Tips on landing and netting fish, 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

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

This week, my guest is Orvis product developer Jesse Haller [43:48], who besides being responsible for products like nets, wading shoes, and fishing packs and vests spent many years as a fishing guide. Jesse discusses how to pick the right net, some cool tips and carrying a net, how to plan your netting before you get a fish close to you, how to get the fish in the net with a minimum of fuss—and some great tips on releasing the fish you've caught.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some fascinating questions and some helpful tips from listeners, including:

Do you think it's a good idea to blacken your tippet close to the fly with a sharpie?

What conditions decide whether you should fish a large or a small streamer for bass?

A listener has a conundrum about booking a guide who used to work for another outfitter.

Some great tips from a listener about safety when bluelining in the Smokies.

What advice do you have for fishing out of a canoe? I have trouble finding trout in larger rivers, coming from a small stream background. What should I do?

Where can I find trout in winter?

What should I do about families with kids throwing rocks in the water when I am fishing?

How can I fish small midge emergers just under the surface?

During a heavy hatch, is it better to look for an individual fish or prospect a likely seam or run?

A great tip on a device for letting people know where you are when fishing the back country.

If I am running multiple midge nymphs, should I use a light or heavy tippet?

What is the best beginner outfit for saltwater fly fishing?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly fishing podcast. This is your host Tom Rosenmauer. And
0:17.0	my guest this week is my friend and fishing buddy and coworker Jesse Haller. Jesse always
0:23.9	has some really thoughtful insights on various aspects of fly fishing. And one of the things
0:33.5	that I get a lot of questions about are kind of the moment of truth in playing a fish
0:40.9	and landing it. And so Jesse is going to talk about choosing a landing net and then how
0:50.2	to get the fish close to you the best way to net the fish how to kind of scope the waters around
0:57.1	you to find a good place to land the fish. And finally some really good tips on releasing fish.
1:02.9	So I hope that this answers a lot of the questions I have on that on that moment of truth in fly fishing.
1:12.9	But first we're going to do the fly box and the fly boxes where you ask me questions and I
1:20.0	try to answer them. By the way I could use some phone calls I've been having to having to really
1:28.9	search back in some older emails for for phone calls to answer and play on the air. So if you have a
1:37.9	question you might want to send me a voice file and attach it to your email try to keep them under
1:44.4	like two and a half minutes don't ramble on too much just so ask your question or make your comment
1:51.1	and if I can I will play them on the air. And you can send your question whether it's a voice file
2:01.6	or just a message in your email to me at podcastatorvis.com I read them all I don't answer them all
2:11.6	but I do read them all. All right well let's start the fly box this week with an email from
2:21.0	Mitchell from Atlanta Georgia. As a southeasterner thank you for bringing on several guests from
2:29.0	our part of the country such as Henry Cohen on strippers Matthew Lewis on Red Eye Bass Sarah Baker
2:34.6	on Brooktrout and Ian Rudder on Bluelining. I know they make it a make it a point to try to
2:40.4	discuss all different types and regions of fishing so I wanted to say your efforts are appreciated.
2:45.9	Also side note my first fly fishing experience was with Ian Rudder and he is phenomenal. I had never
2:53.1	even held a fly rod and within an hour he helped me learn to cast well enough to catch trout. He's
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