• Who Owns the River, with Beau Beasley

  • Sep 16 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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Who Owns the River, with Beau Beasley

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  • Who owns the banks of a river? Who owns the bottom? Who owns the water that flows through a channel? And what defines whether a river is navigable or not? There are often no easy answer to theses questions, and much of it is determined on a state-by-state basis. Beau Beasley [35:27] has spent years looking at specific cases of access controversies, and some of you may not like what he says because he often comes down on the side of a landowner who prohibits access to a piece of river. But Beau looks at the facts and the law and approaches these issues in an objective manner. It's a fascinating discussion. In the Fly Box this week, we have some comments, a bunch of tips, and some tricky questions, including:
    • Will I find steelhead in the same places I find resident rainbows?
    • How much time do you spend swinging a run for steelhead before moving on?
    • A listener makes a case for the positive cost/benefit ratio of fishing with a guide.
    • How much can a fly rod bend before breaking?
    • Do trout seem to have an affinity for one color of nymph over another?
    • How long does a frightened fish stay spooked? And do hatchery fish differ from wild fish in this respect?
    • If you use a barbless hook on a two nymph rig and attach the bottom fly to the bend, how do you alleviate the problem of losing the lower fly and tippet?
    • Do you fish a streamer in the same way you would fish a spinning lure?
    • How can I get smaller nymphs down into very deep, fast pockets in a river?
    • What would I consider the best roll-casting rod Orvis makes?
    • Do you have any tricks for hooking fish on a direct downstream presentation?
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