The winner of this year’s Orvis-Endorsed Outfitter of the Year Award is Breckenridge Outfitters, and Tim West is the glue that holds this fabulous guide service together. In the interview, Tim talks about how to decide which fly to tie on at the beginning . . .
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Podcast: Secrets of Carp Fishing around Spawning Time, with Rowan Lytle
Carp are always difficult, but around spawning time they can be extremely frustrating. But they can be caught on a fly; you just need to know where to look and which fish to target. Guide Rowan Lytle has it dialed in, and if you always wanted to catch a . . .
Read MorePodcast: How to Test and Keep Your Balance When Wading, with Scott Ducharme
Scott Ducharme is an assistant professor of motor control and learning at Long Beach University, as well as a fly fisher and podcast listener. He has a few quick tests you can do at home to check your balance, and then some simple . . .
Read MoreThis Podcast May Save Your Life, with Ralph Cutter
Ralph Cutter is an extremely perceptive, pragmatic angler with a lifetime of experience in whitewater–while fishing, in watercraft, and taking part in water rescues. He believes that what we’ve been taught to do if we fall in while wearing waders is . . .
Read MorePodcast: How to Preserve Native Trout Species, with Ted Williams
The use of the natural toxin rotenone to remove invasive, non-native species of trout to protect native species is a controversial topic. Does it really work? What does the poison do to the insect, mammal, and bird populations? Ted Williams, a . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: The Ultimate Tippet Podcast, with Josh Jenkins
I get regular and frequent questions about the differences between nylon and fluorocarbon tippet—when and where to use them, appropriate knots, special properties, and shelf life. I used to be involved in . . .
Read MorePodcast: All About Emergers, with Tim Cammisa
I get frequent questions about fishing emergers, and it’s a confusing subject. Do I fish one like a nymph or like a dry, and how deep should I fish it? My guest this week, Tim Cammisa, is a well-known fly tier who specializes in doing presentations on . . .
Read MorePodcast: Twelve Tips for Fishing Dry Flies, with Todd Tanner
Todd Tanner is a lifelong fly fisher and journalist who spent years as a guide on the Henrys Fork, one of the best (and toughest) dry-fly rivers in the world. He also prefers not to fish nymphs. Todd shares his 12 tips on improving your success with dry flies . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: Indicator Fishing Secrets from a Montana Guide, with Peter Bring
This week, we’ve got an interview–recorded pre-Covid–with Peter Bring, long-time Montana guide for Blackfoot River Outfitters in Missoula. I always learn new things form every guide I fish with, but I thought Peter had some especially helpful tips . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: Tom and Tim’s Annual Fly-Tying Spectacular
This week’s podcast is my annual bull session with Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Instead of us picking a topic, we decided to ask listeners for questions. We both field questions about: . . .
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