Podcast Episodes

Back Cast: 15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey

This episode was originally aired on June 16th, 2023.

OK, I lied. There aren't 15 tips. There are probably more and if you want to count them up you …

9 months ago

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…

9 months, 1 week ago

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…

9 months, 2 weeks 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, reg…

9 months, 3 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…

10 months 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 …

10 months, 1 week 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, nati…

10 months, 2 weeks 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 G…

10 months, 3 weeks 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…

11 months 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…

11 months, 1 week ago