Fishing for Sea-Run Trout, with Krystjan from Fish Partner in Iceland

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

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

I get frequent questions on the fly box about fishing for sea trout, or sea-run brown trout. I've never caught one and have never fished for them, so I brought in an expert on the subject, Krystjan [35:21] from Fish Partner in Iceland, owner of the organization Orvis uses for its hosted trips (and I'm hosting one in July) to Iceland and a fanatic fly fisher. He talks about seasons, conditions, presentations, and of course fly patterns to catch these hard-fighting versions of the brown trout we know and love in our inland streams.

In the Fly Box this week, we have a great combination of tips from listeners and some questions that may help others who have wondered the same thing, including:

I have heard that you should only fish streamers upstream in smaller streams. Would that hold true for smallmouth bass as well?
I have heard that you should avoid getting into a river to keep from spooking fish. Should I do this all the time?
A great tip from a listener about how to keep track of what leader is on your reels or spools.
I saw a small, stocked stream in a suburban area that appeared to have very small trout in it. Could these be wild trout so close to a city?
What is the best connection to attach a tippet to a tapered leader?
Do you think a 7 ½ foot 4-weight rod is too short for my daughter to use on a trip to the Grand Teton/Yellowstone area?
Why did a fish try to eat my strike indicator numerous types and refuse the dry flies I changed to after it happened?
How do I keep from losing fish when using barbless hooks?
For making my own dry-fly leaders, should I use fluorocarbon or copolymer material?
A tip from a listener on how to make cool fly-tying gadgets with a 3-D printer.
A tip from a listener on how to organize beads and hooks on your fly-tying bench.
Do people ever use tandem dry-fly rigs?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast. This is your host, Tom Rosemower.
0:15.4	And my guest this week is Christian from Fish Partner. And I'm not even going to attempt to pronounce Christian's last
0:23.5	name because my Icelandic isn't so good. In fact, it's non-existent. So he'll pronounce it
0:30.9	for you on the podcast, but the topic this week is sea trout, sea run brown trout fishing.
0:37.2	And I've never done a podcast on
0:39.0	sea trout, mainly because I've never caught one. Those of you who've been to Europe or been to
0:44.1	Tierra del Fuego may have caught sea ron browns. I haven't. So Christian's going to give us some tips
0:49.9	on how to catch these hard fighting, ocean-going fish.
0:55.5	And I think if you're interested in fishing for sea trout, you'll pick up quite a bit of
1:00.7	tips in this podcast.
1:03.0	And before we do the flybox, instead of giving you tips on some of the Orvis endorsed operations,
1:10.7	guides, outfitters, and lodges and expeditions.
1:13.7	This week, I want to talk about the Orvis Manchester Fly Fishing Schools.
1:18.7	These schools started back in the 1960s, and they are the oldest and most established professional fly fishing schools in the world.
1:31.2	In my early years at Orvis, in my first few years at Orvis, I taught in the fly fishing schools.
1:38.8	I think I taught, I started one of my first years at Orvis and taught for, I don't know,
1:43.9	maybe eight or nine years
1:45.7	in the fly fishing schools. And it's a great experience. I know that I talked to hundreds and
1:53.0	hundreds of people who tell me that they've learned fly fishing. They started fly fishing
1:58.3	at the Orvis School in Manchester, Vermont.
2:02.4	It's much more professional than in my day. The instructors are incredibly knowledgeable and great
2:12.4	teachers, easygoing, patient, and they've seen it all. So if you have any reservations at all about your flycasting
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