All about Emergers with Tim Cammisa

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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🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

I get frequent questions about fishing emergers and it's a confusing subject. Do I fish one like a nymph, or do I fish one like a dry, and how deep should I fish it. My guest this week, Tim Cammisa [41:06], is a well-known fly tier who specializes in doing presentations on tying and fishing emergers, so I thought it would be great to get his tips on them.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some interesting questions and thoughtful tips from listeners, including:

How do you deal with adding and removing split shot?

What should I use to touch up the finish on an old bamboo fly rod?

I have some old leader material that is difficult to tighten. Is it because the nylon is old?

Why do we think we need so much backing on reels?

And why are light lines as long as heavier lines?

Can I wear hunting waders for winter fishing?

Will stocked trout spawn in rivers if they survive to spawning season?

A great tip from a listener on handy modifications you can make to any fly-tying vise

Do you know of one pair of sunglasses that will adapt to changing light situations?

I am confused by all the hook styles and bead types for Euro nymphs. Can you narrow it down to three styles of hooks and beads in various sizes?

What do you think of fishing pegged beads?

If I tie a mono rig, can you clinch knot the mono directly to the permanent loop in the fly line?

For prescription sunglasses, what color lens and brand do you recommend?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:14.4	This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and in this week's podcast we're going to be talking
0:20.7	to highly respected and well-known teacher Tim Camisa.
0:26.2	If you're a fly tire you've probably seen Tim's great videos on YouTube.
0:31.0	Tim also does some presentations for clubs and things on various topics but one of his
0:36.5	more popular ones is Emergers and because I get a lot of requests and questions about
0:46.4	Emergers, I thought it would be good to get Tim on to get his take on how to fish Emergers
0:52.5	and it's kind of a confusing and difficult way of fishing for some people because it's
1:00.6	not quite a dry fly and it's not quite a nymph and there aren't really standard techniques
1:06.6	for fishing Emergers so I thought talking to Tim would be helpful to get a different
1:12.3	perspective on fishing Emergers and maybe Tim can answer some of the questions that I'm
1:17.9	not always good enough to answer so anyway I hope you enjoy that good technique podcast but first
1:26.9	let me try to answer some questions on the fly box and if you have a question for the fly box
1:32.0	you can send it to me at podcast at orvis.com you can either type your question in your email or
1:40.9	you can send me a voice file and please try to keep your voice files fairly succinct. I've had a
1:46.6	couple of voice file questions lately that I couldn't answer because they went on for over five
1:53.5	minutes and I don't think I don't think you want to listen to a five minute phone call from someone
2:00.2	so so if you if you're one of those people who sent in a five minute podcast question on a voice
2:07.0	file try to boil it down to about you know two minutes max and then then I can probably answer it
2:13.5	better on the air. Alright the first question is an email from Ken from Buffalo you probably get
2:23.4	tired of hearing from me but you always seem to have the answers I'm looking for now 10 I can't
2:28.0	I'm never tired of hearing from you question one after a very long layoff from fly fishing I've
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