The Seven Deadly Sins of Playing and Landing Fish, with Josh Nugent

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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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Every week I get some iteration of this question: "I hooked three fish and lost all of them before I could get them to the net. What am I doing wrong?" Well, often you did nothing wrong and it was just bad luck. But there are steps you can take to make sure you land the fish you've hooked and Josh Nugent [36:46], a regular on my podcast and one of the most thoughtful anglers I know, presents us with his Seven Deadly Sins. There are lots of helpful nuggets in this one.

In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and tips:

You say I can fish small streamers on my 5-weight rod. What do you mean by "small'?
I am using the Albright knot for larger sections of my leader. What do you think?
A tip from a listener on how not to launch small brookies into the bushes when you hook them.
Why am I losing half of my fish when using barbless hooks?
Is there any situation where you would use an Improved Clinch Knot as opposed to the regular Clinch Knot?
A tip from a listener on how to tie big foam flies that won't land upside-down.
How do you balance various passions, family, work, and still have the energy and time to get out on the water?
How do you set up your emergers, and what is your go-to emerger fly?
Where can I find split shot that does not contain lead?
How do you feel about the relative perceived intelligence of hatchery fish as compared to wild fish?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Urvis fly fishing podcast.
0:13.6	This is your host Tom Lewis, Foller, and my guest this week is Josh Nugent.
0:20.1	And Josh and I have done a number of podcasts together over the years
0:25.3	always with the title of the seven deadly sins so I think the first one was the seven
0:31.1	deadly sins of sight fishing and then we did drive-fly fishing and nymph fishing and pike
0:37.1	fishing and we've got a new seven deadlies for you
0:41.0	and i think it's going to be a popular one i get a lot of questions about uh landing fish i hooked a
0:49.2	fish i hooked three fish i hook four fish and the hook came out of all of them, and I didn't land them. So
0:55.2	what did I do wrong? Well, often it's nothing that you did wrong. Sometimes fish just come
1:01.5	on button. The hook doesn't get in the right place. But there are things you can do. And Josh has
1:06.1	prepared the seven deadly sins of Playing and Landing Fish.
1:11.6	So I think you get some tips out of this, and there are some things you can do to help get those fish to the net.
1:19.1	And so Josh is, you know, he's a serious thinker.
1:23.3	He analyzes these things, and he's got a lot of time on the water.
1:27.3	So his teachings are always superfluous. He analyzes these things, and he's got a lot of time on the water.
1:35.5	So his teachings are always super, super valuable and often things that I ever thought of.
1:38.1	So I know you'll enjoy it.
1:43.7	And a little bit later, we'll be talking to Josh about the seven deadly sins of playing and landing fish. But first a few announcements.
1:46.4	One is I still have two more spots on my trip to Iceland, July 15th through 20th with
1:53.2	fish partner. We're going to fish for Atlantic salmon, brown trout, char, sea run browns, and
1:59.7	sea run char. So that's an exciting trip. I've
2:03.5	never been there before, and I'm really looking forward to it. Now, another place I've never been
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