Fly Fishing Consultant Podcast

The Top Ten Guide to Fly Fishing with Jay Zimmerman. Rob checks in with Jay to find out about his life in the foothills of the Front Range of Colorado. Jay is a fly designer, author, cat lover, forager, and hunter. He has several signature flies the carp and trout around Denver. Be sure to follow Jay on social media. He is one of Rob's most favorite Instagram posters. His life is full of adventure. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She Loves To Fish With Ashley Rae. Rob calls up Ashley Rae in Canada to learn about her life in fishing. She fishes for anything and everything freshwater whether the water is flowing or frozen solid. Be sure to follow her adventures on social media to learn more about her fishing and outreach. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steelhead Alley Flies With Autumn Siren Flies- Rob calls up a well known steelhead fly tier for this week's show. You can laugh at Rob when he realizes he isn't talking to an adult and that this is a high school student. Can steelhead be landed on 4x tippet? Which streamer patterns work best on the Lake Erie tributaries? Did you know a lot of baitfish die in the rivers in winter from the cold and there is a fly called a white death to imitate them? Maybe Rob will be convinced to fish caddis nymphs for steelhead. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly Fishing On A Budget - Not all gear is made the same. Not all gear cost the same. Some gear costs way more than its worth. Rob breaks down the gear you need vs want and which ones can be purchased with out burning a hole in your wallet. Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do We Give Fish Too Much Credit - Fish are dumb. They have small brains compared to their body size. They only have three things on their minds - Eat, Don't Get Eaten, Make More Fish. So why do we go to such lengths to catch them? Anglers constantly re invent the mouse trap to catch something that hasn't changed much at all since fly fishing began. Are there educated fish? Do fish care about fly line colors, do they know Orvis flies vs. Umpqua flies? Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Upstream Journey With Paul Moinester. Paul does that most epic road trip we all want to do. He drives from Florida to Alaska. These are his stories from the burritos to that woman in the Yukon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly Fishing Small Mountain Streams For Brooktrout. Rob explains the life history of the brook trout and his first encounter with these char the summer before starting 6th grade. Everything you ever wanted to know about brook trout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 Live From ICAST and IFTD 2013 Las Vegas. The final episode of this fun and wild weekend in Las Vegas. Rob ends his galavanting through the venue and makes some serious decisions about what footwear to wear next year. Listen and pay attention to the vendors that are there. Some will thrive and be world famous as this podcast ages. Others will fade into obscurity. Listen to the legends and the up and comers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 Live From ICAST and IFTD 2013 Las Vegas. Rob continues his hours of walking and interviewing. He has yet to see a living animal in Las Vegas other than a house fly and a pigeon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 1 Live From ICAST and IFTD 2013 Las Vegas. This is Rob's first trip to the world's largest tackle trade show with fly fishing included for the first time. Rob walks up and down and up and down the isles to interview attendees and exhibitors. This is Rob's first trip to Vegas and its a strange trip. There are some after party interviews and lobby interviews. Some of the people have been world famous for years and some are up and coming innovators and anglers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hank Patterson is the worlds greatest fly fishing guide. Rob calls him up to find out how he got his credentials and to find out more about the life of the greatest guide in the world. Hank lives in Montana and likes to wear a hoodie when he guides. He often sits in a folding chair in the river and drinks Pabst while his clients are instructed to 'snap it' more when casting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2013 Potomac Snakehead Tournament. Live from the 2013 Potomac River Snakehead Tournament. Spatterdock. Rob and his eclectic crew of anglers set out to fish an overnight tournament where the biggest snakehead wins. Will they get into fish this year? How will the boat perform? Rob learned a lot from the previous tournament and now he is more prepared. Rob interviews attendees and those that run the event. Snakehead Flies For Sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Salmon Tour. The Great Salmon Tour is a project that will document how we as humans lose our heritage as we lose biodiversity in the natural world around us. Rob sits down with the founder to discuss the salmonids around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alternate Sources For Fly Tying Materials. When your local shop doesn't have what you need, where do you go for creative materials. Rob is known as the guy that takes everyday materials and re purposes them into fly tying materials. He breaks down the materials and where to get them. Be sure to watch Rob tie flies at shows, classes, or on his Youtube to see him put these materials to work. These are the things he finds at big box stores, hardware stores, Safeway, 5 And Below, and craft stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So You Want To Become A Fly Fishing Guide Part 1. Part 1. What it takes to be a fly fishing guide. Long hours, bad weather, business plan, and a lot of flies. Rob talks about the ups and downs in this weather dependent lifestyle. Do you want to work out of an outfitter or do it yourself? Where are you going to get all the equipment required? Do you have insurance? Are you trespassing? What are you going to do if someone gets hurt? Are you ok with people trashing your gear? Always cary toilet paper and extra water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preparing For Bonefish. Background information about the Bonefish and what you need to plan your first or next trip. Rob spent part to the winter 1999-2000 working at Grand Slam Outfitters in Key Largo, Florida. He had some basic knowledge of what to pack for fishing there based on watching Saturday morning TV shows, reading books, and working in a fly shop. Everything Rob thought he know about bone fishing and packing for a trip was thrown out the window the first day on the flats