Fly Fishing Consultant Podcast

Pat is an artist. He can tattoo one of his flies on your body. He takes fly tying to another level. He has to invent tools to tie the flies he want's to create. Pat is the kind of person that comes around once a century with the creativity to produce the flies he is known for. Rob is truly amazed at the many accomplishments achieved by Pat Cohen in just a few short years. Sit back and enjoy this one. Pat was featured on Bloomberg. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's fishing buddy Justin moved to Colorado in August 2015. They discuss his honeymoon to Scotland and how he's adapted his fishing techniques from the east coast to the Rocky Mountains. His house is at the base of Pikes Peak. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reba Brinkman invited Rob down to Asheville to cover the show. This is what he encountered. If you are within a day's drive of the show you should absolutely go next year. If not for the show, go for the beer and hot chicken. Rob walks the show floor to talk with vendors, exhibitors, attendees, fly tyers, authors, and Sasquatch Three hours of western North Carolina fly fishing education. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reba and Rob discuss all things Montana, fly fishing in Cuba, hipsters, rum, and the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Show. Sit back and relax as they talk all things fly fishing. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you new to fly fishing? If so, this should help answer some questions. You also get a great recipe for curry chicken thighs with cauliflower. Rob has been guiding and working in fly shops for years. He answers the same questions over and over. This is a compiled list of what a fly angler will expect when they first walk into a fly shop. The purpose is to make you feel more comfortable and less intimidated. Buy what you need to start and leave the fancy things for later. Rob considers this one of the most important podcasts he has recorded and each client should listen to this before fishing with Rob. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew, Jason, Scott, Thomas, Yoshi, and Rob fished the Salmon River, NY in November of 2015. The group stayed At The Trestle Pool Lodge and these are the stories from their trip. Rob discusses his ongoing fly selection and what is hot and what he is currently learning to tie. Yoshi is from Japan and doesn't speak English. The Salmon River Trips are an annual tradition and the podcast is always a listener favorite. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's favorite and most productive terrestrials, traditional dries, nymphs, junk flies, and streamers. The entire point of this podcast is that fly fishing doesn't always have to be technical, analytical, and by the book. Rob tosses unconventional flies to trout with great success. Listen as he describes his views on the flies he creates and what goes into them. You can find these flies in Rob's Etsy store. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pat and Rob discuss the phenomenal fishing near his fly shop The Fly Fishers located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pat has a unique gift in tying flies. His flies are based on conventional tackle lures. Sit back and listen to me drop my jaw as he tells some stories. Before you listen - please write down a guess as to the size of the average smallmouth bass in pounds that you can catch within a few minutes of the fly shop. www.theflyfishers.com Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artists Andrea and Zeb sit down to discuss their artistic side of fly fishing. Andrea's creations are printed on clothing, stickers, and into reels. Zeb builds fly rods. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Steelhead Fishing On The Great Lakes Is like A Grateful Dead Show.." Art Noglak checks in to discuss fly fishing on the Great Lakes. We learn the preferred speed of the river for fishing, Art describes ideal river bottoms for finding steelhead and the flies used to catch the fish in that specific location. Art has a lot to say and you can always find him at the Orvis Company Store in Arlington, Virginia. He will convince you to fish a seven weight fly rod. Yes that is Art's real laugh. You don't need to call a paramedic, he is fine. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob has been fishing for largemouth bass since his first cast. Rob began fly fishing for largemouth bass in elementary school and began tying flies for them in high school. Listen as he talks about his favorite flies for largemouth that also catch smallmouth and striped bass. You can view Rob's original pattens on his Etsy store or website linked below. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start off with a quick interview with Line Cutterz. The main podcast is two hours of carp talk with Dan Fraiser, author of The Orvis Beginner's Guide to Carp Flies: 101 Patterns & How and When to Use Them. He's got a celebrity doppelgänger and he is obsessive about catching carp on the fly. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What has Paul been up to since we last spoke to him in Dublin, Ireland? We check in to see where he's been, what he is up to, where he is working, and how he takes his burritos. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Life History Of The Northern Snakehead. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Northern Snakehead. This fish showed up in a Maryland pond and the entire nation went crazy. Most of what people know of these fish is completely wrong. Rob breaks down everything you need to know and didn't think you needed to know about these slimy fish. He starts with their taxonomy and appearance in geologic time. Rob describes what they look like, what they eat, how they communicate, reproduce, and live out of water. There are some crazy facts in this episode. This is the most comprehensive podcast on the subject of snakehead on the internet. These fish are freaks of nature and Rob is fascinated by them. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live From 2015 ICAST and IFTD. Rob walks miles and miles of carpeted isles in search of the most interesting and informative people at the world's largest gathering of fishing retailers. Pay attention to those that are world famous and those that are up and coming with bright new ideas. Rob explains the differences between ICAST and IFTD, finds some cool new products, and walks a whole lot of carpet. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live From 2015 ICAST and IFTD. Rob walks miles and miles of carpeted isles in search of the most interesting and informative people at the world's largest gathering of fishing retailers. Pay attention to those that are world famous and those that are up and coming with bright new ideas. Rob explains the differences between ICAST and IFTD, finds some cool new products, and walks a whole lot of carpet. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live From 2015 ICAST and IFTD. Rob walks miles and miles of carpeted isles in search of the most interesting and informative people at the world's largest gathering of fishing retailers. Pay attention to those that are world famous and those that are up and coming with bright new ideas. Rob explains the differences between ICAST and IFTD, finds some cool new products, and walks a whole lot of carpet. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's family and his parents head down to Orlando to visit the other Snow White at Disney. Rob packs his fishing gear and does some preliminary research on Google Maps. It looks like largemouth territory so that's gear Rob packs. The hotel ponds have grass carp, the parking lot ponds have otters, and the neighborhood ponds have alligators. Listen as Rob drives the rental car all over Orlando looking for a fishy spot where he won't get eaten by a prehistoric reptile. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2015 Potomac Snakhead Tournament. Rob and his crew load up the boat with unique flies and a whole lot of pizza. They have been planning this trip in the new Stealthcraft Boat all winter. The weather is going to be beautiful and skies clear. What kind of interesting and fun things will this group get into? Theres still the weigh in and after party once the tournament ends. It is going to be a very long night. And these folks have yet to see a snakehead in the water during any previous tournaments. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Project Healing Waters (PHWFF) Ninth Annual 2-Fly Tournament Rob brings his recording equipment down to the Rose River Farm for the largest fundraiser for PHWFF. Rob speaks with the veteran participants, event organizers, guides, and dinner attendees. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast PHWFF 2-Fly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside The 2015 Fly Fishing Show At Lancaster, PA. Rob brings his interviewing equipment and fly tying material as he sets up at the Lancaster show. This is the most intimate of the fly shows as its in a small venue inside a cozy hotel. You can find great deals at this show as its the end of the winter season and the vendors don't want to ship that stuff back with them. Some amazing fly tying goes on here and Rob walks the floor to learn about those tying flies in his isle. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Land Of Giants With Walter Weise Walter discusses his life in fly shops and guiding out west. We learn why he can't us ultra violet light cured epoxy at his shop and the flies local to the area. Rob inquires about gigantic Montana trout and why they get so big in this specific location. You'll want to book a trip with Walter as soon as you can to learn the ins and outs of this unique fishery. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside The 2015 Fly Fishing Show At Somerset, NJ The annual fly fishing show at Somerset, NJ. This is the largest fly fishing show in the world. The venue is old and the place gets crowded. Rob ties flies and walks the isles for the most fun a fly angler can have in a weekend during the winter. Rob meets all sorts of folks and puts a mic in their face to get their story. You will hear more influential people on these show podcasts than anywhere else. Does Rob find the gear he is looking for? Do his flies catch anyones attention? Who will he meet on the way? Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50 Places To Fly Fish Before You Die With Conway Bowman. Most anglers know Conway Bowman as the guy that catches mako sharks off the coast of San Diego with fly rods. He's also a big bass and carp angler and surfer and dad and husband and so much more. Rob calls up Conway to discuss his life in fishing, family road trips, what flies to bring when you travel, filming, packing, and fighting fish. Should Rob ask about that opening of the Oscars with Conway's twin sister and Rob Lowe? Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Western North Carolina (WNC) Fly Fishing Show With Reba Brinkman. Reba heads up the WNC fly fishing show in Asheville and convinces Rob to join her. Reba tells stories about the vendors and previous year's shenanigans. This is becoming quite the large fly fishing event especially with the advent of social media and the sharing of these types of events online. No one wants to miss out or have fear of missing out (FOMO). There is a unique fishery developed for a multitude of species in WNC. Rob hopes this episode will convince you to head to Asheville for the event. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salmon River Story Telling. Rob heads north to the Salmon River of New York. Strange things always happen on these road trips from the people Rob meets to the friends he's had for years. Listen as Rob talks about the flies and gear he brings with him and the weather and water levels that dictate what flies are used. Always be prepared for horrible weather up there. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unprepared In Ohio. Rob packs his fishing gear as he and the family head to Ohio to see his inlaws. Rob recounts his travels around Columbus looking for ideal fishing locations. There is everything from carp and buffalo to muskie and smallmouth within a few minutes of his inlaws. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brown Trout - A Life History. Another in-depth scientific episode where Rob dives deep into a single species. In this episode you will learn everything you ever wanted to know and more about browns. Rob explains the where and when these fish appeared in geologic time and how they have come to live in cold waters around the world. Many consider the brown trout to be one of the most aggressive apex predators in fresh and salt water. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Low Country Food and Fly Fishing in Charleston, SC. Rob and his family head down to the low country for some good food and a little fly fishing. Rob talks about the climate and ecosystem he encounters as he drives from island to island. He meeds up with is buddy David for some redfish adventures in an alligator infested salt marsh. Put your bets down to see what animal 'bites' Rob on this trip when he picked it up. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 4 of 4 ICAST The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades AND IFTD International Fly Tackle Dealer Show 2014. Rob walks and walks and walks around the convention center to interview everyone he comes across. Find out about new products, new companies, and new ways to catch fish. Some of these companies go on to be massively successful and some will fade into obscurity. The building is broken down into 80% ICAST and 20% IFTD. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 of 4 ICAST The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades AND IFTD International Fly Tackle Dealer Show 2014. Rob walks and walks and walks around the convention center to interview everyone he comes across. Find out about new products, new companies, and new ways to catch fish. Some of these companies go on to be massively successful and some will fade into obscurity. The building is broken down into 80% ICAST and 20% IFTD. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S02E27 Part 1 of 4 ICAST The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades AND IFTD International Fly Tackle Dealer Show 2014. Rob walks and walks and walks around the convention center to interview everyone he comes across. Find out about new products, new companies, and new ways to catch fish. Some of these companies go on to be massively successful and some will fade into obscurity. The building is broken down into 80% ICAST and 20% IFTD. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of 4 ICAST The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades AND IFTD International Fly Tackle Dealer Show 2014. Rob walks and walks and walks around the convention center to interview everyone he comes across. Find out about new products, new companies, and new ways to catch fish. Some of these companies go on to be massively successful and some will fade into obscurity. The building is broken down into 80% ICAST and 20% IFTD. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beaver Island and Carp Week With Morgan Kupfer. Rob and his family drive to Annapolis, Md for some breakfast and fish stories. Morgan and Rob sit down outside (there is some background noise) as Morgan tells stories about sight fishing for giant carp in Michigan. These are rod breaking, meat eating ghosts of the crystal clear Great Lakes flats. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Challenges of Fly Fishing For Snakeheads. Rob is getting frustrated. He can't catch a snakehead on the fly this year. He and his clients have tossed every fly in the box at every conceivable fishy spot on the water. These are some of the reason's Rob thinks the catch rate is so low. Produced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2014 Potomac Snakehead Tournament. Rob and his friends return to Mattawoman Creek to fish the annual tournament. They have been fishing for several years and think they know what it takes to catch the biggest snakehead in the river. The new boat is all decked out and the flies are modified. Rob interviews bow hunters and anglers before and after this event. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seasonality Of Fly Fishing Washington DC. There is an abundance of fish species to be caught in the Potomac River and surrounding areas. Rob breaks down the species you can catch throughout the year and the tactics required. The main fishing season is from St. Patricks Day to Halloween. You can catch anything from tilapia and redfish to snakehead and sturgeon in these urban waters. Rob assisted in this Washingtonian article. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biology, morphology, phylogeny of the largemouth bass. Where to find them, when, why they are there, and how to catch them on a fly. This is the most comprehensive podcast on largemouth bass available. Rob utilizes his background in biology and teaching to create an informative and entertaining episode. Did you know you can kill largemouth by catching them in winter? Who has the world record for the largest bass ever caught? Did you know most of the world records caught by anglers in California have been snagged? All this and more. You can fish Rob's creative and unique bass flies available in his store Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tying Flies At Lancaster and Tiefest. Lots of road tripping this winter. Rob takes his microphone along on some more adventures as he returns to Lancaster Pennsylvania and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He interviews attendees and those running the booths. Listen as he makes new friends talks about what he encounters. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tying Flies At The Winston-Salem Fly Fishing Show. Rob heads south for the fly fishing show in North Carolina. There is an impending snow storm so everyone is a bit on edge. This is Rob's first time in this part of the state and he finds the cuisine absolutely amazing. Rob ties flies, talks to exhibitors, and introduces one of the youngest fly tiers he has ever met. One of Rob's most memorable moments from this trip is sitting down for breakfast with Lefty Kreh. We learn all about fishing in this part of the south. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2014 Somerset Fly Fishing Show Part 2. More shenanigans and interviews from inside the world's largest fly fishing show. Rob ties flies and shows off his unique tying materials, looks for odd fly tying materials, and interviews attendees, non profits, and exhibitors. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2014 Somerset Fly Fishing Show. The largest fly fishing show in the world. This is the place to see old friends, make new ones, learn, shop, and tell stories. Rob splits his time between showing off his creative files and walking around with a microphone. These are some of the most fun episodes to record. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toad Fly Shop, Fly Fishing Arkansas. Rob calls up the Toad Fly in Arkansas to find out more about the fishing opportunities in Arkansas. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Miles Fly Fishing At January 2014 Beer Tie. Rob sits down with Matt Miles after the January Beer Tie. Matt guides for smallmouth, trout, muskie, and stripers in Virginia. He floats the James river and each section holds different species. His drift boat may be indestructible. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being An Ethical Fly Angler. There are some unwritten rules in fly fishing. One of them is to be ethical. From the way we treat the fish to how we respect the environment. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly Fishing Ohio's Steelhead Alley Annual Podcast Rob is back in Ohio for the holidays and wants to do another trip to Lake Erie. Rob doesn't speak Russian so its hard for him to communicate at his in-law's house. He needs some vacation time from being a stay at home dad and its time for the grand parents to spend time with the pixie. So Rob handed off the kid and headed north from Columbus. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analogies For Castingy. The idea for this podcast came from listening to Lefty Kreh talk about casting as being like 'throwing a potato off a stick at one of your friends.' Rob compiled a list of just about every analogy he's heard for how to cast a fly rod. Its like having ketchup at the bottom of the glass bottle and you snap your wrist to make the ketchup go to the other end of the bottle. Those kind of analogies. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Water Access and Rights with Beau Beasley. Beau Beasley talks about water rights and accessibility in this informative episode. The Jackson River in Virginia is one of the most famous cases of water access rights. Americans are very lucky to have so much public and federal lands open to angling. Beau runs the Virginia Fly Fishing And Wine Festival. He has authored books and articles for the past three decades. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro Guide Direct's Fletcher White. Pro Guide Direct is a website for guides to recommend brand name gear to clients. Guides like Rob receive commission when someone makes a purchase through their pro guide curated site. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2013 Salmon River Steelhead Trip. Stories from the Salmon River 2013. Rob tells stories and recounts his adventures from Northern Virgina to Lake Ontario. Listen as he breaks down the gear he uses and the techniques required to catch, fight, and land Great Lakes steelhead. Rob narrows down his favorite fly patterns and introduces some new ones. You can purchase flies for your next steelhead trip in the link below. Rob ties elegant streamers and nymphs and beautiful junk flies too. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices