The World of Competitive Fly-Fishing, with Jesse Haller

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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🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

How do people compete in fly fishing contests? How are they scored? How do the teams work? Where are the competitions held? Most of us don’t have any interest in competing in fly fishing—some of you probably hate the idea—but this discipline has stimulated some great ideas in fly fishing and has led to the interchange of ideas throughout the world. There’s no money involved, just lots of camaraderie, and competitive fly fishing does not hurt the resource or even get in the way of our enjoyment of trout waters except for a few hours a year on a particular stream or lake. I think you’ll be fascinated by the inner workings of this unusual competition. In the Fly Box this week, we have the following questions: Why can I land smaller fish but not land the bigger ones when tightline nymphing? How much can I remove from the tip of my fly line without hurting its performance? How are most trout waters stocked? Why didn’t I catch any fish on a recently stocked river? Where do small stream brook trout go during the winter? Will wearing the required blaze orange clothing during hunting season ruin my trout fishing? Do you think fish can see the post on parachute flies? Why don’t my Klinkhammer flies always float upright? How do I keep my neck and shoulders from hurting when I am fishing all day? Can I strip streamers for Lake Erie steelhead? Do bright headlamps spook largemouth bass? How can I minimize tangles in my net when fishing multi-fly rigs? How can I fish my Depth Charge line to minimize snagging on the bottom? Can I use my old Orvis Impregnated Bamboo rod for trout fishing? Can I tie 6X tippet to a tippet ring? Mine keeps breaking.

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0:00.0	Today on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast.
0:05.0	And you know, typically what I'm always trying to do is, A, if it's a piece of water I've never fish I'm just trying to get comfortable on the water
0:13.5	not necessarily always catching fish but what is this water type what are my strategies and
0:18.0	then I kind of work through my flyboxes and establish what techniques might work for me.
0:24.0	Because one day to the next, you know, it can change.
0:27.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide
0:31.0	podcast.
0:32.0	This podcast is being recorded on November 5th 2018 and you just heard a little snippet of my
0:42.0	discussion today with Jesse Haller on competitive flyfishing and you
0:49.5	may not be interested in competitive flyfishing you may hate the idea of competitive fly fishing,
0:55.0	but I think you're going to find some surprises about competitive fly fishing in my discussion with Jesse and I think you'll be you'll be fascinated by it
1:08.0	regardless of how you feel about competitive fly fishing so let me know what you think about it or send me a question. You
1:16.9	can reach me at podcast at orvist.com by email or you can call and leave a message and I'll try to answer it 802
1:28.0	362 8800. So, before we go and talk to Jesse, let's answer some questions or try to answer some questions on the flybox.
1:39.0	Hey, Tom, this is Jeremy Calling, originally from Rochester, New York, which I think is around, somewhere
1:46.9	around your hometown, from what I could figure out. But now I live in North Carolina.
2:01.0	This past weekend, actually just getting back from three days in the mountains. It's been raining a ton here. All of the water is either blown out or high and off color. So it seemed like a perfect opportunity to finally try my hand at check nymphing or a tight line nimping or whatever you want to call it.
2:15.0	So I do have the three weight rod I finally broke it out and I did pretty well. I actually caught quite a few fish this weekend and I'm convinced that if I've been trying to fish any other way, I probably would have struggled to land even one.
2:35.0	So I guess I found out what everybody else already knew,
2:38.4	which is that it can be really great and really productive.
2:44.0	Here's the problem. All the fish that I caught and landed were probably in the maybe 8 to 10 inch range,
2:50.0	all browns and rainbows. I hooked quite a few much larger fish. Probably
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