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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

Tips on fishing high alpine lakes, with George Hunker

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

This week, my guest is long-time Orvis-endorsed guide George Hunker [49:26], who has won two awards (guide of the year and the coveted lifetime achievement award) for his excellence in creating wonderful experiences for his customers. George has a lifetime of experience in fishing alpine lakes in the Wind River range in Wyoming, and his tips will be valuable to anyone who fishes these wilderness gems for trout.
In the Fly Box this week, we have a varied assortment of questions about tackle, fly tying, and techniques, including:
  • Am I missing out by just fishing close to home and not putting more exotic trips on the calendar?
  • How can I stop my streamer tails from wrapping around the bend of the hook?
  • Can I use a heavy switch rod for fishing in the surf in North Carolina and also for king salmon in Michigan?
  • Can I tie large nymphs or streamers on some old Mustad salmon hooks? How about saltwater flies?
  • I want to get an 8-weight rod. Should I get a Recon or Clearwater?
  • How do you fish scuds in lakes?
  • What is the best way to fish a short, narrow, deep, and fast pool in high water?
  • Why can't I catch many trout on dry flies in small Missouri wild trout streams?
  • Why do some 6-weight rods have fighting butts? Do I need one to fish for trout in Virginia?
  • What fly line do you recommend for striped bass in the Chesapeake region?
  • How can I keep the eyes from coming off my deer hair bass bugs?
  • Why not use a small perfection loop instead of a tippet ring?
  • Why would you not fish a dropshot rig with nymphs all the time?
  • How can I explore other parts of a favorite trout stream? What should I look for?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to the Orvis Flight Fishing Podcast.

0:13.3

This is your host Tom Rosebauer and I guess this week is George Hunker.

0:20.3

George is a long time guide and Orvis and Doris guide and recipient of awards from the

0:27.2

Orvis Guide program and I've known George for a long time as a great guy and George

0:32.5

specializes in fishing high mountain lakes, alpine lakes specifically in the Wind River region

0:40.0

of Wyoming and we're going to talk about fishing those high mountain lakes, what to look

0:45.4

for, how to fish them, how to approach them.

0:48.4

I get a lot of questions about fishing high mountain lakes and I don't do a lot of it

0:53.0

myself, not that experience so I wanted to get an expert here on the podcast and I'm sure

0:59.0

that regardless of where you fish if you do fish these high altitude lakes for trout you're

1:04.1

going to get some good tips from George.

1:07.4

He's been around a long time and he knows what he's doing so hope you enjoy the podcast.

1:14.5

But before we talk to George let's do the fly box and the fly boxes where you ask

1:20.3

me questions and try to answer them.

1:23.2

You can send me your question at podcast at orvis.com via email or you can just attach a voice

1:33.0

file and dictate your question to me and then if I can I'll answer it on the air.

1:42.0

Before we get into the fly box I wanted to give you a heads up on a new product, the

1:49.7

new orvis product.

1:52.2

There is a rain jacket waiting jacket that we had for a while called the ultra light

1:58.5

waiting jacket and I love mine, I use it all the time, it has kept me dry under some

2:05.7

pretty extreme conditions.

2:07.4

It's very light, very packable, you can stuff it inside a sling bag or inside you carry

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