Podcast Episodes

Giving Thanks, 2025

Season 1 Episode 368

A short blurb for a short episode:

As I have done for  a few years, I'm taking time this Thanksgiving week to share some things for which I'm thankfu…

9 months, 1 week ago

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2025 Official Fly Fishing Gift Guide

Season 1 Episode 367

Notice that this is not the "2025 Official Fly Fishing List of Products." Those are all fine and good. But I'm doing something just a little bit diff…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Humble Net

Season 1 Episode 366

It is just a net. Yes. But it is more than just a net when you need to land that big fish.

Today I walk through a few net basics: shapes, sizes, mate…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Don't Blame the Wind

Season 1 Episode 365

Heat, cold, and high water make fly fishing tricky. Wind makes fly fishing downright difficult. The physics of a fly cast and windy conditions are at…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Ten Years

Season 1 Episode 364

Well, I'm still here.

Ten years after putting a little orange and grey website about fly fishing together I continue to do my darndest with three pos…

10 months ago

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Can Confidence Catch Fish?

Season 1 Episode 363

What are confidence flies? Of course, it is a thing people say. But is it a real thing?

I maintain that it is. And these flies don't only give you a …

10 months, 1 week ago

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Midge Miscellany

Season 1 Episode 362

After perusing a handful of books about tying and fishing midges, and in anticipation of turning to these tiny flies for much of my winter angling, I…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Used Fly Fishing Gear

Season 1 Episode 361

It is awfully nice to be the first one to unwrap the plastic from a smooth cork handle or to wipe the excess factory grease from a disc drag.

It is a…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Fly Fishing Accusations, XXXVI

Season 1 Episode 360

Today's podcast features a question, an accusation (maybe), and a response to a dozen or so comments. All in less than 25 minutes!

I discuss "traditi…

11 months ago

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[Cast1] Becoming a Reading Fly Fisher

Season 1 Episode 359

Maybe you've noticed that there are a  lot of books about fly fishing.

You needn't have consumed the loads of literary content on Casting Across to k…

11 months, 1 week ago

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