Podcast Episodes

Backcast: George Daniel on Winter Fly Fishing

This episode was originally published on January 30th, 2021

This week, continuing our series of podcasts on winter fly fishing for trout, I intervi…

1 year, 2 months ago

Backcast: More Winter Fishing Tips with Rachael Leinweber

This episode was originally published on January 14th, 2021.

My guest this week is Rachael Leinweber [39:38], general manager of The Angler's Covey…

1 year, 2 months ago

Be Prepared for Medical Emergencies When Fly Fishing, with Mike Tayloe

  My guest this week is Mike Tayloe [33:07], who is a fishing guide, EMT, and wilderness medicine trainer. Tayloe (he prefers this to Mike) has tra…

1 year, 2 months ago

Ten tips on making your fishing writing better, with Dave Karczynski

Dave is one of the best young voices in fly fishing [38:14]. He's the real deal—he is a fishy guy and can handle a fly rod with the best of them, but…

1 year, 2 months ago

How Agriculture and Trout Unlimited Work Together, with Cameron Aker

  Many of our trout waters run through agricultural areas. We need food and clean water and we'd like to fish for trout in these waters, but sometime…

1 year, 3 months ago

New Tips on Playing and Releasing Trout, with vs Jim McLennan

  I often get questions about the proper way to play and release trout and I invited Jim McClennan [42:51] to talk about his tips and his philosophy…

1 year, 3 months ago

Creating New Trout Streams, with Chris Wood of Trout Unlimited

Well, maybe we're not creating new trout streams, but we are creating waters that now support trout and cold, clean water by mitigating abandoned min…

1 year, 3 months ago

What You Get When You Upgrade Your Fly Rod, with Shawn Combs

What benefits do you get when you upgrade from a $40 Big Box store rod to a Clearwater or Encounter?  How much better is a Recon rod, and will you se…

1 year, 3 months ago

How to Fly Fish from a Paddleboard, with Peter Laurelli

Peter Laurelli [40:07] is a film-maker and fly fisher, and specializes in fly fishing from a paddleboard.  And not in just any place—Peter fly fish…

1 year, 4 months ago

Backcast: Casts for Difficult Trout

This episode was originally published on January 27th, 2022.

This week, my guest is Orvis casting guru Pete Kutzer [47:31], and we talk about casts f…

1 year, 4 months ago