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Author Phil Tuttle

Phil Tuttle

The Professor

Phil Tuttle is a Fisheries Biologist, a Guide, Loop Global Team Pro Staff Member, Fly Innovator, and a skilled Videographer/Video Editor. His passion for conservation, travel, youth fishing programs, and fly fishing drive his desire to promote the sport in diverse and out-of-the-box ways.

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Orvis/TU 1K Miles Campaign Video

Phil Tuttle
February 5, 2014
News/Events, OSF Video Edits
5 Comments
Orvis and Trout Unlimited spearheaded an amazing project called the 1,000 Miles Campaign.  This effort was designed to bring awareness to one particular issue that fish face in today's world...culverts,...
spring-streamers

Spring the best streamer season?

Phil Tuttle
November 18, 2013
Fly Fishing Tips & Tricks
7 Comments
I wanted to throw out a little learned biological knowledge that I have picked up while studying and reading.  I like you guys so I'll keep it real... and short.  I can assure you that it will add another...

Bonefish: (From a Trout-Angler Perspective)

Phil Tuttle
July 15, 2013
Fish Stories, Memorable Fish, OSF Video Edits
5 Comments
I hate to be too stereotypical, but if you are reading this, there's a good chance you fish mostly for trout.  So do we...  We get needy for different sorts of "pulls" from muskie, wipers, carp, etc., but...
entomology-basics

Entomology Continued: the Concept of Drift

Phil Tuttle
February 27, 2013
Entomology
6 Comments
Winter is dragging... Ice forces you to new waters.  Instead of blindly grabbing your favorite nymph from your box and fishing an entire reach without as much as a look, you are actually lifting rocks,...
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Intro to Entomology: Becoming a bug GEEK

Phil Tuttle
January 7, 2013
Entomology
9 Comments
The air is cold, you pull out the heater, sit in your favorite chair, and begin to tie yet another supply of fishy arsenal. Synapses fire rapidly and you smile smugly, pondering next year's goals and the big...
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Orange Mouse Revisited

Phil Tuttle
August 15, 2012
One-Hit Wonders
7 Comments
We've spent a number of nights out in the dark lately with menial results. He're is one of Phil's successes: Despite the need our physical bodies have to sleep, night-time opportunities to catch over-sized...
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French Nymphing for Spring Steelhead

Phil Tuttle
June 11, 2012
Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits
4 Comments
A year ago I heard about the idea of french nymphing for steelhead from a buddy, Gilbert Rowley. You are probably thinking the same thing I thought… “YOU'RE PSYCHOTIC!”...
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Fishing at Night + Mice = Bowzilla

Phil Tuttle
May 7, 2012
Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders
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When I heard rumors of a GIANT bow lurking in a local public water, I decided to start my usual “CSI” investigation.  Visiting the water and watching for cruisers on my way home from work became the...