Northern Montana Trout Fishing, with Tim Linehan

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

[Interview starts at 27:44]
This week I have the pleasure of interviewing perhaps the nicest human being on the planet, Tim Linehan of Linehan Outfitters in Libby, Montana. I think you'll get a sense of what kind of person he is by listening in. We talk about how the recent pandemic has affected fishing guides and lodges, but on a more fun note, Tim describes his fishery in northern Montana--the only place in Montana where you can catch a true native rainbow trout (rainbows on famous rivers like the Madison, Bighorn, Missouri, and Gallatin were originally stocked).

In the fly box this week, we have these tips and questions:

An easy way to make crab eyes
Why don't people use a piece of yarn in between blood knots as a strike indicator?
Will a 3-weight switch rod handle streamers for smallmouths?
What can I do to protect flies and tying materials?
Can I use springbok hair in place of deer hair?
Can I fish tungsten nymphs on a sinking line effectively?
When do I set the hook when sight-nymphing for trout?
How do you re-sharpen fly-tying scissors?
If I test my dry flies in water and they tip over on their sides, should I still use them?
Some further information on how chemical sharpening of hooks works

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenberg
0:19.9	and a little bit later in the show we're going to be talking to Tim Linnahan.
0:24.1	Tim is the co-owner along with his wife Joanne of Linahan outfitting in Libby, Montana.
0:31.0	And Tim and his wife Joanne are truly two of the finest human beings I've ever met.
0:38.0	And anyone who's met, Tim and or Joanne, will tell you the same thing. They're just amazing people and I think you'll get a sense of that talking to Tim what a kind considerate
0:50.9	warm wonderful human being he is and we're going to talk about a little bit about the
0:56.2	effect of the coronavirus on lodges and guides and also a little more fun stuff we're going to talk about the only
1:06.4	place in Montana where you can catch truly native rainbows which is in in Tim's
1:12.3	fishing area so hope you enjoy that but before
1:16.1	that let's go to the flybox and you can send a question into the flybox if you want by sending an email to
1:26.8	podcast at oarovis.com. You can put your message in the body of an email or you can attach a voice file from your phone.
1:39.0	The first email is a suggestion and a question from Dan. I had a piece of scrap 20 pound mono on my
1:47.2	desk and I just burnt the tip with a lighter and formed a nice ball on the
1:50.6	end and went dark in color. Looks like it could be a nice shrimp or crab eye for the flats in Miami.
1:56.8	I show a photo of the mono below which obviously you can't see. I see people using UV resin and other complicated stuff on the internet
2:04.4	but this seems to be a simple technique for anyone to use with on-hand
2:08.6	materials anyone has and yeah Dan that, that was the way people used to make these eyes before the days of UV
2:19.2	cur apoxy and before you could actually buy pre-made eyes.
2:23.4	People used to burn it, but that's kind of fallen by the wayside,
2:26.2	but it does work quite well.
2:28.8	And then Dan has a question.
2:30.5	As a relatively strong appendage hanging off a fly I guess this mono leg or I could even
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