A new nymph fishing technique and the under-rated 10-foot fly rod, with George Daniel

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is the great George Daniel [42:00], who is always pushing the envelope, evolving and experimenting. He tells us why he uses a 10-foot fly rod for nearly all of his trout fishing, even in smaller streams and he also introduces a new nymphing technique he has been experimenting with.

In the Fly Box this week, we have a great variety of questions and tips, including:

Can I use a poly leader in salt water for stripers?
Why do I find fewer and smaller fish in low water conditions later in the season?
How often do you find yourself adjusting indicator depth in medium and large rivers?
What should I do with the reject flies from my tying bench?
Is a bow-and-arrow cast stealthier than a roll cast in small streams?
I see large crayfish in a stream. Why don't I see smaller crayfish?
Are fiberglass rods more sensitive than graphite rods?
Do creek chubs compete with brown trout?
What can I do to keep the wings on my parachute flies at 90 degrees once I start fishing them?
I found I could double haul better with some Orvis rods I tried than with entry level rods I have. Is it simply the difference between a premium rod and my current lower level rods?
I keep breaking off coho salmon. What could I be doing wrong?
Can I fish egg and worm patterns and streamers with my 7-foot, 4-weight rod?
A tip from a listener—if you want to find out where trout live in a particular river, observe them from a bridge.
Is there an organization devoted specifically to smallmouth bass?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast this is your host Tom
0:14.2	Rosenbauer and my guest this week is the great George Daniel George
0:20.8	George always has something interesting to say he's a great teacher. In fact he's a professor of flyfishing at Penn State.
0:28.0	And now this week, we're going to talk about a couple things.
0:31.0	One is the utility of using a 10-foot rod, you know, most of us
0:36.0	use 8 and a half 9 footers. George uses a 10-footer almost all the time and he talks about why he likes 10 foot rods fly rods and then
0:45.8	George also has a new way of euro nymphing contact n, you know, however you want to describe it, but it's a little bit different
0:56.8	than what you might have seen in the past and what you might have seen on the video I did with George on the Learning Center a couple
1:04.5	of years ago so I think you'll be really interested in seeing what George is
1:09.8	doing he's constantly questioning and evolving his fishing techniques, so it's always good to catch up with George.
1:17.0	And before we start the flybox, just wanted to give you a heads up on a product. The Orvis Pro Insulated Hoodie is one of our most popular products. And I consider it an essential piece of tackle anytime that the weather is cool.
1:38.0	Keeps me warm, it's light, it's cozy, it packs down to almost nothing, and boy, if you suddenly gets cold and you need an extra layer, this is the thing to carry.
1:50.0	I wear it all winter long and I wear it in spring and fall as well. It's a great three season jacket and
1:57.0	it's now available in some new colors. So new colors are always interesting.
2:02.0	It's now available in a blackout color, a
2:04.8	camo, a shadow camo and ink, which is kind of a kind of a dark blue. So if you like
2:11.7	that pro insulated hoodie or if you haven't tried one, I highly
2:15.8	recommend it and as I said it's a it's an essential piece of tackle for me at this time
2:21.8	a year. Or almost any time a year except when it's really hot.
2:27.0	All right and now let's do the flybox. Flybox is where you ask me questions and I try to answer them for you. You can either just type
2:37.3	your question into your email or you can attach a voice file and then email that to me at podcast at orvis.com and I do read them all.
2:48.0	Don't answer them all but I do read them all.
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