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Summary: Valuable as well as entertaining...
Review: The fishing situations depicted in this DVD are classic, with Gary and Dick explaining the choices a fly fisher has in how best to fish them. We learn which choices are good and which are bad and, most importantly, why. This is what makes the show so valuable. The fun they have together, the knowledge they present and the entertainment they provide are truly special. A great show.
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Summary: The best fly fishing videos
Review: These are the best fly fishing videos I have seen. I love it when you see a fish take the fly and most videos and TV shows don't show takes. These do. I have read books by LaFontaine, but didn't know he could be so quick and so funny on camera. I'm fairly experienced at the sport, but I really learned a lot about things I have never analyzed properly. The videos made me feel that I could become really good at this.
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Summary: Have Fun While You Learn To Flyfish
Review: These are the two best flyfishing videos I have seen. Not only are they very educational but they also make you laugh. You are taken through a series of on-water situations and given three choices on how to best proceed. Then they evaluate the pros and cons of each approach. The chemistry between these guys is terrific!
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Summary: Successful Fly Fishing Strategies Volumes 1 & 2
Review: These informative videos will prove to be valuable resourses for anyone hoping to learn the basics (and beyond) of flyfishing. They are quite complete. Lafontaine and Sharon cover such techniques as deep and shallow water nymphing, dry and wet fly fishing in a variety of water types, and even lake fishing. Even more impressive is the fact that they emphasized (not just glossed over) the importance of reading the water and anticipating the location and behavior of trout *before* trying to randomly catch them.Excellent camera work.
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Summary: Fly-fishing instruction with humor
Review: These videos were among the best fly-fishing instruction tapes I've seen. Gary and Dick explore a wide variety of fishing situations/stream or river types, and they demonstrate not only strategies for fishing them, but the thought process that led them to their decisions. And they do it with an easy-going sense of humor. Great, I think, for both the beginning AND the more experienced fisherman.
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Summary: Give this to your fishing friends!
Review: What a pleasant surprise this DVD is! It is unheard of for fishing videos to have great photography, good writing and good humor. This is a far cry from the single camera, poorly edited efforts which escape on to the market. This very entertaining work also provides real answers if you are new to the sport or an old hand. The chance to see the late Gary Lafontaine work a dry fly is worth the price of admission. The section on Small Streams is especially good. Wonder of wonders - you get to see fish taking the fly! I also like that the director remains true to his subject "Strategies" and does not stray into flytying, casting or hero shots. If you're like me, you will keep this DVD on the very top of the pile for repeat viewing.
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Summary: Socratic stream jive
Review: While books, tapes and seminars can all be helpful, inarguably the best way to learn the real nitty-gritty of fly fishing is by tramping afield with a savvy, squint-eyed veteran. Successful Fly Fishing Strategies, with Gary LaFontaine and Dick Sharon, comes as close to taking you along for an angling session on a Montana trout stream as you'll ever likely experience without getting your boots muddy. The graceful style in which this video has been conceived and produced makes you feel as if you're there, right there peering over the shoulders of LaFontaine and Sharon--two guys whose casual, unaffected manner, not to mention non-stop jive,jibes and jest, makes them the kind of river-rats you definitely want to hang-out with. But make no mistake, though humorous and unpretentious, LaFontaine and Sharon expertly slice and dice every stretch of water they encounter and the insights they impart along the way are dead on. The methods and tactics entertainingly rendered in this video will translate straight from the lumbar cushion on your Barcalounger to a boulder studded riffle on the Big Hole.
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