Back Cast: John McPhee and his Favorite Fish
This episode was originally published on August 19th, 2021. This week's podcast guest is especially exciting to me as he is one of my literary heroes. John McPhee [24:10] is a Pulitzer Prize-winning a...
9 Maalis 1h 5min
Back Cast: Traveling with Fly-Fishing Gear, with Seth Berger
This episode was originally published on February 17th, 2023. This week is my guest Seth Berger [1:00:18], Fly Fishing Travel Specialist with Orvis Adventures. In his job, Seth visits Orvis-endorsed o...
2 Maalis 1h 47min
Did You Know About Shoal Bass? With Quint Rogers
This week I interview Quint Rogers [31:43], a fly fishing guide specializing in shoal bass fishing in Georgia. We discuss the unique characteristics of shoal bass, their habitat, life cycle, and the b...
23 Helmi 1h 12min
10 Tips For Better Line Mending, With Mike Pease
If you think mending is just lifting your rod and flipping it upstream—well sometimes it is—but there is so much more you can do with line mends to add slack in just the right places, and to deal with...
16 Helmi 1h 13min
Is it a Steelhead or a Rainbow? With Katie Kobayashi
When is a trout a steelhead and when is it a rainbow? Are steelhead just rainbow trout that migrate to the ocean? Is it something in their genes or just random chance? And in a given population of ra...
11 Helmi 1h 10min
Don't Make These 6 Mistakes in Stillwater Trout Fishing, with Joe Garza
My guest this week is Orvis-endorsed guide Joe Garza [32:54], a guide from JAG Fly Fishing, who explains the intricacies of still water trout fishing. He discusses common mistakes that anglers make, t...
2 Helmi 1h 44min
Don't Play The Fly-Fishing Game By Someone Else's Rules, with Thi Nguyen
My guest this week is philosophy professor and fly fisher Thi Nguyen [33:31], who has spent his career studying the psychology and the value of games to our mental well-being. He argues that fly fishi...
26 Tammi 1h 26min
Six Tips for Winter Streamer Fishing, with Brian Slusser
In this episode, my guest is Brian Slusser [32:13], an Orvis endorsed guide based in Truckee, California, who tells us about the nuances of winter streamer fishing. With over 29 years of guiding exper...
19 Tammi 1h 8min
