All about Floating Fly Lines, with Josh Jenkins

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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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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All about Floating Fly Lines, with Josh Jenkins

What is the difference between freshwater and saltwater fly lines? How about warmwater and cold-water lines? How long do fly lines last? How do you care for a fly line? How do you clean a fly line? Why do we have over-weighted fly lines? These are questions I often get for the podcast, so I asked Josh Jenkins [49:28], head of R&D for Scientific Anglers, to answer these questions and more about floating fly lines.

In the Fly Box this week, as usual we have some great questions and helpful tips from listeners they want to share with you, including:

What is the best rod length, line size, and leader for brook trout?
Can I throw a small Woolly Bugger with my 3-weight rod or do I need a heavier rod?
Are there any fly-tying materials that could have a negative health impact?
Do you know of a source for those bags used to hold fly-tying materials?
What flies can I use ruffed grouse feathers on?
Should I use my heavier nymph as my point (lower) fly?
I am looking at an Amplitude Creek line for small streams but it states the line is one size heavier. Will it spook the brook trout I am after?
How many flies do you lose every season, and how do you lose most of them?
How long should I expect a fly to last?
I love carp and bass fishing and have always been underwhelmed by trout fishing. What am I missing?
Are 6-piece rods any good, and would you take one on a long trip?
I got some old feathers that are bug infested. How can I clean them to make sure all the critters are gone?
A useful tip from a listener—to slow you down and help you observe a river better, don't string up your rod until you get to the river.
What do you do when you change species? Do you have separate fly boxes for each?
When coming up with a new fly pattern, how do you decide hook style and thread type?
Tip for keeping young kids away from a fly-tying area—use a baby gate
What is the most versatile fly for catching bass, carp, and panfish?
I get seasick. What is the best place to go bonefishing where I will find calm water?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and this week my guest is Josh Jenkins
0:19.6	from Scientific Anglers.
0:22.6	Josh is the chief R&D guy at Scientific Anglers,
0:27.7	which means he's a guy who creates all these cool
0:31.6	new flylines and leaders and tippet materials and all that stuff.
0:37.7	And I want to talk about floating lines.
0:40.0	I get a lot of questions about floating lines.
0:43.3	What's the difference between a warm water and a cold water line?
0:46.9	Can I use my freshwater line and salt water?
0:50.9	Can I put my fly line in a hot car?
0:53.4	How do I clean my line?
0:55.2	What kind of line should I choose?
0:57.6	And since most of us use floating fly lines most of the time,
1:01.4	and you know, there's a dizzying array of different floating
1:06.2	lines out there so this is a podcast about floating lines how to pick one how to
1:12.2	care for what it will and won't do,
1:15.0	and pretty much anything I think that you really need to know about floating flylines.
1:21.0	And Josh is the guy who has the answers so should be an interesting
1:26.1	podcast and before we get into the flybox I just hit the
1:35.4	hit the shelves, a new product.
1:37.4	It's a new waiting staff.
1:41.6	And this waiting staff is the best one I have ever seen.
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