• How should I retrieve Woolly Buggers for bass and panfish?
• My knots to my flies are always slipping.  What am I doing wrong?
• Do you have any tips on fishing larger rivers?
• Any reason, when fishing a popper/drop[per rig for bass, that I can't tie my popper on a separate dropper instead of tying to the bend of the popper hook?
• If daytime water temperatures are around 70 but night time temperatures when I fish are 65 degrees, do you think it's safe to fish for trout?
• Why don't fly anglers use braided line for tippet—it's very supple.
• Do you take fly tying materials with you on a fishing trip?  How do you decide whether to take them or not?
• We saw huge schools of striped bass on a flat but they would not take any fly we presented to them.  Do you have any tips?
• How do you recommend I clean my polarized sunglasses, and what to you recommend to keep them from fogging up?
• What kind of mayfly spinner patterns should I carry in the Northeast?
• What is the best way to keep trout hooked when fishing downstream with wet flies?
• I am young but I still have trouble seeing small dry flies on the water.  What tips do you have for seeing them? 

This episode was originally posted on March 10, 2022.

Josh Nugent of Out Fly Fishing in Calgary has been doing a series of “Seven Deadly Sins” podcasts with me over the past couple of years and this one is chock full of great advice [38:38]. Josh is a very preceptive angler and thinks deeply about how flies behave in the water and how trout react to them, and in the interview we go off on a number of tangents—all interesting and all about nymph fishing—and all of them with great advice on how to make your indicator nymphing game more fun and productive. 

In the Fly Box this week, we have some great tips and questions from listeners, including:

A terrific tip on why tying tube flies is a great way to get kids started

What kind of other storage systems does Tom use around his roll-top desk?

Where can I learn more about fly fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass?

What do you suggest for preventing cutoffs by chain pickerel?

Can I use sitka or axis deer, antelope, or goat hair for fly tying?

A great tip on replacing wing cases on smaller nymphs with a drop of UV cure resin

Should I use my leader straightener?

Can I do longline French/Spanish nymphing with a two-handed rod?

How can I locate pinhole leaks ion my waders?

How do older series of rods compare to the modern ones? What is better about the more recent models?

I know your higher-end rods are made in Vermont, but where do the components come from?

Why do Americans shoot and kill birds?

What is a good two-line rotation for streamer fishing in Michigan?

I kept my fiberglass rod in a hot car and now I notice it has a kink in it. Could the hot car have been the reason?

• If I am fishing for smallmouth in a river that also hosts trout and the water temperature is 68 degrees, what should I do?
• How can I cast to smallmouth in a river where I have almost no back-cast room?
• In lakes with multiple species, when fishing from shore should I expect to find different types of fish at different times?
• I have difficulty setting the hook on trout with a "trout set" and do better with a strip set.  Why is the 'trout set" recommended for trout?
• Do you have any tips on fly fishing for walleye?
• Why do some nymphs call for a partridge collar and other nymphs use a CDC collar?  Is there any difference?
• A listener relates that the Ralph Cutter podcast on wading safety literally saved his life.
• Are all the new Helios models four times as accurate, or just the 905?
• Are there any dry flies tied with cork these days?
•  How can I get my fly into a deep pool directly below a waterfall?
• What do you know about the old PM-10 and T-3 Orvis rods?
• Is a double or triple surgeon's loop better than a perfection loop in lighter tippets?
• Does hook shank shape affect hooking qualities?
• How can I swing wet flies in small streams?
• A great tip from a listener on wearing wool socks underneath neo socks when wet wading to avoid sand between your toes.
• Is a George Harvey leader the same as a braided leader?

• What percentage of the time do you use a dry dropper or double dry rig?
• What weight fly rod is best for panfish?  And what flies should I use?
• How do we ensure our fly fishing traditions are passed on to the younger generation?
• How can I make my dry dropper rig drift tight to the opposite bank?
• Is fly fishing for carp popular in Europe?
• How do I organize and carry my wide assortment of trout flies?  How does Tom do it?
• How can I fish for panfish and largemouth bass in an old gravel pit that drops off steeply?
• A great tip from a listener about how to tie a more durable egg pattern
• I was fishing a double dry rig for fish rising to small mayflies and my imitation was perfect but I didn't fool as many fish as I should have.  What should I have done differently?
• I have trouble threading my tippet onto a small dry fly.  Can I tie the tippet to the bend of the hook instead?