Podcast: How to Practice Your Fly Casting, with Pete Kutzer

The better your casting, the more and fun you’ll have and the more relaxed you’ll be on the water. Pete Kutzer is one of the finest casting instructors in the world, and he’s one of the finest anglers you’ll meet. This means that he teaches casting as a way to . . .

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Podcast: Jacks Are Better, with RA Beattie

Jacks are an underrated gamefish and under-utilized resource. They take a fly aggressively, fight harder than most other saltwater gamefish, and are common in most warmer saltwater ecosystems. Yet most anglers, and most guides, pass them up on the . . .

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Podcast: How to Buy a Trout Stream, with Josh Kling

No, I am not talking about buying a trout stream and locking it up in a private club. I am talking about buying a piece of a trout stream, fixing (basically rewilding) the habitat, and then ensuring public access on the water for perpetuity. That’s what the . . .

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Podcast: At Home in Texas, with Robert Earl Keen

Reid has the privilege of spending an hour talking with singer, songwriter, hunter, and Texas icon Robert Earl Keen. Having retired from the road after 41 prolific years, REK discusses settling into life in the Texas Hill Country, taking a bit more . . .

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Podcast: Stock Finishing, with Del Whitman

In another installment with Del Whitman of DC Whitman Custom Gunsmithing, Reid and Del explore the nuances of a best-quality oil stock finish. Though the two explore other finishing processes in brief, del primarily explains the fastidious process . . .

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Podcast: The Future of Bristol Bay, with Nelli Williams

Champions of clean water and an intact ecosystem have a lot to celebrate with our recent victory in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. But this ruling only protects a relatively small part of Bristol Bay, which is a huge body of water. Nelli Williams from . . .

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