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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

Tom and Tim's Annual Fly-Tying Spectacular, with Tim Flagler

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

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

To continue our celebration of flies with the Giant Fly Sale, this week I have a long talk with Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, maker of the finest tying videos on the web. This is always one of the most eagerly awaited podcasts of the year, and it’s also one I look forward to because I enjoy talking to Tim about fly tying and always learn so much from him. I get a lot of questions about material substitutions, so what Tim and I decided to do was to take six popular flies, dissect them material by material, and recommend our favorite substitutes for each step. Here are the flies we include: Parachute Adams Clouser Minnow Prince Nymph Woolly Bugger Tunghead Zebra Midge Drunk & Disorderly Deceiver (we had to put one complicated pattern in there) In The Fly Box this week, we have the following questions: How do I keep split shot from sliding on my small diameter tippet Why do I keep losing fish? How do I get a tiny Baetis nymph deep? When is an indicator better than a Euro nymphing rig? What is a Cuda Tube? How do feeder streams affect fishing in a lake? What rod would be best for smaller streams in the East? Why could I not catch trout on a Zebra midge when there were midges all over the water later in the day? A terrific suggestion from a listener on how to turn a landing net into an insect seine by using panty hose How should I fish scuds in a spring creek? What is meant by “big streamers” as opposed to “small or medium streamers” and what line sizes work best with them.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi and and as eagerly anticipated by many of you.

0:18.2

Today we're gonna be talking to Tim Flagler

0:21.4

of Tightline Productions and this is our annual fly tying jam session where

0:31.0

Tim and I just basically talk about fly tying for almost an hour.

0:38.8

And what we're gonna do today is we going to take six of the more popular fly patterns

0:46.7

that you might encounter and we're going to dissect them part by part and suggest substitutes.

0:53.2

You know, this is something that people have often asked for is, you know,

0:59.7

do I have to use this, do I have to do that?

1:01.8

And we want to tell you that you don't have to be,

1:04.2

you don't have to be slavishly attentive

1:08.4

to exactly the material or even the hook

1:11.9

that attire recommends.

1:14.0

Before we get into the flybox and try to answer a few questions,

1:18.0

you can send in your question by sending me an email at podcast at Orvis.com or you can call our question line

1:31.7

and leave a recorded message at 802

1:35.0

362 8800000

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8800 or if you want you can record a voice file on your phone and email it to me.

1:47.0

Any one of those ways works.

1:50.0

And don't forget to follow me on Instagram at Rosenbauer T. I try to try to come up with periodic tips on

2:01.5

Instagram as well. I try to give you some valuable information. So appreciate if you

2:07.6

would follow me there. Anyway, let's get into the flybox and let's start with a phone call this week.

2:17.0

Hey Tom, my name's Zach Iverson. I love the podcast I listen to it daily I fish the driftless region of Wisconsin

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