DiscoverThe MEND Fly Fishing PodcastEpisode 85 - Blue-Winged Olive Bonanza: Small-Flies, Big Fish
Episode 85 - Blue-Winged Olive Bonanza: Small-Flies, Big Fish

Episode 85 - Blue-Winged Olive Bonanza: Small-Flies, Big Fish

Update: 2025-11-06
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Joe Rotter goes solo and covers a week of fishing highlights: a long-running blue-winged olive hatch, precise small-dry fly tactics with ultralight rods, and tips for slow hook sets. He also talks about jig streamers, a strong worm bite after rain, new Gray Watermaster Kodiaks at Red's, and the value of vintage and modern Sage rods.


Listeners get practical gear notes (sink-tip and single-fly rigs, New Zealand indicators), tying tips for squirmy worms, and advice for spotting and targeting pods of feeding fish during hatches.

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Episode 85 - Blue-Winged Olive Bonanza: Small-Flies, Big Fish

Episode 85 - Blue-Winged Olive Bonanza: Small-Flies, Big Fish

Joe Rotter