There's No Such Thing As Streamer Season, With Courtney Despos

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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🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

There's no such thing as streamer season.

That’s the rallying cry of Courtney Despos, director of education and guide for Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver. Courtney is a self-professed streamer fanatic and she fishes them all season long, even in the dead of winter when most people are dragging nymphs along the bottom. Courtney shares her tips on winter streamer fishing, showing us how you can be successful fishing these flies all year long—as well as her tips for keeping warm when winter fishing.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the usual mashup of questions that range all over the place, including:

When I am fishing a hopper/scud combination, why do I have trouble hooking fish on the hopper even though the trout appear to be taking it?
A past fan of very fast rods details why she now enjoys rods with a more moderate action.
A listener gives a detailed plan for killing carpet beetles in fly-tying materials
Has anyone ever made a fly rod out of aluminum?
When is the second season of the Orvis TV show going to launch?
What are some good casting drills for the off season?
A plea from a listener in Louisiana for fly tiers to use nutria fut
What is a good entomology book for the Sierra region?
What is your opinion on furled leaders?
What are your thoughts on fluorocarbon? What sizes should I carry?
Further advice from a taxidermist on curing hides for fly tying
I need some advice on fighting large trout in a tight stream
A specialist in opthamology and visual sciences weighs in on dizziness after being in a drift boat
Can I use my 9-foot 6-weight bass rod for trout?
Why does the loop in my clear intermediate line keep cracking and what can I do to fix it?
Do whitefish and trout live in the same places?
Can I use my 9-foot 8-weight rod uplined to a 9-weight for trout in northern lower Michigan?

Transcript

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0:00.0	that I press record which I have done and it's recording. How do you pronounce your
0:07.3	last name? Despis. Yes, sir. Okay. Well, in the introduction I pronounced it wrong because I recorded it
0:17.5	yesterday so I hope you I hope you will forgive me. You're, everybody pronounces it wrong.
0:24.0	Okay.
0:25.0	All right.
0:27.0	Okay.
0:28.0	Okay. Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast this is your host Tom
0:36.0	Rosenbauer and a little bit later in the show we're going to be talking to Colorado Guide Courtney Despos and we're
0:48.3	going to talk about streamer fishing appropriate for this time of year a lot of
0:52.4	people are out there streaming and
0:54.2	Courtney has some some tips to share with us that you probably haven't heard
1:00.6	about before so hope you enjoy that part of the podcast. But first
1:07.1	we're going to answer some questions or try to answer some questions and you can send your own questions in. The email address is
1:16.8	podcast at Orvis.com and you can send me a question just type it out in an email or you can attach a
1:28.1	voice file if you would like to hear your voice on the air or you can do it the old-fashioned way and send me a
1:37.3	phone call at 802-36- 8800.
1:45.0	Anyway, let's do the flybox and answer some questions.
1:50.0	The first one is from Scott, from Metro Detroit.
1:54.0	I've had an idea kicking around in my head for the past month or so and wanted to get your opinion on it.
1:59.0	I started my fly fishing journey about three years ago with a complete rod reel line outfit in the
2:05.0	range of $150. It's a 9 foot 8 weight. I figured I would go slow on the cost front until I
2:11.6	knew I really liked the sport. Turns out I really like it. Since
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