Hunting for Permit, with Will Benson

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

🗓️ 22 June 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week I have a chat with noted permit guide and film maker Captain Will Benson. We discuss the idea of an angler as athlete, and how he and some of his clients prepare for big permit tournaments, both mentally and physically. You may have no interest in fishing tournaments, but for some of your fishing trips you may have invested a lot of time, money, and emotional expectations. Will gives some great, and most unusual, ideas to make sure you get the most out of your trips. In the Fly Box this week, we cover the following questions from listeners: · Do trout ever get “information overload” during a heavy hatch? · What is a basic saltwater outfit for fishing the Gulf? · How do spring creek trout differ from stocked trout in tailwaters? · What aren’t all flies sold with barbless hooks? · What is the difference between a $15 spool of fluorocarbon tippet and a $10 200-yard spool of spinning line? · Will two-handed casting ruin my overhead casting technique? · Why do I miss fish when trolling for trout? · Can I fish lakes on a backpacking trip with a Tenkara rod? · What are sme good basic books on trout stream insects for New England?

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0:00.0	Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:06.0	But to try to at every point in the process, build in this idea that these fish are seeing us or aware of us so we have to be very
0:16.2	gentle we have to be calm and we have to do everything we can to keep the fish in a
0:21.0	very relaxed mindset as we're approaching and as we're
0:24.4	casting to them with the fly.
0:27.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis fly fishing guide
0:29.3	podcast. This podcast is being recorded on the summer solstice.
0:35.0	June 20th, is it the 20th or the 21st this year?
0:38.6	It's the 21st, June 21st, 2018. And, um... first 2018 and a little bit later on in the show we're gonna talk to noted
0:48.9	permit and tarp and guide Will Benson you heard a little bit of a and
0:55.0	also don't forget, you heard a little bit of a clip from our conversation at the top of the show.
0:58.0	And also don't forget if you have questions,
1:01.0	you can call the podcast request line at 802, 362, 8800, or you can send an email to
1:10.7	podcast at Orvis.com.
1:13.4	So let's listen to a few, couple, several, a dozen of the questions
1:20.6	that we've got in the past couple weeks.
1:23.4	Hi Tom, this is Tom Mitchell from Providence, Rhode Island.
1:26.7	Really like your podcast.
1:27.8	Thank you for doing these for so long
1:30.2	and making them all available.
1:31.7	They're really awesome. Well done. I'm going
1:34.5	backpacking in late July in the 100-mile wilderness in Maine. This is the 100-mile
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