Western Native Trout Challenge, with Daniel Ritz

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is Daniel Ritz [1:00:58], who recently completed the Master Caster level of the Western Native Trout Challenge. We talk about how he did it, what flies worked, and had a lot of discussion about what actually counts as a subspecies of trout. If you want to view his entire journey, it can be found at www.tu.org/magazine/author/daniel-ritz/

In the Fly Box this week, which was unusually long (either I talked too much or chose too many questions), we have these questions and tips:

Why does my line get twisted when I try to shoot line?

How do I know if the fly pattern I developed is really something new?

What would you recommend for a wing material on bonefish flies?

A question on exactly what hook shank measurements like 1X and 2X long mean, and what are they compared to?

Does a 10-foot 5 weight Recon have a softer tip or a heftier butt section as compared to shorter rods?

Is a 7-weight rod too light for pike fishing?

How do fall leaves in the water affect fishing and what should I do?

How do I get a non-weighted streamer deeper in the water column?

My old floating fly line has a tip that is sinking. Is there any way of fixing this?

Do brookies really drop down lower downstream in the fall after spawning?

I fish a small high-altitude stream and only catch small trout. Do you think there could be larger trout there?

What is a good step up from a cheapo fly-tying vise?

How do you gauge your speed on how fast to move in a small stream?

How do I catch the large trout in a small, clear stream with slow current? Is it ever appropriate not to tip a guide?

A transcript of this podcast will be available in approximately three weeks at howtoflyfish.orvis.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast, this is your host Tom Rosenbauer.
0:16.4	And this week my guest is Daniel Ritz, who recently completed the top level of the Western
0:26.9	Native Trout Challenge, the master caster level. And that evolves, catch you in photographing
0:34.5	18 species and subspecies across 12 states of the Native Salmonids, Native to Western
0:44.0	United States. So it's quite an achievement and Daniel had some great stories to tell
0:49.2	us and talking about the different species of trout. So I hope you'll enjoy that.
0:56.4	But first we're going to do the fly box. Oh, before I do the fly box, I have an announcement
1:01.4	to make from now on for all podcasts going forward, we're going to be producing transcripts
1:07.6	of the podcast. And these are important both for people who are hearing impaired, but
1:14.6	also for people who for whom English is not their first language. And they may have
1:21.2	a little bit of difficulty following the podcast. So anyway, we're going to have transcript
1:26.4	made. And a couple of weeks, two or three weeks after each podcast has been published, we'll
1:33.8	have the transcripts up on the Orvis Learning Center for you, which is at hotiflyfish.orgvis.com,
1:41.8	which is by the way, the best place to search the podcast because it's the only place you
1:46.9	can search the podcast for keywords. And they're all up there and they're easy to load and
1:55.4	play right from the Learning Center. So anyway, okay, now on to the fly box, which is where
2:05.2	you ask me questions and I try to answer them. And if you have a question for the podcast,
2:10.8	you can send me an email at podcastatorvis.com and you can either attach your question as a
2:20.9	voice file if you want me to read it on the air or you can just type the question right
2:26.6	into your email. So without further ado, the first question is an email from Jesse. I have
2:35.5	one question. When I'm casting far after retrieved, my line wants to tangle up as I'm releasing
2:41.8	it. I guess it's getting twisted in my hand after I do my strips back, but I'm not sure
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