The Fascinating Guadalupe Bass, with Alvin Dedeaux

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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🗓️ 16 February 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast is about a relatively rare but also easily accessible fly-rod fish—the Guadalupe bass. I was lucky enough to get Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides to talk about these interesting members of the bass/sunfish family. They sound like the perfect fly-rod target, available year-round in central Texas. They are a native species, they eat a lot of small prey, they fight well, and they are readily accessible on smaller rivers on public water. In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions: What setup do I need for fishing from shore in southern California salt water? Will my 8-weight Encounter rod work? What is fishing in Cuba like? How do I keep from foul-hooking steelhead? How do I play one or should I break it off? And is it ethical to take a photo of a foul-hooked fish? Why don’t more anglers use nets on smaller trout? What tips would you give a younger Tom if you could go back and give yourself advice? Should I use fluorocarbon leaders on small mountain streams? How should I clean my Ultralight Waders? Can you recommend one or two all-around adhesives for fly tying, for someone on a budget? What material is best for tails on parachute flies? Do you wrap shiny-side-up or shiny-side-down on parachute hackles? For bass, panfish, pike, stripers, and bigger trout water, should I buy a 6-weight or 8-weight fiberglass rod? What do I do to emergers to get them to float just in the surface film?

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0:00.0	Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:04.0	You can drift a big nymph through a run just like your trout fishing and catch them some pretty large
0:10.6	watilupi bass. You know, they call them the Texas trout, but that, you know, when I found that out, I was like, oh man, they kind of are.
0:18.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast. This podcast is being recorded on February 13th, 2019.
0:28.6	And you just heard a brief excerpt from my interview today with Alvin Dido and we've
0:39.7	been talking about a really cool we are going to be talking about a really cool, we are going to be talking about a cool little fish that lives
0:47.8	in only in Texas and it's called the Guadalupe Bass and it's, I've never caught one myself but it sounds like the perfect fish to chase with a fly rod and it sounds like it's a pretty unexploited
1:01.1	resource in a state that has quite a bit of fishing pressure and quite a few anglers.
1:08.2	So I think you'll enjoy that.
1:10.9	And in a second, we'll get into the flybox where I try to answer your questions on the
1:18.1	air but if you want to send some questions in you can email me at podcast at orvis.com or you can call the question line at 802, 362, 8800.
1:37.0	And don't forget that you can follow me on Instagram at Rosenbauer T. I try to I try to post some so
1:46.4	relatively interesting things and try to mix it up a bit and try to post
1:50.3	almost every day so come on Instagram start a conversation and let's have some fun.
1:56.4	So let's get into the flybox. First question is an email from David from
2:05.2	from don't know where he's from anyway. I've listened to all your
2:10.9	podcast but skip some of the salt ones after the flybox portion no offense but I just don't do salt yet
2:17.3	I wanted to be an emailer who does short concise questions but clearly I have failed on my first try.
2:23.0	Floten on emergers.
2:25.0	Gee whiz, how do you keep these guys just below the surface?
2:29.0	I got to get my nymphs to drop into the strike zone with struggles and only sometimes do I get the
2:34.5	calibrations correct. I get my drives to stay on top with struggles sometimes and
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