Podcast: Who is the Finest Fishing Guide Who Ever Lived? With Tom Rosenbauer and Monte Burke

[Interview starts at 31:35]

Tom Rosenbauer’s visitor this week is one in every of fly fishing’s greatest writers and storytellers, Monte Burke, whose tales you’ll have seen in Backyard & Gun, Forbes, or The Drake—or maybe you’ve learn his books, Lords of the Fly and Rivers Always Reach the Sea.  To find who Monte, and lots of different folks (together with Tom) contemplate the best fly-fishing information who ever lived, you’ll should hearken to the podcast.

Within the Fly Field, there are some questions that can assist many different fly fishers resolve issues they might have, together with:

• A listener informs us concerning the totally different grain weights in commonplace fly strains, and the way there’s a a lot greater proportion distinction in lighter strains than heavier ones.
• What do you consider hooks that get left in a fish’s mouth?
• What would you search for in a perfect brook trout spot?
• How can I preserve panfish from grabbing my carp flies?
• Is there a bonus to silicone fly packing containers over ones with foam strips?
• If I apply casting with my 4-weight fiberglass rod, will that have an effect on my casting on different rods?
• How and when do you utilize a dubbing loop?
• The strong metallic eyes on my redfish flies sink too rapidly. Ought to I exploit bead chain or plastic eyes as a substitute?
• What’s it about Coq de Leon feathers that make it price utilizing?