Musky Time, with Kip Veith

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

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week, my interview is with Kip Veith [38:55], Orvis-endorsed guide and author of The Orvis Guide to Musky on the Fly, which has just been released. Fresh from lots of research and in the middle of his season, Kip has some great tips for those of you who want to chase this giant freshwater predator--and fall is known as the best time to chase them with a fly rod.

In the Fly Box this week, we have lots of interesting questions and some great tips from listeners, including:

I have some flies I tied that I don't like and want to salvage the hooks to use again. What's the best way to do this?

With big pike flies, I have trouble getting the fly moving on the first few false casts. How can I do this easier?

My floating line is sinking. What can I do to make it float, and if I can't make it better can I use the line for streamer fishing?

My yarn indicators won't float. What am I doing wrong?

How do you do the Joe Humphreys Bow-and-Arrow Cast?How do I use a BIgEye dry fly as a sliding dropper?

I lubricate my clinch knots with Chapstick. Why doesn't the knot hold?

My Dad raises chickens. Do you think I can use some of their feathers for fly tying?

When do most anglers change their leaders?

A tip from a listener on preventing gel floatant from exploding when you change altitude.Can I go from 5X to 7X using a tippet ring?

A great tip from a listener on how to politely engage someone on the river who is using poor fish-handling technique.

How do you cut Body Wrap when making Game Changers?

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast this is your host Tom
0:19.4	Rosenbauer and a little bit later on the show we have my friend kip Veth, Musky, Smallmouth Bluegill
0:28.8	expert and today we're going to be talking about Muskies. It'sky season. It's one of the best times of the year to catch one of these freshwater monsters on a fly. And Kipp just finished a book that is now available, the Orvis Guide to Musky on the fly, and Kip's going to be sharing some tips with us on how to catch these guys.
0:51.7	So I'm pretty excited about this because I'm going
0:55.0	musky fishing in a couple days and I probably won't catch anything but it'll be
1:00.4	fun and hopefully we'll at least see a couple of them chase our flies.
1:06.0	Anyway, let's go first to the flybox where I try to answer some questions for you and if you have a question you can send it to
1:18.4	podcast at orvist.com. You can either attach a voice file or you can just type your question in an email.
1:29.0	And speaking of voice files, I haven't gotten a lot of good ones recently, so if you can put your question in a voice file, it would be nice because I like to read some of these live on the air and I haven't had
1:45.4	too many of them recently and some of them I couldn't or wouldn't answer so if you if you're so inclined, I'd love to have a voice file.
1:57.0	It means a lot to me to hear your voice,
1:59.0	and I think other listeners like to like to hear your voice,
2:02.0	so please send a voice file and don't
2:06.8	script it just ask your question I can tell if you're reading it on the
2:10.7	air so don't script it just Just send me a voice file and ask your
2:15.3	question. Don't worry about being totally articulate. I'm not always totally
2:21.5	articulate here as you all know.
2:25.0	All right, so let's do some questions and the first one is from Brad.
2:30.0	I have some flies that I tied early on and I've noticed I just don't use them.
2:36.4	I'd like to think my tying skills have improved so I've decided to take these flies
2:41.0	back to the shop for tune-ups. I want to rebuild them into flies
2:45.1	and would be confident and doesn't make sense to keep carrying them around and not
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