The Salmonfly Hatch, with John Way

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

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re talking about a spectacle of nature that happens every year in the Rockies in June—the salmonfly hatch. This is a giant stonefly that excites big trout and fly fishers—but it’s difficult to plan for and not as easy to fish as you might imagine. John Way of The Tackle Shop in Ennis, the oldest fly shop in Montana, gives his tips on the life cycle of this giant stonefly, how to fish the hatch, and how to avoid some of the inevitable drift boat traffic the hatch attracts. If you are planning a trip to the Rockies soon this is one you won’t want to miss. In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and comments: How do I catch the big trout I see on Instagram? I never see them myself when I am on the river. How long before stocked trout tune into feeding on natural foods? If I accidentally kill a fish in a catch and release section, should I try to keep it to eat or just let it die? Is there an advantage to tying my second nymph to the eye of the first fly? When should I do this? When is a drop-shot rig better than conventional weight on the leader? Should I get a 5-weight or 6-weight rod for fishing indicator rigs on a windy lake? What fly materials are fairly universal and can for used for a variety of patterns? Why did I see some big trout in a tributary to a larger trout stream? A special tutorial on how to open a pair of forceps (you won’t want to miss this one!) How do we get younger people involved in organizations like Trout Unlimited?

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast. I've been traveling a lot
0:11.7	we're filming a new
0:13.4	or of a TV show that'll be out in January of 2019 on Amazon Prime and
0:19.8	PBS and YouTube and World Fishing Network and I've been traveling a lot and I haven't been here in the podcast studio much so I'm
0:29.2	here for a couple days and I'm trying to get a whole bunch of
0:33.1	podcast done so that we can dole them out over the next few weeks when I'm out of
0:39.6	out of communication with the internet, which has been a delight by the way.
0:45.0	Today we're going to talk about the salmon fly hatch with John Wei of the tackle shop in Tackle Shop in Ennis, Montana.
0:53.6	It's probably the most iconic insect hatch
0:58.2	in the Western United States.
1:00.7	It's hugely popular.
1:02.2	It can get quite crowded because it's an amazing hatch and it's a big fly and big trout come up for it
1:10.0	And so John is going to be giving us tips on fishing the Samfly hatch, how to how to sort of avoid the crowds if you can, and his tips for fishing the hatch and catching fish when they get difficult during this hatch.
1:27.0	So I think you'll enjoy that if you're at all interested in fishing in Montana, as most of us are.
1:35.0	But first, let's do the flybox and answer a few questions and take some comments
1:40.0	and hear some stories from listeners.
1:45.0	If you want to ask a question or relate a story or add some information to something that I couldn't answer on the podcast
1:55.0	because there's lots of people out there much smarter than me.
1:59.0	You can get in touch by emailing either a question or a voice file to podcast at orvis.com or if you want to leave
2:10.0	a voicemail message I really prefer voice files from smartphones because they sound better.
2:16.6	But if you want to leave a voicemail, you can call 802 362 8.8.00. And so anyway, let's start the flybox.
2:30.3	Hey Tom, this is Bill. From Minnesota, I fish the Driftless Region a lot.
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