The Elusive Golden Trout, with Jessica Strickland
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Jessica Strickland [38:07] is Trout Unlimited's California Inland Trout director and is an expert on the historical and curent range of this rare trout species. Where do they live today as compared to their original range? Can you still fish for them, and do you need to hike for many miles or are they more acessible close to a trailhead? You'll learn the answer to these questions and many more in this interview.
In the Fly Box this week we have some great questions, including:
For Colorado and Oklahoma trout fishing, should I get a 5-weight, 4-weight, or 3-weight rod?
Is there a rule for overlining a trout rod when it is longer than 9 feet?
Can I Spey cast with a single-handed rod?
The welded loop on my running line broke. What is the best way to make a new loop to attach it to my head?
Do you have any tips for catching stocked rainbow trout after they have been in the river for a while?
A great suggestion from a listener on how to educate other anglers from walking on trout redds.
My felt soles have not been working well. Are there different grades of felt on wading boots?
What are the guidelines for tipping a guide?
When bushwacking should you carry your rod with the tip pointed forward or back? Can I leave the legs off small nymphs? I have trouble tying them in.
Can I tie a small fly on a bigger hook?
What are your tips for winter fishing in the Northeast?
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. |
| 0:15.0 | And I guess this week is Jessica Strickland. |
| 0:18.0 | Jessica is the inland trout |
| 0:20.8 | specialist for Trout Unlimited in California. And she really |
| 0:25.7 | specializes in golden trout in their native range. And this is, |
| 0:29.5 | you know, this is a species that a lot of us, myself included, have |
| 0:34.8 | never fish for or caught. And I think it's on, if you haven't done it before, |
| 0:40.7 | it's on most people's bucket lists. It's a, it's a very rare fish. It's native to only a small |
| 0:47.7 | part of the Sierra's in California. And they're beautiful. And I think that everyone should try to catch one. |
| 0:57.6 | I know I'm going to, I'm going to try to do it myself someday. |
| 1:01.7 | So anyway, I hope you enjoy that. |
| 1:03.6 | She talks a lot about the history and the current distribution of golden trout pure strain, |
| 1:12.5 | original native golden trout in California. |
| 1:16.8 | Let's do the flybox first. |
| 1:18.2 | And the flybox is where you ask me questions about fishing, |
| 1:24.6 | traveling, tackle, whatever, and I try to answer them. |
| 1:28.4 | Or you might have a tip you want to share with some of the listeners. |
| 1:33.3 | So anyway, if you have a question for the podcast, you can send it to me at podcast at orvis.com. |
| 1:41.0 | That's an email address, and you can just type your question into your email or you can |
| 1:45.3 | attach a voice file if you want. I get a few voice files a week and sometimes I have enough to use |
| 1:50.8 | and sometimes I don't. Let's start with an email. This first one's from Dan. I really enjoy the |
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