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Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Traveled #28 | The 2025 Women's Fly Fishing World Championship with Melissa Smith

Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Dave Stewart

Sports, Wilderness, Hobbies, Leisure

4.7530 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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#767B Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/767B


Presented by:  Visit Idaho

 
The Women's Fly Fishing World Championship is coming to the U.S. for the first time, and it's happening in Island Park, Idaho. In this episode, we're joined by Team USA's women's team president, Melissa Smith, who'll give us a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to compete on Stillwaters. 

Melissa will share tips for tackling a new lake, from doing your homework before a trip to figuring out what's working once you're on the water. If you're looking to get better at Stillwater fishing, this one's packed with practical tips to help you get dialed in.
 

Show Notes:  https://wetflyswing.com/767B

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0:00.0

This year marks the fourth year that the women's team from Team USA has been in existence.

0:07.9

And this year is also the first year that the world championships are going to be held in the

0:11.7

US of A. Today you are going to get a glimpse of what fishing still waters is all about in the

0:17.0

competition arena. And by the end of this, you're going to have a step-by-step guide to fishing a new

0:22.4

Stillwater this year.

0:23.6

Hey, I'm Dave, host of the Travel Podcast.

0:26.1

I've been fly fishing since I was a little kid.

0:28.0

I grew up around a little fly shop and creative, one of the largest fly fishing podcast out

0:32.0

there.

0:32.6

I've also interviewed more of the competition Team USA anglers than just about anyone out there.

0:39.8

Melissa Smith, president of the women's team USA and Stillwater Master is going to give us her best

0:45.9

tips and how to have success this year, even if you're in a new area.

0:49.3

You're going to find out how to do research on a lake, what you should be thinking about,

0:53.6

what factors also are most

0:55.4

important to be really digging into. Then once you're on the lake, we're going to talk about

1:00.5

the techniques that are going to allow you to find the most fish and how to adjust on changes

1:05.9

that occur and how to get systematic. We talked about being systematic. Plus, we're going to get

1:10.0

her top three most important factors in fishing stillwaters

1:12.9

and what leader setup you should use, even if you're brand new to still waters right now.

1:17.9

This episode of Travel is presented by Yellowstone, Teton Territory,

1:21.4

where you can explore great fishing, great hunting, the world championships this year,

1:25.9

and you can just get out and explore some great part of

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