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PODCAST

Reno Fly Shop Podcast

Jim Litchfield - Reno Fly Shop

Jim Litchfield, owner and guide, will introduce you to the industry reps, fly fishing guides and characters that impact fly fishing. The Reno Fly Shop podcast will be your source for the up to date fly fishing report for the Reno/Tahoe area and northern Sierra.

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EP038: Sudeep Chandra - What LCT and Taimen have in...

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2017/12/11

"As the users of these wild natural systems, we have to be careful not to love them to death" -Dr. Sudeep Chandra, Univ. of Nevada, Reno Today's guest is as dynamic, complex and adaptable as the water he researches and enjoys. Dr. Sudeep Chandra has many research interests and academic strengths. And in my opinion, one of his super powers is the ability to breakdown really complex issues and topics so we can understand and appreciate them as much as he does. His ability to explain physical and

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EP037: Travis Hawks - 2017 State of the Truckee River

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2017/11/21

"The situation couldn't be better for the Truckee River to make not only a full recovery from the drought but to improve to conditions that have never been seen before." -Travis Hawks, Biologist, NDOW Fly fishing is equal parts art and science. It is beautiful and creative and a technical understanding of physical and biological processes informs us to help make the best decisions we can. While we at the Reno Fly Shop and this podcast can't make you more creative or appreciate the endless beauty

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EP036: George Daniel - Streamer Tactics, Techniques...

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2017/10/12

“There is often a time and place in ‘real-world’ situations to move beyond defined and dictated techniques. To begin to blend and meld different approaches in the current unique situation. ” -George Daniel George Daniel’s experience and knowledge of fly fishing on it’s own is amazing but what truly sets him apart is his uncanny ability to communicate that knowledge to people that have a variety of different experience levels and interest in fly fishing. I can’t imagine anyone that spends any time

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EP035: Nancy Vucinich - Pyramid Lake Update, Happy...

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2017/09/28

"Freshwater inflow plus nutrients makes for really great conditions to grow Lahonton Cutthroat Trout" - Nancy Vucinich, Senior Fishery Biologist, Pyramid Lake Fisheries Nancy Vucinich was last on the podcast about a year ago and what a year it has been. Nancy has had to deal with huge wildfires that have impacted where she lives, works and recreates. And then came the winter of 2016-17 where Pyramid Lake has seen a historic increase in lake level and a dramatic change in water chemistry. Nancy and

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55:25

EP034: Fly Fish Food - The Guys that gave us the...

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2017/08/11

"The more you limit yourself in tactics and techiques the less fun you are letting yourself have." - Cheech "You can't change the color of wire and call a pattern uniquely yours, most if not all new patterns are building upon the patterns that have come before it." - Curtis Curtis and Cheech never really “started” Fly Fish Food, it seemed to grow through their efforts and interests in tying top quality flies and finding out new and creative ways to feed fish. Pretty soon they began uploading

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EP033: Matt Gilligan Koles - Truckee River Response...

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2017/07/05

The last time Matt “Gilligan” Koles was on the podcast we chatted about what to do during a drought on the Truckee River. We thought it was fitting to get back together to talk about what it was like making it through the winter of 2017 living in Hirschdale along the banks of the Truckee River and most importantly how the system has responded to historic flows and a remaking of the river channel. Matt with his very successful guide service, Gilligan's Guide Service, really never missed a beat during

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EP032: Mike Anderson - Fly Fishing Guide, 2017...

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2017/06/08

"The 2017 winter will impact Pyramid Lake in 3 main ways, 1) balance chemistry, 2) deliver nutrients and 3) boost bug life." -Mike Anderson Mike Anderson is a guide, shop staff and instructor at the Reno Fly Shop. As a native Nevadan he has grown up fly fishing Pyramid Lake and the Truckee River. Mike spends many days each year at Pyramid Lake fishing, guiding, tying specialty flies and observing this amazing resource he is lucky to call his "backyard". Call the Reno Fly Shop today to book at trip

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EP031: Tim Loux - Managing Lahontan Cutthroat Trout...

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2017/04/16

"The USFWS will engage all members of the community in making choices to manage LCT in the Truckee River" - Tim Loux, USFWS Welcome to episode 31 of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast. Leading up to this episode several listeners and customers around the shop have asked to find out more information about the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout of Pyramid Lake. I reached out to what I would consider a difinitive source for biological information related to the Pilot Peak strain, Tim Loux a Senior Fishery Biologist at

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EP030: Dec Hogan - How Unicorns make a Steelheader...

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2017/03/30

"It isn't the experienced seasoned angler that says 'okay, now I will guide'. It is the enthusiastic passionate angler that makes the leap into the life of a fly fishing guide." -Dec Hogan If you've ever met Dec Hogan you know that his love and passion for steelhead fly fishing is a constant part of his life and completely interwoven with chasing steelhead with two-handed fly rods. Dec is a master of all facets of the sport: two- handed casting, reading water, presenting flies, fly tying etc

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EP029: Kelly Galloup (part 2) - Natural vs. Synthetic...

