Local Guide Secrets for California Steelhead and Trout with John Rickard

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 February 2017

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast interview is with John Rickard, Orvis-Endorsed Guide with Wild Waters Fly Fishing in Shasta, California. Our main topic is winter steelhead in California, but John also gives us some helpful insights on California trout fishing as well. In The Fly Box, we ramble through topics like when to anchor a drift boat and when to keep moving, packing your gear for trips, weighting flies, Softex vs. epoxy, the difference between switch rods and long single-handed rods, and the importance of white nymphs. We also get a stern warning on road-killed songbird feathers—spoiler—even possessing them is a federal felony. Yikes!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast with Tom Rosenbauer,
0:07.0	bringing you tips, tricks and techniques to help you get the most of your time on the water. Here's your host, acclaimed fly fishing
0:15.3	author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenbauer.
0:19.2	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast. This podcast is being
0:27.0	recorded on February 1st 2017 and I'm sitting here in a new podcast studio actually they moved me to another
0:39.2	closet but this one's a I kind of like this one a little nicer and I'm hoping that the sound
0:46.6	quality is good here. We seem to have it set up for the proper sound with our soundproofing functionality here so just let me know
0:57.6	let me know how the podcast sounds and make sure that it's coming in loud and clear for you.
1:06.4	Speaking of new, I have a new book out,
1:09.6	and I think I'll probably do some podcasts based on chapters in the book a little bit later this
1:16.9	spring or this winter.
1:19.0	It's called Fly Fishing for Trout The Next Level. I think that's it it's close enough anyways and it's
1:25.6	it's in response to a question I get from podcast listeners often is how do I take my fly fishing to the next level what do I do to get a little better you know I've taken a school
1:39.7	I've fished for a couple of years but I want to feel more comfortable with it I want to get a little bit better
1:45.5	What are the things I need to concentrate on and what do I need to look for and what do I need to pay attention to so anyway
1:55.6	We'll probably do some podcast based on that, but not this week.
1:57.2	This week we have a podcast on California Steelhead specifically with kind of a little bit on trout fishing as well in California with guide John Rickard.
2:12.0	So if you live in California or you plan on visiting California or you get to
2:17.0	fish there, I think you'll find this podcast interesting and of course as usual when we talk to a guide there will be some tips and tricks that you can use in other locations.
2:29.0	So let's start the flybox out with a letter with an email and this isn't a question but it's a
2:38.6	warning and a warning to all of us fly tires.
2:43.5	It's from Chris.
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