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Produced by The Orvis Company and hosted by Tom Rosenbauer, author of The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, this podcast will provide you with tips on how to get the most of your time on the water. Read more about Orvis at www.orvis.com/podcast.The Orvis Company
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  • Secrets of Trout Fishing in Spain, with Ivan Tarin
    Jun 9 2025
    Many North Americans would love to catch brown trout in their native environment, and most of us think of the UK or France or Slovenia for wild, native brown trout. But, Spain has a long history of fly fishing in the Pyrenees (Hemingway loved fly fishing in the Pyrenees and called this region "the closest thing to heaven") and for the traveler, there are many rivers with public access. Spain has small freestone mountain streams, lakes, and tailwaters that offer excellent trout fishing and my guest this week, Ivan Tarin [35:59], of Salvelinus Adventures, has spent thirty years exploring these rivers and has many tips to offer. In the Fly Box this week, we have some interesting questions and also a listener who was upset by my attitude in a recent podcast:
    • Do you have any advice to help me catch more trout on dry flies?
    • Does it matter that jig flies ride upside-down?
    • Why can't I catch a fish on a Pheasant Tail nymph?
    • What is the best color for a background on a fly-tying table?
    • How do you keep track of the leader and tippet you have on a fly line?
    • How long with rivers in North Carolina take to recover from the devastating floods?
    • Why has trout fishing been so lousy in the Northeast this spring?
    • What should I do when trout are feeding on tiny flies? Small dries are too small for me to see.
    • Should I work a small bass river upstream or down?
    • I don't do well on dropoffs. How should I fish them?
    • What is the difference between Helios F and D versions, and what is the difference between the 9-foot and 9-foot 5-inch Helios 5-weight models?
    • A listener takes me to task for making fun of conventional bass anglers.
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Back Cast: Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter
    Jun 2 2025

    This episode was originally published on February 5th, 2024.

    My guest this week is Charity Rutter [39:50], a great friend and longtime guide in the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her husband Ian have just finished a great book (I read the manuscript and loved it) and although it won't be available until April, you can pre-order it here:

    https://randrflyfishing.com/store/fly-fishing-guide-to-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/

    Charity shares her secrets for making more out of your time on small waters, and although she concentrates on her area, she has fished small streams throughout North America and her tips will help you no matter where you fish.

    In the Fly Box this week we have a nice assortment of questions and tips on fly fishing and fly tying, including:

    Why do you hate hook keepers so much?

    Is it true that you should not hook your fly onto your stripping guide?

    A listener recounts his first experience with selling flies he tied himself.

    A number of people chide me for not using a wading staff—yet.

    Will it hurt my fly line if I stretch it first before fishing?

    A listener gives some good advice on how to get out of a dangerous situation while wading, and how to prevent your waders from acting like a sea anchor.

    A tip from a listener on how he deals with litter during a day of fishing and one on how he carries rods on the back seat of his vehicle.

    A listener tells me how pleased he was with Orvis reel repair service.

    Should I wear socks when wearing the new Pro Approach Hikers in salt water?

    Can I Euro nymph in lakes and ponds?

    A tip from a listener on making more durable peacock herl bodies.

    Where should I put the heavy section of mono on a shock leader?

    A listener shares a tip on playing darts during the winter to keep those casting muscles in shape

    I used rubber soled wading shoes on slippery rocks and had poor traction. Should I stud them or just get a pair of felt-soled boots?

    In a remote lake with an inlet and outlet, will trout move into the outlet as well as the inlet?

    How can I keep my dropper and tippet from slipping off my barbless hook when fishing with a dry dropper? And what knot is best when attaching a dropper to a hook bend?

    I have a 9-foot 5-weight rod and want a rod for fishing for panfish and streamers for trout. What rod should I get next?

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    1 h y 35 m
  • The Poetry of Fly Fishing
    May 27 2025
    We're not talking about the poetry of a fly cast made by Pete Kutzer, but poetry about fly fishing, some of the well known poets who were fly fishers, and why the appeal of poetry and fly fishing have much in common. My guest, Andrew Grace [29:19], is a published poet and professor of English, and he'll read us some of his own work as well as from poets like Jim Harrison and Chris Dombrowski. It's a real departure from our usual subjects and I hope you enjoy it. In the Fly Box this week, we get more into our typical nitty-gritty subjects like:
    • Is there a rule of thumb for how long it takes a sinking line to get to a particular depth?
    • Can I fish in lakes with a shorter, softer fiberglass rod?
    • How do I elegantly get the fly line out of my rod before I start casting?
    • I catch trout in Alaska when they are eating eggs behind salmon, but at other times of year I can't catch them on dries or nymphs. Are they not in the same places at other times of year?
    • How many different flies are there in the world? s there a registry of them? And can they be copyrighted or trademarked?
    • If I can't use gel flotant once my fly has gotten wet, why don't I just use the powder right off the bat and forget about the gel?
    • I heard that when you cast a dry fly, you should pull back a bit at the end of the cast to develop some slack. But can this be executed in a smoother fashion?
    • Why empty my wallet for a Helios rod when the Superfines are so good? What will a Helios do for me that a Superfine won't?
    • Where can I find Hungarian partridge to tie smaller flies like size 16s?
    • Is there a way you mark what line is on what reel so you don't have to use a magnifying glass to look at those tiny line markers?
    • Is there a national registry of fly-fishing clubs?
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    1 h y 18 m
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Tom is very articulate and knowledgeable and makes each podcast very entertaining. highly recommend

excellent podcast

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Great podcast covering everything from fly patterns, gear, tactics, tying tips, habitat and much more.

Wealth of knowledge

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