Fly Fishing Experts Tell Their Secrets LIVE!

Charlie Craven is a master fly tier and has figured out the best fly tying techniques for just about any challenge. His latest book Tying Streamers addresses the techniques used to tie both classic and modern streamer patterns. Charlie is always a great source for good tips on tying so join us to find out what he’s discovered about the best way to tie streamers.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• How do you make wooly buggers more durable?
• What is the best way to tie in a palmered hackle?
• Are articulated patterns more effective than non-articulated patterns?
• What are your favorite materials for tying streamers?
• What are the three most important triggers when tying streamers?
• Do you prefer streamers that are thick and dense or sparse and thin?
• How do you keep streamers from fouling?
• How do you choose a hook for your streamers?
• What are your considerations for choosing streamers for different water types?

Charlie Craven is a top-selling signature fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. He's also a great teacher so if you want to learn a bunch of great fly tying techniques join us for an in-depth study of tying nymphs.

Gary Borger explores the angler as predator. As successful fly fishers, we need to play the role of the predator, focusing closely on the fish’s ability to sense its environment. What kind of predator are you? Join us and find out...

Terry Wilson and his wife Roaxanne have explored the life of the crappie and found many good things about a fish that hasn't got much respect in the past. Crappie are voracious feeders and strong fighters and you can fish for them year round. Listen in to hear about crappie behavior, habits, how to catch them and what flies to use.

Jim Klug has guided extensively in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon, and has fished waters throughout the world, including the Bahamas, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, Alaska, Canada, the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, India, and more. If you want to learn about the best places to go, where you get the most bang for your buck and how to make do-it-yourself trips successful you'll want to listen the this show.

Paul Weamer is a professional fly tier and licensed fishing guide in Yellowstone National Park. He considers Yellowstone as his home waters and has spent many years fishing them. Join us to explore the essential flies you need and how to effectively fish them in Yellowstone’s streams, rivers and lakes.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• What fish species are available in the park?
• What efforts ar being made to remove non-native species?
• How had the recent flooding affected the fisheries?
• Have you had any close encounters with grizzly bears?
• How does your experience from the Upper Delaware translate to waters you fish in Yellowstone?
• How do you arrange your fly boxes?
• What are your favorite fly tying materials?
• Is there still a place for traditional patterns like Humpies, H&L Variants and Wulffs?
• What are some of your favorite flies for spring?
• What are some tips for fishing Yellowstone Lake for cutthroats?
• What are your favorite flies for the summer?
• What flies work best for fall conditions?
• Do you use soft hackle flies?
• What is the best way to present your fly?
• Do you use beads to get your flies deeper?

Geri Meyer has been guiding the Driftless Area since 2006. She was fascinated by the 13,000 miles of Driftless trout creeks many of which flow through over 5 million acres of public land in Wisconsin. The last ice age left the Driftless Area with fractured limestone and sandstone. Water percolates through this rock into the ground and is filtered, cooled, and given an excellent PH level. The water then comes out as springs and seeps and gives us the incredible and abundant trout fishing there. Listen in to discover the secrets of this one of kind fishery.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• Where is the Driftless Area?
• Why is it called the Driftless Area?
• What are most of the streams like?
• What species are the primary targets?
• Are the fish wild or stocked?
• What are the major hatches?
• What dry fly hatch is exciting to fish?
• What sections of Grey Reef are the most productive?
• What flies work best on these spring creeks?
• What strategies do you use to fish these streams?
• Is stealth important in your approach to these fish?
• Do you do more dry fly fishing or nymphing?
• What towns are the favored places to stay when fishing the Driftless Area?

Tom Boyd not only fly fishes he researches, takes DNA samples, tags and learns everything he can about the fish he targets. Join us to learn what he's learned about the char including arctic char, dolly varden, brook trout and bull trout both anadromous and landlocked fish.

George Daniel, a competitive fly fisher has effectively used just about every nymphing technique there is. He's been to Europe and competed against some of the best European fly fishers in the game. He's observed, learned and applied the best techniques to his craft. Listen in to learn George's nymphing techniques and you'll be a better fly fisher for it.

