Good news from the Everglades, with Steve Davis

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

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🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week, my guest is Steve Davis, chief scientists for the Everglades Foundation [49:31]. Steve gives us an update on the Everglades restoration project, which will benefit fisheries and clean water throughout Florida and not just in the Everglades. And it’s an optimistic report, which we don’t always have when we report on conservation issues. So stay tuned for some good news—for a change!

In the Fly Box this week, we have some great questions of interest to most fly fishers, including:

What are the pros and cons of a loop-to-loop fly line to leader connection as opposed to a nail knot?

What rod should I get for small stream trout and panfish?

I want to give back to the fly-fishing community.

What organizations should I look to?

Tell me the realities of moving from a vest to a sling pack. Are eyes really important on saltwater patterns?

With improvements in rod technology, is a new Clearwater rod better than an older TLS Power Matrix rod?

What is your opinion on tippet length if I tie my own leaders?

Do trout and carp coexist in rivers and do they push each other around? I

s fishing for hatchery trout “cheating” and will I not learn anything useful fishing for them?

What is the product life cycle of a fly rod? Can you explain the differences between the various types of glues for fly tying?

I can catch fish on nymphs without an indicator, but I am having trouble when using one. What should I do differently?

I know fly lines are made to industry standards. Do the same standards exist for fly rods?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:14.0	This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my guest this week is Steve Davis, Steve is the
0:20.4	Chief Scientist for the Everglades Foundation and unlike a lot of conservation stories these
0:28.1	days there's some really good encouraging positive news coming out of Florida and and all the water
0:36.7	problems they've had down there. So I'm delighted to to have Steve on the podcast and tell us what's
0:44.6	been going on lately. Steve also gives a you know in case you've been living in a vacuum for the
0:49.6	past 10 years. Steve gives a really good synopsis of the of the issues with the Everglades and with
0:57.1	Florida water management in general the Florida environment and then goes on to tell us what's
1:04.1	happened recently. So I hope you enjoy that and I hope it'll get you up to date on what's going on
1:11.4	down there. But first the fly box where I try to answer your questions and if you have a question
1:19.8	for the fly box you can either just send me an email or you can attach a voice file and you can send
1:26.0	it to podcast at orvis.com. I read them all. I don't answer them all. But I read them all.
1:33.9	The reason I don't answer them is well sometimes I don't have an answer and I can't find an answer
1:38.2	or the other reason I don't answer them is because I may have answered that same question recently. So
1:44.3	anyway some of them I know are repetitious but if you keep asking the same questions then I'm
1:50.8	obviously not getting through to you. I need to try try a different approach. So the first question
1:56.1	is from Matt from Ohio. I'm sure you've addressed this before but maybe it's been a while and
2:02.2	worth asking again in regards to attaching leader to fly line. I'm finding a variety of opinions
2:08.1	on loop-to-loop connections versus nail nuts. I realize both options have pros and cons. Have you
2:14.5	ever had a time when this decision really made a big difference in your fishing? Thanks for your
2:19.4	time. Hope you're getting outside. Well thank you Matt. Yes I am getting outside. And
2:27.7	yeah there are lots of opinions both pros and cons and you'll find that in most aspects of
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