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Nothing hatching doesn't mean nothing's eating.

Fall trout are still feeding, just down low where we can't see it.

Here's where we look and what we tie on.

Grab the free VFC Field Guide. The Bug Trends chart shows what's on the menu every month.

Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short

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1 day ago | [YT] | 179

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Fish rising but snubbing your dry? Tie on the Half-Baked Caddis.

Trailing shuck, rides low in the film. It looks like a caddis that got stuck on the way out.

That's the easy meal they tend to pick off first.

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Fish rising but snubbing your dry? Tie on the Half-Baked Caddis 👉

Trailing shuck, rides low in the film. Looks like a caddis stuck halfway out.

That's the easy meal they usually go for first.

We broke down why it works and exactly how to fish it here: https://youtu.be/yBjO8vvCp5Q

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Ventures Fly Co.

Here's what trout are eating in October. Swipe for the flies 👉

Midges in the morning, BWOs on cloudy afternoons, October caddis when it warms up, and eggs below the spawning browns.

Sleep in a little. The best bugs usually come off after lunch.

Want the whole year? Grab our free VFC Field Guide. Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short

#flyfishing #troutfishing #fallflyfishing

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1 week ago | [YT] | 82

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We finally got our first lake trout on the fly!

Most of the year these fish are sitting 50+ feet deep. Spring and fall is about your only window, when they come up shallow to feed before spawning.

Wind was howling, we're throwing big flies on 8 weights, totally new water. Kind of got lucky and ran into some willing fish.

Man, what a blast.

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#flyfishing #laketrout #streamerfishing

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1 week ago | [YT] | 26

Ventures Fly Co.

Nothing kills a good drift like a dry that won't stay up.

Half the time it's not the fly. It's the floatant, or how you're putting it on.

Swipe through before your next hatch. The CDC one catches a lot of guys.

Comment FIELD GUIDE and we'll DM you our favorite rigs and flies.

#flyfishing #dryflyfishing #dryflies #troutfishing #venturesflyco

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 193

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First pike. Still grinning about it.

Big streamer, 8 weight, strip it fast enough to tick one off. About as far from a dead drift as you can get.

Been a week of firsts out here. Getting out of your comfort zone teaches you more than another day doing what you already know.

#pikeonthefly #flyfishing #streamerfishing #pikefishing

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 385

Ventures Fly Co.

The uglier the day looks, the better this hatch gets.

Cold, gray, drizzly — that's when the little olive bugs come off, and those are blue-winged olives.

Most of the eating happens just under the surface, not on top of it, which is why fish rise and refuse your dry.

Hang an emerger off the back of your parachute and that refusal usually turns into an eat.

Want the full hatch breakdown? Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short

#bluewingedolive #mayflyhatch #dryflyfishing #troutfishing

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 412

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Iceland sheep... iykyk.

They were everywhere — hillsides, roadsides, just standing there watching us fish.

We started calling them lucky sheep, figuring the more of them around, the better the water had to be.

Then this brown showed up. Not saying it was the sheep. Not saying it wasn't.

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#browntrout #flyfishing #troutfishing #catchandrelease

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 368

Ventures Fly Co.

Flip over a rock in the shallows and you'll usually find something crawling around under it.

That bug is what the fish are already eating — match the size, shape, and color and you're most of the way there.

Doesn't have to be perfect. Close is usually good enough.

Our free VFC Field Guide walks through what's hatching month by month. Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short

#flyfishing #matchthehatch #troutfishing #flyfishingtips

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1 month ago | [YT] | 293

Ventures Fly Co.

Is there anything prettier than a colored up brook trout?

The blue halos, the orange belly, that white edge on the fins — hard to beat when they're lit up like this.

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#brooktrout #flyfishing #wildtrout

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