Get the most up-to-date fishing advice with our Orvis guides.

Our fishing guide and other Orvis materials provide information and instruction invaluable to the beginning fly fisherman. We cover the basics of angling as well as specific topics of streamer fishing, stillwater fishing, and dry fly fishing in clear, easy to understand language supplemented by plenty of illustrations.

The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Book is the teaching guide for beginning fly fishermen used in the Orvis Fly Fishing Schools, and a top-notch reference for experienced fly fishing enthusiasts. This instructional fly fishing book has 256 pages of fly fishing instruction and more than 300 drawings and photos to help illustrate fly fishing concepts. Whether you're a beginner or an angler with years of experience, you'll get plenty of value from this book.

Learn lots of different fly fishing techniques.

If you're intrigued by the technique of streamer fishing, you need our book, Orvis Pocket Guide to Streamer Fishing: How, Where, and When to Use This Effective Technique. In this fishing guide, author Patrick Straub adds to the angleršs repertoire the art of the streamer, with valuable advice on why the big trout go for the streamers, reading streamer-friendly waters, streamer techniques, tools of the trade, and proven patterns that really deliver. Straub, a guide for ten years, includes sections about casting philosophies, retrieves, drifting techniques, and fighting big fish. He also provides a valuable survey of regional waters favorable to streamers, from Washington state to upstate New York, Alaska, and the Southwest.

Interested in learning more about still-water fishing? Jim LePage's book, Stillwater Fishing, is the definitive guide to fishing for trout and landlocked salmon in natural lakes, reservoirs, and ponds. Or read up on dry fly techniques in our book Dry Fly Fishing by Tom Rosenbauer. This field guide teaches casting techniques, fishing strategies, fly selection, and presentation.

The number-one source for fishing instruction

Orvis, a supplier of the most advanced, high quality fishing gear, clothing, footwear, and other products and accessories for over a century, also offers expert instruction in fly fishing. Both our fishing guides and our fly fishing schools, offered around the globe, feature info from the most seasoned angling experts in the world. Whether you opt for our books or decide to travel for a week's fishing trip with our staff at a fly fishing school, you'll gain invaluable information that will enhance your enjoyment of fly fishing for the rest of your life.