boat with Mike Carrier. He spent the next two months learning the ins and outs of flats fishing and here is what he has to share. Rob has yet to land a bonefish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbed Hook Removal Stories. You would think Rob would be the expert in de-barbing hooks and not getting hooked by barbed hooks. He gave a presentation to his public speaking class on how to remove fish hooks from people in his sophomore year of college. Rob did it again, he put a hook through his finger. In his kitchen. While tying. The doctor would not allow filming of the hook removal as they did in Colorado. Watch a doctor remove a bacon fly from Rob's arm using only dental floss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Galloup stops by Northern Virginia to give a talk on brown trout. Rob and Kelly sit down before the talk to learn more about Kelly and his life in fly fishing. Kelly is world known for his theories and tactics for brown trout fishing. A pioneer in the world of fly tying, his streamers are known around the world for their creativity and movement and the very big fish that eat them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muskies and Cheese Curds With Brad Bohen. Brad Bohen stops by Beer Tie and sits down with Rob to discuss his life chasing muskie/musky in Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lefty's Tie Fest 2013 Tie Fest is an annual event on Kent Island, Md named for Lefty Kreh. Rob walks around the small venue and talks to its participants and exhibitors. These are some of the local 'old school' anglers and tiers that are no longer with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Interview With Bill Skliton An interview with my fly tying idol, Bill Skilton. Recorded live at the Fly Fishing Show, Lancaster, Pa 2013. Rob is a huge fan of Bill before he became friends with him over a decade ago. Just about all of his current flies have some sort of element in them inspired by Bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Urban Lines with Two-Fisted Heart Productions Rob sits down with two of the videographers from this feature length fly fishing movie. Rob is featured in this movie about fishing where you are, not where you want to be. The film highlights the urban fly fishing and its community around Washington DC. The film was shown at the Fly Fishing Film Tour but was not released on DVD or digital. You can watch the trailer here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside The Lancaster Fly Fishing Show 2013. Rob attends the Lancaster show. He volunteers and is still able to record attendees and exhibitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Smart phones and Fly Fishing. How to utilize the most technologically advanced thing you carry with you to catch more fish. Use your mobile device for weather reports, water levels and predictions, topographic maps, emergencies and more. Rob may give you some ideas you hadn't thought about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside The Fly Fishing Show at Somerset 2013. Rob and friends walk around the most famous fly fishing show in the world. Somerset is the location for the gathering of the world's most influential personalities. This is still the early days of podcasting and most people don't know what to say when a mic is put in front of them. They still fix their hair and try to apply makeup. Rob is a big fan of the dodgy fly shops selling old and random tying materials. What will he find this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2012 Year In Review | Lost and Found. Rob recounts the past year of guiding and fishing for fun. He lists the things he lost on the way and those he found. Do you find odd things when fishing or does it just happen to Rob? Does he find more strange objects due to his proximity to more people? Listen as he talks about the river charms of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything you need to know about bluegill. Rob breaks down the bluegill's taxonomy, geographic distribution, diet, and reproduction of these fish. If bluegill were bigger Rob would not go in the water, he's kind of scared of them. The largest bluegill caught by a client is 1.24lbs. You may all them bream, shell cracker, brim, or bluegill. However there is a specific species that has this common name and you are about to learn more than you ever thought you would about these aggressive fish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly Fishing Mossy Creek, Va Rob breaks down the natural history of this famous Virginia spring creek. Considered by many as the most challenging stream to fish in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Rob explains how to gear up for a trip to 'mossy', the species you may encounter, why you should avoid small black and white mammals along the stream, and how to avoid breaking your leg while stalking trout. Be sure to fish this stream throughout the year to experience the variety of fishing conditions. If this stream was closer Rob would be there all the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fishing Stories Part 2 of 2. Rob recounts his adventures and misadventures solo and with friends or clients. He's caught ducks, pelicans, seagulls, and turtles by accident while fishing. He's seen people catch snakeheads with pitchforks, catastrophic floods, broken down cars, and his boat gets hit by a drunk driver while parked on the street. He catches wild birds with his bare hands. A baby lion bit him in Namibia. Hang out with Rob and its never a dull moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salmon and Steelhead on the Salmon River, New York 2012. Rob recounts his road trip to the Salmon River aka SRNY. The weather is usually horrible and the fish don't want to be landed. Listen as Rob and his group of steelhead crew get up early and work the water all day. Steelhead are migratory rainbow trout that leave their birth river for open water - the ocean or lakes - depending on where they were born. They return to the rivers for the winter and will feed regularly until they return to the open water after the spring spawn. Unlike salmon, steelhead do not die after they return to spawn. The SRNY podcasts are listener favorites and they are a regular feature of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 1 Fishing Stories. If you know Rob you have an idea of where this is going. Interesting things happen when Rob is around and there is never a dull moment with him. His clients have called him the most interesting person they have ever met. He recounts some of his craziest stories from his years fly fishing. You think you've seen it all when fishing