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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

What's it like to run a fishing lodge? With Tim and Joanne Linehan

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

What are the pleasures and pitfalls of running a successful fishing lodge? What's it really like behind the scenes? And how did a couple kids from New Hampshire end up running one of the most successful fishing and hunting lodges in Montana? (Hintit wasn't due to trust funds or investment banker money). This week I interview Tim and Joanne Linehan [39:39], two of the nicest people on the planet and legends in the fly-fishing industry. Their story is a heartwarming success story of a lifelong partnership in love and life.

And in the Fly Box this week we have some great questions and helpful tips, including:
  • Do you have any tips for fishing really muddy water or is it just not worth it?
  • Does a fish's sense of smell work better in warm water or cold water?
  • A great story about a listener breaking off a big rainbow and then coming back later in the day, catching the fish, and getting his fly back.
  • Any tips on a fly rod for a 6-year-old kid?
  • I have been nymph fishing with a fluorocarbon leader. Should I switch to a nylon leader when dry-fly fishing?
  • Do you have any tips for setting the hook when fishing dry flies?
  • Should I use side pressure when playing Atlantic salmon?
  • Can I use Water Shed on my floating fly line?
  • Any tips on catching smallmouth buffalo on a fly?
  • My line and leader won't go straight at the end of the cast and end up curling in on the cast. Any tips as to why this is happening?
  • I'm taking my first saltwater fly-fishing trip. Will the Battenkill Disc reel give me enough retrieve speed?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast this is your host Tom

0:14.9

Jose Bower and my guest this week are my good friends Tim and Joanne

0:20.6

Linahan who are just perhaps do with the finest people in the world,

0:26.1

the most kind, generous, intelligent, they're just amazing if you've,

0:31.6

if you know anybody that's ever come in contact with the Linahands you'll you'll hear the same thing from nearly everybody but they have owned a they have owned a lodge in northern Montana for many years and it's one of the most famous

0:46.3

lodges in Montana and you know I wanted to talk to them about how they got

0:51.9

started in the lodge business and what it's like running a

0:56.2

lodge as a couple and then you know what are the what are some of the

1:00.1

great pleasures of running a lodge and then what are some of the pitfalls?

1:04.2

I know that there are lots of us who have dreamed of owning or running a fishing lodge and

1:12.1

so I think this will be this will be interesting to find out

1:14.9

what goes on behind the scenes and and how these things get started so I hope you'll

1:19.5

enjoy my conversation with Tim and Joanne.

1:24.0

But before we talked to Tim and Joanne,

1:28.0

let's do the flybox and the flybox is where you ask me questions or you share some tips and I try to answer your

1:36.7

questions or share your tips with other listeners.

1:41.2

This is what makes this podcast so much fun is the interaction with you and the great questions I get.

1:47.0

And it also helps me plan podcasts because by listening to your questions I know what you're looking for and I know what

1:56.4

kind of questions you're going to ask so it's really helpful for me and I really

2:00.3

appreciate all the questions and tips that I get in the podcast.

2:05.0

So you want to participate in this, just send me an email at podcast at Orvis.com.

2:12.1

You can either just put your question in your email or you can attach a voice

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