Carpe Diem: An Interview with Carp Expert Dan Frasier

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

🗓️ 10 June 2013

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a great interview with Dan Frasier, fly-fishing editor of Carp Pro magazine on—guess what? There are some terrific tips in this interview and here are a couple I had not heard of and will try on my next carp fishing trip. I am sure you will find some as well. In the Fly Box, we range from hooking shad to getting started in fly tying to picking the right leader length to fishing streamers in Europe. And I’m also asked about my top 10 saltwater flies for fishing anywhere is the world, so I will list them here as well as mention them in the podcast

1. Lefty’s Deceiver in chartreuse in size 1

2. Lefty’s Deceiver in olive and white in size 1

3. Clouser Minnow in original brown and white in size 4

4. Clouser Minnow in chartreuse and white in size 4

5. Gurgler (any color)

6. Surf Candy in size 4

7. Adams’ Bastard Crab in size 4

8. Puglisi Peanut Butter in purple and black in size 1/0

9. Simram in size 6

10. Cowen’s Albie Anchovy

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi Tom, I'm CJ from Connecticut.
0:02.2	And I really enjoy the podcast, keep them coming.
0:05.4	Hey, I've been fishing the Farrington River since I was 15.
0:09.1	I consider it my home water and now I have the best excuse for getting skunked. It's not high or cold water or
0:16.2	the wrong moon phase. My excuse is if it can happen to Tom Rosenbauer, it can happen to anyone.
0:22.4	And thanks for that. The Farmington can be humbling.
0:27.0	Hey, my tip to staying young, take up fly fishing. I'm going to be 62 years old, and every time I drive to the Farmington I feel like the same
0:35.9	key to rode his bike down to the river in the morning before it was light.
0:40.0	Fly fishing.
0:41.0	The found of youth.
0:42.0	Thanks, Tom.
0:44.0	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer,
0:49.0	bringing you tips, tricks, and techniques
0:52.0	to help you get the most of your time on the water.
0:55.0	Here's your host, acclaimed fly fishing author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenbauer.
1:02.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
1:05.0	This podcast is being recorded on June 7th, 2013.
1:18.0	C.J, thank you very much for that nice call. I don't know what makes you all, what makes all of you out there think that I know anything about fly fishing.
1:25.6	I'm just the guy with the microphone and I'm flattered that you use me as a
1:30.3	standard on the Farmington but that that may not really mean much I've been
1:34.4	skunked lots and lots and lots of places as most of you have as well so anyway
1:42.1	today we have the first in our series of carp
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