The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

By Tom Rosenbauer, The Orvis Company

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The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast provides weekly tips from acclaimed fly fishing author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast, Tom Rosenbauer. Get the most from your time on the water!

Episode Date
Backcast: All About Bamboo Fly Rods, with Shawn Brillon
Dec 15, 2025
Backcast: Fly Fishing from Canoes and Kayaks, with Ryan Lilly of Old Town Canoe
Dec 08, 2025
How to Take Great Fishing Pictures with Your Smartphone, with Chris Niccolls
Dec 01, 2025
What's Going on in Florida, with Captain Dan Andrews
Nov 24, 2025
Hot Tips on Using Split Shot, with Dom Swentosky
Nov 17, 2025
How to Pick a Floating Trout Line, with Jesse Haller
Nov 10, 2025
Fishing for Coastal Cutthroats, with Dylan Tomine
Nov 03, 2025
Knotted Leaders, Furled Leaders, Braided Leaders—and Favorite Knots, with Brian Flechsig
Oct 27, 2025
Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon in Estuaries, with Reed Teuscher
Oct 20, 2025
What to do When you Encounter Lousy Fishing Conditions, with James Spica
Oct 13, 2025
Backcast: 16 Things I Wish I Knew About Trout Spey Before I Started, with Shawn Combs
Oct 06, 2025
Backcast: Top-Secret Steelhead Tips, with Stefan Woodruff
Sep 29, 2025
The 50-Year History of Orvis Graphite Fly Rods, with Tom Rosenbauer
Sep 24, 2025
All About Knotless Leaders and Line/Leader Connections, with Josh Jenkins
Sep 15, 2025
The Mysterious Mary Orvis Marbury, with Historian Steve Woit
Sep 08, 2025
The Magic of Pheasant Tail, with Craig Mathews
Sep 03, 2025
Secrets of the World's Most Successful Permit Angler, with Mike Ward
Aug 25, 2025
Backcast: Late Summer Terrestrials, with Jenny Mayrell-Woodruff
Aug 18, 2025
Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Learning Fly Fishing, with Phil Monahan, Editor of Midcurrent.com
Aug 13, 2025
Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay, with Scott Barmby
Aug 04, 2025
Mousing at Night for Monster Brown Trout, with Joe Cermele
Jul 28, 2025
Back Cast: 15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey
Jul 21, 2025
Who is the Finest Fishing Guide Who Ever Lived? With Monte Burke
Jul 14, 2025
All About Public Lands and a Major Win, with Joel Pedersen of TRCP
Jul 07, 2025
Secrets of an Award-Winning Guide, with Antoine Bissieux
Jul 01, 2025
How to Get Started in Carp Fishing, with Rick Mikesell
Jun 24, 2025
Back Cast: Twelve Tips for Fishing Dry Flies, with Todd Tanner
Jun 16, 2025
Secrets of Trout Fishing in Spain, with Ivan Tarin
Jun 09, 2025
Back Cast: Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter
Jun 02, 2025
The Poetry of Fly Fishing
May 27, 2025
The Seven Deadly Sins of Playing and Landing Fish, with Josh Nugent
May 20, 2025
Fishing for Sea-Run Trout, with Krystjan from Fish Partner in Iceland
May 12, 2025
How Do I Get My Fly-Fishing Writing Published? With Ross Purnell, Editor of Fly Fisherman Magazine
May 06, 2025
How to find great fly fishing close to home, with Greg DeMars
Apr 30, 2025
Best Practices for Wader Care and Fit, with Natalie Cullum
Apr 22, 2025
Secrets of Southern Tailwaters, with Tic Smith
Apr 17, 2025
What Rahm Emanuel Loves About Fly Fishing
Apr 07, 2025
All You Wanted to Know About Dubbing, with Tim Cammisa
Mar 31, 2025
Ozark Smallmouth Bass, with Country Singer JD Clayton
Mar 24, 2025
Get Ready for this Year's Cicada Hatch, with Dave Zielinski
Mar 10, 2025
All About Crayfish and How to Fish Their Imitations, with Jake Villwock
Mar 03, 2025
Backcast: George Daniel on Winter Fly Fishing
Feb 24, 2025
Backcast: More Winter Fishing Tips with Rachael Leinweber
Feb 17, 2025
Be Prepared for Medical Emergencies When Fly Fishing, with Mike Tayloe
Feb 10, 2025
Ten tips on making your fishing writing better, with Dave Karczynski
Feb 03, 2025
How Agriculture and Trout Unlimited Work Together, with Cameron Aker
Jan 27, 2025
New Tips on Playing and Releasing Trout, with vs Jim McLennan
Jan 20, 2025
Creating New Trout Streams, with Chris Wood of Trout Unlimited
Jan 13, 2025
What You Get When You Upgrade Your Fly Rod, with Shawn Combs
Jan 06, 2025
How to Fly Fish from a Paddleboard, with Peter Laurelli
Dec 23, 2024
Backcast: Casts for Difficult Trout
Dec 16, 2024
Backcast: Winter Fishing Tips from Boulder, with Antonio Rodrigues
Dec 09, 2024
Backcast: Hatchery Trout vs Wild, Pressured vs Remote
Dec 02, 2024
How to get Started in Trout Spey, with Pete Kutzer
Nov 25, 2024
Fishing the Alps, with Miha Ivanc
Nov 18, 2024
The Elusive Golden Trout, with Jessica Strickland
Nov 11, 2024
14 Tips for Spring Creek Fishing, with Brant Oswald
Nov 04, 2024
So, You Want a Job in the Fly-Fishing Industry? With Kirk Deeter
Oct 28, 2024
North American and European Fly Tying Cross Pollination, with Barry Ord Clarke
Oct 21, 2024
Trout, Tarpon, and Other Critters in Costa Rica, with Kevin Jackson
Oct 14, 2024
Backcast: Fishing through climate change, with John Gierach
Oct 07, 2024
Is Fly Fishing Really Good for Your Mental Health? With Melissa Ceren
Sep 30, 2024
Secrets to Tying Good Fishing Knots, with Robert Ketley
Sep 23, 2024
Who Owns the River, with Beau Beasley
Sep 16, 2024
Secrets of Late-Season Panfishing, with Bart Lombardo
Sep 09, 2024
What's it like to run a fishing lodge? With Tim and Joanne Linehan
Sep 02, 2024
How to Plan a DIY Fishing Trip, with Joe Bibbo
Aug 26, 2024
What fly-fishing's trade association does for conservation, with Lucas Bissett
Aug 19, 2024
Wild and Crazy Stories from an Award-Winning Fly-Fishing Guide, with Chip Swanson
Aug 12, 2024
Tricks for Casting Big Flies, with Pete Kutzer
Aug 05, 2024
What Trout Hear and Smell, with Jason Randall
Jul 22, 2024
Peacock Bass in South Florida, with Capt. Drew Rodriguez
Jul 15, 2024
Fly Fishing in Central Park, with Brandon Dale
Jul 01, 2024
Innovative Techniques from UK Stillwater Anglers
Jun 24, 2024
Backcast: 7 Deadly Sins of Nymph Fishing, with Josh Nugent
Jun 17, 2024
The secrets of using the Blue Dot method for urban fly fishing, with Devin Lancaster
Jun 10, 2024
Fly-fishing for alternative species in the Rocky Mountains, with Davis James
Jun 03, 2024
All About Polarized Sunglasses, with Renato Cappuccitti of Bajio
May 28, 2024
How to Fish Delayed Harvest Trout Streams, with Award-Winning Guide Dustin Coffey
May 20, 2024
What's the First Fly to Tie On? With Award-Winning Outfitter Tim West
May 13, 2024
Secrets of Carp Fishing Around Spawning Time, with Rowan Lytle
May 06, 2024
Are Fly-Fishing Traditions and History Important? with Sarah Foster
Apr 29, 2024
How to Test and Keep Your Balance When Wading, with Scott Ducharme
Apr 22, 2024
This Podcast May Save Your Life, with Ralph Cutter
Apr 15, 2024
How to Preserve Native Trout Species, with Ted Williams
Apr 08, 2024
Tips for Early Season Trout-Fishing Success, with BJ Gerhart
Apr 01, 2024
How Trout See, with Jason Randall
Mar 25, 2024
All About the Henry's Fork, with Brandon Hoffner
Mar 18, 2024
Disturbing News on Montana's Smith River, with David Brooks
Mar 11, 2024
A New Way of Fishing a Dry Dropper, with Josh Miller
Mar 04, 2024
How Fly Rods Are Developed, with Shawn Combs
Feb 26, 2024
The Amazing World of Trout Stream Bugs, with Anna Le
Feb 19, 2024
California's Diverse Wild Trout Populations, with Charlie Schneider
Feb 12, 2024
Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter
Feb 05, 2024
How to Become a Better Wader, with Lindsay Kocka
Jan 29, 2024
All about Floating Fly Lines, with Josh Jenkins
Jan 22, 2024
How to Spot Fish on Saltwater Flats, with Jason Franklin
Jan 15, 2024
Saving rivers, with Western Rivers Conservancy's Sue Doroff
Jan 08, 2024
A Half Century of Fly-Tying Evolution, with Tim Flagler
Jan 01, 2024
How Water Temperature Affects Saltwater Flats Fish, with Aaron Adams
Dec 18, 2023
Backcast: Tom's Top-Ten Tips for Winter Fly Fishing
Dec 10, 2023
The Power of Observation in Fly Fishing, with Guide Cliff Weisse
Dec 04, 2023
Backcast: A Life in Fly fishing, with Tom McGuane
Nov 27, 2023
Twelve Tips for Fishing Dry Flies, with Todd Tanner
Nov 20, 2023
Must-Reads in Classic Fly-Fishing Literature, with Michael Checchio
Nov 13, 2023
We're "Fixing" Trout Streams All Wrong, With Chris Jordan
Nov 06, 2023
15 Ways to Break a Fly Rod, with Charlie Robinton
Oct 30, 2023
A new nymph fishing technique and the under-rated 10-foot fly rod, with George Daniel
Oct 23, 2023
Managing instream flows, with Hal Herring
Oct 15, 2023
Learning from Trout DNA, with Helen Neville
Oct 02, 2023
Secrets of the Battenkill, with Doug Lyons
Sep 18, 2023
Tips on fishing high alpine lakes, with George Hunker
Sep 11, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins of Pike Fishing, with Josh Nugent
Sep 04, 2023
Tips for urban fly fishing, with James Spica
Aug 14, 2023
Ten tips for summer smallmouth, with award-winning guide Matt Miles
Aug 07, 2023
Small stream bluelining in the Rockies, with Jeremie Prine
Jul 31, 2023
Montana trout suffer mysterious disease, with Wade Fellin
Jul 21, 2023
Foraging along trout streams, with Sam Thayer
Jul 14, 2023
Fishing the Baja surf on foot with Scott Sadil
Jun 30, 2023
The insidious Nature of Neonic Pesticides, with Michael Miller
Jun 23, 2023
15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey
Jun 16, 2023
The making of "Mending the Line", with Joshua Caldwell
Jun 09, 2023
How to practice your fly casting, with Pete Kutzer
Jun 02, 2023
Jacks are Better, with RA Beattie
May 26, 2023
Fishing through climate change, with John Gierach
May 19, 2023
All about western caddisfly hatches, with M.E. Sorci
May 12, 2023
How to swing soft hackle wets, with Steve Culton
May 05, 2023
How to buy a trout stream, with Josh Kling -fixed-
Apr 28, 2023
Great things happening in the world of trout, with Chris Wood
Apr 21, 2023
15 Years Ago Today - Reading the Water
Apr 17, 2023
The Future of Bristol Bay, with Nelli Williams
Apr 15, 2023
The Science behind the Everglades Storage Reservoir, with Steve Davis
Apr 07, 2023
Great tips on canoe fishing, with Perk Perkins
Mar 31, 2023
All about the mono rig, with Dom Swentosky
Mar 24, 2023
All about inflatable watercraft, with Mike Dolmage from NRS
Mar 17, 2023
Fly fishing from canoes and kayaks with Ryan Lilly of Old Town Canoe
Mar 10, 2023
A life in fly fishing, with Tom McGuane.
