Disturbing News on Montana's Smith River, with David Brooks

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The Montana Supreme Court recently reversed a decision that would have blocked a copper mine on the headwaters of the Smith River. Where we thought we had a win in preventing a mine in the wrong place, we now may have to live with that mine. David Brooks [33:02] on Montana TU tells us how, at the very least, TU and other organizations convinced the mine to put in a number of mitigation solutions that were not in their original plan. Trout Unlimited has one more hail Mary on this issue, which you can learn about in the podcast. This is a tough subject to listen to, but we learn that we can never give up on environmental issues, even when it looks like we've won.

(To sign a petition in support of Trout Unlimited's position preventing the mine from expanding onto public land, click here https://montanatu.org/protect-the-smith-sign-the-mineral-withdrawal-petition/

In the Fly Box this week, we have some more fun and positive topics, including:

What is a tailing loop in fly casting?
To practice casting for a saltwater trip, should I just use yarn or should I use a hookless fly similar to the size I will be casting?
What is the purpose of a wing on a wet fly?
Does the loop at the end of a fly line cause energy loss?
How can I photograph striped bass beneath a bridge?
Can I keep fly rods in my cartop quiver in hot weather?
A great tip from a listener about using white poster board on the surface of an old rolltop desk.
Another tip from a listener on using inexpensive drill gauges to size hunks of deer hair and beads.
Would a one-piece rod be better than a four-piece rod?
How do I keep debris from drifting downstream when fishing the top of a riffle?
What is a good all-around fly line for bonefish and redfish?
I had a fishless day and then a guy with a spin rod caught a trout right in front of me. Should I have switched to a streamer earlier?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the nervous fly fishing podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and I got to warn you this week's
0:17.4	podcast is not a happy or pleasant subject. We've had some disappointing news on a proposed mine on the
0:26.8	headwaters of the famous Smith River in Montana and I've got David Brooks from Montana Trout Unlimited on the
0:36.6	podcast today to talk about what happened what can be done and what you can do to
0:42.3	maybe help mitigate a solution to this issue.
0:47.4	So not very often that I have a podcast that don't have a happy topic or an uplifting topic, but I think it's
0:57.3	important for all of us in our education as flyfishers to be aware of these issues.
1:03.4	So stay tuned and David will explain the situation to us.
1:11.1	Now to some happier topics. Just wanted to give you an update on my waiting staff because I have mentioned in a past podcast on waiting safety that I don't use a waiting staff or not very often and I promised you all that I would I would get a waiting staff and I got the new Orvis waiting staff which I absolutely love it's a it's really lightweight. You don't even know it's there when you're not using it.
1:36.3	It expands quickly without any tools or screwing or unscrewing anything.
1:43.0	It's at the ready when you need it,
1:44.7	but it's in a little pouch behind you
1:46.8	when you don't need it.
1:48.4	It's very, very secure, and I just loved it so I used it I fished for chili in 10 days or 10 days and I only
1:59.8	used it three days now I didn't I can't on my belt all the time but I didn't use it unless I felt I needed it. Well one day I used it when I really didn't think I needed a waiting staff, but I used it anyways.
2:15.0	And yeah, I felt like I could get around a little quicker and with a little more
2:21.0	agility.
2:22.0	Another day, we were floating a canyon with a guide in a raft and we got to an area of
2:30.0	rapids where it was too bony for the guide and two Anglers to stay in the raft.
2:36.4	So we had to get out of the raft and go down some fairly hairy rapids waiting down some fairly hairy rapids to meet the guide at the bottom.
2:47.2	He was going to get the boat down through the rapids by himself.
2:51.8	And I'm glad I had the waiting staff then because it was a
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