Travel Tips From Around the World, with Alberto Rey

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Sports, Wilderness, Education, How To

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Orvis-endorsed guide Alberto Rey [33:22] just completed a trip around the world, fishing and exploring on six continents—and he did it all with only two 6-piece Clearwater Rods and two reels and a handful of flies. He has some great stories and great tips for travelers from his experience and shares them with us.

In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and tips:

Should I be adding 4 feet of tippet to my 7 ½ foot leader for a dry dropper rig?
A tip from a listener about using pieces of pool noodle to store pre-make fly rigs
I saw a video where a guy fished four flies at once on droppers. How do you avoid tangles with this many flies on the leader?
If the new Recons are 20% stronger, if I want to get a 6-weight rod should I order a 5-weight?
A tip from a listener (with a caution from Tom) about using micro spikes for wading
How can I easily get the hook out of trout and still keep them in the water when they struggle?
I saw an otter on the river and got skunked. Do the fish vacate an area when an otter is around?
My knots keep slipping and fish were breaking off with various highly-regarded knots. What do you think happened?
How can I fish a big articulated streamer upstream without the fly fouling?
A tip from a listener on just slipping cones on the leader above a streamer to get them to sink faster.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast.
0:15.9	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer.
0:17.2	And my guest this week is Orvis and Doris Guide, Alberto Ray.
0:21.8	Alberto recently retired as our professor and still guiding.
0:27.8	But he and his non-fishing wife took a trip around the world.
0:31.9	They visited every continent except Antarctica and did some fishing in each one.
0:37.7	It's kind of a gonzo trip.
0:39.8	And Alberto is going to share his thoughts about travel and about traveling with tackle,
0:49.4	what he took, some of the interesting things that he discovered on this trip.
0:54.8	And he's a great storyteller and wonderful human being.
0:58.8	So I think he'll enjoy his stories.
1:01.7	I have a trip coming up, not around the world, just to the Bahamas.
1:05.6	I have a hosted trip at H2O bone fishing on Grand Bahama, one of my very favorite places in the world.
1:15.9	And it's, Grand Bahama is noted for its big bonefish.
1:20.0	And there are also some very large permit there that you may see on the flats.
1:25.9	Also a chance at tarpins.
1:27.8	There's barracuda and mutton snapper.
1:30.3	They have great guides.
1:32.6	It's limited to, they only have four boats at H2O, so it's limited to at the most eight people.
1:40.2	And if somebody books a private boat, then it's even fewer.
1:43.8	So it's a small group.
1:45.4	We have dinner every night in local restaurants in Lukaya.
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