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2017/02/09

"So often fly fishing is defined by the last story someone hears, when it should defined by their own personal experience." -Kelly Galloup Kelly Galloup (photo: slideinn.com) Here is the second part of my conversation with Kelly. The original recording was just too good to edit and cut up just to make it a manageable size. In this episode we get to find out Kelly's thoughts on synthetic vs. natural tying material and how a trout likes to eats it's food. You might be a bit surprised. If you

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EP028: Kelly Galloup - Musings on Articulated...

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2017/01/20

"If you want to catch big trout you should, stalk more and cast less." -Kelly Galloup Kelly Galloup (photo: slideinn.com) Before I get into the introduction of today’s episode I wanted to bring to your attention a new way you can follow and interact with the Reno Fly Shop Podcast. I have started the Reno Fly Shop Podcast Group on Facebook. IN this group you will find a place to ask questions of me, the guests on the podcast and other listeners. So far we have had a lot of discussion come up

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EP027: Lance Egan - European Style Nymphing, the...

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2016/12/22

"Simply stated, trout eat nymphs more than any other type of food source and European Style Nymphing is the most effective way to fish nymphs" - Lance Egan Lance Egan is a self described fly fishing junkie. He has fly fishing since the age of 12 and has had the opportunity to travel the world representing the U.S.A. as a competitive angler and fly fishing ambassador. Through his vast experience he has also become a professional fly tyer, guide and film maker. With good friends Devin Olsen and

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EP026: Travis Hawks - 2016 State of the Truckee River...

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2016/12/01

"The Truckee River with its year around fishing, huge trout and lake-run cutthroat will soon be second to none as a western trout fishery" - Travis Hawks, NDOW Fishery Biologist Travis Hawks grew up in Gardnerville, Nevada, acquiring a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Nevada, Reno and during that time worked seasonally for the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). Immediately after college he started permanently with NDOW at the Mason Valley Fish Hatchery and after a year he

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EP025: Captain Maury Hatch - The California Delta and...

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2016/11/10

"The expanse, variety of fish and diversity of water of fly fishing in the California Delta is like no other place in the country." -Captain Maury Hatch, Fly Fishing Guide, First Hatch Guide Service One of the common threads you will hear in our posts and many other anglers that live in our area is how lucky we are to have the amount of water to fly fish that we do. In the Reno/Tahoe area with the Big Truckee, Little Truckee, Pyramid Lake and not to mention the eastern Sierra we have more than what

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EP024: Mike Curtis - Head Guide at the Reno Fly Shop,...

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2016/10/27

"It took me years to realize how gently a huge Truckee River trout can eat a nymph." -Mike Curtis, Head Guide at the Reno Fly Shop Today we get to chat with the Reno Fly Shop Head Guide, Mike Curtis. Mike guides full time through the shop and has spent over 7 years guiding up and down the eastern Sierra both moving and still water. Mike Curtis' day off on the Truckee River. (photo Bailie Thys) Being raised in the Reno/Tahoe area, Mike knows our local rivers like a good friend and his favorite

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EP023: Tim Rajeff - Casting a fly 100mph, how to...

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2016/10/07

"The two most important characteristics of a fly rod are Action and Power" -Tim Rajeff Today's guest is none other that Tim Rajeff. Tim is a fly rod designer, instructor, national and world casting champion and owner of Rajeff Sports. Based out of Vancouver Washington Rajeff manufactures ECHO Fly Rods and distributes AirFlo Fly Lines in North America. We get to chat with Tim while he was at Katherine’s vacation home. This was a rare moment out of a very busy schedule when Tim could sit down and

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EP022: Dave Stanley - Truckee River, Pyramid Lake and...

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2016/09/22

"The Truckee River chose for itself to have really big fish over many fish" - Dave Stanley In this episode of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast I sit down with Dave Stanley who I consider to be emblematic with fly fishing, certainly in Reno/Tahoe and the eastern Sierras but also in much farther and greater impacts. Dave and Kate wishing they had their ladders in Mexico Dave has significantly contributed fly fishing technique, fly design, locations to fish and approaches to fly fishing moving and still

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EP021: Phil Rowley - Balanced Flies and Boobies...

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2016/09/08

"Fly presentation trumps fly selection everytime" - Phil Rowley Get ready for our second episode with Phil Rowley. In this episode of the Reno Fly Shop Podcast Phil discusses the history of balanced flies and his contribution to the evolution of one of the fly patterns that have turned a new page in fly fishing stillwaters. This can't be more obvious than at Pyramid Lake one of our home waters. Download the Phil Rowley Stillwater Leader Formulas here. The Balanced Leech has been one of the most

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EP020: Phil Rowley - Chironomids, Stillwater Tactics...

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2016/07/22

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EP019: Ralph Cutter - Trout behavior, Snorkeling with...

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2016/07/07

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