12 Tips for Difficult Rises
Published: 01-25-2012
Description: This week I discuss a dozen tips for taking difficult risers. We're not always fortunate to find consistently rising fish, but when we do it's a chess match that can be the most fascinating aspect of trout fishing. There are many tips to finally fooling a difficult riser, and surprisingly few of them involve choosing the correct fly. We also have Fly Box short items on some questions that came up from listeners regarding last week's podcast on small stream fishing. And by popular demand, we'll continue our sections on great fly-fishing books and cool products you might have missed.
Ten Tips on Fishing a New Trout Stream
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: This week we have a couple of interesting fly box items--one on reeling right or left hand, and the other on how to dress for fly fishing. The main podcast is about evaluating a new trout stream to figure out how fast to move, what fly to use, and how rich the stream is. I also include a shameless plug for my new book Small Stream Trout Fishing.
Reading the Rise
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: What does a splashing rise tell you about how a fish is feeding vs a sipping rise? Do you cast right away to a rising trout? If not, then when? In the most recent episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer, Tom tells you how to read the rise to better gauge and predict a trout's behavior.
Releasing Small Trout
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Small fish need to be handled very carefully so as to avoid permanently disfiguring them or worse. In this episode, Tom tells you how he learned this lesson the hard way.
Comparing and Contrasting Wild and Stocked Trout Behaviors and How to Fish Them
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Tom gets downright professorial in this information-packed episode on the differences in stocked vs wild trout and the different approaches in fishing them. A fascinating episode, bound to become one of your favorites.
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Trout Unlimited Podcast- The Western Water Project Published
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: Chris Wood, TU's President and CEO, interviews Scott Yates, TU's Director of the Western Water Project. Together, they discuss the various water challenges that exist in various Western states and talk about how TU works to achieve a balance that is good for landowners and fish.
From river flows to irrigation, their conversation touches on some of the hottest current water debates in the West.
Tom Rosenbauer's Ten Tips for Targeting Large Trout
Published: 12-29-2011
Description: In this week's podcast I announce the winner of the Podcast Suggestion Contest, who won a signed copy of my latest book Essential American Flies. The topic is sure to be a crowd-pleaser to most of you--targeting bigger trout. In the podcast I give you 10 suggestions for targeting the biggest trout in a pool or in a stretch of river.
There were lots of great suggestions in the podcast contest, and I used a couple for the short Fly Box section at the beginning of the podcast: How to cure the fall blues after a tough fishing season, and how to pack for a business trip where you might grab a few hours fishing. Plus a terrific tip on rigging dry droppers on our podcast request line from a listener in Georgia.
Low and Slow: Spring Trout Fishing Techniques
Published: 12-12-2011
Description: This is a good week for Tom's tips on how to fish early spring waters for trout: Go low and slow. Also, what you can learn from worm fishers.
Video: Prospecting for Trout (Part 3 of 3)
Published: 12-12-2011
Description: Tom Rosenbauer hosts the third episode in a three part video series on how to read trout streams.
Video: Prospecting for Trout (Part II of III)
Published: 12-12-2011
Description: Tom Rosenbauer hosts the second part in a three part video series on how to read trout streams. This piece comes from THE NEW FLY FISHER television series. Read more at www.thenewflyfisher.com
Video: Prospecting for Trout (Part I of III)
Published: 12-12-2011
Description: This piece comes from THE NEW FLY FISHER television series. Read more at www.thenewflyfisher.com
The Best Hatch is Not a Hatch at All
Published: 12-12-2011
Description: The best hatch you may ever encounter is not a hatch at all. When mayflies return to a river to lay their eggs, it may be the best opportunity to catch your biggest trout on a dry fly.