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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

Secrets of Fly Design, with Jonny King

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

This week I have a chat with Jonny King [41:00], one of the most creative and innovative fly tiers I know. Patterns like the Kinky Muddler and Splitsville dry flies come from his creative mind. I am always interested in where the idea for new patterns come from, how they are developed, and how they get evaluated. Join me as we ramble and discuss his creative process.

In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and tips:

Where can I get a copy of your book on Small Stream fly fishing?
Can I leave my fishing gear in a very hot or very cold car?
How can I fish the shoreline of a lake without getting caught in trees, and how far do I need to cast?
Why do I keep breaking fish off on a strike?
How can I include a shock absorber into my outfit?
I have an old bamboo rod in good shape.
Is it OK to fish with it, and how can I find out what line size it takes?
What do you recommend for wading boots if I do a lot of hiking?
I can cast OK with nymphs but I can't get my dry flies to lay out with a roll cast. What am I doing wrong?
Where should I look to catch Pacific salmon in BC?
How do I handle spooky trout in small streams that hide under rocks?
How do I know for sure when trout are spawning?

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Hi and this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and this week we're going to be talking to a friend of mine who's fly tying I

0:27.7

greatly admire a gentleman named Johnny King from New York City and Johnny is a

0:33.7

a fascinating guy is a great angler and has a number of flies in the Eervis

0:38.8

catalog, you know flies that he's developed and I'm very jealous of Johnny because he is such a

0:47.5

creative fly tire and I'm not and I'm I always wonder what goes on in the mind of a creative fly tire.

0:57.0

So we're going to talk to Johnny about how he developed some of these flies, talk about his patterns and generally ramble about fly tying. I know that many of

1:06.8

you love these fly tying podcasts and I have them occasionally with Tim Flagler but I

1:12.0

thought I would have another fly tire who

1:16.3

approaches things from a little bit different directions.

1:19.8

So this is for you fly tires and you know you anglers in the crowd may if you don't tie flies you I'm sure we'll also pick up some tips so speaking speaking of tips, let's do the fly box and the fly box is where I try to

1:39.8

answer questions that you have about fly fishing.

1:45.0

And if you would like to send a question in,

1:50.8

you can reach me at podcast at orvus.com. You can attach a voice file.

1:57.1

Sometimes I read them on the air or you can just send me an email. I love to get voice files. They sometimes make things more interesting.

2:05.6

We like to hear your voice and it makes a little more fun, a little bit more variety.

2:11.0

So send your questions in and I will try to answer. And by the

2:16.5

way the more specific you are the better the more if you have a problem with

2:22.2

fly fishing or if you if you need some advice on

2:25.6

something the more specific you can be about where you were what what you're using, the tackle you're using, how you were

2:36.3

casting and so on, that'll really help me answer your questions or if I

2:41.6

can't answer them I'll often go to some of the experts at Orvis to get their

2:49.9

take on your question.

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