The Orvis Fly-fishing Guide Podcast

Tom talks weather in this podcast and how it can impact your day on the water. We also want to thank all of you for making July 2010 a record setting month for us with over 50,000 downloads of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide! Thanks so much!! 

Tom is out of town this week, so we are reposting what has proved to be a favorite on nymphing. Fish can be amazingly fussy about the speed and depth of their prey, even if the fly pattern is right. Everything you do in nymph presentation should strive to keep your fly at a trout’s level as long as possible and at a speed that does not arouse suspicion. Tom has great tips on nymphing  in this podcast, and you can read more at www.orvis.com/nymphs. If you have a suggestion for a future podcast, would like to make a comment or subscribe to this podcast, please visit www.orvis.com/podcast.

A longer rod and a longer leader are a good start... Tom goes into great detail on how to catch more fish on lakes and ponds.

What do you do when you can't match the hatch and no one on the water is catching any fish? Tom tells you the things he does that may help you, too. Also, we have a new iPhone app coming out soon... Tom reviews the features.   Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on Facebook at www.orvis.com/facebook

Tom sits down with the new CEO of Trout Unlimited, Chris Wood and asks him questions posted to him by fans of our Facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook.A GREAT interview addressing the future of TU, getting more people into the sport and, of course, public access.

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.

As water starts to warm up around the country, bass fishing is heating up, too. In the most recent episode of the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast, Tom gives seven tips on catching more smallmouth bass including his favorite fly.   Have a comment or a suggestion for a future podcast? Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or leave a comment on our Facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook

So how many fly rods do you really need? What is the perfect all-around rod? Is there such a thing? Tom answers listeners' most frequent questions on choosing a fly rod in the most recent episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer. Have a suggestion or question? Drop us a line on our Facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook or email us at podcast@orvis.com.

In saltwater fly fishing the fish are bigger, they fight harder and your approach needs to be different. Tom gives ten tips for saltwater fly fishing in this podcast. Have a suggestion? Drop by our Facebook page at orvis.com/facebook or email us at podcast@orvis.com.

Tom thinks even the best casters can sometimes use a little help when it comes to line control. In this podcast he gives his top ten tips for what to do once your line hits the water. Have a suggestion fo the podcast? Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on Facebook at orvis.com/facebook.

In this episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast, Tom sits down with master fly tyer, Gary Martineau. His fly patterns have been fished all over the world and he shares some of the secrets of fishing his flies to the greatest success in this podcast. Gary  is a lifelong fly fisher, rod builder, and innovative fly tyer whose Heavyweight Stonefly pattern is the best-selling fly ever sold in the 43 year history of The Orvis News. A former research biologist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife, he lives in northern Vermont. Have a comment or suggestion for a future podcast? Drop by our Facebook page at orvis.com/facebook, or email us at podcast@orvis.com.

In this podcast, Tom is joined in our new podcast studio by Dave Perkins, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Orvis Company for a technical and detailed talk on nymph fishing.  Do you have anything to add? Visist us on our Facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook or drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com.

In this episode, Tom gets sneaky and gives tips on avoiding detection on the water... if you spook fewer fish, you catch more fish... pretty simple. Some good tips in here from color of clothing to the use of indicators. Come by our Facebook page and drop us a line or write to us at podcast@orvis.com with suggestions for future episodes.

Being early in trout season, Tom wanted to give a few pointers on early season trout fishing... then thought of a few more... then a few more. His list eventually reached 15 tips and as if that were not enough, he added two more suggestions at the end of this podcast. Did he miss any? Drop us a line on our Facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook or by emailing us at podcast@orvis.com

We get more quetions on leaders and tippets than any other topic. Tom picks ten emails he has received and answers your questions in this episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast. Give us a suggestion for a future podcast at www.orvis.com/facebook or by dropping us a line at podcast@orvis.com

Attention bamboo rod fanatics: we heard you! Tom responds to some feedback we received on one of our more popular podcasts on bamboo vs graphite and gives eight great tips on fishing classic wet flies... then throws in a bonus tip. Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on Facebook at Orvis.com/facebook to leave comments and suggest futire podcasts!

The last post was titled incorrectly as about SPEY lines. This podcast is actually about lining SWITCH rods. We have had a lot of questions emailed to us and posted on our wall on Facebook regarding how to properly line a switch rod. It's complicated and confuses even those of us who do this for a living. For this podcast, Tom brought in one of the most knowledgeable people in the industry on the subject, Bill Reed, Director of Wholesale for The Orvis Company and our resident line expert. Get a pen and paper and be ready to take notes, there is a TON of information in this podcast. Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on Facebook at www.orvis.com/facebook with suggestions or comments!

Wading can be a relaxing and then sometimes exhilarating experience. It can also be dangerous if you do not follow some simple safety guidelines. Tom gives his top ten wading safety tips in this podcast. Did he miss any? Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on our facebook page at www.orvis.com/facebook.

Tom gives the Orvis stance on felt sole wading boots, the rubber sole alternative and talks about how to responsibly address the invasive species issue. Have a suggestion for the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast? Drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit us on Facebook at www.orvis.com/facebook.

We get a lot of requests for podcasts on topics that only take a few minutes and would not warrant a full episode. So Tom put together five unrelated, small tips into this on podcast. Have a suggestion for the podcast? drop us a line at podcast@orvis.com or visit on us on Facebook at orvis.com/facebook.