Podcast Episodes

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 …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

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 F…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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 hardes…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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 f…

Published on 3 months ago

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 hav…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

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 hav…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Seven Deadly Sins of Playing and Landing Fish, with Josh Nugent

Every week I get some iteration of this question: "I hooked three fish and lost all of them before I could get them to the net. What am I doing wrong?" Well, often you did nothing wrong and it was ju…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fishing for Sea-Run Trout, with Krystjan from Fish Partner in Iceland

  I get frequent questions on the fly box about fishing for sea trout, or sea-run brown trout. I've never caught one and have never fished for them, so I brought in an expert on the subject, Krystjan…

Published on 4 months ago

How Do I Get My Fly-Fishing Writing Published? With Ross Purnell, Editor of Fly Fisherman Magazine

Inside nearly every fly fisher is a budding writer, eager to share their passion with the world. I've done podcasts on how to write better fly-fishing stories in the past, and figured it was time to …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago