1 00:00:03,605 --> 00:00:06,805 Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly, 2 00:00:06,905 --> 00:00:10,185 Marvin: and we're back with another On the Salt with Got One with Captain David Blinken. 3 00:00:10,345 --> 00:00:11,265 Marvin: David, how are you doing? 4 00:00:12,525 --> 00:00:19,005 David: I'm doing great. I'm counting the days to when I can get on the back of my skip 5 00:00:19,005 --> 00:00:21,045 David: and start pulling clients around. I'm psyched. 6 00:00:21,205 --> 00:00:24,765 Marvin: Yeah, and you've got less than 24 hours before daylight savings time, 7 00:00:24,765 --> 00:00:25,725 Marvin: So it ought to be good, right? 8 00:00:27,125 --> 00:00:31,145 David: I know. I can't wait. I love the longer days. I know everyone doesn't like losing 9 00:00:31,145 --> 00:00:33,205 David: that hour of sleep, but hey, go to bed early. 10 00:00:33,725 --> 00:00:36,905 Marvin: There you go. And I guess, you know, the only bummer is it probably means your 11 00:00:36,905 --> 00:00:38,345 Marvin: ski season is winding down, right? 12 00:00:39,605 --> 00:00:45,085 David: It's winding down a little, but, you know, I kind of live for March and April skiing. 13 00:00:45,265 --> 00:00:49,305 David: I think it's the best skiing of the year. A lot of people kind of after February, 14 00:00:49,465 --> 00:00:52,065 David: you know, wax the skis and put them away. way. 15 00:00:52,125 --> 00:00:57,225 David: But those of us in the business, March and April is kind of where it's at. 16 00:00:57,385 --> 00:00:58,745 David: It's some of the best skiing of the season. 17 00:00:59,105 --> 00:01:02,285 Marvin: And do you like it because it's not crowded and you don't have to bundle up? 18 00:01:02,405 --> 00:01:04,985 Marvin: Because I would imagine right when it's colder, you probably have better powder, right? 19 00:01:05,945 --> 00:01:08,945 David: I'll tell you something. March can have some incredible powder. 20 00:01:09,085 --> 00:01:11,365 David: And as long as you're skiing it while it's falling in the create, 21 00:01:11,425 --> 00:01:14,465 David: as soon as the sun hits it, it can turn into mashed potatoes. 22 00:01:14,625 --> 00:01:19,145 David: But no, I just love, I love March powder. But the other thing about March and 23 00:01:19,145 --> 00:01:20,425 David: April is you get corn corn snow. 24 00:01:20,965 --> 00:01:24,245 David: And I know a lot of people don't like it, but skiing the corn, 25 00:01:24,345 --> 00:01:26,965 David: there's nothing like it. It's just so smooth and groovy. 26 00:01:27,205 --> 00:01:30,425 Marvin: Oh, neat. And of course, you know, as we were getting close to spring, 27 00:01:30,525 --> 00:01:31,765 Marvin: that kind of means new beginnings. 28 00:01:31,805 --> 00:01:34,525 Marvin: And we thought it would be an interesting idea to kind of talk about a, 29 00:01:34,525 --> 00:01:38,065 Marvin: uh, kind of a beginner fly box for fishing the salt in the Northeast. 30 00:01:39,943 --> 00:01:44,303 David: Yeah, you know, a beginner fly box is so interesting because, 31 00:01:44,383 --> 00:01:48,443 David: you know, people are on the web looking at all these complicated flies and, 32 00:01:48,483 --> 00:01:53,443 David: you know, they're really fun and stuff like game changers and beast flies and 33 00:01:53,443 --> 00:01:55,363 David: stuff. And those are just incredible flies. 34 00:01:55,683 --> 00:01:58,763 David: But really, just you want to keep it simple. 