Trout Markings and their Significance, with John McMillan

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

🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

This week I have another podcast with John McMillan, as I have to confess I love talking to John about fishy stuff. His knowledge and enthusiasm and passion are infectious and I think his interviews are always enlightening. This week we talk about The Colors of Trout—can we tell anything from the coloration of trout about their life history? Is there a good way to tell a hatchery form a wild fish? What does it mean when trout carry parr marks into adulthood? How quickly can trout change their coloration? And are the spot patterns on trout like fingerprints? Warning—we come up with more questions than answers and you may as well.

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

A way to get a dropper off a surgeon’s knot to stand at 90 degrees to the tippet
A suggestion for an all-around rod for bass and Great Lakes steelhead
How to carry a sinking line without lugging around a second rod
Can I add 4X tippet to a 5X leader?
What is the best way to dispose of tippet clippings?
What is the difference between Euro, Tightline, Direct Contact, Spanish, Czech, and French Nymphing?
Does it make sense to try a mouse fly during the winter?
Do trout live in different places in freestone rivers than in tailwaters?
Do mayflies live in warm waters?
What is the best rod for an 8-year-old kid?
What is the best way to thin UV Cure epoxy?
If you see nymphs on the bottom, can you predict what adult insect to imitate?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey Tom, this is Scott Nedsker from Franklin, Tennessee.
0:03.1	I'm catching up on the podcast, and I just wanted to say the podcast that you and Dave did
0:08.1	on Sippers is my favorite one you've ever done.
0:11.6	It was just so good and so much knowledge and clear passion for
0:16.1	both you and Dave about it. We fish out on the Madison and Henry's Fork every
0:20.6	fall and that kind of fishing on the Madison or the ranch is just
0:25.3	it's just absolutely my favorite and to hear you too talk about it was just a
0:29.8	dream so thanks so much for doing that any more of that kind of content in the future is exactly what I love, but that was about as good as it gets.
0:37.0	Thanks so much for all you do. Have a good day. Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast. This is your host Tom
0:52.1	Rosenbauer and I'm going to mix things up a little bit this week.
0:57.0	I'm going to do the podcast interview first and then the flybox, so I hope none of you were terribly shocked
1:05.4	just want to mix it up a little bit and see how you like doing the interview first
1:10.2	and then followed by Fly Box questions.
1:14.0	So my interview today is with John McMillan, who is a Washington State Fish
1:22.4	biologist and very famous Steelhead Angler, but John is also a trout biologist and a trout angler.
1:30.0	And I had John on recently to talk about Steelhead, life history.
1:36.2	And I had so much fun talking to John, and I enjoy the podcast so much
1:40.6	that I decided to do another one.
1:42.4	So I hope you're not sick of hearing. much that I decided to do another one.
1:42.5	So I hope you're not sick of hearing John and myself talk about trial populations, but we seem
1:50.5	to have similar philosophies and interests and I hope those interests are shared by you.
1:58.3	And what we're going to talk about today is the colors of trout. I get a lot of questions about about trout and
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