Secrets of Catching Sipping Trout, with Dave Perkins

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

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Secrets of catching sipping trout with Dave Perkins This week I interview Dave Perkins, Orvis Vice Chairman and one of the best technical anglers I know. Dave loves geeky challenges and is an expert at catching those picky large trout that lay up against the banks and sip small flies—ones that most anglers don’t even notice. In the Fly Box this week we have the following questions: Can I use a Bimini Twist knot to attach my leader to my fly line? Why does a trout that is sipping quietly suddenly attack my dry fly? Is there a way to land large trout in a small stream without a net? A tip on using split ring pliers for removing split shot. How do you choose where to go fishing when there are so many options? What books did you use when starting out, and where do you get your information these days? How do I avoid foul hooking fish when dry dropper fishing with a nymph on a short dropper Which is better, a fiberglass or bamboo rod? Is there a way to connect a tarpon or cuda fly directly to my bonefish fly? I have heard it can be done with a loop. How do I know how fast to set the hook on rising trout? Is it ethical to target bass on spawning beds?

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast. This podcast is being recorded on August 13th, 2019 and this is your
0:18.4	host Tom Rosenberg and a little bit later in the show we have Orvis Vice Chairman Dave Perkins in to talk to us about sippers,
0:28.7	sipping trout. It's one of the most fun, challenging, and sometimes frustrating ways of catching trout,
0:38.0	but to my way thinking, I think to Dave's one of the most interesting.
0:42.0	So Dave offers some tips. Dave is a superb technical
0:46.0	angler and does a lot of fishing for these kinds of fish and so I hope you pick up some tips on that.
0:59.3	You can send me a question by, for the flybox, by sending an email to podcast at Orvis.com. You can either send it as an email question in a in
1:06.4	text form or you can send a voice file and I'll try to answer some of your
1:11.2	questions on the air.
1:16.0	Don't forget if you want, you can follow me on Instagram at
1:20.5	Rosenbauer T and I try to do the same kind of little tips on Instagram that I do here on the
1:26.1	podcast most of the time sometimes they're just fun little things sometimes they're newsy
1:32.1	sometimes they're newsy. Sometimes they're tips.
1:34.0	Please don't ask too many questions on Instagram though because I hate typing on my phone.
1:40.0	I'd rather I'd rather talk here on the podcast to answer your questions.
1:46.4	So let's do some of these questions from the flybox.
1:54.0	Tom, this is John down in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1:57.2	Got a question about the right loop knot.
2:00.4	Here's what I'm trying to do.
2:01.6	I'm doing some kayak fishing for bonefish on the flats,
2:05.0	but having too many rods on the kayak is a bit of a pain.
2:08.0	So I read in a book that you could have your bonefish fly ready to go.
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