Louisiana Redfish Secrets, with Capt. Pete Scafaru

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

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Capt. Pete Scafaru [32:53] is a new Orvis-endorsed guide in New Orleans (he's not new at guiding, just new to the Orvis program), and he shares his vast experience on what to expect at different times of the season, how to present the fly, and how to target redfish in shallow water. Regardless of where you fish for redfish, his tips will be valuable.

In the Fly Box, we have some questions and tips that I think will be of interest to all fly fishers, including:

What tips or tricks do you have for an older angler who has problems threading small flies?

A tip from a listener about how he attaches a dropper nymph to his tippet with a clinch knot so he can change either fly without re-tying both flies.

A tip from a listener on how to estimate measurements using parts of your arms and fingers.

Why does Orvis not sell a 7-weight Superfine Glass fly rod?

Do you ever use indicators when fishing nymphs on small mountain brook trout streams?

Can I fish soft hackles during the winter?

Why are people so nasty when I post fly-tying videos on social media? Do you get those kinds of comments in the podcast mailbox?

Does it matter where I put my wing case on Perdigon nymphs, and why are some Perdigons relatively fat? I thought "thin for the win" was the mantra for these flies.

Why would people throw streamers on Euro-nymphing rods?

I bought an old 7½-foot, 6-weight Madison bamboo fly rod. Will this be better with a 5- or 6-weight line, and will it be OK for general trout fishing?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Well, my guest today is Captain Feet, Captain Feet, start that again.
0:07.2	Well, my guest today, let's try to, they're done.
0:13.2	I think they might think you're slapped really if we keep laughing through the introduction.
0:30.0	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:51.3	This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and I hope you liked the song at the beginning of the podcast.
0:57.0	We had a little bit different intro music.
1:00.0	I'm a big fan of the musician Matthew Logan Vazquez and he has a song called Redfish, which
1:08.6	is very appropriate for the podcast we're going to do today so I got permission to use it
1:15.4	on the podcast and thank you Matthew for allowing us to use it.
1:21.7	My guest today is Captain Feet Scafaro and Pete is a new Orvis and Doris guide, he's
1:27.9	not new to guiding but he's a new Orvis and Doris guide in the New Orleans area and Pete's
1:33.2	a great guy, great enthusiasm, super experienced angler and we're going to talk about red fishing
1:43.3	on the coast, on the coast of Louisiana but Pete's got a lot of great tips on red fishing.
1:49.5	So if you're going anywhere south to do some red fishing or if you live in the south,
1:55.7	redfish have such a broad range in fact they're the most popular saltwater fish on a fly rod
2:04.8	so because they have such a long range and they're such a great target for the fly rod.
2:10.3	So if you're going red fishing this winter or this summer or spring or next fall or next
2:17.2	year, I think you'll pick up some great tips on the podcast.
2:22.7	But before we do that, let's do the fly box.
2:27.0	So the fly box is where you ask questions or you have a tip and I try to answer them and
2:33.9	if you have a question for the podcast, you can send it to me, send me an email at to podcast
2:40.3	at orvis.com.
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