Travel Tips From Around the World, with Alberto Rey

Orvis-endorsed guide Alberto Rey [33:22] just completed a trip around the world, fishing and exploring on six continents—and he did it all with only two 6-piece Clearwater Rods and two reels and a handful of flies. He has some great stories and great tips for travelers from his experience and shares them with us.   In the Fly Box this week, we have these questions and tips:

• Should I be adding 4 feet of tippet to my 7 ½ foot leader for a dry dropper rig?
• A tip from a listener about using pieces of pool noodle to store pre-make fly rigs
• I saw a video where a guy fished four flies at once on droppers. How do you avoid tangles with this many flies on the leader?
• If the new Recons are 20% stronger, if I want to get a 6-weight rod should I order a 5-weight?
• A tip from a listener (with a caution from Tom) about using micro spikes for wading
• How can I easily get the hook out of trout and still keep them in the water when they struggle?
• I saw an otter on the river and got skunked. Do the fish vacate an area when an otter is around?
• My knots keep slipping and fish were breaking off with various highly-regarded knots. What do you think happened?
• How can I fish a big articulated streamer upstream without the fly fouling?
• A tip from a listener on just slipping cones on the leader above a streamer to get them to sink faster.