Love following your content and Eeland was hilarious. As an educator, I appreciate what you are doing with kids to get them opportunities to expand their perspective and appreciate the outdoors. For Landon: I’ve actually been hoping you’d be on 5 Flies soon, I really love everything you do! Particularly your efforts and initiative on conservation and ethics. Question: Whether novice or advanced in the sport, fisherman can always be improving their conservation and ethics. Specifically with stream practices, what advice can you give to viewers for protecting their waters through practice? What tips do you have for managing micro trash like tippet snips or weights? How can anglers help offset break offs or other trash that they contribute to water systems?

@TroutsFlyFishing

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Bridger, apologize for the delay on this. But, your question was selected for the December Five Flies. Shoot me an email at ivan@troutsflyfishing.com with your address and we'll get you squared away!

great show , love the tarpon talk , cracking up , cheers , love the salt so true !!!

Big thanks to Eeland for joining us for this episode! If you have any questions for next month's guest - Landon Mayer...drop them in the comments below! Have a great month on the water.

Nice that Eeland knows how to use a mic. Stays nice and close so we can hear him. Guess the night job provides some practice. Take notes Ivan 😜

😂 Don’t fear the egg!!

Tarpon are definitely the top of my dream list! Q for December - How do you change up your streamer approach as winter sets in? What type of water are you targeting, does color/size selection change at all?

Question - what’s the best technique for taking a leak in the freezing cold in your waders? Better get some of the ladies in the shop to provide the female tips. 🤪

Hey great work getting Eeland on the show, he’s the man! Question for Landon in December. How does a trout-focused fly fisherman leverage those skills to become a more versatile angler for other species? Especially thinking about saltwater and other “big game” applications

Hey… do you convert this to podcasts? If not, I’ll be first to subscribe!

question for Landon: I haven't encountered a lot of rising fish on our tailwater fisheries and specifically the South Platte in Cheesman Canyon. when do you tie on a dry fly? Is it When you see a rising fish, spot the first bugs in a hatch, or do you just tie on a dry fly when you know a hatch period is coming. Thanks! I can't wait to see your presentation(s) at the fly fishing show this February.

Question for Landon - What are your favorite euro nymphing flies for use in the winter months and do you consider them to be productive other times of the year?

For December Session: First, love these episodes, fun and informative. As fish move into the deeper waters and become more picky, what are some strategies on how to entice and get more eats? Thanks.

Must say I look forward each month to the 5 flies of the month. Every month you guys do an amazing job of making the episodes informative and entertaining. Truly love that aspect of the show and not to mention the amazing guests of our beloved industry. Never a dull episode that’s for sure. My question for Landon is about one of his most well known patterns, Mayer’s mini leech. First I was wondering where the inspiration of the pattern came from and also with its many variations what his go to variant was. Also when he is stream side/ and or on the lake. What considerations do you take in when choosing the size of the mini leech and bead head color that you start with on a given outing. Also do you fish this particular pattern on a tight line system always? Or do you like to fish this in a 2 streamer setup or maybe a smaller imitative nymph on the dropper? Dead drift? I can say I have had tremendous success with this pattern fishing it multiple ways but am very interested in the methods you use with the pattern and was hoping to learn a little more of the origins and techniques of its creator. Look forward to hearing from you and just want to give a huge thanks to you for all you do for the sport that we all love and cherish and a huge shout out to everyone at trouts fly fishing! Tight lines! Jason

I really enjoy these videos, thanks for the great work! For years I've always tried to match the hatch as a general strategy. However, since I've started euro nymphing a year ago it seems that hatch matching is the least important aspect. Few if any of the instructional videos address fly selection other than weight. Can you talk about what goes into your thought process on fly selection?

Miracle midge = Ed Marsh, Colorado Springs. Developed for the South Platte circa 1970's. Well, that is what the google machine says.

@TroutsFlyFishing

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ahhh. yes...Lord Marsh!

Landon, when you are in your cave tying up flies, do you have Slayer cranking in the background? Well, this is how I see it at least.

The appropriate classification of Jack Dennis would be Baron. Also uh December Q: arebonitafishbig?

