Catching Largemouth Bass in Rivers, with Winston Cundiff

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

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

When we think of largemouth bass, most of us either have a vision of a small farm pond or a big wide-open lake. But there are many excellent largemouth bass fisheries in rivers. And the advantage for a fly fisher is that these fish never get into a zone where they are tough to target with a fly rod because they are always in shallow water. Texas has a number of great largemouth rivers, and this week I pick the brain of Winston Cundiff of All Water Guides in Austin, Texas. He shares his techniques for catching these fish, the tackle he uses, and the fly patterns he favors. I think fly-rod bass anglers from around the country will get some solid tips on catching largemouths in moving water. In The Fly Box this week, we explore a number of interesting questions and suggestions: · How are fly hooks tempered, and does bending a small hook in your tying vise weaken it? · Should you approach spooky small-stream trout in still pools from upstream or downstream? · How to make a 4X leader into a 7X leader. · Why do I keep missing strikes when fishing streamers? · What are some tips for catching trout in rivers with high fishing pressure? · Can I fish a soft hackle as a dropper behind a dry fly? · How can plus-size anglers sneak up on trout? · What is a level line? · A tip from a listener on how to avoid pricking your finger on the hook when tying flies.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast with Tom Rosenbauer,
0:07.0	bringing you tips, tricks and techniques to help you get the most of your time on the water. Here's your host, acclaimed
0:14.6	fly fishing author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenberg.
0:19.3	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast. This podcast is being
0:26.0	recorded on February 15th 2018 and a little bit later on in the podcast, we're going to be talking to Winston-Kundif of Austin, Texas,
0:40.0	and we're going to be talking about river fishing for largemouth bass, something that we don't normally,
0:48.4	a lot of us don't normally associate largemouth with river fishing and Texas and other places in the
0:55.6	country have some awesome largemouth fishing in the current in rivers and so we're going to investigate that fisher a little bit.
1:07.0	But before we go on to that, let's answer some questions on the flybox and the first one is from Logan. I don't know where Logan's from
1:19.2	Hey Tom I was tying some trout streamers yesterday and came across a little trick.
1:23.8	I'm sure I'm not the first to do it, but I haven't heard it on the podcast and thought maybe
1:27.7	some listeners would benefit.
1:29.2	I found at times I would go to stroke material back and catch my thumb or finger on the exposed
1:35.0	hook point. It wasn't that big of a deal but I found it painful enough to think of a
1:39.0	solution. Here's the tip. Most bodkins you buy will come with a little plastic protector over the tip.
1:45.0	For larger streamer hooks, my plastic protector fit over the points relatively slim.
1:51.0	It didn't seem to hinder tying much as one would tend to angle their bobbin while
1:56.2	wrapping thread closer to the bend to the hook. Anyways, the plastic piece would probably be
2:00.4	too big for smaller nymphs and dries, but I seldom find myself catching my
2:04.5	fingers on those smaller hooks while tying. Anyways, a small tip and maybe unnecessary for some, but I thought
2:11.1	I'd share it. Thanks. That's a great idea Logan and I know that I find
2:17.5	a particularly annoying to tie smaller bonefish flies maybe because they ride hook up, but I find it particularly
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