It was brutal.

I have never been I mean all the steelhead fishing I've done for 30 years. I've never been so cold as Florida

It was freezing

Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide

podcast with Tom Rosenbauer, bringing you tips,

tricks and techniques to help you get the most from your time on the water.

Here's acclaimed fly fishing

author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenbauer.

Welcome to the Orvis fly fishing guide podcast.

We've had a lot of requests on our Facebook page and over emails at

podcast at Orvis.com. Oh by the way the Facebook page is

Orvis.com slash Facebook. We've had a lot of requests for for tips for the

novice and I know that a lot of you out there novice novice and flyfishers and and that's terrific because we really try to try to position these

podcasts as a helpful tool for someone who's learning about flyfishing because there's a big learning

curve and there's a lot of there's a lot of jargon and

lingo and a lot of things to learn knots and casting and reading the water and

all that stuff and there's a real thirst for knowledge out there so we try to we try to help as much as we can

and give you tips for making your fly fishing more fun more enjoyable and a little bit easier

so today I'd like to do five totally unrelated random tips for the novice angler.

Here's number one.

When you're stringing up your rod, Here's number one.

When you're stringing up your rod,

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