Who is the Finest Fishing Guide Who Ever Lived? With Monte Burke
My guest this week is one of fly fishing's best writers and storytellers Monte Burke [31:35], whose writing you may have seen in Garden & Gun, Forbes, or The Drake—or perhaps you've read his book, and...
14 Juli 20251h 10min
All About Public Lands and a Major Win, with Joel Pedersen of TRCP
We've recently won a big battle for public lands, and my guest this week, Joel Pedersen [25:56] of Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, fills us in on what we've won and what we need to keep a...
7 Juli 20251h 6min
Secrets of an Award-Winning Guide, with Antoine Bissieux
My guest this week is Antoine Bissieux [38:28], Orvis-Endorsed Guide of the Year for 2025. Antoine, otherwise known as The French Fly Fisherman, regularly fishes with and communicates with the top Fr...
1 Juli 20251h 32min
How to Get Started in Carp Fishing, with Rick Mikesell
I offer no apologies for being a carp evangelist. They live almost anywhere, they are here to stay (they were stocked in many places in North America even before brown trout), and they are the hardest...
24 Juni 20251h 43min
Back Cast: Twelve Tips for Fishing Dry Flies, with Todd Tanner
This episode was originally published on November 20th, 2023. Todd Tanner [43:02] is a lifelong fly fisher and journalist and spent years as a guide on the Henry's Fork, one of the best (and toughest)...
16 Juni 20251h 56min
Secrets of Trout Fishing in Spain, with Ivan Tarin
Many North Americans would love to catch brown trout in their native environment, and most of us think of the UK or France or Slovenia for wild, native brown trout. But, Spain has a long history of fl...
9 Juni 20251h 1min
Back Cast: Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter
This episode was originally published on February 5th, 2024. My guest this week is Charity Rutter [39:50], a great friend and longtime guide in the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her husband Ian have...
2 Juni 20251h 35min
The Poetry of Fly Fishing
We're not talking about the poetry of a fly cast made by Pete Kutzer, but poetry about fly fishing, some of the well known poets who were fly fishers, and why the appeal of poetry and fly fishing have...
27 Maj 20251h 17min
