The Giant Trout of Pyramid Lake, with Mike Anderson

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

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Can you really catch giant cutthroat trout in the desert? Are they truly a native species? And do they really fish with ladders? You'll find out in my interview with Orvis-endorsed guide Mike Anderson [45:23], who guides for the Reno Fly Shop.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some wonderful comments and thought-provoking questions, including:

I can keep the knots in my rubber legs on hopper patterns. How do you do it?

What common fly-tying materials can I get from animals I have harvested, what parts should I use, and how to you prepare and store them?

What is the advantage of going from 140 denier tying thread to 70 denier and when and why should I use it?

A listener explains why he welcomes new people to the sport.

I just got an intermediate line for fishing in lakes. Will it be useful in streams?

I have an old rod with a loose ferrule. Is there any way of fixing it?

Is my 9 ½ foot 6-weight rod too light to throw big articulated flies for bull trout?

I know trout lie in seams in a river. Will steelhead be in seams as well?

Can I use sewing thread for tying flies?

My double surgeon's knots keep breaking. What am I doing wrong?

Are there special fighting techniques when you hook a fish on a downstream drift?

Why do people tell me to fish at high tide, when I can walk out farther at low tide?

Can I swing a streamer in salt water?

Do changes in air temperature affect fish in the ocean as much as in fresh water?

What do I do to take my trout fishing to the next level?

What should I concentrate on?

Why are bamboo rods typically shorter than graphite, and how do I travel with a two-piece bamboo rod?

I am losing more fish with large flies than I do with small flies. What is the issue?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly fishing podcast.
0:13.9	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer, and this week, my guest is Mike Anderson, Orvis
0:19.5	and Doris Guide of the Reno Fly Shop in Reno, Nevada.
0:23.6	And we're going to be talking about Pyramid Lake, it's place I'd never fish, so I was
0:27.1	especially interested in what it's like, and in the interview you'll learn, do they really
0:34.8	fish from step ladders, and are there really giant fish, and are these a native fish that have
0:40.8	been reintroduced to Pyramid Lake? And lots of other things, especially about how to catch them,
0:46.4	so hope you enjoy the interview with Mike, he's really knowledgeable on that area of the country.
0:53.2	We'll talk about the trucky river a little bit too.
0:58.0	But first, the fly box, and the fly box is where you ask questions, and I try to answer them.
1:06.1	I try to help if I can. If I can't help, then I try to find an answer, or I don't answer them.
1:13.2	If I really can't find an answer, or if there is no answer, then I don't answer them.
1:18.7	Anyway, you can send a question to the fly box by sending it to podcastatorvis.com,
1:26.8	or you can give me a suggestion, a complaint, or tell me which of the recent podcasts were
1:37.2	your most favorite. I always like to know which ones really resonate with the listeners,
1:44.0	because then I can get more podcasts in a similar vein, get more guests in a similar vein.
1:50.8	Anyway, now the fly box. First question is from Mark from Florida. Many hopper and terrestrial
1:58.0	patterns call for nodding rubber legs or similar leg material. How do you keep the knot from coming
2:02.8	unraveled? I've tried to drop a super glue and head cement, and simply tying the knot tighter,
2:07.8	none of which works, looking for other suggestions. Well, Mark, I don't have that problem with my legs,
2:15.2	and I suspect that it's probably not what you're doing, but it's a material you're using,
2:21.1	perhaps the material that you are using just doesn't knot, and it may be too flexible,
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