800 | Fly Fishing the Delaware River with Bob Lindquist from Flies for Fish
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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#800 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/800
Presented by: Pescador on the Fly, Intrepid Camp Gear, Mountain Waters Resort, Patagonia
Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors
In this episode, we sit down with Robert "Bob" Lindquist of Flies for Fish to talk all about fly fishing the Delaware River. Bob grew up fishing Montauk beaches from a '55 Willys Jeep, learned to tie flies on common nails, and eventually dedicated his life to guiding and teaching others on one of the most technical tailwaters in the East.
We dive into how to read rise forms, why line management can matter more than casting distance, and how a bar merger pattern can outfish a dry fly four-to-one. Bob also shares the truth behind the Delaware's legendary rainbow trout, his go-to patterns for the river, and why furled leaders and reach casts are game changers in this fishery.
Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/800
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest grew up fishing Montauk beaches from a 55 Willie's Jeep got hooked, tying flies on common nails after reading A.J. McLean and never looked back. |
| 0:12.7 | From Cat SkillsCast to Delaware Sulphers, today's guest has built a life around teaching others how to fish, one of the most technical tailwaters in the east. |
| 0:21.3 | By the end of this episode, you'll learn how to decode rise forms, why line management |
| 0:25.9 | matters more than casting distance and how a bar merger can outfish your dry 4 to 1. |
| 0:32.4 | This is the Webfly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, |
| 0:36.1 | how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip and what you can do to give back to fish |
| 0:40.8 | species we all love. Bob Lindquist breaks down his top flight patterns for fishing the Delaware |
| 0:46.6 | River today. We find out about the myth behind the river's legendary rainbow trout. We're going to relive |
| 0:53.3 | this story and find out what happens when a 30-inch striper follows your trout all the way in. |
| 0:59.5 | Plus, you can also hear how a furled leader and a reach cast are completely changing the game where Bobfishes. |
| 1:06.9 | All right, here we go. |
| 1:07.6 | Bob Lindquist, you can find him at Flies4Fish.com. |
| 1:12.8 | How you doing, Bob? |
| 1:13.9 | I am rocking and rolling, moving, and grooving. How about yourself? |
| 1:16.8 | I'm doing great. Yeah, I'm looking forward to this conversation. |
| 1:20.1 | You know, I've seen a lot of your stuff out there online. |
| 1:23.2 | You've got a big, long background. |
| 1:25.5 | We're going to probably talk Delaware today, maybe some trout fishing, dry flies, but you also have some Atlantic salmon, saltwater. |
| 1:32.2 | So I think that's going to always be the challenge is figuring out, you know, where to focus. |
| 1:36.5 | But, yeah, how are things going this week? |
| 1:39.1 | Things are going really well. |
| 1:40.4 | We had three really good days of fishing. |
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