Double Feature- Small Streams East and West, with Rachel Therkildsen and Brett Damm

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

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

[Rachel Therkildsen interview 36:25]
[Brett Damm interview 1:04:52]

I have been interviewing guides across the country on their techniques for small-stream trout fishing and I want to get these out sooner rather than later, at the peak of small stream trout season. So this week, we have a special double feature on small trout streams East and West. We have Rachel Therkildsen on fishing high altitude streams (and lakes) in Colorado, and then we move East to hear about small stream brook trout fishing in the Rangeley region of Maine with Brett Damm of Rangeley Region Fly Shop.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions:
I use mostly streamers in high mountain lakes. Should I be using nymphs and dries?

Is there a good resource for organizing my fly boxes?

Are there any podcast episodes on panfish?

A suggestion from a listener on wearing a wetsuit when fly fishing.

Do you have any tips on how to fish difficult waters?

I think carp are eating blueback herring spawn on my local river. Do you have any suggestions on how to catch them?

Can I fish emergers upstream?

If I take my new Mission rod to Florida to fish deep channels, when should I use a Scandi line and when should I use a Skagit line?

Is it OK to carry two rods with different rigs to maximize fishing time?

Is it OK to leave my wading boots wet for a day or two. I always dry them but do I need to do it every day?

If I plan to use my Euro nymphing rod for more conventional fishing, should I overline the rod?

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're going to be. Hi and we have a
0:15.0	welcome to the Orvis fly fishing podcast
0:20.0	this is your host Tom Rosenengower and we have a special podcast today. We have a double
0:27.2	podcast. I have been doing a series of small-, podcast interviews with guides throughout the United States.
0:37.0	And I've got so many good options that I didn't want to hold them all until we get into late
0:48.0	fall and winter when when people are pretty much stopping fishing small streams So I wanted to get these out as quickly as
0:55.2	possible because we're in the, really in the prime of small stream fishing right now in most
1:01.7	parts of the country.
1:03.0	So we've got two interviews today.
1:06.0	One is with Rachel Thirckelson from Colorado,
1:11.0	and Rachel's going to talk about high mountain streams and a little bit on lakes
1:17.6	but more of the high-altitude streams in Colorado.
1:23.4	And then we're going to come to the other part of the country
1:26.7	back east and we're going to talk to Brett Dom
1:30.1	of Rangelie Region Sport Shop about small stream fishing in the Rangeli region of Maine for obviously for native brook trout.
1:40.5	So hope you enjoy these podcasts and as we go through these small stream
1:46.1	podcasts over the next few weeks you're going to notice a lot of similarities
1:52.0	it's very interesting that there's a lot of similar
1:56.0	things that people do regardless of what part of the country you're in. They're
2:00.6	pretty much using the same flies.
2:03.0	And there are some differences,
2:06.5	depending on the species you're fishing for
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