35 00:01:58,883 --> 00:02:00,443 David: You want to have a couple of bucktails 36 00:02:00,443 --> 00:02:04,903 David: and clousers and some deceivers and maybe a popper and you're set. 37 00:02:05,043 --> 00:02:08,143 David: And that's going to cover most everything you do. 38 00:02:08,143 --> 00:02:11,083 David: Um in in in the early 39 00:02:11,083 --> 00:02:13,983 David: stages of your fly fishing life and uh 40 00:02:13,983 --> 00:02:16,923 David: you know maybe carry a couple 41 00:02:16,923 --> 00:02:22,543 David: of shock tips around or or some wire leader for when the bluefish show up but 42 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:28,283 David: uh you know keeping it simple is sort of sort of always been a motto of mine 43 00:02:28,283 --> 00:02:34,203 David: uh when i open up my fly box i probably have I have four patterns just tied 44 00:02:34,203 --> 00:02:36,623 David: in different sizes and colors, and that's really it. 45 00:02:37,243 --> 00:02:42,663 David: I just try to keep it simple. And for all the beginner saltwater fly anglers 46 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:50,023 David: out there, I would say keep it simple so you don't have to be pondering, what fly should I use? 47 00:02:50,623 --> 00:02:55,143 David: The fish are going to eat them. It's just about presentation and getting it 48 00:02:55,143 --> 00:02:56,783 David: in front of them, and you'll be rewarded. 49 00:02:57,343 --> 00:03:01,363 Marvin: Got it. And so, you know, on the popper front, do you like poppers with lots 50 00:03:01,363 --> 00:03:05,783 Marvin: of different faces or do you just kind of, you know, pretty consistently stick 51 00:03:05,783 --> 00:03:07,743 Marvin: with kind of that flat popper face? 52 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:13,743 David: Well, you know, you know what? If you're going to use a popper or a popper like 53 00:03:13,743 --> 00:03:20,243 David: thing and you can buy all different things, I would I would maybe get a very 54 00:03:20,243 --> 00:03:23,463 David: thin popper with sort of a flat face or an angled face. 55 00:03:23,463 --> 00:03:28,723 David: Or the one I like the most because I think it's the most versatile is just get a Gurgler. 56 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:34,598 David: Um, and, and all the commercial, uh, fly tying entities and stores, 57 00:03:34,718 --> 00:03:37,538 David: they're all carrying gurglers. They're really easy to cast. 58 00:03:37,938 --> 00:03:42,458 David: They're not heavy. They make a lot of noise and fish just gobble them up. They're great. 59 00:03:42,638 --> 00:03:46,158 Marvin: Yeah. Well, there you go. And it dovetails well with our question from Brenner. 60 00:03:46,238 --> 00:03:50,798 Marvin: He wanted to get your thoughts, David, on, you know, good beginner species for 61 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:52,718 Marvin: people to target on the salt with a fly. 62 00:03:54,058 --> 00:04:00,098 David: Well, I think a good beginner species, if you're living in the Northeast, 63 00:04:00,458 --> 00:04:05,538 David: especially if you're in an area that bluefish frequent, is fish for bluefish. 64 00:04:05,738 --> 00:04:08,438 David: And don't worry about the size. 65 00:04:08,858 --> 00:04:12,918 David: And I would say if you can be there when there's like cocktail blues, 66 00:04:12,998 --> 00:04:17,578 David: like the bluefish from like one to four pounds or one to three pounds, fish for those. 67 00:04:17,578 --> 00:04:20,838 David: They they will just they'll eat and they 68 00:04:20,838 --> 00:04:23,758 David: eat with the reckless abandon the bluefish get 69 00:04:23,758 --> 00:04:26,918 David: bigger they might become a little more selective but 70 00:04:26,918 --> 00:04:31,678 David: if you can find schools of bluefish on the feed they will just they will just 71 00:04:31,678 --> 00:04:35,638 David: crash anything that you put in front of them it's it's really exciting whether 72 00:04:35,638 --> 00:04:41,238 David: it's deep water or or shallow water they they can be you know pretty ferocious 73 00:04:41,238 --> 00:04:45,018 David: so um that's That's, that's, that's my, 74 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:48,278 David: that's my, you know, and they range all the way down to Florida. 