Orvis Fly Fishing
"...this is some real forward-thinking from ORVIS, and one of the mostuseful and practical fishing apps we've used."
- Fly Fish America,
★ Editor's Choice Awards, 2011Introducing the Orvis Fly Fishing App, a complete guide with casting lessons, video and animated knot instructions, a guide to the top trout flies, and updated fishing condition reports for more than 200 of the best fishing locations in North America. With more than an hour of instructional video and dozens of pictures and animations, it is by far the most useful and information-packed fishing application available.The application includes:Animated Knots
• Over 20 different fly fishing knots, everything from the Bimini Twist to the Blood Knot. Knots can be chosen by name or by use.
• Each knot is detailed in step-by-step text, detailed narrated close-up video by Orvis tackle guru Steve Hemkens, and animations that can be stopped and rewound or played at any speed desired.The Basic Fly Casts
• Basic fly casting, from how to hold a fly rod to the Double Haul.
• Text descriptions plus videos of Truel Myers, director of the Orvis Fly-Fishing schoolsTop 10 Fly Casting Mistakes
• Truel Myers gives the top 10 fly-casting mistakes and how to correct them.
• Videos demonstrate each mistake and how to correct it, backed up with text descriptions.
• Everything from shooting line too early to correcting tailing loops.
• It’s like having a casting instructor on the waterField Guide to the Top 100 Trout Flies
• Pick a fly by name or by type
• Each fly has an image for identification, description, and tips when and where to use it and how to fish it
• You can search for recommended flies by type, season, hook size, color, or region or use a combination of search terms to narrow down your choices.Orvis Fishing Reports
• Over 200 of the top fly-fishing destinations in North America
• Real-time fishing updates on your iPhone or Touch
• Tips on hot flies, rods, lines and leaders to use, fishing tips, and outlook for the next week on each fishery
• Hatches, baitfish, and water temperatures
• Real-time flows for rivers and tide charts for each saltwater fisheryFly Fishing Podcasts
• More than 100 podcasts by renowned fly fishing author Tom Rosenbauer are at your fingertips. Find the topics you are interested in, save them, and listen to them anywhere.Fly-Fishing Glossary and search
• Confused by any of the lingo? A glossary is available on each page
• Looking for a particular fly or knot or cast? Just use the search, available on each page
For any assistance, please email [email protected]”
Category : Sports
Reviews (25)
I constantly have to completely restart the app so the functions work. Being new to fly fishing this is very frustrating. I think I am going to uninstall. This is stupid. Unistalling. This keeps locking up. Done
The connection issues aside I can't get it to landscape mode. The info is very good, reports and should be a help to any fly fisher that travels.
Just deleted and re-downloaded the app, the font is still massive. I wish someone would correct this, it's a nice app, but the font is driving me crazy.
I think as a fellow fly fisherman who loves fly fishing this app will increase my knowledge. Just brilliant.
What's with the gigantic font? I get that some users may find it useful, but perhaps an option to tone it down a bit for those that don't need it this large would allow us to make pages easier to read...
Great for that last minute fishing trip and reports
Great site. Very informative
Links to license and regulations do not work. The app says you need to download data seperate from the Google Play Store, and when you go to do so, it says Im offline, which clearly, I am not. Not sure what is going on with this app, but seems the developers need to sit down with it and do some work on it. Its barely useful.
The latest update seems to have fixed the connectivity problem. So, this is back to being my favorite app!
This app doesn't want to update at all. It stops and says it's offline. I'm online in my home and still tells me that it's offline. Fix this.
App only works in offline mode, making many features unavailable. Please fix this Orvis, as with proper connectivity i would rate this app 5 stars. Many others having same issues on other devices...
Basic function is great, but keeps telling me that I don't have enough storage space (have 10+ gb available) or I don't have a connection when trying to get additional content - both errors on 2 different devices
I can't even open the damned app, because when I try to, it tells me it can't open because I am "offline". Which I'm not. And even when it was working, it was usually out of date. The stream flows were NEVER accurate. Will probably uninstall, as it is useless anyway.
I love it. Suggestion: I would like to be able to play the podcasts in the background while using my phone for other purposes.
I'd give 5 stars if it worked consistently. I'm constantly getting error messages for months at a time and then it works briefly only to go back to error messages. The app creators do not answer requests for help, as I have submitted emails repeatedly and received no reply.
Best fly fishing app, but it stopped being able to gain access/connection to wifi, do functionality is limited
As others have said, the Android app cannot connect to the network for downloads and updates. It works fine on my IPhone, just not my Android tablet.
Giving me internet connectivity error message. Reinstalled several times and still the same priblem. Useless.
App was working fine for me till mid-April. Now it never recognizes I'm online, so never brings up new podcasts. Uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. Please fix this. It's my favorite app.
Tells me I'm offline even when I'm on WiFi and have full 4G.
Can not play anything, needs to update and come up as offline. Please fix
The app works great now. Lots of information and cool videos. Love the regulations portion. Keep this up and I will change my rating to 5 stars and recommend the app to my friends
Needs to download content, but tells me that I don't have enough memory!
App has been fixed - love it!!! Take That back its broken again
This app is so outdated and needs a drastic overhaul. Content hasn't changed and I'm as equally disappointed as I was years ago when I first downloaded it. Don't waste your time like I did....again. Sorry Orvis.