Stillwater

Phil Rowley is back with the ultimate guide to inducing a take in Stillwater! In today's episode, we're diving deep into the unique challenges and techniques of stillwater fishing. We’ll cover rod and hand position, retrieve essentials, and how to use 'the hang' to keep your fly in the strike zone longer. Plus, discover top indicator retrieves, wind drifting techniques,...

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/267 Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Phil Rowley is back on the podcast to talk about fishing lakes and his new book, The Orvis Guide to Stillwater Trout Fishing. Phil shares some tips and techniques about leaders, indicators, lines, flies, etc.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/103 I sat down with Jeff Perin from The Fly Fishers Place Fly Shop out of Sisters Oregon.  We dig in stillwater tips and tricks and hear about the direction that Jeff took his life after a deep connection with his grandparents got him started. We focus on lakes of the NW and how he catches fish in the shallow and deep water.  We get into the top 3 and why entomology is so important.  Chironomids, calibetis, leaches and followed by terrestrials.  We talk about a typical day on East Lake and break it out step x step like we love to do.

In today's short snippet bonus episode, we're going to hear Phil Rowley's 8 tips on inducing a fish take. This podcast today comes from episode 640, where Phil was on his Littoral Zone podcast and he shared these exact tips and more. If you want to hear the full-length episode, check out 640. This is going to be a short snippet episode just so you have a punch just in case you missed that one or you want something a little bit shorter.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/317 Presented By: Togens Fly Shop Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Brandon Molzahn is here to knock this one out of the stillwater park. We go deep into stillwater tactics, get his top fly tying patterns for stillwater, and find out which tools for tying he loves. We explore British Columbia fly fishing a little more - find out how Brandon prepares for a new lake, what he looks for to get dialed in a certain spot, and his go-to flies to match the hatch. Brandon also talks about his experience with Togens Fly Shop the first time he made a purchase and how he got into the Togens Pro Team.

Do you know what a Littoral Zone is? Did you know it’s the most productive part of the lake? Phil Rowley takes us into stillwater fishing and explains what this new Littoral Zone Podcast is all about. He describes which is the best rod for stillwaters and why.   Phil gives us the step x step process to find fish in...

Today's episode of the Littoral Zone is a deep dive into competitive stillwater techniques with Devin Olsen, a current member of Team USA. Devin is well-known for euro nymphing, a lethal technique for chasing elusive river and stream trout. Phil and Devin talk about the techniques Devin learned and used worldwide and how they can be applied to everyday stillwater...

Richard Wilby, the man behind Forged Fly Fishing, shares his journey of creating a fly reel company and a fishing gear company simultaneously. He shares his lineup of reels, what it's like living in Merritt BC, and the rich stillwaters of the area around this part of the world. We also find out which is the perfect stillwater reel. Forged Fly...

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/64 Denny Rickards, the stillwater guru, came on the podcast to cover lakes and the history of stillwater fishing.  Denny breaks down in simple form, where to find fish and how to present the fly properly to fish. Denny talks about the 2 most critical things to understand when fishing lakes.  He also talks about why a floating line is not great, and why he has the secret line that works 90% of the time.  Get ready to take some notes because it's hard to stay up with Denny on this one!

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/307 Presented By: LakeLady Custom Rods, Togens Fly Shop Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Phil Rowley and Dwight Jefferson are here today to walk us through Kamloops stillwater fishing. We talk about the Skitchine Lodge Stillwater School 2022 that you can take part in this year. We also have a giveaway going right now and there will be 2 lucky winners of an all-expense-paid trip to Kamloops, Canada for 4 days from June 12 to 16. This is a great opportunity since you will be fishing with the stillwater master, Phil and experience the lodge's unique atmosphere. Skitchine caters all levels, even if you're a beginner at fly fishing and don't have enough gear, they got you!