How to Improve Your Indicator Nymphing, With Guide Matt Squillante
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Want to spend less time untangling knots and more time with your flies in the water? Do you want to connect on more of the strikes you get to your nymphs? Want to know the best way to cast indicator rigs? Orvis-endorsed guide Matt Squillante [28:56] shares his tips from years of teaching fly fishers how to fish indicator rigs, and he shares some solid advice on this method.
In the Fly Box this week, we have the questions and tips:
I was fishing for panfish and had a big fish make a huge run but I lost it. Any guess as to what kind of fish it was?
I really enjoyed using the poly leaders Orvis used to sell. Any suggestions for a substitute?
I am having problems casting my new Superfine rod after using a Helios D. Any suggestions on improving my casting with it?
A tip on using a waterproof marker to color your thread if it's not the right color for the head of your fly.
How can I fish my nymphs in pools that are 6-to 8-feet deep?
What is the correct terminology when describing the size of a piece of moving water?
What do you think of using the "washing line" technique in streams?
My Double Davy Knot causes my big dries to lay off to one side but the clinch knot doesn't. Do you know why this happens?
I was using a fly clip and the leader came back with a pigtail after I broke off a fish. Does this happen often with fly clips?
Is there a way to quickly tell a wild trout from a stocked trout?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. |
| 0:16.2 | This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer. |
| 0:18.4 | And my guest this week is Orvis endorsed guide, Matt Squalante. |
| 0:23.9 | And Matt is from the Redding, California area. |
| 0:27.9 | And what Matt's going to talk about today is how to make your indicator fishing better, |
| 0:34.7 | how to spend more time with your fly in the water and not untangling your |
| 0:40.5 | leader, and how to properly cast an indicator rig, how to strike better on an indicator rig, |
| 0:48.3 | and how to develop that quick strike reflex that you need in indicator fishing, as well as some |
| 0:53.9 | other things. but if you like |
| 0:55.1 | to fish with indicators or dry droppers for that matter um matt's got some great tips for us |
| 1:01.0 | and we're going to do the flybox in a minute the flybox is where you send me questions and more |
| 1:09.3 | comments or tips that you want to share with other listeners. |
| 1:13.1 | And I might read them on the air or answer them on the air if I can. |
| 1:17.7 | You can send me an email at podcast. |
| 1:22.1 | At orvis.com. |
| 1:23.8 | Just put your question in your email or if you want to attach a voice file and I might read it on the air. |
| 1:31.3 | We've got a couple phone calls that I'm going to read this week. |
| 1:36.1 | But before we do the flybox, let's talk about some places that you might want to go fishing this year. |
| 1:43.7 | I've got some ideas for you. |
| 1:45.5 | One is with George Hancock in the Charleston, South Carolina area. |
| 1:51.9 | George fish is for redfish, spotted sea trout, flounder sharks, and maybe tarpen if |
| 1:58.6 | conditions are right. With Georgia fish some beautiful barrier islands |
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