Fishing for Stripers off Long Island, with Sam Sifton

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

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

[Interview starts at 37:13]

This week I interview Sam Sifton, former Cooking Editor, now Assistant Managing Editor of The New York Times, and an avid fly-rod striped bass angler. It's quite a rambling discussion, from striper fishing on Long Island to the current state of striper populations to the writing of Peter Matthiessen. Along the way, of course we get some fish cooking advice but only for bluefish. Learn why Sam and I don't eat striped bass (and it's more than just about catch-and-release for the sake of the population).

In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions:

Do you have any tips for fishing a very large river?
How long do hooks stay sharp, and can I re-sharpen chemically sharpened hooks?
Why don't you develop biodegradable hooks?
Why am I having problems catching spring trout in Alaska?
I was recently fishing a delayed harvest section and caught some smaller, beautifully colored trout. Do you think they were wild?
Why am I developing pains in my wrist when casting my 8-weight?
Should I concentrate on getting really good at catching just one species, or should I try for all the species that are available in my area?
In a boundary layer between dirty and clean water, where will I find the trout?
In your TV show, you recommended a full sinking or depth charge line for bass in deep water. Can I use a sinking poly leader on my floating line as well?
I am having trouble tying off the hackle at the base of the post on my parachute flies like the Klinkhammer. Can you suggest some tips?
Can I get a fly rod that will be good for both steelhead and musky?

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Hi and this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and later in the podcast I'll be interviewing Sam Sifton who is the cooking
0:27.8	editor for the New York Times he's also now the assistant managing editor for the New York Times.
0:35.0	And Sam is a passionate flyrod stripe bass angler,
0:39.0	so we'll be talking about stripe bass.
0:42.0	You'll get some tips in there, but we kind of ramble a little bit, and
0:47.6	you'll also, of course, get a couple of recipes, but not for Strip Bass, and if you you listen you'll find out why we don't
0:55.6	have any recipes for striped bass and we also talk about other things like the
1:00.1	brilliant writing of Peter Matheson who we're both a fan of. So I hope you enjoy
1:05.4	that a little bit different type of podcast interview but I thought I'd bring you a little
1:12.2	bit of entertainment for a change.
1:15.0	All right, well, let's go on to the flybox and answer some questions or I'll try to answer some questions anyways. You can send in
1:24.6	questions to the podcast if you want by sending an email to podcast at Orvis
1:29.8	com or you can include a voicemail file if you want.
1:33.0	By the way, I could use some new voicemail questions.
1:38.0	I've been really having to dig for some of those.
1:42.0	I know that podcast downloads are down, industry-wide, all
1:47.7	podcast downloads are down during these unusual times and I think it's because a lot of people aren't commuting
1:55.8	so if you're listening you're probably a die-hard podcast fan and don't just
2:01.0	wait till you're in the car on the train or on an airplane or whatever.
2:05.2	So thank you for listening and I hope you're well. All right, let us start the flybox the first one is from Patrick P just discovered the Orvis fly
2:17.4	fishing podcast and I'm enjoying it thoroughly I have a couple questions for
2:20.8	Tom that I hope haven't been covered yet. I'm only up to
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