Podcast: The 50-Year History of Orvis Graphite Fly Rods, with Tom Rosenbauer

[Interview starts at 34:55]

This week, Tom Rosenbauer’s visitor is—himself. He requested Reid Bryant of the Orvis Wingshooting Podcast to interview him as a result of Tom has labored at Orvis for 49 of these 50 years and lived by means of the varied levels of Orvis rods. Plus he simply spent the previous two months writing a historical past of the Orvis graphite rods. You’ll study some attention-grabbing issues that went on throughout these occasions which have by no means earlier than been printed. A few of them are fairly stunning.

Within the Fly Field section, Tom solutions these questions and extra:

• What hatch makes massive brown trout leap totally out of the water?
• Is there a hook sizing normal for fly-tying hooks?
• How can I disguise the ultimate whip end on my bead head nymphs?
• What traits make for a very good prospecting dry fly?
• What do you advocate for a fly-tying gentle?
• Can I take advantage of heaver hooks on my small nymphs? My lighter hooks hold getting straightened by massive trout.
• Is there a database for fly fishing places world wide? I journey quite a bit and prefer to fish varied locations.
• What rod ought to I journey with if I do not know what I’ll fish for?
• What flies ought to I carry that can work wherever on the earth?
• What sort of fly line ought to I placed on older fiberglass and bamboo rods?