All of us, from time to time, have struggled with setting the hook and wound up losing the fish.

In this, the first of two parts, Tom gives tips on effective hook setting techniques for freshwater and smaller species.

Next week he talks saltwater and big game fish. If you have a comment or suggestion for a future podcast, please email us at podcast@orvis.com

Tom has been pretty tied up for the past couple of weeks with the Fly Fishing Retailer Show in Denver. He will be back soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this video montage set to the music of our own John Stalcup from the Orvis web design department.

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Tom Rosenbauer hosts the third episode in a three part video series on how to read trout streams.

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