Mt. Fishmore! Great engineering innovation to figure out how to tie the Bimini Twist using just your hands. A friend calls my cherished Billy Pate anti-reverse reel the anti-retrieve reel. Thanks again Nicky and Andy for a great podcast. Team effort!
Another great story guys! I actually fished with Jim Adams for many years, Last year was the first year we didn't fish due to covid. Also, it's funny, his knots are pretty much all I use. So good to hear how they were developed.
Great story of the history of knots ! Never heard the 20- turn, Bimini Twist story. For me The Huffnagle is an incredible knot especially for Braid to Fluro.
The doctor that discovered Homosassa he mentions is Dr. Dee Mitchell. I grew up fishing with his son. I still have his wedding cake reels engraved with his name.
Wow, some great topics & discussions on saltwater fly fishing! Amazing insights and rich history in Southern Florida. You guys should be proud of what you are doing & these podcasts will be appreciated for many years to come. Is there any way to put me in touch with ND, I got the impression he still likes to fish saltwater on bamboo (one of my passions)?
Hey Jorge, glad you enjoyed this podcast and thanks for the support! Email me at Nicky@millhousepodcast.com and I will pass his contact over to you. Thanks!
Seems like Duncan is a real thinker about the sport of tarpon fishing. Most interesting was hearing that he moved the hackle back to the hook bend to increase sink rate. That makes a lot of sense, but I'd heard that was done to stop tangling. I also thought that was the main innovation in the Stu Apte tarpon fly. Did Duncan invent Stu Apte's fly as well as the Deceiver, and the Cockroach; or am I Missing something?
@@millhousepodcast He didn't claim specifically that he invented the fly. He mentioned everyone was fishing with red and yellow flies and that he started to move the hackle to the bend to improve the sink rate. This would be the fly we know as the Stu Apte tarpon fly. I was surprised it wasn't followed up in the interview.
@@robertbrown5019 The wings (tail feathers) were moved back to the bend of the hook (to minimize fouling) by Homer Rhodes in the late 1950's. The orange/yellow tarpon streamer fly was first developed by Jim Adams and Kay Brodney at about the same time (separately). My everglades minnow (invented in 1956) morphed into a toadfish fly then to the cockroach tarpon fly in the early 1960's. I used the same concept/profile to develop my outside fly (copied by Lefty as the Deceiver) around 1961. In the mid 1960's I moved the hackle/hair collar back to the bend the hook to enhance the sink rate of both the Apt and cockroach tarpon flies, Vaughn Cochran's black fly is the most notable illustration of this style.
@@nedun1939 Honoured to have you reply directly. I enjoyed the podcast a lot. You’re providing a lot of detail and insight that I often find lacking. I’m a scientist by profession and and fishing nerd by inclination so I appreciate the attention to detail that many others don’t provide. I’m still a bit confused though. I’d thought that the hackle at the bend was the key innovation that defined the Apte fly? If this was introduced by Homer Rhodes and the colours were already established then what key feature distinguishes Apte’s fly?
@@robertbrown5019 Stu Apt popularized the orange/yellow tarpon fly, Jim Adams (Adams Angling) and Kay Brodney were west coast steelhead fishers that came to south Florida and fell in love with tarpon. Stu helped them get around in the mid 1950's, they adapted some of the steelhead fly patterns to fishing for tarpon and permit.
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your videos are going to be history books of the future.
I'm at awe at the amount of knowledge and history we are witnessing with these videos.
Norman is a living encyclopedia of fishing.
Thanks brother!
Total respect for Mr. Duncan moving on from the industry for a better life. Super smart guy.
Mt. Fishmore! Great engineering innovation to figure out how to tie the Bimini Twist using just your hands. A friend calls my cherished Billy Pate anti-reverse reel the anti-retrieve reel. Thanks again Nicky and Andy for a great podcast. Team effort!
Great video, and your so correct, once people go away all we have is remembrance of great achievements memories they never go away👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Another great story guys! I actually fished with Jim Adams for many years, Last year was the first year we didn't fish due to covid. Also, it's funny, his knots are pretty much all I use. So good to hear how they were developed.
Thanks Carl!! Hope you are well! That’s cool you are still fishing with Jim. I bet he has some great stories!
Great story of the history of knots ! Never heard the 20- turn, Bimini Twist story.
For me The Huffnagle is an incredible knot especially for Braid to Fluro.
Two of the best knots! Thanks Fraser!
This guy basically invented the Bimini Twist. So Amazing !!!!!!!!!!
The doctor that discovered Homosassa he mentions is Dr. Dee Mitchell. I grew up fishing with his son. I still have his wedding cake reels engraved with his name.
Wow, some great topics & discussions on saltwater fly fishing! Amazing insights and rich history in Southern Florida. You guys should be proud of what you are doing & these podcasts will be appreciated for many years to come. Is there any way to put me in touch with ND, I got the impression he still likes to fish saltwater on bamboo (one of my passions)?
Hey Jorge, glad you enjoyed this podcast and thanks for the support! Email me at Nicky@millhousepodcast.com and I will pass his contact over to you. Thanks!
Great interview again Andy, so glad you're capturing all this history. Happy New Year too buddy!
Thanks Russ! It's been fun gathering their stories! HNY to you too!
Spiritual warfare by Duncan is an epic in my collection of Christian literature.
Seems like Duncan is a real thinker about the sport of tarpon fishing. Most interesting was hearing that he moved the hackle back to the hook bend to increase sink rate. That makes a lot of sense, but I'd heard that was done to stop tangling. I also thought that was the main innovation in the Stu Apte tarpon fly. Did Duncan invent Stu Apte's fly as well as the Deceiver, and the Cockroach; or am I Missing something?
I ma not sure if he invented Stu's Fly. I don't think he did.
@@millhousepodcast He didn't claim specifically that he invented the fly. He mentioned everyone was fishing with red and yellow flies and that he started to move the hackle to the bend to improve the sink rate. This would be the fly we know as the Stu Apte tarpon fly. I was surprised it wasn't followed up in the interview.
@@robertbrown5019 The wings (tail feathers) were moved back to the bend of the hook (to minimize fouling) by Homer Rhodes in the late 1950's. The orange/yellow tarpon streamer fly was first developed by Jim Adams and Kay Brodney at about the same time (separately). My everglades minnow (invented in 1956) morphed into a toadfish fly then to the cockroach tarpon fly in the early 1960's. I used the same concept/profile to develop my outside fly (copied by Lefty as the Deceiver) around 1961. In the mid 1960's I moved the hackle/hair collar back to the bend the hook to enhance the sink rate of both the Apt and cockroach tarpon flies, Vaughn Cochran's black fly is the most notable illustration of this style.
@@nedun1939 Honoured to have you reply directly. I enjoyed the podcast a lot. You’re providing a lot of detail and insight that I often find lacking. I’m a scientist by profession and and fishing nerd by inclination so I appreciate the attention to detail that many others don’t provide. I’m still a bit confused though. I’d thought that the hackle at the bend was the key innovation that defined the Apte fly? If this was introduced by Homer Rhodes and the colours were already established then what key feature distinguishes Apte’s fly?
@@robertbrown5019 Stu Apt popularized the orange/yellow tarpon fly, Jim Adams (Adams Angling) and Kay Brodney were west coast steelhead fishers that came to south Florida and fell in love with tarpon. Stu helped them get around in the mid 1950's, they adapted some of the steelhead fly patterns to fishing for tarpon and permit.
He got robbed!