S6, Ep 84: Hot Weather, Hotter Bites: Brendan Ruch's Midriver Strategies
Join host Marvin Cash on The Articulate Fly for another Ruch Report with Brendan Ruch. In this episode, Brendan shares his sunburnt adventures and insights from a day of popper fishing. They discuss the challenges of summer fishing in the dog days, with temperatures soaring and unique weather conditions affecting the bite. Brendan highlights the hot crayfish bite and the effectiveness of yellow poppers, revisiting his previous stance on blue poppers.
They delve into the nuances of fishing in bright sunlight, targeting midriver boulders and ledges, and the benefits of subsurface fishing. Brendan shares a memorable sight fishing experience with his buddy Bo, recounting a successful catch with a Tequeely. They also explore the appeal of yellow flies in stained water and the visual excitement they bring to fishing.
Whether you're a seasoned angler or new to the sport, this episode is packed with practical advice and updates to enhance your fishing adventures. Tight lines!
To learn more about Brendan, check out our interview.
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Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly,
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Marvin: and we're back with another Roosh Report with the man himself,
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Marvin: Brendan Roosh. Brendan, how are you?
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Brendan : I'm doing well, heading home from the river, and sunburns, good day of popper
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Brendan : fishing, can't ask for much more in the summer.
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Marvin: Yeah, probably what you need, you know, liquid IV and to get rehydrated to do
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Marvin: it all over again tomorrow, right? Right.
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Brendan : Yeah. Just, uh, you know, forward speed yourself a gallon of water on the boat
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Brendan : and, uh, continue and get out. It's usually a good program.
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Marvin: Yeah. So, you know, it's interesting. I looked at your weather and I mean,
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Marvin: you're just kind of in that summer dog day, you know, rut, right?
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Marvin: Like, I mean, a cool day for you is probably 92 now.
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Marvin: Um, you know, what are you seeing out on the water?
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Brendan : Um, oddly enough today, uh, the morning bite did not exist.
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Brendan : There was a, I would attribute it to feel like a weird pressure system uh zero
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Brendan : mile per hour winds um but yeah i mean typically i would say get out early um
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Brendan : the last few days the bite's been fine in the morning but it seems around,
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Brendan : i don't know when that that sun really starts to bake
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Brendan : the water the fish is they're going nuts um damsel flies
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Brendan : are coming out crayfish bite has
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Brendan : been really hot um on fly
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Brendan : end gear you know throwing some soft plastics here and there with some buddies
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Brendan : and uh hammering hammering fish on those but um today i'm gonna walk back my
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Brendan : blue popper statement from a couple
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Brendan : weeks ago because i tied on yellow and yellow stayed on all day well.
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Marvin: There you go and so i would imagine too like if you're fishing early and late
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Marvin: like you know my understanding is you know you you want really bright sunlight
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Marvin: when you fish bugs because you want to kind of get those hard shade lines and
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Marvin: kind of put the fish in the shade is that kind of how it works where you are as well.
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Brendan : Um yeah i mean right now there's no water in the shade lines for the most part,
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Brendan : uh so we're targeting boulders or ledges mid-river um which are you know full nuking sun,
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Brendan : so yeah i mean shade lines unfortunately right now are mostly out there are
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Brendan : some banks where Or, you know, I'll be like, okay, there's a foot and a half
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Brendan : over there. So we'll go hit that shade line.
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Marvin: Gotcha.
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Brendan : But lots of mid river stuff. Yeah.
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Marvin: So is that kind of what pushed you, you know, back to maybe fishing a little
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Marvin: bit more subsurface stuff than the last time we spoke? Yeah.
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Brendan : Yeah, I mean, I had a day with clients and they wanted to use some spinning
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Brendan : gear and just seeing the fish react to bottom bouncing baits in such a positive way.
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Brendan : That kind of got me thinking, you know, fly on the bottom.
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Brendan : And it's obviously, it's never going to be, you're never going to catch as many
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Brendan : fish on a fly as you would with a soft plastic, a lead jig that's rattling off the bottom.
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Brendan : But, you know, they're certainly looking for crayfish right now.
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Marvin: Yeah, very, very cool. And then, you know, got two questions for you.
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Marvin: Uh, one of them is from your old buddy, uh, backcast bow, and he wanted to,
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Marvin: uh, get your thoughts on your all time favorite sight fishing experience for small mouth.
