Meet Tim
In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tim Nation, from Kammas Utah. Tim grew up in Illinois in a family where hunting and fishing was a way of life. He found himself uniquely drawn to the fly rod, and it soon became his favorite way to catch fish. It has been his passion ever since.
Tim spent much of his time as a teenager honing his fly fishing skills and searching for trout in the Ozarks. Looking for a spot he could call home, Tim tried his luck out West. After multiple western states didn’t seem like the right fit, a last minute stroke of providence, in a Utah trout stream parking lot, solidified his future in fly fishing.
Tim feels a deep personal connection to the Provo River, and has been fishing and guiding on it for over a decade.
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Episode Topics
- “The big five” fly fishing tactics applied to the Provo River
- Fly selection
- Reading water
- Presentation
- Casting
- Fighting fish
Quotes from Tim
“I think that one of the lessons that I learn pretty darn often there is that timing is everything with fishing that river… you can’t buy a fish in the morning and then… late morning, you’re just wearing them out. So just learning to hit those times… if they’re not biting, let’s be patient, because they will.”
“The biggest thing that I’ve learned is… don’t try to throw big, long laser beams… What I’ve found on the Provo is these fish will eat a couple feet in front of you… What is important is getting a good drift compared to getting a good cast.”
“Set your hook downstream… always teach people to get your rod tip up… And then don’t touch your reel. Don’t touch it… I’ll tell you when. As of right now, we ain’t touching the reel… Because what people tend to do is they hook a fish and they think, ‘let’s reel it in.”
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Email: Timnation6622@live.com
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