big game, bonefish, redfish, sharks, to freshwater dorado, trout, salmon, carp and bass..From Alaska, USA to Tierra de Fuego, Argentina, the fish are the stars, the local guides the experts, and Jim and Kelly Watt go along as the eyes and ears of the viewer. Join Jim and Kelly, and gain a realistic impression of what fly fishing is really like. New titles added often.
Travel to South America and experience the excitement and thrill of fly fishing, including fishing for Peacock Bass in the famous Lake Guri. John Day River…Oregon's longest free flowing river, which snakes it's way through what many refer to as the "Grand Canyon" of Oregon - not only is the scenery spectacular but fly fishing for Smallmouth Bass provides terrific action as well. John Eckland and Patty Riley, guide you through the joys of floating, camping and fly fishing for Smallmouth Bass which make for an unforgettagle experience on the John Day. The Amazon Queen...An 85 foot river boat that has been finished into a 3 story floating lodge that moves throughout Brazil searching out the back creeks and lakes for Peacock Bass, Erawana and Piranha. Travel at night and wake up to a new fishing mecca each day with bass tracker boats in tow that enable anglers to explore even deeper into the jungle to cast for the giant Peacocks, sometimes as large as 19 pounds! Also fly fishing for Smallmouth Bass on the Penobscot River, Maine. Eastern Canada...is most famous for it's Atlantic Salmon fishing - in New Brunswick, Canada other treasures are found as well including Smallmouth Bass.
The Florida Keys…Thousands of square miles of saltwater flats that are the best in the world for sight fishing huge tarpon, bonefish, permit and barracuda. Jake Jordan, veteran Keys guide, shows you the excitement and thrill of sight fishing in the unparrelled Florida Keys. Bonefish...They come in size "large" in the Keys, often bigger that 8 pounds. These marvelous gamefish explode in 200 yard runs when fooled into taking your fly.
Sight fishing in shallow water, for a fish that will eat your fly and take you into your backing is hard to pass up. Carp on the Flats: On Banks Lake in Eastern Washington State. In the past, Carp may have had a public relations problem, but this DVD will easily convince you that Carp fishing should be worthy of any fly anglers pursuit. Join Bill Marts, Darce Knobel, Mike Huffer, and Jim & Kelly Watt and discover "Carpe diem", Latin for "Seize the day!" Experience the fun of stalking the flats, sightfishing for tailing fish, and hard fighting runs. Fly Tying: Jim Watt ties a successful Carp fly the "Carp Woolly."
Pursuit of "Tarpon, The Silver King" including Sugarloaf Key, Marquesas Islands, Marathon, learn to tie Lenny Moffo's Toy Cockroach, experience the Palolo Worm Hatch, Faro Blanco Resort, Sunshine Key and Junior Tarpon on Florida Bay.
Jim & Kelly Watt team up with LaMoyne Hyde of Hyde Outfitters for an unforgettable float down various sections of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho. Starting out in the Box Canyon, home to fast moving water and some of the largest and most aggressive fish anywhere, guide Rod Bowden expertly guides anglers to terrific “Box” fishing. Last Chance, Idaho is one of the best places in the world to go fly fishing for trout, and LaMoyne Hyde shares delightful fishing on the Harriman Ranch (wide, slow, almost spring creek like water with millions of insects and thousands of fish working them) and floating from Riverside Campground to Hatchery Ford in addition to the field wandering lower river near Aston.Chris Helm shows you how to tie his “Comparadun” pattern from his Hooked On Fly Tying video, Hair Trout Flies.
Silver Creek... Browns and Rainbows consistently rising to prolific hatches of insects all season long. Greg Loomis shows anglers what Silver Creek is all about and why it is so important to preserve this special spring creek. Greg is also web master of www.SaveSilverCreek.org. Fly Tying The Gulper Special with Chris Plieman. Classic Silver Creek Historic fly fishing on Silver Creek with guide Terry Ring of Silver Creek Outfitters.
