Peter Jenkins and The Seven Seasons of Striper Fishing

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

🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is Peter Jenkins [33:40], longtime striper angler and owner of the Saltwater Edge Fly Shop, outside of newport, Rhode Island. Peter talks about the seven different seasons of striper fishing on the coast, and also about the plight of the striper populations in the Atlantic. It's still an awesome and productive fishery, however we know it could be even better with proper conservation measures. In the Fly Box this week, we have some thought-provoking questions and comments, including: A comment on the lack of small fly shops these days and the bewildering variety of equipment Do I want a Spey rod for shoreline fishing and smaller steelhead rivers? Do you think that trying different fly sizes is something that applies universally Should tiers have more than one fly-tying vise? Since most people fish nymphs these days and they catch more fish than other methods, should we be limiting the number of fish we catch and release> Is there ever a time when you should go a size or two larger on a fly? What feathers should I save from grouse, pheasants, and wild turkey? I lost two large rainbows because I had trouble handling my slack line. What can I do to prevent this?

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis fly fishing podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my
0:17.0	guest this week is fly shop owner Peter Jenkins of the saltwater edge outside of Newport
0:25.4	Rhode Island and Peter is going to be sharing with us the seven seasons of stripper fishing.
0:31.7	Now I know it's it's almost the end of stripper fishing for most of us here in the Northeast
0:37.4	but hopefully you'll be able to use this to plan your trip for next year with the idea
0:44.7	of being on the water when the conditions are most interesting to you. It's a long season
0:51.3	but things do change quite a bit as Peter says with every change in the moon so I hope this helps
0:58.2	you in your planning or you can just wait and download it next spring. But first we have the
1:06.4	fly box and if you have a question for the fly box you can send it to me at podcast at orvis.com
1:14.4	you can attach a voice file or you can just type your question in your email and I read
1:22.2	them all I don't answer them all I can't answer them all sometimes if I don't have the answers
1:28.2	of question I ask an expert sometimes I don't feel like your question is that interesting to most
1:35.0	of the other listeners so I apologize if I don't if I don't answer your call but I do read all of them.
1:44.8	And let's start the fly box with an email from Ken from Buffalo. This is more a comment than a
1:54.2	question I was in my local orvis store a few weeks ago and they led me to the Orvis Learning Center
2:00.2	and ultimately to your podcast what a refreshing discovery that was it's been 30 years since I last
2:05.8	got on the what got out on the water with my fly gear due to a number of things which first and
2:12.2	foremost was my fishing buddy moving out of state I slowly stopped fishing the internet has so
2:18.0	many ways to rediscover this art but I also find it daunting there's so much new equipment I feel
2:24.2	like I'm in the dark ages as an example just how many different types of flyliner now available it
2:30.2	seems that everything has become so specialized I remember tying my own leaders building my own
2:35.4	rods and wearing thick heavy rubber waiters I'm trying to embrace these new things but I'm also
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