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| Interview With Larry Dahlberg |
One on One with Larry Dahlberg
By Rocky Ferraro
Many of you have seen the TV show “The Hunt for Big Fish” with Larry Dahlberg. A couple of Saturdays ago I
got to meet Larry at the California Fly Shop in San Carlos and listen to him talk. My first impression of Larry is
what a nice person. He is really a down to earth kind of guy. He loves his job and is the type of person that is
always looking to see what is around the next corner. He has a hunger for adventure and always brings a fishing
pole with him on his travels.
I was fortunate enough to be able to talk to Larry before his presentation.
Rocky: Larry I saw your show on Muskie fishing and you were doing a figure eight by the boat with your lure.
What gives?
Larry: Well Muskie love to follow things and sometimes if you can see you have their interest but they’re not
ready to take the lure this will give them an extra chance to strike it. When you take the lure back around
sometimes they think it’s trying to get away and the Muskie will strike it.
Rocky: I’ve wanted to catch Muskie using a fly rod. How, when and where is the best time to do this?
Larry: Well, we have a season in Minnesota on Muskie so you can’t fish for them all year long but there are
certain times of the year that using a fly rod is best. In the spring when the water temperature gets up to around
60 in the shallows and they come in the shallows to spawn they get spooky but with a fly rod that is the best time.
You still need to be stealthy and the longer the cast the better, ~100ft +. It really depends on when the water
temperature warms up enough.
Larry: Have you ever caught a King Salmon!
Rocky: Yes but not on a fly rod.
Larry: I mean on a river with a fly rod. You know the best way is too get a whole package of flashabou and tie a
fly with all the flashabou hanging out. Then you get so that you cast upstream and when your line swings back it
is very close to where that King is guarding a red. Once that fly crosses the King’s plane of vision and is close
enough to that red he will protect that red by coming out and attacking that fly. The reason being is that they are
real protective of their reds and that they think this fly is a juvenile salmon trying to invade his red. This is what
happens in nature and the chase is on!
I had my picture taken with Larry and then he was mobbed.
Next Month Larry Talks Big Fish!
By Rocky Ferraro
Many of you have seen the TV show “The Hunt for Big Fish” with Larry Dahlberg. A couple of Saturdays ago I
got to meet Larry at the California Fly Shop in San Carlos and listen to him talk. My first impression of Larry is
what a nice person. He is really a down to earth kind of guy. He loves his job and is the type of person that is
always looking to see what is around the next corner. He has a hunger for adventure and always brings a fishing
pole with him on his travels.
I was fortunate enough to be able to talk to Larry before his presentation.
Rocky: Larry I saw your show on Muskie fishing and you were doing a figure eight by the boat with your lure.
What gives?
Larry: Well Muskie love to follow things and sometimes if you can see you have their interest but they’re not
ready to take the lure this will give them an extra chance to strike it. When you take the lure back around
sometimes they think it’s trying to get away and the Muskie will strike it.
Rocky: I’ve wanted to catch Muskie using a fly rod. How, when and where is the best time to do this?
Larry: Well, we have a season in Minnesota on Muskie so you can’t fish for them all year long but there are
certain times of the year that using a fly rod is best. In the spring when the water temperature gets up to around
60 in the shallows and they come in the shallows to spawn they get spooky but with a fly rod that is the best time.
You still need to be stealthy and the longer the cast the better, ~100ft +. It really depends on when the water
temperature warms up enough.
Larry: Have you ever caught a King Salmon!
Rocky: Yes but not on a fly rod.
Larry: I mean on a river with a fly rod. You know the best way is too get a whole package of flashabou and tie a
fly with all the flashabou hanging out. Then you get so that you cast upstream and when your line swings back it
is very close to where that King is guarding a red. Once that fly crosses the King’s plane of vision and is close
enough to that red he will protect that red by coming out and attacking that fly. The reason being is that they are
real protective of their reds and that they think this fly is a juvenile salmon trying to invade his red. This is what
happens in nature and the chase is on!
I had my picture taken with Larry and then he was mobbed.
Next Month Larry Talks Big Fish!
