Podcast: Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay, with Scott Barmby

[Interview starts at 35:56]

Tom Rosenbauer’s visitor this week is Scott Barmby, director of the Orvis Chesapeake Fly Fishing Faculties, who educates us on threats to the bay’s inhabitants of striped bass, and in addition the various fly-fishing alternatives within the areay. It’s an enormous ecosystem that I didn’t know a lot about, so it was fascinating to me and I’m positive it will likely be to you. I feel you’ll study some stunning issues about this nationwide treasure.

Within the Fly Field phase, there are many feedback and ideas from listeners in addition to questions, together with:

A listener reminds individuals of the significance of constructing your presence identified on the river
A listener offers another ideas for evening fishing for trout and smallmouth bass.
A listener reminds us that catch-and-release is a helpful software in sure fisheries, for each administration and financial causes.
Do you have got any tips about conserving observe of what chief you have got in your line?
Do you assume trout which can be near a mountaineering path keep away from that facet of the river as a result of they’re always spooked?
A listener desires to know which classic Orvis reel he ought to placed on a small stream rod.
Are you able to give me some tips about conserving the deer hair on prime of the hook shank when tying Sparkle Duns?
After making a forged with tight line nymphing, how do I inform when my level fly is on the underside?
Is a 6-weight rod sturdy sufficient for Labrador brook trout?
Are you aware of any approach to take away rust from a hook eye to stop abrasion of the knot?