75 00:04:48,418 --> 00:04:51,378 David: I mean, you'll get them there, but you know, if you're fishing in Florida and 76 00:04:51,378 --> 00:04:56,898 David: you want a beginner species, um, you know, I think, uh, if you're around when 77 00:04:56,898 --> 00:05:00,478 David: there's, uh, maybe Spanish mackerel or, or small jackrabbits, 78 00:05:00,778 --> 00:05:03,298 David: that's, uh, another good beginner species. 79 00:05:03,458 --> 00:05:06,158 David: If you're down in the South, awful lot of fun. 80 00:05:06,538 --> 00:05:10,818 Marvin: Yeah. And so on the bluefish, you know, I know they are kind of hard on terminal 81 00:05:10,818 --> 00:05:14,178 Marvin: tackle. You know, what's your kind of terminal tackle setup for those guys? 82 00:05:16,089 --> 00:05:24,389 David: For Bluefish, I'll probably tie in a Deceiver in maybe a length of either piano wire. 83 00:05:24,949 --> 00:05:30,709 David: It kind of looks like a G-string on a guitar. Or you can get American wire, 84 00:05:30,829 --> 00:05:35,649 David: which is like a multi-strand wire inside a plastic sleeve. 85 00:05:35,809 --> 00:05:40,969 David: And you can actually tie it onto your fly with a clench knot or a loop knot, 86 00:05:41,089 --> 00:05:43,309 David: and it'll work just fine. 87 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:46,249 David: Um uh what i personally do 88 00:05:46,249 --> 00:05:49,149 David: uh most of the time because i'm always thinking about other species 89 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:51,989 David: is i'll tie in a hunk of 60 pound uh 90 00:05:51,989 --> 00:05:55,669 David: either hard mono or or or fluorocarbon uh 91 00:05:55,669 --> 00:06:00,849 David: to my tidbit and uh then tie that with a loop knot to my fly and usually i can 92 00:06:00,849 --> 00:06:07,369 David: get one or two bluefish before it gets chewed up but um definitely using um 93 00:06:07,369 --> 00:06:13,169 David: uh definitely using uh something like that to protect your leader is a good idea. 94 00:06:13,589 --> 00:06:18,789 David: Anything under 30 pounds in a bluefish is going to most likely chop right through it. 95 00:06:18,849 --> 00:06:23,169 David: I mean, there's those exceptions where occasionally you can land one on a 15 96 00:06:23,169 --> 00:06:27,749 David: or 20 pound tippet, but usually you need something pretty burly to fend off their teeth. 97 00:06:28,229 --> 00:06:32,029 Marvin: Yeah, got it. And you know, folks, we love questions at the Articulate Fly and 98 00:06:32,029 --> 00:06:34,529 Marvin: we're running out of time because we're going to have our drawings pretty soon. 99 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:38,369 Marvin: And, you know, remember either email or DM me, make David's life simpler. 100 00:06:38,509 --> 00:06:42,109 Marvin: And And we've got two great options for you, right? For everyone that sends 101 00:06:42,109 --> 00:06:44,749 Marvin: in a question, that's one pool, and we're going to draw from that pool. 102 00:06:45,189 --> 00:06:48,089 Marvin: And the winner will get a Rise Fishing Company rod. 103 00:06:48,269 --> 00:06:51,029 Marvin: And then if we use your question on one of the On the Salts, 104 00:06:51,069 --> 00:06:53,909 Marvin: we're going to put that in a separate fishbowl and draw from that. 105 00:06:53,949 --> 00:06:55,969 Marvin: And the winner is going to get a Norvice vice system. 106 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:58,029 Marvin: So pretty cool, right, David? 107 00:06:59,445 --> 00:07:04,205 David: I think that's pretty cool. I mean, you know, those guys at Rise, 108 00:07:04,425 --> 00:07:06,905 David: they make a really good product, and they're based out of Long Island, 109 00:07:07,005 --> 00:07:09,205 David: New York, so they pretty much know what they're doing. 110 00:07:09,345 --> 00:07:15,645 David: And Norvice, you know, you've never used true rotary before. It's an experience. 