The secrets of using the Blue Dot method for urban fly fishing, with Devin Lancaster

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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🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Last week we looked at urban fly fishing in the Rockies. This week we venture into the American south with Orvis Atlanta fishing manager Devin Lancaster for an expert look at how to find and catch interesting fly-rod species within your own city limits by using a method he calls Blue Dotting. You'll need to listen to the podcast to find out exactly what that is.

In the Fly Box this week, as usual we have some interesting questions and helpful tips, including:

If I am fishing for smallmouth in a river that also hosts trout and the water temperature is 68 degrees, what should I do?
How can I cast to smallmouth in a river where I have almost no back-cast room?
In lakes with multiple species, when fishing from shore should I expect to find different types of fish at different times?
I have difficulty setting the hook on trout with a "trout set" and do better with a strip set. Why is the 'trout set" recommended for trout?
Do you have any tips on fly fishing for walleye?
Why do some nymphs call for a partridge collar and other nymphs use a CDC collar? Is there any difference?
A listener relates that the Ralph Cutter podcast on wading safety literally saved his life.
Are all the new Helios models four times as accurate, or just the 905?
Are there any dry flies tied with cork these days?
How can I get my fly into a deep pool directly below a waterfall?
What do you know about the old PM-10 and T-3 Orvis rods?
Is a double or triple surgeon's loop better than a perfection loop in lighter tippets?
Does hook shank shape affect hooking qualities?
How can I swing wet flies in small streams?
A great tip from a listener on wearing wool socks underneath neo socks when wet wading to avoid sand between your toes.
Is a George Harvey leader the same as a braided leader?

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 Rosenbower.
0:15.0	And my guest this week is Devon Lancaster,
0:19.0	who is the Fishing Manager at Orvis Atlanta, and we're going to be talking about blue dotting.
0:27.8	Now you've probably heard about blue lining which is looking for little tiny mountain streams by looking for the little blue
0:35.8	lines on a topo map. This is blue dotting and this is a method for finding great fisheries in urban areas within your own city or
0:50.6	suburb you know with, with the trout streams in North America becoming more and more crowded,
0:59.2	lots of us are finding fun ways to fish where we're relatively isolated and even in the
1:07.6	middle of a city and not elbow to elbow with other anglers. There are so many cool fish species that we can chase with a
1:15.8	fly rod and Devon's going to tell us a little bit how he uses this blue dotting technique and then you know what kind of what kind of
1:25.8	of fish he finds in the area it's a great way to to get out with your flyrod more
1:31.3	often than just your monthly trip. with your
1:33.2	monthly trips or yearly trips to a trout stream and I think you'll enjoy the
1:40.9	podcast. And before we get into the flybox, the question part of the
1:45.9	podcast, a couple of products that you may or may not have heard of that are relatively new.
1:55.9	One of my favorite newer products
1:59.5	is Scientific Anglers absolute Floric Carbon Trout Supreme, it's quite a mouthful.
2:05.8	And this is a spool of Tippett that cost five times as much as regular super strong nylon tippet. Now is it five times better?
2:19.3	No, it's not, but is it twice as good? Yeah, I think it is. This tippet material is the strongest
2:30.0	tippet I have ever used. It's a co-filament where you have a it's 100% floor carbon but it's a co-filament
2:37.5	where you have a core of extremely strong
2:41.7	uh... floor carbon tip it and that's coated on the outside with a
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