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🗓️ 26 February 2021
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In this week's podcast, we'll visit with the dynamic co-founder and president of Western Rivers Conservancy, Sue Doroff [34:50]. Over the past 30 years, Sue and her small, lean staff have protected nearly 400 miles of rivers with names like the Madison, Hoh, Klamath, and John Day--rivers beloved by fly fishers. If you've ever parked at Three Dollar Bridge on the Madison River, you can than the Western Rivers Conservancy for protecting that stretch of river from development and for maintaining public access. Find out about their unique special sauce and how they do this.
In the Fly Box this week, we have some great questions and tips from listeners:
I know you should keep a fish upstream of you when fighting it. What do you do when fishing downstream?
A warning and tip from a listener on the dangers of shelf ice in winter
Should I use big articulated streamers like the Drunk & Disorderly for steelhead?
Is a 9-foot 8-weight rod a good one for wading the beaches of Florida?
I don't want to fish weighted flies and I don't want to fish more than one fly. How can I get a good dead drift with my wet flies and nymphs?
I mainly tie steelhead flies, but for a trout fishing trip, is it more economical to buy or tie some dry flies?
When fishing across several lines of current with a floating line, what technique should I use to get a good drift?
How do you deal with casting an indicator rig when the indicator is set 6 feet or more above your flies?
A great tip on tapering synthetic fibers when tying streamers.
Should I use hemostats or small pliers for trout fishing?
What are the pros and cons of bead chain vs. solid metal eyes?
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0:00.0 | Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. |
0:11.2 | This is your host, Tom Rose, and we have a special conservation podcast for you today. |
0:17.4 | I'm going to talk to Sue Dorov, who is the president and co-founder of an organization |
0:24.6 | called the Western Rivers Conservancy, which is a small but really, really effective conservation |
0:34.0 | organization. |
0:35.5 | They kind of fly below the radar. |
0:39.0 | They do some amazing work, mainly using taxpayer money or public money that's available |
0:48.7 | to protect rivers. |
0:50.5 | They have protected lots of acreage on rivers like the Madison in Montana and the |
0:59.4 | Hoe and the Claymouth and the Williamson River. |
1:03.8 | Since Sue has been with the organization since she co-founded it 30 years ago, this organization |
1:11.2 | has protected over 400 miles of river and land along more than 200 rivers and streams |
1:20.5 | across the West. |
1:22.4 | It's a cool organization, and Sue's a great person to talk to, and I think you'll enjoy |
1:28.2 | a conversation. |
1:30.2 | Anyway, let's talk fishing first. |
1:34.7 | Let's answer some questions on the fly box. |
1:37.2 | If you have a question for the fly box, you can send it to me at podcast at orvis.com. |
1:45.0 | You can either just put your question in the body of your email, or you can attach a |
1:50.9 | voice file if you want. |
1:52.6 | I read them all. |
1:53.6 | I don't answer them all because the criteria that I use for answering a fly box question |
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