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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

Fishing the Texas Coast for Redfish and Trout, with Dave Hayward

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week I talk to someone I have wanted to interview for a long time, and a subject that is long overdue—fly fishing the Texas Coast for redfish and speckled trout. Dave Hayward, manager of Swan Point Landing Fly Shop, was in a past life an Orvis store manager in Houston for many years and also an Orvis sales rep. He’s been running Swan Point for 10 years now, and is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable authorities on fly fishing the Texas Coast. In this podcast you’ll learn about how the fishery changes with the season, what tackle you need, fly patterns to choose, and how to approach these fish. Dave is honest about the increased pressure in his fishery, but also shares some spots that get off the beaten patch. It’s also exciting to hear about the developing tarpon and snook fisheries along the Texas Coast. In the Fly Box this week we have our usual smorgasbord of topics, including: Tips on re-using tippet bands for identifying fly lines on spare spools How do I put a new leader on my fly line? Is it a good idea to practice on suckers before I go trout fishing? Is there any risk when carrying a fully assembled fly rod in your vehicle? Is it worth it to try to target lake trout during the summer when they are deep? Will the loud clicker on my reel scare trout? Why does my fly get caught on my forward cast? How do I reverse my fishing slump? Is trolling an acceptable way to fish a fly in salt water? How do I get more distance when casting in the surf? I am 6’6” tall and my Mom is 5’ tall. Can we use the same rod and casting stroke? Are saltwater wading boots worth the price?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.

0:07.0

Now do you ever see Tarpin on the flats?

0:10.0

I'll have more and more, yes, guys wading the King Ranch shoreline south of Corpus

0:16.0

been running a 30-40-pound fish while they're cashing at school trout under

0:20.4

birds so that's happening more and more. These fish are coming in.

0:24.2

Perfect, you know, nine, eight, nine way rod fish. Oh, that's exciting.

0:29.0

Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast. This podcast is being recorded on

0:36.8

October 29th and I'm sorry we haven't had a podcast in a while. I was doing quite a bit of

0:41.3

traveling and then I got a cold and my voice

0:45.9

didn't sound so good it's not great yet but certainly much better than I was a

0:51.8

week ago. So anyway, a little bit earlier you heard an

0:57.4

excerpt from my conversation with my old friend Dave Hayward who is at this point in his career an icon of Redfishing in Texas and I personally don't know of anyone more experienced in that

1:16.2

topic and I've never done a podcast on Texas Redfishing before so we're going to spend some time talking to Dave a little

1:26.3

bit later but first let's go into the flybox and if you want to send some questions into the flybox that I can try to answer or you can

1:38.1

try to stump me. You can reach me at podcast at Orvis.com by email or by calling 802 362 8800 and leave a message and I just might play it on the air if I can answer it.

1:58.6

Anyways, let's start, got a lot of phone calls week, so let's start with a phone call.

2:04.5

Hi Tom this is Kevin from Boise, Idaho, and I have a tip and then a question or comment about a future podcast.

2:17.1

I should tell you that I typically load your podcast

2:20.4

and listen to them on my way fishing to get me psyched up for fishing.

2:27.0

But anyways, one of my tips is all those little elastic holders you get on your tippets spools. I tend to save those and then on my

2:39.0

spare spools for my reels I use those elastic pieces to remind me what weight line I have on my reels because I typically forget.

2:51.0

And then my suggestion for a future podcast would be around

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