but this is just the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly fishing Washington DC's The Tidal Basin. Rob breaks down the history and formation of the Tidal Basin. The basin has seen it all from its construction a hundred years ago to the constantly flooded sidewalks from global warming today. Rob began fishing the Tidal Basin one summer night and never looked back. He now considers it to be one of the premiere fly fishing destinations out of everywhere he has traveled. Rob's largest snakeheads, gar, carp, largemouth, catfish, and more have been pulled out of these docile waters in the shadows of monuments and federal buildings. Rob's blog post with images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tenkara is fly fishing with a rod and fixed line. Rob breaks down the history of this simple method of fly fishing. Tenkara has taken off from the introduction by Daniel Gallardo to the US a few years ago. Maybe Rob will convince you to try this ancient method of catching fish in small streams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brand Loyalty. Rob discusses the products an the brands he trusts. The companies that have quality products and customer service. These are the brands that Rob uses and endorses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2012 Potomac Snakehead Tournament. Rob and a group of dudes enter the tournament. Its mostly bow hunters but this crack team of fly anglers has a plan. Its crazy hot out and there are some crazy looking boats that showed up at the lot. Rob has his 16' aluminum drift boat and some crazy looking flies. Lets hope they don't make Rob eat any snakehead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob and his family fly to Canberra, Australia for two weeks. The wife has some work to take care of so Rob takes care of the baby. The plan is to fish the big lake for carp and Murray cod, eat some local food, gorge on candy, and do some walking around town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kayak Fly Fishing With Cory Routh. Cory resides in the tidewater section of southern Virginia with his family. His neighbors are the US Navy. He once had a water moccasin chase his boat. Cory wrote the first comprehensive book on fly fishing with kayaks. Rob sits down with Cory after the Project Healing Waters tournament. A road flare was used to light the wet firewood and they sit fireside and chat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Project Healing Waters 2-Fly Tournament. Rob interviews the participants and attendees of this major fund raising event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is the leading authority on fly fishing for shad. Rob has been fly fishing for shad since his last years in college. He has been professionally guiding clients for shad for over a decade. Fly fishing for shad. From migrations and taxonomy to the rods and flies to use. This episode breaks down everything you need to know about how to catch shad on a fly rod. Rob will discuss the differences between American and hickory shad and the other fish you may encounter during this spring migration. Be sure to visit Rob's store to purchase shad flies. Fishing for shad is going to be a major theme in the next few years on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your understaing of bugs will help you choose the correct flies to catch fish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's Favorite Places To Eat Before Or After A Day Of Fly Fishing. This is a fly fishing educational podcast that is also about sandwiches. Rob talks about the favorite places he's eaten when fishing. If a kind listener could please start taking notes of all the restaurants and compile them in a Google Map that would be great. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colorado Road Trip. Rob and his mini schnauzer dr jones drive from Virginia to Colorado. Two days of all day driving, car camping, and junk food. Rob fishes his old haunts around Breckenridge where he lived in his car in 2005. Lots of snow is in the forecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planning a fly fishing trip. What to pack. What not to pack. How to pack. All of these things have been perfected over the years by Rob on his wild galavanting adventures. Rob loves to live out of a suitcase and has acquired a few travel hacks over the years. Listen as he describes the ins and outs of making the best of a vacation based on what you bring with you and what you leave at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interviewing guests, high rollers, tyers, and characters at the show part 2. The second part of Rob walking around with a computer and microphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interviewing guests, high rollers, tyers, and characters at the show. Rob walks around the show with a microphone attached to a computer. Most people have never heard of a podcast and are confused about the concept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's first trip to Ohio's Steelhead Alley. A short road trip from the in laws house in Columbus north to Lake Erie. Rob is used to fishing a Lake Ontario tailwater for steelhead. This is his first time fishing Lake Erie freestone tributaries. Will the weather cooperate? Will he find the ultimate sandwich? Will there be fish? Produced by oduced by Jason Reif Support This Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A list of the strange, random, and weird stuff Rob found during the 2011 fly fishing year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A explanation on what to look for in a fly fishing jacket based on your needs, the weather, and budget. Rob is a jacket collector. He has down, primaloft, Gore Tex, puffy, thin, orange, green, and so on. Rob spends a lot of time researching outer wear for fishing. Don't let your trip get ruined because you wore the wrong jacket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A summary of my recent trip to California. Lots of eating and a bit of fishing. From Long Beach halibut and carbina to Malibu surf perch. Rob travels with his 5 month old daughter while the wife is in business meetings. The fish Rob lost at the beach in Malibu were most likely leopard sharks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bunch of answers to questions I get asked a lot, you could say they are asked frequently. Avoid having ask a silly question to your guide. Rob has heard most of it but you never know what is going to happen on a guide trip. The more your know the better experience you and your guide will have. Most of these relate to Rob's guide service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices