Blane Chocklett and his Baitfish

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

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week my guest is the great guide and fly tier Blane Chocklett [39:45]. We talk about his development of innovative fly patterns like the Gummy Minnow and Game Changer, but also about his philosophy of imitating baitfish and how to choose the right streamer depending on conditions. I know you streamer, musky, and saltwater junkies will learn a lot in this one.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions and tips from listeners:
How do I know what color combinations to use on my flies?
Can I put a 225-grain sinking line on my 7-weight fiberglass rod?
I have an 8 1/2 foot Clearwater 4 weight. What rod should I add to my arsenal for bass fishing?
How can I catch those difficult carp on my local lake in Norway?
What should I do with all the extra flies I tie?
How do you know when a nymph should be tied on a curved hook?
A great tip for organizing materials for single patterns by putting all of the materials in a tray.
Trout are supposed to be in deep, slow pools in cold weather but I see them in riffles and pools. Why?
Another great tip on organizing fly-tying materials using duct tape, ziplock bags, and a 3-ring binder
What is the nest leader for small-stream fishing, when you are mostly casting just the leader?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and later on in the
0:16.6	podcast we're going to be talking to the great Blaine chocolate. We're going to be
0:21.5	talking about a number of things about imitating baitfish, about how Blaine came up with the really innovative patterns that he has such as the gummy minnow and the game changer.
0:35.8	And also then his philosophy for fishing these flies and choosing flies and
0:41.7	choosing colors to imitate baitfish.
0:44.4	So Blaine is always an interesting guy to talk to and I think you will very much enjoy
0:52.4	my interview a little bit later on. But first I'm going to try to answer
0:56.7	some questions and if you have questions for the flybox you can send me an email at podcast at orvist.com. You can either just type your question in your email or you can attach a voice file.
1:12.0	Either way works. And let's start this week's flybox with an email from Ryan from Pennsylvania.
1:21.0	I've been tying flies for quite a while and have a from Pennsylvania.
1:22.7	I have been tying flies for quite a while and have a question regarding alternate fly colors that
1:27.3	is always confused me.
1:29.4	When you see a fly pattern in an article or on a video, you will often hear, try it in olive or tan.
1:37.0	Sometimes you'll hear black, purple, or orange in tan.
1:40.7	I have even seen steelhead patterns listed as orange, pink, copper, or olive, chartruse gold.
1:48.0	I know we all like to experiment at the bench, but I am rather anal about trying new patterns. Is there a formula or a certain sequence
1:56.4	that these are listed in like body hackle tail body thorax? Any light you could shed on this would be appreciated. Love
2:05.8	listening and keep up the great work. Well Brian, there are no rules in
2:11.4	fly tying. My advice would be to look at popular patterns and see what
2:16.1	color combinations they use there there is a little bit of logic involved here.
2:23.7	You know, Mayflies and catas flies mostly have kind of grayish tan wings with a little
2:30.7	speckling in them and the bodies vary and the bodies may be tan or
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