Innovative Techniques from UK Stillwater Anglers

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

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

I feel that European stillwater anglers are far more sophisticated in their approach to stillwater trout fishing and have studied it in more detail than most North American lake anglers. As a result, they use some techniques that are unlike what you see on most trout lakes and ponds in North America and both the flies and methods they use are worth experimenting with. My guest this week, Chad Critchley [48:21], is a guide and stillwater angler (and a lapsed competition angler) who shares some of these methods with us.

In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and more:

How should I retrieve Woolly Buggers for bass and panfish?
My knots to my flies are always slipping. What am I doing wrong?
Do you have any tips on fishing larger rivers?
Any reason, when fishing a popper/drop[per rig for bass, that I can't tie my popper on a separate dropper instead of tying to the bend of the popper hook?
If daytime water temperatures are around 70 but night time temperatures when I fish are 65 degrees, do you think it's safe to fish for trout?
Why don't fly anglers use braided line for tippet—it's very supple.
Do you take fly tying materials with you on a fishing trip? How do you decide whether to take them or not?
We saw huge schools of striped bass on a flat but they would not take any fly we presented to them. Do you have any tips?
How do you recommend I clean my polarized sunglasses, and what to you recommend to keep them from fogging up?
What kind of mayfly spinner patterns should I carry in the Northeast?
What is the best way to keep trout hooked when fishing downstream with wet flies?
I am young but I still have trouble seeing small dry flies on the water. What tips do you have for seeing them?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my guest this week is
0:18.3	Chad Kritcheley from the UK.
0:21.6	Chad is a Stillwater expert and a guide and
0:26.0	Orvis fan.
0:28.0	And we're going to talk about some of the still water ideas and techniques and flies that aren't really well known in this part of the world I think that in terms of still water trout angling most Most North Americans, with some exceptions, but most North Americans are pretty
0:48.0	unsophisticated in our still water trout fishing techniques. And the UK I think is taking it to another level and in the
0:56.6	podcast you'll learn about flies like the fab and the blob and you'll learn about things like the washing line.
1:08.0	So there's there's some stuff here that I think if you do any still water drought angling at all you'll be quite interested in and I think that the interchange between between people on the other side of the pond and us is always valuable and that that's where a lot of our fly fishing
1:27.6	traditions came from and so I hope you enjoy the podcast and And before we do the flybox, a couple notes, one is that this week,
1:38.9	I will be in a couple stores, in the Northeast Orvis stores. I'll be at the Orvis store in Avon, Connecticut on
1:48.4	Wednesday, June 26, and I'll also be then in Wellesley Mass at the Orvistore in Wellesley Mass outside of Boston on June 27th.
2:01.2	We're going to be doing a bunch of things talking about taking your
2:06.4	trout fishing to the next level. We're going to do Helios test cast. There'll be
2:10.9	some refreshments there and likely some some pretty good munchies so
2:16.2	hope you can join us. I love seeing podcast listeners in person and and talking to you
2:22.4	and so hope to see you there and got some other upcoming
2:28.0	visits to the Denver area Boulder, Colorado Springs area, which I will update you on in the future.
2:38.3	It's going to be in July.
2:41.5	And then a little tip, one of the, I think the best ways to upgrade your,
2:47.0	upgrade your current flyfishing outfit is to get yourself a really high quality line and I don't think there's a better fly line out there than the
3:00.0	Orvis pro-trot lines.
3:03.4	And they're not just for trout.
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