The Hunt for Giant Trout, with Landon Mayer

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

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

My interview this week is with the highly respected angler, writer, and guide Landon Mayer of Colorado. He has a new book out this week—The Hunt for Giant Trout and that’s exactly what we talk about—times, places, and flies for taking the largest trout in a river. We talk a lot about the various food preferred by the larger trout in a body of water—how to identify them and how to select flies and techniques to imitate them. As usual Landon is bursting with great ideas for you to try on your next fishing trip. In the Fly Box this week we cover the following questions: Tips for catching sheepshead on a fly Is my bonefish tackle OK for stripers on Long Island? A tip for practicing strip-setting that incorporates a willing cat When to use poly leaders Can I use and indicator when fishing small BWO dry flies? What are the advantages of using shanks over beading wire for tying articulated flies? A tip for carrying tippet rings on a snap swivel instead of a safety pin Is the Orvis Spey Line a Skagit line? How to fish streamers in tight quarters How to catch shallow water stripers in a Tennessee river at night Can I keep my fishing gear in a cold garage all winter? Will keeping my rods strung up hurt my leader? Which end of a surgeon’s knot should I use for the dropper, and should I take two or three turns? Should I get a starter rod or go right to the best rod I can afford?

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0:00.0	Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:05.0	I personally have caught more larger fish on streamers that are in the ballpark in the range of I'd say three to five inches
0:16.0	not always the incredibly large one but I think those large streamers you know
0:21.2	when you're when you're on the white River and they're releasing units and it's
0:25.3	flowing at 25,000 CFS, you need something big to get their attention to move water and the same
0:32.0	on the South Holston or in Alaska. So there is the time
0:35.2	in place but I think on average downsizing it where it's a comfortable sized meal
0:39.4	can produce great results.
0:41.3	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:45.8	This podcast is being recorded on December 20th, 2018 and Merry Christmas and Happy Hol holidays to everyone out there.
0:55.0	Beginning of the show you heard a little bit of my talk today with Landen Meyer on giant trout and I know that's of no interest
1:06.8	to anyone out there but I figured I'd do it anyways. A couple of announcements
1:11.5	don't forget that we have the Orvis video
1:14.8	podcast available now and also I'm going to be a lot more active on
1:20.5	Instagram I've been I've been very, very inactive on Instagram and I'm going to get
1:27.8	back into it and I plan on mixing it up with some fly tying, some stories, some videos, fishing tips,
1:39.0	and maybe a little chocolate making or a little foraging in season.
1:46.6	And also, we're gonna be filming a new season
1:51.1	of the Orvis Fly Fishing
1:52.8	TV show over the next 12 months.
1:56.4	And I'll be taking on location and giving you some sneak peaks
2:00.4	on what the show's going to be like. It'll probably be launched in January of 2020.
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