How to Become a Better Wader, with Lindsay Kocka

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

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Lindsay Kocka [42:30] is a fly-fishing instructor, formally trained natural movement and strength coach, mobility specialist, yoga teacher, and mindfulness educator. She taken her fishing experience and formal training to come up with a method to help us wade stronger and more confidently. Regardless of your age, you'll benefit from this podcast, which will give you lots of tips on how to feel more comfortable and confident on the water. You'll also learn about how to get your body and balance in better shape for your upcoming trips on the water.

In the Fly Box this week, we have an unusually large number of useful tips from listeners, as well as the usual questions for Tom, including:

Will my Clearwater fly lines be OK in salt water?
Why don't we use grain weights instead of the AFTMA number system for identifying the weights of trout fly lines like we do for double-handed rods?
The fly shops are always out of my favorite fly pattern, the Purple Haze. I just want to tie those. Should I start with a kit or should I just buy the materials I need for that fly pattern?
A tip from a listener on how to attach a fly so that it does not twist your leader
When you work a section of water, should you work the near seam or the far seam first?
A tip from a listener on how to replace the permanent loop on your fly line with a new one
A tip from a listener on how to remove burrs or grooves in your fly-tying bobbin
A tip from a listener on why you should save old waders, and how to use them to patch new ones.
A tip from a listener on why it is important to support your local fly shop
Tips from a blind fly fisher on methods he uses to enjoy fly fishing, and a couple tips from him on how to make threading a fly easier—something that all of us can benefit from.
Tips from a listener on practicing your fly casting from the position you'll most often be fishing from.
What is the etiquette when wading anglers and boaters cross paths on the water?
Why would someone pick a 91/2-foot or 9-foot, 5-inch rod over a 9-footer?
What tips do you have for casting a sinking leader?
Can I keep my rods set up in or on my car for extended periods?

Transcript

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0:14.5	Hi and welcome to the Orvis fly Fishing Podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my guest this week is Lindsay Kotka who is who has developed
0:22.0	a really formal and very detailed and very cool discipline around
0:30.9	wading. She has a website called Wade Well. It's behind a paywall, but you can't see some of her
0:38.1	videos on YouTube. But Lindsay is a is a formerly trained natural movement and strength coach.
0:45.7	She's a expert in functional range
0:48.8	conditioning mobility specialist.
0:50.9	She's a yoga teacher, a mindfulness educator, and a certified fly fishing instructor.
0:56.2	Actually, taught with Lindsay at the School of Trout in Idaho last summer.
1:01.7	And we're going to talk about waiting and how to develop how to develop a mindset and a balance regime and some exercises to do that will help you weighed better.
1:17.0	You know, some of us aren't getting any younger and I know myself I'm not quite as stable
1:22.0	on my feet as I used to be and have actually
1:27.6	considering starting to use a waiting staff and so I really want to listen to this and make my own waiting better and I know
1:39.0	that you will you'll learn some things that will help you be more comfortable and more stable and
1:46.0	safer when you're waiting any kind of river. So I think I think you'll enjoy this a
1:51.7	very different topic and I think it's going to be very interesting.
1:57.6	And before we get into the flybox, I have a new product that you might have missed that's kind of a sleeper
2:05.0	that's on the Orvis website and at Orvis stores and dealers is called the
2:09.7	pro-waiting support belt and you, who doesn't have a sore back
2:15.2	at the end of a long day of fishing?
2:18.0	If you're like me, you have way too many things
2:20.2	in your sling bag and it's hanging on your shoulder and even though they're pretty well designed
2:24.8	you know you're crouching over your tents off and you're wading and your back takes a beating.
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