Joe Humphreys and the Fountain of Youth

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

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week I interview one of my fly-fishing heroes, Joe Humphreys. He’s been an innovative angler all his life (he was “Euro nymphing” before the Europeans) but even more impressive is his love of life and fly fishing, and his energy on the river in his ninth decade. Joe talks about hot to stay young on the river, how to fish nymphs at night, and about the inspirational new film about his life called Live The Stream: The Story of Joe Humphrey. It’s now available own and rent on the iTunes Store: or Go to www.livethestreamfilm.com to buy the film on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Download and more platforms including: Prime Video, Google Play, Vimeo, and Youtube. I highly recommend this film to anyone who enjoys the fly-fishing world and its history and traditions—and who wants to learn how to retain the enthusiasm of a 12-year old on the water.

Here are the important links:

Buy the film on LTS site: www.livethestreamfilm.com

Buy/Rent on iTunes: https://apple.co/2Iw0fQj

Nomadic Studio: www.thenomadic.com

In the Fly Box this week we have many interesting questions and suggestions:

What is the best way to manage fly tying both at home and in the office?
I broke my Tenkara rod when I got my fly snagged. What is the safest way to try to retrieve a snagged fly when using this type of rod?
Why won’t my clinch knots tighten properly?
How can I get over my reluctance to fish emergers?
A suggestion from a taxidermist on how to handle raw deer hides for fly tying.
Do trout take Perdigons in unnatural colors out of curiosity or do you think they resemble food?
What is an easy way to learn fly-fishing entomology?
Why do the trout I take in mountain streams carry parr marks even into adulthood?
What do I tell people who berate me for torturing fish?
Are there circumstances when I should set my indicator shallower than 1 ½ times the water depth?
I can’t seem to get away from the crowds no matter how far I drive. What should I do?
If I find lots of creek chubs in a stream, does that mean it won’t also hold trout?
If you are not certain how to pair two streamers together, does it make sense to fish just one?
Can I use split shot to get my nymphs deeper when Euro nymphing instead of tying my own flies with varied weights?
Do you have some tips for casting a Depth Charge line?
Do you have some suggestions on how to swing flies for Great Lakes steelhead?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and this is your host Tomower and this podcast is being recorded on
0:15.3	November 7th 2019. And a little bit later in the podcast we will be interviewing one of my
0:27.2	fly fishing heroes Joe Humphreys. Joe has been around a long time and he's an inspiration to many of us not only because
0:37.8	he's been an innovative flyfisher all his life but just because his joy of life and his attitude at 90 years old is something
0:49.6	that all of us that are in the fly fishing business and in education in the fly fishing
0:56.1	business wish we had so it's a great pleasure to be able to interview Joe again
1:01.7	I've had him on the podcast before and there's some
1:05.7	exciting news about a a new movie about Joe's life that is available for purchase.
1:13.7	And you'll find out some details later on in the show
1:17.9	and also in the right up to the podcast,
1:22.4	I've included some links where you can you can find this wonderful wonderful heartwarming film.
1:30.0	Anyway, other than that you can follow me on Instagram if you want at Rosenbauer T and I try to do some
1:39.7	announcements of podcasts and also try to do some educational stuff on my
1:44.9	Instagram feed and I am very light on the grip and grin if you're a little bit
1:49.9	sick of that kind of stuff. If you have some questions for the podcast you can send me
1:55.6	a voice file at podcast at orvist.com and I might read your question on the air or you can just send me an email at that same address
2:06.8	podcast at Orvis.com and I'll try to answer your questions and try to help you out. So anyway let's begin with the
2:19.6	flybox. Hi Tom my name is Ollie. I'm from Logan, Utah. It's honor and a privilege to speak with you and I just want to ask you a couple quick questions.
2:32.0	First off, I recently got into Tancara fishing. By getting
2:37.7	into Tancara fishing, I mean I fished for about 20 minutes before I got hung in a tree above my head and broke my
2:47.9	tancara rod trying to get unsnagged and I'm curious if you have any tricks on getting away from a
2:57.0	snag or getting undone when you are fishing Tancara. With my regular fly rod I can just point it at the snag and everything seems to be good.
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