15 Ways to Break a Fly Rod, with Charlie Robinton

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Besides breaking your fly rod in those boring old ways like car doors or ceiling fans, there are other, less obvious ways and most of them are preventable as well. This week I chat with Charlie Robinton [49:00], rod repair expert on the Orvis Outfitter Team, and we'll explore other ways fly rods are broken—including some unusual ways they have been broken over the years, thanks to stories from our terrific rod repair team. True, if you break an Orvis rod we can usually have it back to you in about five days—but a broken rod is still not a fun way to start (or end) a fishing trip.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some perplexing questions, tips from listeners, and some listeners who take exception to some of the things I've said in the past, including:

Where can I take my sons and granddaughter on Route 20 in Idaho where they can easily catch trout?
What is a good rod manufacturer?
A listener describes a perplexing day on a difficult river and analyzes his day and asks Tom if he agrees.
Do you take all of your fly boxes when you fish or do you determine what you will likely need for the day? And where do you put your lunch, sunscreen, and raincoat?
Last year I had great luck for pre-spawn brown trout and this year I can't hook them. Should I keep trying different streamer patterns?
A caution from a listener on serious reactions to UV resins
A suggestion from a listener on sliding beads down your leader if you want to make any nymph a bead head.
A listener says he has never had fly-tying threads weaken over time and disagrees with my suggestion that they can weaken after a few years.
Are beaded or non-beaded flies more successful?
How can I use adhesives to keep the dumbbell eyes on my Clouser Minnows from rotating?
You have said trout eyes are designed to look up. When I catch trout they are always looking down. Why?
You recommend using a throat pump. But what good does it do you when you have already caught a fish? And then you take their food away?
Does gel flotant on a hook have a negative effect?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:13.3	This is your host, Tom Rose, with our...
0:15.8	And my guest this week is Charlie Robinson.
0:19.6	Charlie is a member of the Orvis Outfitter team, and Charlie is particularly adept and experienced
0:28.2	at handling rod repairs.
0:29.8	He kind of manages that area of our customer service.
0:35.9	And I thought it would be fun to talk to Charlie about the ways fly rods are broken.
0:42.5	And I don't mean the ways that you might have seen on the video that I did last month about
0:50.5	what to do when your fly rod breaks.
0:54.7	These are less, I guess, less apparent, less intuitive ways of breaking a fly rod that
1:01.4	we might not think about.
1:03.4	And there's also some fun, unusual ways that people have broken fly rods.
1:11.4	So I hope that...
1:12.4	I hope you enjoy the podcast, and I hope it helps you take a little bit better care of your
1:19.0	fly rod and not have to lose a week or so when your fly rod has to be repaired.
1:29.8	At least to be a week or so if it's an Orvis rod.
1:34.9	But first, first of a few announcements, actually.
1:40.2	First of all, I am going to be attending a number of events in November, and I'd love
1:49.6	to see you there.
1:51.8	Beginning on Thursday, November 9th, I'm going to be at the Orvis retail store in Manhattan
2:00.6	for a couple hours and even.
2:03.0	I think it's 4 to 6 pm, but you can check with the store in Manhattan.
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