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Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Episode 269: Fly Fishing with the Summer Crowds
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Fly fishing with the summer crowds seems inevitable, if you plan to get out this summer. Warm weather and vacations bring out even more fly fishers to your favorite stream. In this episode, we offer several strategies to avoid the summer crowds, find a bit of solitude, and, hopefully, catch a few fish.
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Monday May 29, 2023
Episode 268: When It’s Time to Quit Your Favorite Stream
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Quitters never win. And winners never quit. That's true. And it's also not true. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is to quit your favorite stream, creek, or stretch of river. In this episode, we wax not so eloquently on when it's time to walk away from what has been your favorite fishing spot. It may not be forever. But doing so may push you to find new water to fish.
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Monday May 22, 2023
Episode 267: The Basics of Fishing with Streamers
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Fly fishers who sling streamers tend to catch bigger fish. There's no scientific evidence to support this, of course, other than our anecdotal evidence. But we've had some terrific days on the river casting bigger flies that we fish on an active retrieve. In this episode, we provide an overview of our streamer fishing experience and provide some basic tips to getting started.
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Friday May 12, 2023
Episode 266: Fly Fishing the Edges of the Seasons
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Most fly fishers despise driving up to where they expect to fish for the day and see three trucks alongside the creek. In this episode, we discuss our basic approach to fishing the four seasons. We try as much as possible to fish the edges of winter, spring, summer, and fall. There are fewer fly fishers, the hotel rates are cheaper, and the fishing can be spectacular.
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The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Sunday May 07, 2023
Episode 265: Fly Fishing Spring Creeks with More Success
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
Fly fishing spring creeks often demands more finesse than fishing freestone rivers. The water temperature is more consistent in spring creeks, and the food more ubiquitous. If you want to catch fish in a spring creek, your tackle must be lighter, and you need to be more stealthy.
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Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Episode 264: The Unexpected Perks of Fly Fishing
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Catching fish is the reward of fly fishing. And we both love and expect to catch fish every time we head out to the river. But there are some other perks of fly fishing. And in this episode, we list several, including "experiencing the nonsecular" parts of life, eating at small-town cafes, and the conversations about the great themes of life.
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Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Episode 263: Fly Fishing Tips We’ve Picked Up from Other Fishers
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
It takes a village to raise a fly fisher. In this episode, we admit once again to our persistent mediocrity as fly fishers. We give credit, however, to whatever skills we have to friends, guides, and others we've observed through the years. We offer up a handful of insights, including how to use the tip of your rod while streamer fishing and monitoring how deep your nymph is by observing the speed of your strike indicator.
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Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Episode 262: Three Magical Days Fly Fishing the Yellowstone River
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Fly fishing the Yellowstone River late in the fall is a risk. If the weather suddenly turns right before your fly fishing trip, the roads in the Park may close. Or perhaps if the weather has been too balmy - the trout may not be rising. And since the main hatches and the hoppers have been …
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Dave and Steve in Winter
We're best friends. And each thinks he is slightly better at fly fishing than the other guy. Somehow, as different as we are (Steve folds his underwear and organizes them in his drawer in a military formation), we've managed to stay friends since college.We love the outdoors. Love our days on the river. And we love fishing together. Our podcast, we hope, communicates the warmth and joy of our friendship.