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Brendan : Man like most of the ones that stick out to me are
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Brendan : ones that never ate but bo and
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Brendan : i had a cool experience probably like four or
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Brendan : five years ago um he came up and
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Brendan : i think he brought a couple packs of white claws and
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Brendan : he was talking all this smack about taquiles
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Brendan : and uh how they they fish them in the in virginia so we're we're floating down
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Brendan : this creek it's super low and sight fish you know spotted fish and this fish
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Brendan : like did a 180 looked at the tequila and i think he moved it maybe,
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Brendan : 10 feet before the fish actually committed but yeah i mean that one stands out pretty uh,
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Brendan : pretty drastically in my mind as a successful side fishing eat and it was with
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Brendan : my boy beau so that That was a good, a cool one.
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Marvin: Yeah. It's interesting. I know. I wonder if he's, uh, he fishes with Matt Miles.
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Marvin: Cause I know Matt Miles is a big, uh, big fan of the big copper tequila.
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Brendan : Yeah, that's a good guess. He does fish with Matt Miles quite a bit.
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Marvin: Yeah. Well, there you go. Uh, yeah, he's actually, you know,
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Marvin: grew up basically in my hometown, uh, just outside. So yeah, small world.
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Marvin: Uh, and, and here's another one for you from, uh, until they included us and
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Marvin: he was like, Like, you know, basically it was from the Instagram stories like,
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Marvin: dude, what's up with the smallmouth and yellow flies?
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Brendan : I don't really know what's up with the yellow fly thing.
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Brendan : I think there's like an aura around the flies that are yellow and orange and
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Brendan : they just kind of glow and that like kind of stained water,
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Brendan : like not dirty by any means, but kind of green.
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Brendan : Like you'll just see a hue glowing around the fly um and it's also really fun
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Brendan : like from a visual standpoint to watch that glow and then it seems like it's
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Brendan : a little bit more of a drastic lights out when the fish eats um but yeah i mean
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Brendan : i i just think it's a color that the fish don't mind eating,
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Brendan : and it allows you to fish the fly better because you can see it so well.
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Marvin: Got it and it's completely uncorrelated to uh to yellow tops right,
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Marvin: you know i think so yeah it's not correlated to yellow henley's uh or anything
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Marvin: like that uh not correlated yeah not correlated at all and so you know i.
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Brendan : Know i'll make you say that.
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Marvin: No senya did not make me say that it just kind of came to me because i was feeling
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Marvin: it's been a long day i'm feeling kind of impish um but uh and it's it's yellow
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Marvin: it's not mauve it would be the point I was trying to make.
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Marvin: So, you know, folks, we love questions on the Articulate Fly.
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Marvin: You can email them to us or DM us on social media.
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Marvin: If we use your questions, I will send you some Articulate Fly swag,
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Marvin: and then we're going to enter you in a drawing for some kind of a really cool
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Marvin: kind of potpourri of stuff from Brendan.
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Marvin: We've got log jam stuff, we've got housefly stuff, and we've got ruchangling
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Marvin: stuff. So keep the questions coming.
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Marvin: And, you know, Brendan, I know you're probably probably doing log jam your adoring
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Marvin: fans can find you there but you want to let folks know kind of you know what
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Marvin: date you have open how they can find you and book you and all that kind of good stuff.
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Brendan : Yeah yeah i've got um a handful of dates the second half of august um and through
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Brendan : september and if you want to get out and do uh do some bug fishing before the bug bite stops i think,
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Brendan : you know it's been a very a very steady bite so far this summer um and you can
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Brendan : reach out at Brendan Roosh on Instagram,
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Brendan : and my seriously neglected Facebook page, Roosh Angling.
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Brendan : And yeah, I may or may not be on Log Jam the next couple of weeks just due to
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Brendan : scheduling conflicts, but typically Tuesday nights, 8.35-ish PM,
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Brendan : tying flies and or heckling my buddies tying flies on Log Jam Live.
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Marvin: Yeah, 8.35-ish on the dot, right?
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Brendan : Yes, exactly.
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Marvin: There you go. Well, listen, folks, as I always say, you owe it to yourself to
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Marvin: get out there and catch a few. Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, Brendan.
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Brendan : Take care, Murray.
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