111 00:07:16,165 --> 00:07:19,145 Marvin: Yeah, there you go. And I also want to give a shout-out to the folks at Norvice 112 00:07:19,145 --> 00:07:21,925 Marvin: for generously sponsoring this series. 113 00:07:22,285 --> 00:07:25,925 Marvin: And, David, before I let you go, I know you're also, you know, 114 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:28,985 Marvin: as the seasons are changing, you're in the homestretch of Masters of the Fly. 115 00:07:29,805 --> 00:07:35,445 David: Yeah, we have our last episode. We have our last episode on March, 116 00:07:35,505 --> 00:07:41,225 David: I think it's 17th, Sunday the 17th with Blaine Chocolate, who is an incredible fly tire. 117 00:07:41,365 --> 00:07:43,965 David: And he does a game changer, which I mentioned earlier. 118 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:50,205 David: And it's an incredibly, one, it's an incredible fly to watch being tied. 119 00:07:50,385 --> 00:07:57,245 David: And the way they move through the water is so lifelike, you cannot believe it. It's really cool. Cool. 120 00:07:57,585 --> 00:08:02,405 David: And of course, I also want to give a shout out to to to God one. 121 00:08:02,525 --> 00:08:08,505 David: So you guys are catching your first fish, your first bluefish or whatever species. 122 00:08:08,845 --> 00:08:13,425 David: You definitely want to get it logged in. So don't forget to download God one 123 00:08:13,425 --> 00:08:17,705 David: and and see what the app can do for you. It's really quite easy. 124 00:08:18,205 --> 00:08:22,705 David: You can either do with a photograph, do it with voice or just measure and log 125 00:08:22,705 --> 00:08:24,745 David: your fish in manually. It's a really cool thing. 126 00:08:24,745 --> 00:08:27,945 Marvin: Yeah, and you will get the cover off the boat here pretty soon. 127 00:08:27,965 --> 00:08:31,265 Marvin: You'll be back in your role as chief beta tester, right? 128 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:39,045 David: Oh, yeah, yeah. I can't wait for that. Not much more beta testing going on these days. 129 00:08:40,625 --> 00:08:47,125 David: There'll be some announcements coming up, and for those of you who download 130 00:08:47,125 --> 00:08:49,005 David: it now, you'll probably a month 131 00:08:49,005 --> 00:08:53,305 David: or two from now see something new popping up. But it could be longer. 132 00:08:53,405 --> 00:08:57,425 David: I'm just not sure. But it's really an incredible app, really intuitive. 133 00:08:58,225 --> 00:09:04,245 David: Very few apps are as intuitive as this one. So I would really encourage everyone to download it. 134 00:09:04,325 --> 00:09:10,065 David: And all the data that's on there is yours and is not shared unless you want 135 00:09:10,065 --> 00:09:11,865 David: to share it. It's your choice. 136 00:09:11,865 --> 00:09:17,445 Marvin: Yeah, and speaking of home stretch, the folks at Norvice, I think they've racked 137 00:09:17,445 --> 00:09:19,765 Marvin: up almost all the frequent flyer miles they're going to do this year. 138 00:09:19,845 --> 00:09:26,325 Marvin: But if you go to their website at www.nor-vice.com, you'll see the remaining shows on the schedule. 139 00:09:26,405 --> 00:09:29,765 Marvin: Most of them are out kind of in the west because it's colder out there longer. 140 00:09:30,445 --> 00:09:33,845 Marvin: So their fly show season is a little bit longer out there. 141 00:09:33,965 --> 00:09:37,525 Marvin: But check that out. And, you know, folks, if it's warming up where you are, 142 00:09:37,565 --> 00:09:40,305 Marvin: you know, get out there and catch a few. 143 00:09:40,385 --> 00:09:43,585 Marvin: If it's still kind of cold, tie some flies, go to a fly fishing show, 144 00:09:43,685 --> 00:09:44,925 Marvin: get ready for the upcoming season. 145 00:09:45,445 --> 00:09:47,625 Marvin: Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, David.