Catching stripers below the Statue of Liberty, with Joe Mattioli

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

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week, I interview Captain Joe Mattioli [43:31]i on a place I have always wanted to fish--New York Harbor. Despite having chased striped bass and bluefish with a fly rod for over 40 years, I have never had the pleasure of fishing New York Harbor and I have always wanted to. So join me as I interview Captain Joe and hear stories of this world-class fishery beneath the Statue of Liberty and off Coney Island.

In the Fly Box this week, we have lots of great questions, including:

I have issues with knots in my leader, especially with streamers and other heavy flies. How do I fix this?

I have a 9 ft 5-weight Recon and a starter fly reel I bought a few years ago. Should I buy a new reel to go with my rod?

When fishing for bass, if I use a heavier line like a bank shot on my 6-weight rod, how should I adjust my casting style?

Are there any trade-offs?

I use a double Uni Knot to join tippet, but I can't tie a Blood Knot to save my life. What are the relative strengths of these two knots?

I just upgraded my fly-tying vise. What other tools should I upgrade if I want to improve my tying?

My tippet keeps breaking when using sink-tip lines. What can I do to prevent this?

Would you recommend a Recon 2-weight or 3-weight for fishing small streams plus bluegill fishing with my kids?

How many flies do you lose in a day of small stream fishing?

Where would you go to catch a trophy brook trout?

What should I do with my dry fly when fishing still water?

Should I move it or let it sit?

What can we do to reduce the trauma to fish when we play them?

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. This is your host Tom Riesllefowl
0:19.8	and in my interview this week I'm going to be talking to Captain Joe Matioli of New York City.
0:30.0	And Joe does something that I've always wanted to do.
0:34.6	I've been a stripper angler, fly fishing for strippers
0:39.7	for about 40 or so years.
0:42.4	And I've fished a lot of places in the northeast but I've never
0:45.1	fished New York Harbor and I've always wanted to and you know my dream is to
0:50.8	catch a stripper at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
0:54.3	And Joe talks about the great world-class saltwater fly fishing
1:01.2	right in New York Harbor and you know fishing around Coney Island and
1:07.3	various other places in New York Harbor for Striped Bass and and Blue Fish and False Al-Bacor and it's just a place I really want to go and I'm sure
1:21.0	you'd like to go there too so join me on my journey with Captain Joe and maybe
1:27.3	we'll all be able to fish New York Harbor someday.
1:32.4	But first, let's do the flybox where I try to answer some questions from
1:37.8	listeners and if you have a question that you'd like to ask. You can contact me at podcast at Orvis.com.
1:47.2	You can just include a text email and ask me a question or you can attach a voice file and maybe I'll read your
1:57.1	question on the air.
1:59.9	So let's start the flybox. The first question is from Cody from Oklahoma.
2:10.0	First of all, I really enjoy the podcast and I appreciate all the information that you give out to help us in the field.
2:16.3	I've been fly fishing for the last three years, but I've really hit my stride with it this year.
2:21.0	So I'm having issues with not showing up on my leader from
2:24.9	casting, especially with streamers and other heavy flies. What do I need to
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