Did You Know About Shoal Bass? With Quint Rogers
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
This week I interview Quint Rogers [31:43], a fly fishing guide specializing in shoal bass fishing in Georgia. We discuss the unique characteristics of shoal bass, their habitat, life cycle, and the best fishing techniques to catch this rare freshwater bass, perfectly suited to the fly rod. Quint shares insights on seasonal patterns, fishing gear, and the river environments where shoal bass thrive.
In the Fly Box this week we have these questions from listeners:
How can I figure out which way to orient slotted beads on nymphs?
Are six-piece travel rods any good?
For small stream fishing, does it matter if I use a double taper or weight forward line?
Is there any evidence to suggest which is the best way to attach droppers?
Why does my leader always break at the tippet ring?
Are there any alternatives to stripping baskets for beach fishing?
How do you know when to replace a floating line?
Can you do a podcast on how to train a dog to be a fishing companion?
Why don't more saltwater guides use nets?
What kind of games do I play when fly fishing?
Where would you work if you didn't work for Orvis?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer. |
| 0:17.4 | And my guest this week is Orvis and Doris guide Quint Rogers. |
| 0:22.9 | And the subject is shoal bass, which is a fish you might not even know exists, |
| 0:29.7 | but it's an very interesting species of freshwater bass related to largemouth and smallmouth bass and sunfish that lives in a |
| 0:40.4 | couple river systems in Georgia and it sounds like it's not like an amazing environment and |
| 0:47.1 | a fun fish to catch so I hope you enjoy this even if you never plan on fishing for shoal |
| 0:53.5 | bass it's an interesting, even if you never plan on fishing for shoal bass. It's an interesting story. |
| 0:56.4 | And if you are ever in the Atlanta area, and a lot of us are, because we travel through Atlanta quite frequently in the airport, |
| 1:07.1 | you might want to have it stop over and try your look at some shoal bass. |
| 1:15.8 | I'm so glad you're here today and I want to thank you all for listening to this podcast |
| 1:21.9 | for taking the time to download it to your phone or listen to it online. um i always forget to say this but um you know |
| 1:30.1 | if you get a moment and you like the podcast or if you don't like the podcast um please leave a rating |
| 1:36.5 | on itunes or a review and a comment on spotify those are always greatly appreciated i know I know you all have a place to voice your opinion on the podcast at the Flybox mailbox, |
| 1:51.4 | but sometimes the reviews help as well. |
| 1:55.9 | Speaking of the Flybox, I could use some more good questions. |
| 2:03.9 | I'm not getting, you all think I'm overwhelmed with questions, but I'm not getting, not getting as many as I need so that I can |
| 2:10.5 | pick good ones to read on the air. And so if you have a question, think about a question that you |
| 2:17.0 | have that maybe would benefit, the answer might benefit other flyfishers. |
| 2:22.2 | Might be something they're confused about or might be something they're curious about. |
| 2:26.6 | So if you have a question along those lines, please send it to the podcast mailbox. |
| 2:32.1 | And the mailbox is podcast at orvis.com. |
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