921 | Airflo's Gareth Jones on Competition Fly Fishing and Stillwater Systems
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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#921 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/921
Presented By: On DeMark Lodge, Intrepid Camp Gear, Pescador on the Fly, Jackson Hole Fly Company
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Why do some anglers seem to find fish instantly while others struggle all day on the same lake? In this episode, Gareth Jones, sales Director at Airflo Fishing, breaks down Stillwater fly fishing at a level most anglers never reach—from understanding exact sink rates to building repeatable systems that help locate fish quickly.
We dig into countdown systems, retrieves, line densities, and how wind, depth, and presentation all work together. Gareth also shares competition-proven tactics for fishing teams of flies, controlling drift with a drogue, and deciding when to fish attractor patterns versus imitative flies. If lakes have ever felt overwhelming or random, this episode gives you a framework to simplify the entire game.
#921 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/921
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| 0:00.0 | Why do some anglers dialed in within minutes while others never find fish all day? |
| 0:07.0 | Today we're getting into Stillwater Strategy at a level most people never reach from dialing exact depth to building a system that actually helps you find fish fast. |
| 0:15.8 | Garrett Jones is back on the podcast. |
| 0:17.5 | He's been with Airflow for over 30 years. |
| 0:20.1 | He's competed at the highest levels |
| 0:22.0 | and has spent decades refining how to break down lakes, control your presentation, and stay |
| 0:27.0 | consistent when conditions keep changing. In this episode, you're going to find out how to |
| 0:31.6 | quickly locate fish and still water when everything looks the same. We're going to get the |
| 0:35.0 | exact way Gareth uses countdowns, retrieve, and angles to stay in the zone, and how different sync rates and line choices control your |
| 0:42.2 | entire presentation. Plus, we're going to find out how to fish at tractors versus imitative |
| 0:46.6 | patterns and how to transition between both of them. We're going to get the big update today, |
| 0:52.2 | including what's new with airflow fishing and everything around Stillwater. |
| 0:56.3 | All right, you can find Gareth at airflowfishing.com. |
| 1:00.3 | Here he is, Gareth Jones. |
| 1:03.7 | How you doing, Gareth? |
| 1:05.0 | Really good, thanks, Dave. |
| 1:06.2 | Glad to be on. |
| 1:07.2 | Yeah, yeah, thanks for jumping back on here. |
| 1:09.4 | It's been a few years, I guess over a few years that we had John last, back in 22. So that was, you know, November 22 a while back. We're going to get an update of what's been going on with Airflow. You work with one of the big lines out there, so we're going to get touch on that. And then we're going to talk Stillwater. I think that's another big topic. You know, folks are interested in. So we're going to get an update there. |
| 1:30.9 | But maybe take us back real quick on Airflow. I think there's been some changes with Airflow |
| 1:34.7 | right over the last few years because I think has ownership changed or described that? Maybe |
| 1:39.1 | an update there. Yeah, sure. So back in 2019, Airflow was owned by a company called Burgess Video Group. |
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