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I talked to Justin Spence about traveling and fishing Argentina and tips to DIY your way down there.  Justin has travelled extensively in Argentina and throughout Patagonia prior to going all in on Big Sky Anglers.

We cover Brown Trout, Golden Durado, his almost professional soccer career and how he came to find himself owning a fly shop.  Lots of great tips to help you get down to Argentina on a budget.

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Show Notes With Justin Spence

02:57 – Matt Klara was on the show in episode 21 and is the person who connected me to Justin.

10:45 – The Dallas Burn and San Jose were two professional teams that were interested in Justin.  He decided to stay in fly fishing at a minimum wage job even though his family thought he was crazy.

11:50 – Charlie’s Sporting Goods was the first fly shop that Justin worked for in New Mexico.

12:45 – Taylor Streit was a mentor for Justin in New Mexico and a person who explored and gave Justin his first guide job.

16:50 – Scott Mcgarva in Episode 17 talked about getting stuck in the fly shop.  Justin talks a little about that here.

21:20 – Argentine trout fishing book by Bill Leitch

27:10 – Fly Fishing Patagonia:  A trout bums guide to Argentina

35:40 – The Neuquen Province is one area where you can DIY your way in Argentina with lots of rivers where you can wade fish.

37:40 – Chernobyl pattern can be killer for imitating many of the terrestrials.

38:40 – Golden Dorado in Bolivia and Norther Argentina.  

51:10 – Norway is on Justin’s bucket list trips

53:20 – Chasing Rumor:  A Season Fly Fishing in Patagonia

49:50 – The Norwegian fly club episode on anchored

You can reach Justin at Big Sky Anglers or on Instagram here.

Resources Noted in the Show

Fly Fishing Patagonia:  A trout bums guide to Argentina

Argentine trout fishing book by Bill Leitch

Chasing Rumor:  A Season Fly Fishing in Patagonia

Conclusion with Justin Spence

Justin talks about the biggest challenges to DIY’ing your way in Argentina and some of the tips he shares.  Getting around is probably the hardest part of doing it yourself.  He shares some great areas to hit up and why you can still get to many areas.

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I sat down and picked Pat Dorsey’s brain on fishing tiny flies on tailwaters.  Pat breaks down how he gets his clients into fish on one of the most challenging rivers in the country.

He shares his best tips to help you find and catch fish even when dealing with finicky fish.  We get into the best indicator setup to use as well as the hopper dropper and the dropper hopper.

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Show Notes with Pat Dorsey

06:02 – The Red Ant fly pattern is a goto for Pat.

06:10 – Jack Dennis has been one of Pat’s biggest mentors over the years.

23:50 – We talk about the Black Beauty fly pattern.

25:15 – JP’s nymphing mud is what Pat uses when he needs to fine tune his sinking rate.

28:50 – The thingamabobber is an indicator that he uses but the yarn indicator is more of his goto.

29:40 – I play a short clip from the Gary Borger interview on indicators.  Click here if you want to here the entire interview with Gary.

37:10 – The Griffith’s Gnat is another one of Pat’s goto patterns.

42:20 – The Reach Mend is a cast that you should get proficient with.

59:30 – Dorsey’s Top Secret Midge is one of his top flies.

1:01:15 – The Sage X is the rods that Pat uses.

1:02:20 – The Amplitude Infiniti smooth Taper Lines from Scientific Anglers is Pat’s main line for trout fishing.

1:06:50 – Pat recently updated the Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River, one of his projects he’s most proud of.

1:08:20 – The Fishpond waste pack is Pat’s single most important piece of gear.

You can reach out to Pat at PatDorseyFlyFishing.com or on Instagram.

Resources Noted in the Show

The Thingamabobber Strike Indicator

Amplitude Infinit Smooth Fly Line

Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River 

Fishpond Gunnison Guide Pack

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Conclusion with Pat Dorsey

Pat shared his best tips on fishing tailwaters with small flies including how to site fish for brown trout and rainbows.  Pat is one of the most well know guides in Colorado and has written a number of great books.

Pat shares his tips on fishing indicators and when a hopper dropper works well vs other trout rigs.  We talk about Cheeseman Canyon and the South Platte River.

         

I had the pleasure of talking with George Daniel on his teaching philosophy, guiding, Joe Humphries and a number of other great topics including fishing Musky.

We talk about competition fly fishing, journaling, his blogging and his plans for the upcoming years.  George tells a great story about the angling professors at Penn State and how it is a position that he would likely be interested in if it became available.

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Show Notes with George Daniel

07:50 – I note the Frank Moore podcast I put together recently and the impact of some or our living legends.

08:50 – Joe Humphries is a mentor for George and many anglers around the country.  Here is the new film about Joe.

11:55 – Devin Olsen was on the podcast and covered Euro Nymphing in depth.

13:40 – I interviewed John Gierach in episode 47.  We talked about his writing process in depth.

15:35 – John Wooden was a mentor for many around the world including me.  He was one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time.

24:10 – George recommends tenkara for anyone interested in getting started.

34:00 – Musky is his passion now especially while the spawn is occurring for trout.  Blane Chocklett is noted as a big musky name.

42:30 – Paul Weemer wrote The Bug book and is a great book on breaking down entomology to its basic level.

52:20 – Blane Chocklett, Joe Goodspeed on instagram @teeth_and_trout. Joe ties the mop head and other killer patterns.

1:14:30 – The Orvis Learning Center is noted as a great resource for beginners and advanced anglers alike.

I also wanted to pay tribute to a podcast I did with Gary Borger, one of the people who invented nymphing for trout as we know it today.

You can reach George at Livinonthefly.com.

Resources Noted in the Show

Dynamic Nymphing by George Daniel

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Conclusion with George Daniel

It was cool to hear George talk about Joe Humphries, some of his other mentors and the tips and resources he shared in this episode.  Please leave a comment below if you have any feedback for this episode.