River Monsters, with Jeremy Wade

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

🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week my interview is with Jeremy Wade of “River Monsters” fame. You may remember the episode where he caught a huge arapaima on an Orvis H3 and Mirage reel. He doesn’t always use a fly rod, but he does enjoy everything from those giant fish in exotic locations to a small wild brown trout river near his home in the UK. We talk about lots of things other than river monsters—what he enjoys about fly fishing, how he stays in shape for fighting those beasts, and about the pleasures of getting to know a water intimately instead of the pressure of having to produce for the camera. He has a new TV show and a book coming out soon—you’ll learn all about them on the podcast. In the Fly Box this week we have some great questions: What is the difference between wild, native, and holdover trout? How do I get small beads on hooks when they don’t want to go over the bend? What is the correct way to “haul in a fish”? Will upgrading my rod make me a better angler? Would it make sense to overload my 8-weight rod for pike and musky with a 9-weight line to throw those bigger flies? What is the best way to collect insects from my local river for reference? Who are some older authors you recommend for pleasure reading? Can I use my “saltwater” fluorocarbon leaders in Alaska? What things currently restricted by the rules of competitive angling would competitors use for their own fishing? And finally, yet another great tip by a listener on how to keep Thing-A-Ma-Bobbers from slipping on thinner sections of leaders

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast. This podcast is being recorded on April 11th, 2019.
0:15.0	And a little bit later in the show, I'm going to be interviewing
0:20.0	the very interesting Jeremy Wade of River Monsters fame and I'm going to be talking
0:27.0	about things mostly other than river monsters about his interest in fly fishing, where he fishes, what he likes about fly fishing,
0:38.0	and also a little sneak peek of his upcoming book and a new TV show. So it's going to be fun and it was a real pleasure
0:48.9	and an honor to get Jeremy on the phone. If you want to send a question to me, you can do it by sending
0:58.6	an email to podcast at Orvis.com or by leaving a message at 802, 362, 88000, or by sending a voice file if you'd like,
1:11.2	record a voice file on your phone and then email it to me,
1:15.2	email it to me via that email address.
1:21.4	Boy, I can't talk this morning. I probably should get right into the flybox
1:26.2	so that I can get warmed up here. So here we go.
1:31.5	Hey, Tom, this is Lane calling you from Connecticut.
1:35.0	I've been fishing some small class one wild trout streams recently, something that's new to me,
1:41.0	but I'm having a good time figuring it out and learning how to sneak up on very spooky fish.
1:47.0	Anyways, in the years that I've been fly fishing, I've heard a few terms thrown around, the holdover fish, native fish, and wild fish.
2:00.5	The one I'm kind of hung up on is a wild versus a native fish.
2:06.0	I haven't really gotten direct answer about that.
2:09.0	And I'm starting to suspect that there isn't a difference between those two things.
2:14.0	So I was wondering if you could break down those three categories of fish and
2:19.1	the differences between the two and maybe call out if there isn't a difference.
2:24.8	So Lane, you hear these terms thrown around and most people agree that there are differences between the three terms.
2:36.7	The first one, Holdover, refers to a trout or I guess another species of fish that has been stocked in a stream or a lake and
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