Tips for Urban Fly Fishing, with Marc Fryt
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Urban fly fishing is fun and presents some challenges—like bystanders getting in the way of back casts and sometimes fishing from a location high above the water. And it's essential to know how to fish around bridges as these are sometimes the best habitat for urban fish. Marc Fryt [38:33], whose new book The Guide to Urban Fly Fishing is a treasure trove of tips for exploring this exciting world.
In the Fly Box this week we have some interesting questions and tips, including:
Is there a place I can explore saltwater fly fishing on foot without a guide? I can't afford one right now.
When storing fly tying materials, what should I do to prevent damage? Will excessive heat or cold in a garage or attic affect them?
Do you have any tips for catching my first grayling in a lake?
How should I set the drag on my reel?
Are Orvis' mid-priced rods like the new Recons just blanks from older versions of premium rods or are they completely new designs?
A listener reports that he uses a light for trout fishing at night and it does not spook the fish.
Why do my loop knots keep breaking when streamer fishing?
Why do you cast with your right hand and then reel with the same hand?
What do you think of competition jig hooks that ride upside-down?
I have a Clearwater 10-foot 4-weight that I use for dry-fly fishing and want to try Euro nymphing with it. Should I get a new reel or spool with a separate line or just switch my leader?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I am welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer. |
| 0:17.8 | And my guest this week is Mark Fritt. |
| 0:21.1 | And Mark has recently completed a book. |
| 0:24.4 | It's now available on urban fly fishing. |
| 0:28.0 | And Mark's going to talk to us today about some specific issues with urban fly fishing. |
| 0:33.6 | How to solve some of the problems of urban fly fishing, particularly backcast room and fishing around bridges. |
| 0:41.8 | So if you've done any urban fly fishing at all, you know how to handle bridges is an important skill to have. |
| 0:48.5 | And watching your backcast is as well. |
| 0:51.1 | So Mark's going to give us some hints, more hints on urban fly fishing and talk a little bit |
| 0:57.1 | about his book, and I hope you enjoy it. Before we do the flybox, a few announcements. One is that, |
| 1:06.0 | I know it's the last minute, but I still have one room available on my Iceland trip at Long Valley Lodge, |
| 1:13.3 | which is July 14th through 21st. It's almost sold out, but there's one room left. It could be either |
| 1:21.6 | a private single or you can find a fishing buddy and split the cost of the room. |
| 1:28.5 | Another trip I have, which is brand new, we just decided on it, and it hasn't even been |
| 1:34.3 | announced yet. |
| 1:35.4 | I'm going to do a five days of fishing and six nights at H2O bone fishing on Grand Bahama. |
| 1:45.9 | And this is a very favorite place of mine. |
| 1:48.4 | I've spent many, many years fishing these waters, and it's a place I really love. |
| 1:55.1 | It's October 18th through 24th. |
| 1:58.3 | So if you're interested in either one of those, I suggest that you call either Jeremy |
| 2:02.9 | or Seth at Orvis Adventures, Orvis Travel. The Bahamas trip will be announced pretty soon, |
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