Question for Landon: Runoff is one of my favorite times of year to run a smaller leech (typically a pine squirrel or semi seal pattern) to get pretty strong strikes by simply dead drifting under an indicator. I’ve found this works for me since the leech materials allow for the rougher water to make the leech dance and move awesome in the water during the drift. During the winter months I’ve struggled to get nearly as many takes on the same patterns using this method, most likely since due to the lower and slower flows. How do you go about running smaller leech patterns in winter conditions without spooking fish with an unrealistic presentation?

My question’s for Landon are: What gives you that drive/motivation to be a fishing guide and what are your focuses for 2023? Also can we take peek 🫣 into Landon’s fly box that he carry’s all month of December into January? 🫠

Question for Landon: In the winter what conditions or factors do you look for in deciding when to throw a streamer?

Question for Landon: Do you still find yourself tying on a streamer in December and January? If so are you looking for specific conditions? Do you find streamers being more effective in the winter on the bigger waters (ie middle/lower Colorado, lower Ark, and lower Gunnison) or do you find equal or greater success on smaller rivers (ie dream stream or the eagle)? Thanks so much for the great advice in this video. Keep up the good work Evan!!!

Question for Landon: During the winter, what conditions do you look for that indicate it might be a good time to throw a streamer? Do different winter conditions call for different types of streamer retrieves?

Question for December - I am very new to fly fishing and have only been on the water less than 100 times, during winter what type of rivers should you avoid such as south platte below deckers or should you go to bigger rivers. I am not sure if it matters during the winter or not just want to know. Love the videos and your store a ton of flies to pick from!!! ❤

Awesome video again y’all!!! Question for Landon: (this video has since been deleted, and leads to why I’m curious) The video of using the net to create air bubbles above a fish before releasing it back to its holding spot. Would you use this more often when you’re winter fishing since fish tend to be more lethargic? I love the idea, but would love more info as to when and how you use this technique.

Imagine Tanner in a Purple Zoot Suit/For Landon: Do you approach fishing for other species of fish the same as you would approach for trout? Or is there a newer technique that you use?

Fellas, I grew up fly fishing for bass in west TN and now live here in CO and have been fishing tail waters mainly with streamers as its what I’m most comfortable with. Should I move to a sinking line on my 6wt or keep throwing the floating line and what are the advantages of sinking line. Also love the light color streamers. Way better than olive.

Question for Landon: What are your favorite 3 ways to fish your mini-leach on moving water? Still water?

More of a gear question - now that it’s getting cold what are your favorite gloves? Mittens? Fingerless? Etc. Thanks!

Landon: is it always leech season?? haha how often is the mini leech making it onto your rig in the winter? what size of tippet are you using in the winter for leeches and such? i seem to start with 4x or 3x fluorocarbon since i have had some breakoffs during sets... is it a dead drift? a bouncing jig motion?

Ivan, I've always found it takes a lot of maintenance to "get down". Question for December: Has the Landon-a-tor ever tied a fly hackle with Reindeer fur?

Question for Landon- With the winter approaching any less bugs in the system. I usually fish jigs hard throughout the cold months. Any tips for winter jig streamer fishing?

For Landon - The “San Juan Shuffle” is certainly unethical, but is illegal? If you see this occurring, how would you recommend handling this situation?

Doesn't using those plastic eggs "snag" fish more times than not? The hook doesn't usually end up in the fish's mouth from what I've heard since you rig them above the hook, correct? I bought some years ago but never used them, but I do use traditional eggs. Doesn't sound like too much fun since I do my fair share of foul hooking fish which is alway a little disappointing, especially when it's a lunker.

When fishing low water in winter, what is the biggest variable, size or color for midges. In a 3 fly tandem, how many drifts at feeding fish before you switch up?

Question for December - How are you picking which trout to fish to or holes to target in the winter? Are you skipping over lethargic fish or do you have tricks to catch sleepy trout?

@JacobThorn

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Or a different question - What makes a good client for guiding? What can the client do to make for a fun and productive day rather than a day of annoying work?

I have a question for Tanner.. What color lil Kim is he fishing if he refuses to fish olive streamers

Yo! How do I get my prize pack for my Nov Q?