Mar 03, 2023
The life cycle of caddisflies, with Thomas Ames
Feb 24, 2023
Traveling with fly-fishing gear, with Seth Berger
Feb 17, 2023
Louisiana Redfish Secrets, with Capt. Pete Scafaru
Feb 10, 2023
Getting your kids into fly fishing, with Joshua Simmons
Feb 03, 2023
Winter fishing tips from an award-winning guide, with Chip Swanson
Jan 27, 2023
The Clean Water Act, with Tom Kiernan of American Rivers
Jan 20, 2023
Are mayflies in trouble? with Robert O'Harrow
Jan 13, 2023
Tips on landing and netting fish, with Jesse Haller
Jan 06, 2023
Tips for blue lining, with Ian Rutter
Dec 30, 2022
Georgia's Native Brook Trout, with Sarah Baker
Dec 23, 2022
The Giant Trout of Pyramid Lake, with Mike Anderson
Dec 02, 2022
Seasons of the Striper, with Bill Sisson
Nov 24, 2022
All about Midges, with Rick Hafele
Nov 18, 2022
Where flies come from. with Steve Carew
Nov 11, 2022
Late Fall and Winter Nymphing, with Alex Waller
Nov 04, 2022
Fishing and Conservation, with Garden & Gun's David DiBenedetto
Oct 28, 2022
How Land-Use and Geology Affect Mountain Streams, with Dr. Nelson Ham
Oct 21, 2022
Carp and Eel Down Under, with Angus Reynolds
Oct 14, 2022
Backcast episode: How does water temp affect trout behavior? With John McMillan
Oct 06, 2022
Part two of Young People and Fly Fishing, with Lukas Draugelis
Sep 29, 2022
Why Young People Fly Fish, Part 1, with Austin Boswell
Sep 23, 2022
Avoiding casting pains, with Dr. Jason Smith
Sep 17, 2022
When Catch-and-Release Doesn't Work, with Tim Traver
Sep 08, 2022
Fishing close to home, with Bon Iver's Sean Carey
Sep 02, 2022
Getting Kids into Fly Fishing, with Marsha Benovengo
Aug 26, 2022
All about bamboo fly rods, with Shawn Brillon
Aug 19, 2022
All about fiberglass fly rods, with Cam Mortenson
Aug 12, 2022
Selectivity in Fish Feeding Habits, with Matt Supinski
Aug 05, 2022
The Excitement of Multi-Species Lakes, with Captain Drew Price
Jul 29, 2022
How You Can Make a Difference in Your Fishery, with Capt. Benny Blanco
Jul 22, 2022
Tips for fishing mayfly spinners, with Jim McLennan
Jul 15, 2022
Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass, with Matthew Lewis
Jul 08, 2022
Fly-Fishing in the 1960's, with Paul Bruun
Jul 03, 2022
Rocky Mountain Small-Stream Fishing, with Timbre Pringle
Jun 24, 2022
How to become a professional fly-fishing photographer, with Brian Grossenbacher
Jun 09, 2022
Tom Answers Your Questions
Jun 03, 2022
Getting a friend into fly fishing, with Charlie Berens and Adam Greuel
May 27, 2022
How Fly Rods are Designed, with Shawn Combs
May 20, 2022
Beavers and Trout, with Ben Goldfarb
May 13, 2022
The other pleasures of fly fishing, with Dylan Tomine
May 06, 2022
Fishing stillwaters from shore, with Thomas Larsen
Apr 29, 2022
Modifying Flies, with Tim Cammisa
Apr 08, 2022
Good news from the Everglades, with Steve Davis
Apr 01, 2022
The Seven Deadly Sins of Nymph Fishing, with Josh Nugent
Mar 10, 2022
Public Stream Access Update, with Land Tawney
Mar 04, 2022
Winter fly-fishing secrets, with Noelle Coley
Feb 25, 2022
How to Find Your Own Small Stream, with Donna Smith
Feb 18, 2022
The Native Fish Coalition, with Bob Mallard
Feb 11, 2022
Talking Trout with Kirk Deeter
Feb 04, 2022
Casts for Difficult Trout, with Pete Kutzer
Jan 28, 2022
All About a Magic Fly Tying Material with Tim Flagler
Jan 21, 2022
The Stupid Things we do for Trout, with Doug Thompson
Jan 14, 2022
Modern Smallmouth Secrets, with Tim Landwehr
Jan 07, 2022
10 Ways to Become a Better Fly Fisher, with Todd Tanner
Dec 30, 2021
Removing the Snake River Dams, with Chris Wood
Dec 17, 2021
All about Emergers with Tim Cammisa
Dec 10, 2021
The Resilience of Steelhead, with Dr. Guy Fleischer
Dec 04, 2021
Kelsey Rosborough on Alternatives to steelhead in the Pacific Northwest
Nov 27, 2021
Charlie Robinton on California Trout Fishing
Nov 19, 2021
Erica Nelson on Finding the Right Fishing Guide
Nov 12, 2021
Reed Teuscher on Planning Your Dream Trip to Alaska
Nov 05, 2021
Steve Ramirez author of Casting Forward
Oct 29, 2021
Peter Jenkins and The Seven Seasons of Striper Fishing
Oct 22, 2021