The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White

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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🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week my guest is artist Bob White [36:41], a beloved painter of fly-fishing and bird hunting scenes. Bob has illustrated John Gierach's magazine pieces for years and also illustrated the current version of The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide. Bob talks about making a career in the fly-fishing world, how he balances his painting life with his fishing life, tips for budding wildlife artists, and how his art affects his fly tying.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions and tips from listeners:
How do I encourage guiding operations to hire more female guides and people of color?
I just bought a fly rod and am having trouble casting a 1/16 oz. spoon on it. What am I doing wrong in my casting? Should I go to a heavier lure?
Since I will never cast 90 feet with my light fly rod, can I cut off some of the fly line to get more backing on my reel?
People say there are no hatches on the streams I fish. So why am I catching trout on nymphs all the time?
What part of my line should I stretch? If I am using a Skagit setup, should I stretch my head? And do you stretch cold-water lines any different from warm-water lines? And should I use a leader straightener tool?
What resources can I use to figure out what parts of birds and animals I hunt should be saved for fly tying? And where can I learn the fundamentals of fly tying?
A tip from a listener on the best gift you can buy yourself--virtual fly-casting lessons.
Why do you want the trailing hook so far back on an Intruder fly?
A tip on wearing Nitrile gloves over thin merino gloves for fishing
The trout seemed to have disappeared from my river this winter. It runs into a lake. Do you think the fish have gone there?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and
0:17.4	this is your host Tom Rosenbauer and my guest this week is an old friend artist Bob White and we range through a number of topics we talk about a career in fly fishing, we talk about a career in fly fishing, we talk about balancing, being an artist with a fly angler and we talk about how Bob's painting and his artistic
0:38.5	sensibilities affect his fly tying and his fishing so if you're a budding artist or if you're not I think you'll enjoy it. Bob's a long time very
0:48.6	experienced angler. It's been around the block and he's a great guy. So hope you enjoy that.
0:55.0	One little announcement for those of you who have been asking about my small streams book.
1:04.8	It went out to print temporarily during the COVID pandemic.
1:09.8	Printers were kind of overstressed and it was selling for ridiculously high prices, used copies.
1:19.2	It's now back in print so now you can get it at the original cover price and don't have to pay that
1:25.5	ridiculously high price so the Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing is now
1:30.9	back in print and it's one of my personal favorites of my books.
1:34.8	Let's do the flybox and if you have a question for the flybox you can send your question to
1:40.7	podcast at orvist.com or you can attach a voice file and maybe I'll read it on the
1:47.7	air if I can answer your question. So let's start. The first question is an email from Phil from Madison, Wisconsin
1:57.4	My question concerns the best way to selecting a guiding operation given Orvus's 50-50 on the water campaign and increasing
2:05.2	awareness about people of color and fly fishing, is there an easy or tactful way to ask
2:10.1	fly shops or guiding companies what they are doing to hire more women or people of
2:15.2	color in their operations. Part of the reason I buy Orvis products is for your
2:19.3	commitment to gender and racial equality and I'd like to make same commitment on my rare
2:24.9	guided trips. I recognize that companies can only hire people who are interested
2:29.2	in working there but I wonder if there is a way to ensure my money goes to people who care about the same issues as I do.
2:36.0	Relatedly, has Orvus considered a certification program or something like that to go along with the 50-50 on the water campaign perhaps for
2:45.5	Orvis endorsed operations to make it easier for consumers to vote with their wallets as the
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