Late Season Smallmouths, with Mike Schultz

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

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Do you stop fishing for smallmouth bass when summer ends? You could be missing the best bass fishing of the year and the chance at your biggest smallmouth if you do. Mike Schultz of Shultz Outfitters in Michigan is one of our foremost experts on smallmouths (and the designer of some of our most popular flies) and this week he shares a wealth of knowledge on how to modify your tactics to continue to catch smallmouth bass on the fly rod well into winter. This is a topic that no smallmouth lover wants to miss. In the Fly Box this week, we have a number of reactions to last week’s discussion with Steve Rinella, the Meat Eater, as well as questions on these topics: Can I put a 3-weight or a 7-weight line on a size 5/6 reel? How do I store poppers with weed guards? Do you have some suggestions for catching catfish on a fly? How do I attach a wire bite guard to my leader? How do I find wild trout in a small, clear stream with sandy bottom that does not have a high fish population? Do fly tying materials go bad with age? How should I store my hackle capes and deer hair? Do you have tips for catching lake-run brown trout? Can I use a switch rod in Belize? Do you have a suggestion for a pair of cheap wet-wading shoes? When do you recommend catch and release and when do you recommend keeping fish? How can I get the elk hair on my caddis flies to keep from rolling around the hook shank?

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0:00.0	Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:07.0	I'm always looking for overcast days, you know, rainy days, crummy days. Those are going to give you the
0:15.1	opportunity to get closer to the fish. Make a better cast, be in better control
0:20.1	of your fly.
0:21.1	Hi and welcome to the Evis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:26.3	This podcast is being recorded on September 6, 2018 and you just heard a little clip from my interview with Shilty, Mike Shilts of Shilts
0:40.7	outfitters and he has shared some great stuff about late season small mouth
0:47.2	fishing. I learned a lot in it didn't realize that I could fish for small mouths
0:51.3	this late in the season.
0:53.0	And as I said, Mike is a wealth of information
0:57.4	on Smallmouth bass, in addition to other species,
1:01.8	but I think you'll enjoy that.
1:04.0	Don't forget if you have a question
1:08.0	you can contact us at podcast at Orvis.com or you can leave a voicemail message at 802 36 to 8800.
1:20.9	And also you may have noticed we've been running an Orvis video podcast.
1:27.0	So don't forget to check that out.
1:30.0	Let's get into the flybox where I take comments and answer questions.
1:39.0	And the first two calls, one from Frank from Wisconsin, and the other one from Mike from Milton
1:45.8	Mass, are comments about the recent podcast with The Mead Eater eater Steve Ronella and these reflect a number of
1:57.7	emails and phone calls that I got about that podcast I I was I was sure we would get all kinds of hate mail and hate calls about catching and keeping
2:09.2	trout and killing them and eating them.
2:11.6	But the response has been overwhelmingly positive so it's nice to
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