How to find great fly fishing close to home, with Greg DeMars

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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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

I've had a number of guests on the podcast teaching us about urban fly fishing and it will be an ongoing process because everyone has different takes on how to approach it. There is nothing better than a few hours of peace before or after work, without needing to drive for hours, and you can find it, even in the middle of our largest cities. My guest Greg DeMars [40:25] specializes in the urban fisheries around Dallas, Texas, but the tips he offers are valuable for any urban area throughout North America—and probably beyond. Urban fishing can be exciting and interesting and challenging—it's not just about trout or permit!

In the Fly Box this week, I thought we had some unusually interesting questions, including:

Will you ever have a podcast on targeting yellow perch on a fly rod?
Is there any need for a "shorty" Euro line if I want to Euro nymph with my regular weight-forward line? Can't I just attach a very long leader?
Are swimming holes "fish-free" zones or are they worth targeting in early season before the swimmers arrive?
Where can I find Orvis BigEye hooks?
When I fish in fast water I have problems shooting line because my excess line gets carried away by the current. I don't want to use a stripping basket. Is there another solution?
I never use tippet, only leader material. Do I need special tippet?
What knot would you recommend instead of the Perfection Loop?
I have problems catching flying insects over a trout stream and my hat doesn't work. What would you suggest?
How do you tell what fish are feeding on under the surface?
Can you elaborate a bit on why you should make your first cast count? How important is that and how do I do it without making a few bad casts first?
When tying nymphs, I have trouble getting CDC to wind evenly. And I don't like using a dubbing loop. Any tips on how to make my CDC flies look better?
What tips or recommendations do you have for getting into fly tying?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:13.3	This is your host, Tom Rose.
0:15.1	And I guess this week is Greg DeMars.
0:18.4	Greg is the author of a very new book on urban fly fishing in the Dallas, Texas area, Dallas-Fort Worth area.
0:30.3	I think that's an interesting title for a fly-fishing book, but it's actually a very interesting part of the world for fly fishing,
0:38.6	certainly different than the trout streams most of us are thinking of. And the topic of the
0:43.5	podcast is not just about Dallas and Fort Worth, but it's about urban fly fishing in
0:47.7	general and how, you know, most of us live in urban areas. Most of you live in urban areas
0:53.5	anyways. And there are places that you can have a lot of fun and excitement with a fly route pretty darn close to home.
1:04.7	So I know I've done a number of podcasts on urban fly fishing, but we can always learn and we can never know too much
1:12.4	about it because i think it's i think it's really fun so anyway hope you enjoy the podcast with
1:17.9	gregg and before we get to the flybox where you uh you ask questions and i try to answer
1:25.5	him wanted to tell you about some places you may want to go to fish this year.
1:30.7	So first on the list is Orvis and Dorskide Rini-Laturnu.
1:34.8	And Rini fishes the Rhode Island area.
1:38.6	He fishes Narragans at Bay, Newport, Point Judith, Block Island,
1:42.6	Westerly, Watch Hill, all those areas. And, you know,
1:46.8	Rhode Island is an amazing places. One of the places I really enjoy fishing. It doesn't have a
1:52.7	long coastline as far as point to point, but there are lots of really cool nooks and crannies
1:59.6	and ponds and outlets and breechways in Rhode Island.
2:04.2	And it's some of the best habitat, saltwater inshore habitat on the East Coast.
2:13.8	And, you know, Rini, I fished with Rini before.
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