Is Fly Fishing Really Good for Your Mental Health? With Melissa Ceren
We keep hearing that fly fishing is good for your mental health. It gets you out in the natural world, involves problem solving, and keeps you active and moving throughout the day (unless you sit in a...
30 Sep 20241h 21min
Secrets to Tying Good Fishing Knots, with Robert Ketley
I have long enjoyed Robert Ketley's [31:06] column in California Fly Fisher magazine because he often delves deeply into aspects of fly fishing that we don't pay much attention to. And he's a tireless...
23 Sep 20241h 19min
Who Owns the River, with Beau Beasley
Who owns the banks of a river? Who owns the bottom? Who owns the water that flows through a channel? And what defines whether a river is navigable or not? There are often no easy answer to theses que...
16 Sep 20241h 38min
Secrets of Late-Season Panfishing, with Bart Lombardo
Panfish are easy to find and catch in the spring and early summer. But later in the season, not so much. Panfish are still around, but we need to look for them in different places and use modified te...
9 Sep 20241h 29min
What's it like to run a fishing lodge? With Tim and Joanne Linehan
What are the pleasures and pitfalls of running a successful fishing lodge? What's it really like behind the scenes? And how did a couple kids from New Hampshire end up running one of the most succes...
2 Sep 20241h 13min
How to Plan a DIY Fishing Trip, with Joe Bibbo
Joe Bibbo [32:10] has a great back story and is a wonderful storyteller himself. He's done a lot of DIY fishing, mainly from his home in the East to the Rocky Mountains and has some great advice on w...
26 Aug 20241h 25min
What fly-fishing's trade association does for conservation, with Lucas Bissett
My guest this week is Lucas Bissett [38:42], executive director the AFFTA, the trade association for the fly-fishing industry. Lucas talks about the support they give to small, grass roots organizati...
19 Aug 20241h 18min
Wild and Crazy Stories from an Award-Winning Fly-Fishing Guide, with Chip Swanson
I take guilty pleasure in hearing horror stories from guides about their worst clients or other crazy things that happen on the river. Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year for 2019 Chip Swanson [41:00] i...
12 Aug 20241h 23min
