Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter

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

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is Charity Rutter [39:50], a great friend and longtime guide in the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her husband Ian have just finished a great book (I read the manuscript and loved it) and although it won't be available until April, you can pre-order it here:

https://randrflyfishing.com/store/fly-fishing-guide-to-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/

Charity shares her secrets for making more out of your time on small waters, and although she concentrates on her area, she has fished small streams throughout North America and her tips will help you no matter where you fish.

In the Fly Box this week we have a nice assortment of questions and tips on fly fishing and fly tying, including:

Why do you hate hook keepers so much?
Is it true that you should not hook your fly onto your stripping guide?
A listener recounts his first experience with selling flies he tied himself.
A number of people chide me for not using a wading staff—yet.
Will it hurt my fly line if I stretch it first before fishing?
A listener gives some good advice on how to get out of a dangerous situation while wading, and how to prevent your waders from acting like a sea anchor.
A tip from a listener on how he deals with litter during a day of fishing and one on how he carries rods on the back seat of his vehicle.
A listener tells me how pleased he was with Orvis reel repair service.
Should I wear socks when wearing the new Pro Approach Hikers in salt water?
Can I Euro nymph in lakes and ponds?
A tip from a listener on making more durable peacock herl bodies.
Where should I put the heavy section of mono on a shock leader?
A listener shares a tip on playing darts during the winter to keep those casting muscles in shape
I used rubber soled wading shoes on slippery rocks and had poor traction. Should I stud them or just get a pair of felt-soled boots?
In a remote lake with an inlet and outlet, will trout move into the outlet as well as the inlet?
How can I keep my dropper and tippet from slipping off my barbless hook when fishing with a dry dropper? And what knot is best when attaching a dropper to a hook bend?
I have a 9-foot 5-weight rod and want a rod for fishing for panfish and streamers for trout. What rod should I get next?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast this is your host Tom
0:14.2	Rosenbauer and my guest this week is Charity Rudder charity is a
0:19.9	longtime guide in the Great Smoky Mountains and loves small stream fishing and she's going to share some of her tips and tricks for fishing small streams and although she talks mainly about the Smokies, these tips can apply to small streams nearly anywhere in the world because they all fish about the same.
0:45.0	There's some regional variations, but if you're a small stream fanatic and you love
0:50.0	getting away from the crowds and fishing for a wild trout and being in beautiful
0:53.8	places I think you'll enjoy this podcast. Next there's a product announcement
1:00.8	except I can't tell you about it today, but I want you all to stay tuned to
1:07.0	Orvis channels, Orvis social channels on Wednesday, February 7th.
1:15.0	And I can't tell you, I wish I could tell you what it's about.
1:20.0	But I can't tell you, but you'll know in a couple of days if you're listening to this
1:24.3	podcast the day it was the day it was released. Anyway stay tuned and it's pretty
1:31.3	exciting stuff and can't wait to tell you about it and I'll tell you
1:34.8	about it more in future podcasts. But before we go and talk to charity, let's do the flybox.
1:45.0	And the flybox is where you ask me some questions or you share tips with other
1:51.2	listeners and sometimes I read them on the air. Now there are no phone
1:56.7	calls this week. I don't have any phone calls that I could play for you. I didn't
2:01.6	have any that either I could use or I didn't have any that either I could use or I wanted to use.
2:06.8	So if you're interested in sending me a voice file, recorded on your phone, and then attached to your email,
2:16.0	I'd appreciate a few more phone calls these days.
2:21.0	I listen to them all, I don't answer them all, you know, but I listen to them all.
2:26.0	And if you have a question for me, you can send them to podcast at Orvis.com, that's the email address and I do read all of them. So send your questions in. The
2:38.5	podcast wouldn't be wouldn't be what it is and wouldn't be as popular without the questions that you
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