Charles Leslie started guiding in Belize when he was 19 years old. He learned to fly fish from Lefty Kreh and over the past 50 years he's become a master of casting and fly presentation to permit, tarpon, bonefish and snook. Join us to learn Charlie's approach to fishing which is based on the tides, weather, migratory patterns and other conditions that ensure you have the best opportunity to land the fish of a lifetime. Learn more by visiting Charlie Leslie Fly Fishing.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• What are the differences in fishing Southern versus Northern Belize?
• What are the best times of year to fish Southern Belize?
• Do you need to be a good caster to fish for permit, bonefish, tarpon and snook?
• What's the secret to casting in the wind?
• Where are the best places to fish for bonefish?
• How do you present your flies to bonefish?
• Where are the best places to fish for snook?
• What are the best flies for snook?
• Where do you find migrating tarpon?
• What is the best way to fish gummy minnows for tarpon?
• When fishing for permit do you wade the flats or fish from the boat?
• What should you consider when presenting your fly to a permit?
• What's the secret to getting a good hook set with a permit?

Steven Bird started trout spey fishing long before the current trend started. Many fly fishers equate spey fishing with steelhead or salmon on large rivers but it can be applied on small rivers or streams for trout just as effectively. Join us to learn about the gear, flies and techniques used for trout spey fishing that you can use on your next outing.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• What inspired you to write your book Trout Spey & The Art Of the Swing?
• What got you started spey fishing?
• What is trout spey?
• What advantages does two-handed spey fishing for trout offer?
• What is the ideal rod for trout spey?
• What is the difference between a trout spey rod and a switch rod?
• What type of lines are used with trout specy?
• How do you select a tip?
• How do you set up your leaders?
• What are the different parts of a wetfly presentation?
• What is the Leisenring Lift?
• What determines what size, color and proportions of your flies?
• Do you fish multi fly rigs?
• What are you favorite wet fly patterns?

Lance Egan has had a passion for fly fishing for close to three decades. After representing Fly Fishing Team USA in 13 world championships this guy has experienced just about every fishing situation one might encounter. Listen in to hear how Lance breaks down a river into distinct water types including pools, riffles, runs, pocket water, glides, bank-side lies, and eddies and learn his methods for hooking up effectively in each water type.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• How do you fight the wind and get nymphs down fast?
• What are your 'go to' tactics for productive summer fishing?
• When fishing a new river for the first time, what are the steps and observations you take to fish it?
• How do you improve your hookups when using dry flies?
• What water types are best fished using euro nymphing techniques?
• What type of vest or pack do you prefer?
• How do you rig up your net for each access?
• What are the options for fishing riffles?
• What is the best approach and presentation for fishing bank-side lies?

Mark Giacobba is a professional guide working the largest subtropical wilderness remaining in the United States today, the Everglades National Park. This truly diverse ecosystem ranges from the open prairies of the glades, cypress swamps, freshwater ponds, brackish bays, rivers, creeks, numerous grass flats and an endless maze of mangrove islands that extend all the way to the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Listen in to hear how Mark makes sense of this vast fishery and the incredible fly fishing opportunities available there.

Dave Whitlock has been creating fly fishing fine art paintings and illustrating his books and articles for most of his life. Listen in to find out how Dave got started, how he creates and how he sells his artwork.

Kirk Johnson is the author of the true-crime adventure “The Feather Thief”. Intrigued by the theft of hundreds of rare bird specimens from the Tring museum in England, Kirk journeys into the underground world of fanatical fly tiers and plume peddlers looking for the truth behind why the theft took place and what happened to all the birds that were stolen. Join us and hear the story that has drawn so many readers to this great book.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• How did the heist go down?
• Who was Alfred Russel Wallace and what did he have to do with the heist?
• How did Edwin Rist get involved tying classic salmon flies?
• What was the value of the stolen birds?
• How were the stolen birds and feathers sold?
• Were the buyers of the stolen goods complicit?
• Did Rist have an accomplice?
• Was the heist planned?
• How did the judge rule when Rist when to court?
• Did Rist show any remorse about what he had done?
• Were the stolen birds ever recovered?