Traveled #32 | Norman Maktima on Coaching Team USA, Euro Nymphing & San Juan Tactics
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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812 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/812
Presented by: Visit Idaho
Today we're hanging out with Norman Maktima: world champ fly angler, guide, and all-around fishy guy. Norman grew up in Pueblo tradition, fished his way onto the international stage, and knows how small details can make a huge difference.
In this episode, he shares tips on reading water, watching for subtle changes in water levels, and selecting flies that work well in both competition and everyday fishing. We also get into how to stay sharp when every single cast might be the one.
Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/812
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode, we dive into the space where tradition meets competition, exploring how a |
| 0:07.3 | Pueblo upbringing, rural championship, and fly fishing and a life spent guiding have shaped |
| 0:12.4 | one of the most well-rounded fly anglers in the game. By the end of this episode, you're going to |
| 0:16.9 | understand the mindset that wins on the international stage how indigenous knowledge can |
| 0:21.8 | deepen your time on the water and why small little adjustments on the water and in technique |
| 0:27.2 | can make massive difference when it counts. This is the wet fly swing podcast where I show you the |
| 0:32.2 | best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare |
| 0:36.3 | for that big trip and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love. |
| 0:40.7 | Norman Moktaima is back on the podcast, and he's going to give us some big tips on reading |
| 0:45.7 | water, subtle changes in water level, how you can fish them, choosing flies that hold up, |
| 0:51.4 | both in competition and in regular settings out there. |
| 0:55.2 | We're going to talk about dialing in your presentation when you're fishing for pressured |
| 0:59.3 | fish and how to keep your head in the game when you know that every cast can count. |
| 1:04.5 | It might be that one cast, the next one that's going to be that trophy fish. |
| 1:08.0 | All right, let's get into it. |
| 1:09.1 | Here he is. |
| 1:09.7 | Norm mocktima. |
| 1:10.5 | You can find him at |
| 1:11.3 | NMaktaima flyfishing.com. How you doing, Norm? I'm doing good. How are you? Good, good. You guys are |
| 1:20.3 | just coming hot off some pretty big stuff in eastern Idaho with the World Championships Team USA. |
| 1:26.4 | We're going to get into that for a summary. You were on the podcast back in I think summer of 2022 so it's been a few years I want to get an update on what else you've been up to and then we'll probably talk a long ago so it was a while ago isn't it well we'll just take us back here to you know the last few years what's been going on anything new I know you're still guiding out in kind of New Mexico. What else has been going on? Yeah, man, some changes. |
| 1:48.6 | I think from the last time, actually, I have re-listened to that episode, kind of see where everything |
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