14 Tips for Spring Creek Fishing, with Brant Oswald

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Brant Oswald [23:20] is a veteran guide, teacher, and fly shop operator with over 40 years in the business. He's one of the best spring creek anglers I know and guides on them almost every day, so I asked him to come up with some tips on better spring creek techniques. Even if you never fish spring creeks, his tips really apply to any slow or low water situations so these tips will be valuable to any trout angler.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the usual great tips and questions, including:

I have an old, heavy bamboo rod. I can't reel heavy enough to balance it. Is the balance between a rod and reel weight really that important?
I am frustrated with fish eating my strike indicator. Should I tie a big egg pattern to act as a strike indicator?
A suggestion for making a great cat toy out of old flies (with the hook cut off!) and a question about the use of cat hair in tying flies.
What is the proper way to prevent drag? Should I mend my entire line or just the leader?
A tip from a listener on how to keep fly line from wrapping around your rod tip.
A tip from a listener on the best way to hang up your waders for the season.
Why do waders often fail at the junction between the bootie and the upper?
I just bought a drift boat and want to learn how to row. Should I hire a guide to take lessons on rowing?
How do trout behave when the water gets higher and dirtier?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis fly fishing podcast.
0:13.5	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer.
0:14.9	And my guest today is Brandt Oswald.
0:18.4	Brandt is a guide and a longtime veterantime veteran of the fly-fishing industry,
0:24.2	particularly in the guiding and the educational areas of fly-fishing.
0:28.7	No brand for a long time, and he's probably one of the best Spring Creek anglers that I know of.
0:35.0	And so I wanted to do a podcast on tips for Spring Creek fishing because there are some
0:43.5	differences in Spring Creek fishing.
0:45.4	And Brandt has 14 different tips for fishing spring creeks.
0:50.4	And, you know, when I looked at this list, I realized that they're really applicable to
0:55.4	any kind of trout fishing, particularly in low water or in slow pools. So I think that you'll get
1:02.3	a lot out of this. Brent is a wealth of knowledge and a great guy. And I'm sure that you'll
1:09.5	enjoy the interview later in the podcast.
1:12.7	But first, let's do the flybox.
1:16.7	And if you have a question for the flybox, you can email it to me at podcast at orvis.com.
1:24.9	Either just type it into your email, type your question into your email, or you can
1:29.5	attach a voice file. Now on voice files, I've gotten a couple recently that were way too long.
1:35.2	And please keep your, try to edit your questions on a voice file and keep them under three minutes,
1:43.9	four minute, five minute podcast question. Good. on a voice file and keep them under three minutes.
1:50.3	Four minute, five minute podcast question gets a little long and wordy.
2:04.7	And so I think that, you know, try to limit it to maybe a couple of questions or if you have a tip, maybe one tip per voice message, that'll work out a lot better.
2:09.2	And, oh, by the way, I host a bunch of trips. I love hosting trips and I love meeting podcast listeners.
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