Ozark Smallmouth Bass, with Country Singer JD Clayton

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

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is country singer JD Clayton [35:35], a talented singer/songwriter and all-around nice guy who loves to fly fish for smallmouth bass in his native Ozarks. He fills me in on what their fishing is like, and why he loves this rural part of the country so much.

In the Fly Box this week, I answer some questions and we have a couple tips from listeners, including:

What are some guides to western aquatic insects you recommend?
What wading boots do you recommend for hiking into remotes ponds and streams?
What water temperatures are ideal for trout, and are there certain temperatures to expect hatches?
What do you think the effect of dry summers and falls has on small trout streams in New England?
What time of year is best for crayfish patterns, and how should I fish them in smaller streams?
My large indicator dry flies keep falling over and landing upside-down. What do you think is causing this?
What can I do to preserve and clean the cork handle on my fly rod?
Great tips from a listener on a chair for tying flies and some lighting and magnification tips.
How should I wash my waders?
How can I determine the line weight of an old fly line with no identifying marks?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:13.0	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer, and I hope you like that opening music, a little bit
0:17.9	different, but that's because my guest today is a musician.
0:24.5	My guest today is country singer J.D. Clayton.
0:28.0	And the song is Dirt Roads of Red from his album, Blue Sky Sundays.
0:34.2	And I'm actually going to play the whole song at the end of the podcast
0:37.6	after the interview so that you can enjoy the whole thing. J.D. is a great guy. He's also,
0:45.8	he's also been featured in a really cool video by the great people at Wildfly Productions
0:53.9	called Feathers and Strings.
0:56.3	And it's all about JD and fishing for small moths in the Ozark.
1:02.2	And a little bit of him playing and some of him fishing.
1:05.9	So we're going to talk today about small mouth fishing in the Ozarks with J.D.
1:12.6	Because he's a fun guy to talk to and he's got some interesting observations. So I hope you enjoy it.
1:18.2	Before we do the flybox, just a few announcements. I'm going to be at the Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival in Arlington, Vermont.
1:30.3	It's May 2nd through 4th.
1:32.9	And I'm going to be speaking late morning on the 3rd of May in Arlington, Vermont.
1:40.5	You can check out that by going online and looking for the Bat and Kill
1:46.1	Fly Fishing Festival 2025. And also, I also have a couple of good friends there who you probably
1:52.7	heard of, Monty Burke, the author, one of my favorite fly fishing authors and fishing buddy.
1:59.6	And then my nemesis, Tim Tim Flagler is going to be presenting.
2:04.7	And also there's, there'll be filmmakers there from Hook A and from the new flyfisher.
2:10.2	So a lot of cool stuff going on.
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