WFS 134 – Swinging Wet Flies for Trout with Steven Bird – The Soft Hackle Journal, Trout Spey, Steelhead, Upper Columbia River
Show Notes: Show Notes: wetflyswing.com/134
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We dig into Swinging Flies for Trout with Steven Bird. Steven is the editor of the Soft Hackle Journal and writes for Swing the Fly Magazine. We dig into some tips and the background on catching upper Columbia redband trout.
Lot’s of fun stuff in this one including some of my normal antics and tangents on smoking, alcohol, drugs and all of that crazy stuff. Stay tuned till the very end for a little Steven bonus shot.
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Show Notes with Steven Bird
– The parmachene bell gets another shoutout from Steven as one of the early patterns that he used in his career.
John Shewey mentioned this fly and steelhead fishing with this fly for a year long stint here.
– The Rage Compact Spey is the line Steve loves for swinging flies on the Columbia River.
– We talked about the october caddis and the orange coloration flies that work well for fall swinging.
– I noted the Jack Mitchel episode and the OP hosted trip that we put together this year. Click here to join the next trip.
– The coachman is a great all around fly tied D Style. A partridge and Peacock would be the goto if you could only have one.
– The Flymph forum was noted as one of the great resource for trout spey and swinging flies for soft hackle flies.
– Vernon Pete Hidy was the guy who came up with the flymph and influenced James Leisenring on writing his book Art of Tying the Wet Fly.
– GM Skues was noted here as a big influencer on fly fishing.
– Cigar red label flouro carbon tippet
– I noted the John Gierach podcast and the affect of coffee and tobacco. Is there something about this and art?
You can reach Steve at the Soft Hackle Journal
Resources Noted in the Show
The Rage Compact by Airflo
The Flymph Forum
Art of Tying the Wet Fly
Videos Noted in the Show
How to Tie a Steelhead Coachman
Conclusion with Steven Bird
Steve takes us to one of the special places in the country for swinging wet flies for redband trout. Redbands are a unique species of rainbow trout found in the eastern parts of the state of Washington. Lot’s of great stories and laughs from the editor of the Soft Hackle Journal.
Show Notes: Show Notes: wetflyswing.com/134
New Podcast Launch: wetflyswing.com/online
