Brandon Dale is a licensed New York State guide who specializes in fishing, of all places, Central Park in the middle of The Big Apple. You may not be interested in fishing for carp in New York City, but Brandon offers some valuable tips on carp . . .
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Podcast: How Trout See, with Jason Randall
Can trout see color? Can they see UV light? How does a trout’s window on the outside world affect how they feed and how they notice predators like us? How can a trout see so well at night and also in bright light when they have no eyelids, and their . . .
Read MorePodcast: All About the Henry’s Fork, with Brandon Hoffner
My guest this week is Brandon Hoffner, executive director of the Henry’s Fork Foundation, and the topic is the diverse habitat and trout-fishing opportunities of this world-famous river, which has influenced so many anglers, techniques, and fly patterns . . .
Read MorePodcast: Disturbing News on Montana’s Smith River, with David Brooks
The Montana Supreme Court recently reversed a decision that would have blocked a copper mine on the headwaters of the Smith River. Where we thought we had a win in preventing a mine in the wrong place, we now may have to live with that mine and . . .
Read MorePodcast: A New Way of Fishing a Dry-Dropper Rig, with Josh Miller
Josh Miller has been a guide, a competitive angler, and a fly-fishing coach for years. Like many young fly fishers, he is an innovative angler who doesn’t rely only on older methods of fly fishing, but develops his own techniques based on how he . . .
Read MorePodcast: The Amazing World of Trout Stream Bugs, with Anna Le
This week, my guest is educator and aquatic entomologist Anna Le, who introduces us to the amazing world of trout-stream invertebrates. She tells us how to gauge the health of a river by looking at the bugs, and also how we can all be citizen . . .
Read MorePodcast: California’s Diverse Wild Trout Populations, with Charlie Schneider
This week my guest is Charlie Schneider from CalTrout, a great organization that Orvis has supported over the years because they are really effective in protecting wild-trout habitat. Charlie talks about the many species and subspecies (or races depending . . .
Read MorePodcast: Secrets of Small-Stream Trout Fishing, with Guide Charity Rutter
My guest this week is Charity Rutter, a great friend and longtime guide in the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her husband, Ian, have just finished a great book (I read the manuscript and loved it), and although it won’t be available until April, you can . . .
Read MorePodcast: How to Become a Better Wader, with Lindsay Kocka
Lindsay Kocka is a fly-fishing instructor, formally trained natural-movement and strength coach, mobility specialist, yoga teacher, and mindfulness educator. She has used her fishing experience and formal training to come up with a method to help us . . .
Read MorePodcast: All About Floating Fly Lines, with Josh Jenkins
What is the difference between freshwater and saltwater fly lines? How about warmwater and cold-water lines? How long do fly lines last? How do you care for a fly line? How do you clean a fly line? Why do we have over-weighted fly lines? These are . . .
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