Tom Interviews legendary author John Gierach
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2017
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s podcast I have the pleasure of chatting with John Gierach, probably the most popular fly-fishing writer in the world (based on the fact that all 18 of his books are still in print!) It’s likely that most fly fishers have read John’s work, but it’s a pleasure to hear his voice and some of his thoughts on today’s fly-fishing world. In The Fly Box, we have some thought-provoking questions this week: whether it makes sense to use a loop knot on a dry fly, whether a three-turn blood knot is enough, how to keep a bass leader from twisting, another cool trick with a rubber band, how to keep your emergers floating properly in the surface film, how to catch freshwater drum, and what kinds of fly lines you need for fishing a Canadian lake in midsummer.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm never nervous after 40 years at Orvis nothing makes me nervous anymore I'll bet that's true |
| 0:06.4 | except maybe a big tarp but that's about |
| 0:09.7 | Welcome to the Orvis fly fishing Guide podcast with Tom Rosenbauer, bringing you tips, tricks |
| 0:16.4 | and techniques to help you get the most of your time on the water. |
| 0:20.7 | Here's your host, acclaimed fly fishing author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenbauer. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast. |
| 0:32.8 | This podcast is being recorded on May 18th, 2017. |
| 0:41.1 | And have a real treat for you today later on the podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | I'll have one of the most beloved writers in the fly fishing world, John Gerock as a guest and we'll |
| 0:56.7 | ramble on and talk about some things that interests both of us. So, a rare opportunity to hear John on the air and hope you enjoy it. I know I had fun talking to him. |
| 1:11.5 | Let's get on to the flybox and we'll start with an email from Greg. From, where is he from? |
| 1:21.0 | I don't know where he's from. Anyway, this is from Greg. I recently |
| 1:28.1 | submitted a question about whether jumping carp in a large reservoir near |
| 1:31.8 | my home or feeding. You answered my question in a large reservoir near my home were feeding. You answered my |
| 1:33.7 | question in a subsequent podcast and I think you were spot on. Of course. I don't |
| 1:38.9 | think jumping carp which clear the water surface or feeding. I think the theory on carp jumping to clear |
| 1:44.3 | their gills of silt after feeding makes a lot of sense. And I also I'm going to interject |
| 1:51.4 | here that they do a lot of this when they're spawning and nobody knows exactly why. |
| 1:58.0 | And oftentimes when they're spawning they're not very much interested in feeding. |
| 2:03.0 | I have since focused my efforts on carp mudding slash feeding near the shore and I have been rewarded. |
| 2:10.0 | Well, good for you, Greg Carper, are not easy. I also have another question for you. |
| 2:14.5 | When listening to one of your podcast you mentioned that you tie your blood knots |
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