Fishing and Conservation, with Garden & Gun's David DiBenedetto

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 October 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week, my guest is Dave DiBenedetto, Editor-in-Chief of Garden & Gun Magazine, who is a lifelong fly fisher. If you read the magazine, you can see that they frequently publish fly-fishing stories, and also that they stress conservation. In their latest issue, they make public their Champions of Conservation Awards, which go to people who are making a difference at the grassroots level in all areas of conservation. Recipients range from Capt. Bennie Blanco in the Florida Everglades; to Savi Horne, who works to keep agriculture sustainable for Black farmers; to Dr. Jennifer Rehage, who has discovered shocking levels of pharmaceuticals in Florida's bonefish population—and seven other fascinating individuals who have made a difference. We also talk fishing, from marsh redfish to small-stream trout in the mountains of the South.

In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and more:

What is your take on small river fishing from a kayak for smallmouth bass?

What is the best way to travel with a fully assembled fly rod inside an SUV or Jeep?

Can I fish a dry/dropper or indicator with my 10-foot, 3-weight Euro rod?

What is the minimal number of fly rods one can own for the most diverse situations and number of species?

And what rods should they be?

Is there any way to have a smooth connection from line to leader with the convenience of a loop-to-loop connection?

Do we need to be as careful when releasing bluegills and bass as we are with trout?

Is there anything wrong with adding colored marks to the end of my fly line and Euro-nymphing with a short leader?

Will trout that are eating tiny flies take a bigger dry at last light? Can I Euro nymph in small streams with a short rod?

What is the minimum and maximum amount of gear you would take for an afternoon of fishing?

The fish I get in my net quickly often struggle a lot. Should I play them longer?

Is there an app to analyze your casting?

Someone suggested using thinner-bodied Zebra Midges. Is that a good idea?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:14.2	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer, and my guest later in the podcast is David DeBenedetto.
0:20.7	David is the editor-in-chief of Garden and Gun Magazine, which is a terrific magazine.
0:27.6	Don't be scared by the title. It's a really cool magazine. Dave's a lifelong flyfisher
0:34.5	and has worked before for Field and Stream in Men's Journal, and we're going to talk a little
0:40.2	bit about some conservation awards that they recently gave out in the current issue,
0:47.6	which I think is a fantastic assortment of kind of everyday people who have made a difference
0:53.4	in conservation. And also, we're going to talk about fishing. We're talking about red fish,
0:57.3	and small stream trout, and things like that. So, I think you'll enjoy it. David's a great interview,
1:05.2	and I enjoyed very much talking to him. But first, the flybox. The flybox is where you ask questions,
1:16.2	and I try to answer them. You can send me your question at podcastatorvis.com, and you can
1:24.6	either just type your email in the type your question in the email, or you can attach a voice file,
1:30.6	if you want. I read them all. I don't answer them all. So, let's start. The first one is an email
1:39.9	from Stephen. I found the Orvis podcast about a year ago and was pleased to hear about the flybox
1:45.2	question section. I have a couple questions. My first question is, what does your take on kayak
1:49.9	fishing for smallmouth bass and creeks and small rivers? I found this to be a complete game changer
1:55.2	in my fishing hobby. My second question is, what is the best way to travel with a fully assembled
2:00.8	nine-foot fly rod? I'm a tad annoyed hearing my rod tips tap the windshield of my Jeep.
2:07.2	So, Stephen, regarding your first question, you said that fishing from a kayak for smallmouth bass
2:17.1	and creeks and small rivers is a game changer for you. So, obviously, you found a great way to do it.
2:22.9	I think it's a terrific way to do it because you can get into places that might be a little bit too
2:27.7	deep to wade, but a little too small for a conventional size boat. So, you can get to places where some
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