Fishing for Sea-Run Trout, with Krystjan from Fish Partner in Iceland

 

I get frequent questions on the fly box about fishing for sea trout, or sea-run brown trout. I've never caught one and have never fished for them, so I brought in an expert on the subject, Krystjan [35:21] from Fish Partner in Iceland, owner of the organization Orvis uses for its hosted trips (and I'm hosting one in July) to Iceland and a fanatic fly fisher. He talks about seasons, conditions, presentations, and of course fly patterns to catch these hard-fighting versions of the brown trout we know and love in our inland streams.  

 

In the Fly Box this week, we have a great combination of tips from listeners and some questions that may help others who have wondered the same thing, including:

• I have heard that you should only fish streamers upstream in smaller streams. Would that hold true for smallmouth bass as well?
• I have heard that you should avoid getting into a river to keep from spooking fish. Should I do this all the time?
• A great tip from a listener about how to keep track of what leader is on your reels or spools.
• I saw a small, stocked stream in a suburban area that appeared to have very small trout in it. Could these be wild trout so close to a city?
• What is the best connection to attach a tippet to a tapered leader?
• Do you think a 7 ½ foot 4-weight rod is too short for my daughter to use on a trip to the Grand Teton/Yellowstone area?
• Why did a fish try to eat my strike indicator numerous types and refuse the dry flies I changed to after it happened?
• How do I keep from losing fish when using barbless hooks?
• For making my own dry-fly leaders, should I use fluorocarbon or copolymer material?
• A tip from a listener on how to make cool fly-tying gadgets with a 3-D printer.
• A tip from a listener on how to organize beads and hooks on your fly-tying bench.
• Do people ever use tandem dry-fly rigs?