Steve Ramirez author of Casting Forward

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

This week my guest is Steve Ramirez [41:24], author of the book Casting Forward and the upcoming book Casting Onward. Steve is an articulate and passionate writer, and in the podcast we talk about the philosophical and personal aspects of fishing for native species, in his beloved Texas Hill Country and beyond.

In the Fly Box, we have some terrific questions this week, including:

Can I use my 7'11" 8-weight rod with a 5/6 reel and a 7-weight line?

I can hook fish on streamers using a floating line, but when I fish a sinking line I get lots of strikes but no hookup. What am I doing wrong?

An angler tells a tale of woe after getting scammed trying to buy a fly rod from an online swap forum.

I keep hearing about people catching 20 and 30 fish in an outing. Why can't I do that?

You said you throw out all your old nylon tippet after a year. Do I need to do that with heavier mono and old unused leaders as well?

I need a heavier rod than my 5-weight for redfish, pike, bass, and carp. Is a 9-foot, 8-weight Recon the right rod?

I have trouble casting a 12-weight and need help with my strength. What can I do to make longer casts with this rod?

Why is Euro nymphing more effective than fishing the standard way with an indicator and split shot? Is it because you spook fewer fish?

Why do people say fly fishing is not like it used to be?

I use an 8 1/2 foot 4-weight for brook trout but want to try a lighter rod like a 2-weight or 3-weight.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to a lighter rod?

Where on a trout are the taste organs?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Corvus Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:14.2	This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my guest this week a little bit later in the podcast
0:20.4	is author Steve Ramirez.
0:23.7	Steve is the author of New Book Casting Forward Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country but
0:30.5	we're going to be talking about the value of native species in our fly fishing obsessions
0:37.9	and we're going to get a little bit more philosophical before we've talked on the podcast about native
0:44.2	species in a little bit more of a scientific manner and we're going to take it a little
0:50.2	touchy-feely and talk more about the philosophical value values of fishing for native species in
1:00.8	their native habitat. But first we're going to do the fly box. I'm going to try to answer some
1:09.4	questions. If you have a question for the fly box you can get hold of me at podcast at orvis.com.
1:17.6	You can either just type your question into your email or you can attach a voice file
1:24.6	from your phone. So without further ado let's do a question. The first one is from Keith from Wisconsin.
1:34.0	Hi Tom. I've been a fan for about six years. You helped catch my interest in fly fishing when I
1:39.7	found your how to read a stream for trout book and saw you on YouTube. My question is I'm looking
1:45.3	at a new seven foot 11 inch eight weight from my new bass setup next spring. I'm looking to cut down
1:52.2	on the overall weight somewhat due to my arthritis. It was curious what you think about putting a
1:57.8	five six reel on the rod and overweight the reel one size by going with a seven weight floating line.
2:04.9	I fish a lot of down trees and catch lots of decent smallmouths so my five weight isn't cutting
2:09.8	it anymore. Most of my fishing is with poppers and dries like the chubby Chernobyl. Thank you for
2:15.4	your time and keep up the great work. So Keith a couple a couple things here. First of all I don't
2:23.0	see any problem with putting a lighter weight on that rod that's certainly you know you don't need a
2:29.6	lot of backing for for smallmouth bass. It's rare that smallmouth bass pull much line so you can get
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