Late Fall and Winter Trout Fishing, with Sav Sankaran

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

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

This week, my guest is Sav Sankaran [47:28], fishing manager at the Orvis store in Asheville. The subject is Late Fall and Winter trout fishing in the Southeast, and although Sav talks about his rivers specifically, there are many good tips for winter fishing anywhere in the world. You may have enjoyed Sav's bluegrass music on a recent Orvis Facebook Live event, and he's also the subject of an Orvis story on his special family holiday gatherings https://www.orvis.com/dinner-music.

This podcast is just the beginning of a series I plan on doing on winter fishing throughout North America. With travel still restricted this winter, many of us will need to find fishing close to home, or at least within driving distance. We hope to make those outings more fun and enjoyable by giving you tips to make your time on the water a bit more successful.

In the Fly Box this week, we'll explore some great tips and questions from listeners, including:

Should I get a 10-foot 6-weight or 7-weight for steelhead fishing in the Great Lakes (using a tightline method)?
Why do my hackles twist when I tie dry flies?
How can I catch trout rising under heavy foam?
A reminder from a listener that even though I said nylon tippet eventually breaks down, it takes a long time and anglers should never throw any kind of tippet in the water or on the banks.
Do I need to tie those really fancy patterns I see to catch pike?
How do I imitate gill plates on my streamers?
How common are big blanket hatches?
How important is it to make flies realistic?
A couple great tips from a listener on organizing fly tying materials.
Is it better to face the sun or have it at your back when approaching fish?
Why do I keep losing trout when fishing streamers?
Should I organize my trout fly boxes by size/weight or by insect type?
What is the best wading combo for hiking into very cold alpine lakes?
What type of intermediate line should I get for fishing cold alpine lakes?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and in today's interview we're going to be talking to
0:15.8	Sav Sankerin of Asheville, North Carolina.
0:19.4	Sav is a bluegrass musician and you might have seen my Facebook live with with
0:24.7	salve playing some bluegrass a couple Fridays ago. There's also a great place on
0:30.9	the Orvis website that shows how Sav celebrates the holidays with his
0:36.1	family. But Sav is the fishing manager of the Orvis retail store in
0:41.8	Asheville and great guide and longtime fly angler.
0:45.3	And he's going to be talking to us about late fall and winter fishing in the streams of North Carolina, but there will be things that you will learn from this
0:55.6	podcast that you'll be able to apply anywhere because winter conditions aren't that terribly
1:00.8	different from one stream to another,
1:04.2	at least the techniques you're gonna use.
1:06.2	So hope you enjoy that interview,
1:08.6	but let's answer some questions first.
1:11.4	Let's do the flybox. if you have a question for the flybox you can
1:17.0	contact me at podcast at orvus.com attach a voice file or just put your question in an email and I will try to answer it and if not I will ask some of my friends who are experts in the field for answers. And let's start with an email. First one is from
1:36.9	Brian from Massachusetts. I had the pleasure of meeting you a few years ago while I
1:42.0	was working at the Bears Den in Massachusetts.
1:45.0	I'm a fan of your podcasts and videos and you have put out a YouTube to help further my exploitation into the fly fishing world. I'm catching on to the trend of Euro-nimping
1:58.4	and went ahead and ordered an Orvis 10-foot three-weight recon. I also want to incorporate this into my steelhead
2:06.1	trips in upstate New York. I'm trying to decide whether I go with this 6 weight
2:10.9	10 foot recon or 7 weight. I really want to throw a
2:14.5	smaller tip at size so I'm thinking the six weight with the extra foot in length
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