Atlantic Salmon
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
This week my guest is Neville Crabbe of the Atlantic Salmon Federation [39:13]. He tells us the details of a major project to eradicate smallmouth bass from the famous Miramichi River, one of the most productive salmon rivers in the world. We all love smallmouths, but they don't belong in this river system and were introduced by misguided anglers.
In the Fly Box this week, we have some great questions, including:
How should I fish an emerger? Can I fish it by itself?
Any tips on catching grass carp?
What's on Tom's bucket list for destinations?
Will packets of desiccant gel help keep my fly boxes dry?
Will cracks in my fly line change its grain weight?
Why do fish keep "bumping" my swung wet flies?
Any tips for fighting trout in shallow water?
Why do steelhead roll?
What is that little ring on the back end of the Chubby Duo Hopper fly?
What are the differences between the various trout species?
When Tom fishes with guides, does he use his own flies?
Will a two-handed rod help my casting when I have tennis elbow?
What fly line should I use for fishing for carp, bass, and pike in 10 to 15 feet of water?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and this week in the interview we are going to be talking |
| 0:17.6 | to Neville Crab of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and Neville and a number of groups are working |
| 0:25.8 | on a massive project on the Miramishi River to eradicate smallmouth bass which are invasive |
| 0:34.5 | and a threat to the Atlantic Salmon population of the Miramishi and it's a pretty massive |
| 0:41.6 | and fascinating project also a bit controversial because they plan on poisoning a lake and a portion |
| 0:49.4 | of the river so I think you'll enjoy this podcast learning about how fishery managers try to maintain |
| 0:59.3 | native populations of fish and we haven't done it I don't think I've ever done an Atlantic Salmon |
| 1:05.8 | podcast so it's not about salmon fishing it's about salmon conservation and I know that you like |
| 1:13.0 | conservation podcasts so I hope you enjoy it but first the fly box and if you have a question for |
| 1:24.0 | the fly box you can send it to me at podcastatorvis.com either attach a voice file and maybe I'll play it |
| 1:31.7 | on the air or just type your question into your email and I read them all I don't answer them all |
| 1:38.7 | but I do read them all and without further ado let's get into the podcast and see if I can |
| 1:45.6 | answer some questions the first one's from Bob from Maine an email one good thing to come out of |
| 1:51.3 | the pandemic is I discovered your podcast Tom I have a question about fishing and mergers what is |
| 1:57.3 | the best method for fishing them off a dry can you fish them alone if you're nymphing can you tie |
| 2:03.2 | them off a beaded nymph or should they only be fished with non-beaded nymphs I apologize if |
| 2:08.5 | you had answered this question before thank you for all you do for this sport so Bob an |
| 2:15.1 | merger is is an imitation of a bayfly or a catas fly or a midge that is at the surface and just |
| 2:25.0 | trying to break its nymphal chuck and crawl out and sprout its wings and and fly away and it's kind |
| 2:31.8 | of a kind of a half dry half nymph or you know I've heard them described as a damp dry and you can |
| 2:40.2 | really fish these flies any way you want and I would advise you to experiment you know starting |
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