Starting immediately, visitors to FLWOutdoors.com will notice a greatly enhanced video section designed exclusively to bring readers even more access to a treasure trove of tips and techniques. The new video clips – which feature Wal-Mart FLW Tour pros covering everything from casting into the wind to the best methods for tackling a cold front or flipping heavy grass mats – should provide readers with valuable information to further hone their fishing skills.
To see the videos, simply click here and go directly to the FLWOutdoors.com On-Demand video page. (Note: To successfully access the videos, you must have Flash Player 8 installed on your computer. For a free download, click here). There, readers will find 10 different tips-and-technique segments hosted by 10 different pros from the FLW Tour. While the features won’t make anyone a pro overnight, these videos should provide a valuable first step to improving everyone’s fishing techniques.
Video overview
The following descriptions provide an updated synopsis of the inventory that is available right now on FLWOutdoors.com:
* Clark Wendlandt demonstrates important fishing techniques for combating cold weather. Specifically, Wendlandt shows how to target heavy cover while flipping grass mats with large weights and heavy line.
* Larry Nixon provides novice anglers with tips on how to rig, cast and retrieve a 4-inch Berkeley Gulp! Power Noodle.
* Shad Schenck demonstrates the proper techniques for casting and boat positioning during windy days.
* Karen Savik demonstrates the proper technique for rigging a swim jig. Optimal water temperatures, retrieval techniques and hook-set tips are also discussed for this bait.
* David Walker shows viewers why it’s important to make some careful adjustments to new lures right out of a box. Specifically, Walker concentrates on hook sharpening, skirt maintenance and optimal weed-guard positioning.
* Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., offers tips on how to catch springtime bass by ripping a tube bait off the bottom to coax reaction strikes.
* J.T. Kenney of Daytona Beach, Fla., is widely regarded as a flipping expert in bass-fishing circles. Here he discusses how to fish in shallow-water cover using a soft presentation and a quick hook set.
* Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fla., used a topwater plug to bring in bass on Beaver Lake. Here he describes two ways to attack schooling fish: with a slow retrieve or a fast one in combination with popping the bait.
* Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minn., gives his three favorite sight-fishing techniques: using a drop-shot rig for more aggressive fish, throwing a tube to bass on deep beds, or fishing with a finesse worm rigged weedless for largemouths or smallies.
* Art Berry of Hemet, Calif., talks about how a healthy mindset is the most important tool an angler can have out on the water. Berry says the best bass anglers stay positive and confident with every cast.
Future additions
In the coming months, FLWOutdoors.com will seek to continue the expansion of its video inventory. While more tips and techniques segments will be added, a variety of other topics will be made available to FLWOutdoors.com readers as well. It is the hope of everyone at FLW Outdoors that our readers truly enjoy these new video features as well as become more accomplished anglers in the process.