How to Test and Keep Your Balance When Wading, with Scott Ducharme

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Scott [41:18] is an assistant professor of motor control and learning at Long Beach University, as well as a fly fisher and podcast listener. He has a small number of quick tests you can do at home to check your balance, and then simple exercises you can do at home without any special equipment to improve your balance in a matter of weeks. Wading safely and comfortably on a river involves both balance and confidence, and what you learn here will give you help with both. You'll enjoy your time on the water more.

In the Fly Box this week we have so many great tips from listeners that I may be able to retire and turn the podcast over to you. But we also have some interesting questions that I'm happy to answer as best I can. Some of these include:

A listener suggests when a self-inflating PFD may be a good option
Two listeners weigh in on how to access scientific articles on fisheries science with paying a fee for access
A listener offers a great suggestion on how to easily attach a dropper to the bend of a hook.
Should I be concerned about fishing below a sewage treatment outlet?
A listener tells a great tale of his momentous catch on one of the new Helios rods
Should I be concerned about angling for fish when they are on their spawning run?
With the new Helios rods, do you still prefer the F version for trout and the D version for salt water?
If I dispose of the shiners I catch will it help the local trout population?
What do you think of using an indicator with a big nymph or crayfish fly for early season smallmouth?
Can you explain the difference between a shooting head and a sink-tip line?
A listener gives some expert advice on the choice of insect repellents
I am having trouble with short roll casts. Do you think it's my casting technique?
Is it helpful to pre-treat dry flies right after you tie them?
If I fish an indicator and split shot and a nymph, should I use a double taper or weight-forward line?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orbis Fly Fishing Podcast this is your host Tom
0:14.0	Rosenbauer and my guest this week for the podcast is Scott Ducharm and
0:19.7	Scott is an assistant professor in motor control and learning at Long Beach University.
0:26.7	Scott's also a flyfisher.
0:28.9	And Scott reached out to me because he had some interesting thoughts about waiting and balance and safety.
0:37.8	And we've been on a little bit of a waiting safety kick past few, past podcast or two. And I wanted to delve into it just a little
0:48.2	bit further and Scott has some excellent ways of easily both testing your balance before you go out and
0:58.1	wait a trout stream or stand on a flats boat in a rocking boat or testing your balance and then some drills that you can do to help your balance and according to Scott you can improve your balance in a matter of weeks by using these exercises so I think it's
1:14.7	something that we can all benefit from and hope you enjoy the podcast with
1:20.0	Scott. But before we get to Scott, let's do the flybox. And the flybox is where you ask me questions or you share tips with other listeners and if you have questions from the
1:37.2	flybox you can send them to me at podcast at orvist.. You can either just type your question into your email or you can attach
1:48.8	a voice file and ask your question there and I might read it on the air if I can help you.
1:54.8	So without further ado let's start the flybox and the first is an email from John.
2:03.8	Thank you for the excellent podcast with Ralph Cutter on waiting safety.
2:07.7	I learned a great deal from it, including exploding some long-held ideas. Let me start by saying that I've done my share of swimming
2:15.3	while fishing trout streams, including a very scary outside bend on the bow and
2:20.3	Alberta headed towards a tangle of sweepers. Now that I'm on the backside of 70, I have
2:25.7	taken to wearing an automatically inflatable over-the-head collar PFD. In your
2:31.4	discussion with Ralph about these devices, he suggested In your
2:35.0	PFD, in your discussion with Ralph about these devices, he suggested, or close to suggested,
2:36.0	not wearing them because they preclude swimming on your stomach to safety.
2:41.0	Well, that is undoubtedly true, most trout fishers do not tangle with major
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