The South Fork... Of the Snake River is one of those great fly fishing rivers in the western U.S. about which you hear very little. Jim & Kelly team up with Hyde Outfitters of Idaho Falls for exciting float trips... Fishing and camping down the South Fork to get a sample of why this is considered a premier river and a great way to fully appreciate one of nature's spectacles of beauty. The South Fork is big water, with terrific hopper banks and deep runs punctuated by riffles and side channels. 80 miles of floatable river with perfect habitat for an extraordinary population of cutthroat and brown trout. Dry flies and big attractors on top, small nymphs below and banging the banks with streamers. The South Fork of the Snake flows through farmlands and deep high walled canyons creating a wide variety of fly fishing challenges. Hyde Driftboats... Experience a personal tour of the Hyde Driftboat manufacturing facility with Steve and LaMoyne Hyde. Fly Tying... James Bowen creates great woven body patterns, teaching you the specific techniques for creating remarkably realistic extended body mayflies. Franz Jansen shows how to tie an effective trout pattern, the "Nirehuao Grasshopper." From Bennett Watt’s Hooked On Fly Tying series.
Jim & Kelly Watt team up with Hyde Outfitters for an unforgettable float down Idaho’s Teton River in Southeastern Idaho. They are joined by an experienced trio of guides including Drake Munson, Eldon Barrett & Steve Hyde. The adventure starts with sliding, dropping, pushing, lowering and roping Catarafts down a 1500 foot mountainside to get access to the upper section of the Teton. Over a 500 foot vertical drop from car to river that is well worth the effort in pursuit of exciting fishing, with an added bonus of whitewater with so daunting an array of logs and rocks that portage (emptying the rafts and roping them through) proved neccessary at one point! Learn about the history of the Teton River before and after the dam break in 1975 and Dennis Breer shows you how to tie a “Chernobyl Ant” from his Hooked On Fly Tying video, Green River Terrestrials.
Thankfully, trout live in beautiful places and the wiley native brown trout of Ireland are no exception. Fly fishing the rivers Tar, Suir, Nire with expert fly fishing guide and instructor, Andrew Ryan.
Tarpon fishing with Jim & Kelly Watt, Bill Marts & "Sand Flea" on Mexico's Isla Holbox, a tiny island on the Yucatan's northern peninsula and is truly a great tarpon find. Big fish and baby tarpon too! Lenny Moffo ties his "Black Death" tarpon fly pattern.
Exciting Sea Run Brown Trout fishing in Chile & Argentina… Chile's Tierra Del Fuego, Torres Del Paine National Park, Fly Tying Emilio's Minnow, Argentina's Estancia Maria Behety, Fly Tying Girdle Bug & The Rio Grande.
Sometimes referred to as the "alligator of the north country," Pike are terrific fish for the fly rod and only recently have fishing lodges taken advantage of and encouraged fly fishing. Gangler's Reindeer Lake Lodge is the location for this fly fishing adventure, providing a tremendous number of pike for the fly angler to pursue. Also Chris Helm, world recognized fly tyer leads your through step by step instruction on tying an effective pike pattern.
Boca Grande, Florida is a great wintertime getaway for the entire family… Beaches, golf, tennis and fly fishing all in one spot! Redfish by day with guide Roy String who shows you the big fat tails of the Redfish, but a "No-brainer_ fishery this is not. These are some of the toughest Redfish you'll ever find on the flats. Sight casting at it's finest! Florida Bay in Everglades National Park is a vast and complicated ecosystem rich in wildlife and gamefish, some of the most challenging are it's remarkable population of redfish.
Dennis Breer & 25 miles of the Green river are an unbeatable combination of decades of experience and a river with over 20,000 fish per mile make for outstanding fishing in October.
Summer Steelhead Fishing (late October) on The Klickitat River in south central Washington State. Guided by Jack Mitchell from The Evening Hatch, anglers Jim & Kelly Watt join Jack for a "Bussman's Holiday" while staying at the Steelhead Ranch. Days start early and end late with many “Steely” experiences in between.
