This week I'm joined by Rick Kustich and Daniel Ritz and we're talking Spey Nation coming up on August 7 - 9. We cover how it came back post Covid, what's new this year like; new classes including tying and trout spey, hands on testing and learning, the raffle that benefits the local Mayfly Project, and special guest Bruce Kruk, and we talk about Rick's new podcast, "Hunting with a Fly."
For more on Spey Nation check out swingthefly.com/spey-nation/
Episode 170 - Adam Schroeder & Adam Slavinski
On this week's episode I'm joined by Adam Slavinski and Adam Schroeder. We talk about their young starts to fishing, how they met and got into the industry, their latest venture and the birth of Second Bend Outfitters, incriminating videos and good work relationships, and so much more.
Episode 169 - Mark Martin and Mackenzie Berg
On this week's episode I'm talking with Mackenzie Berg and Mark Martin. We discuss Mackenzie's fishing beginnings, meeting with strange men on rivers, fly tying, writing and the need to make, ciricling back, conservation and time, working in Alaska and working with community, the trials and tribulations of rebuilding a boat, and so much more.
Episode 168 - Teddy Cosco
Teddy Cosco is joining me for this week's episode and we had a great chat. We discuss his start to fishing and working his way to steelhead, academia life, shooting clays at Cambridge, the experience of learning, camp cooking and the secret ingredient to good food, questionable sleep to fishing ratios, and so much more.
Episode 167 - Jonny King
I'm talking with Jonny King this week. We dig into his start to fishing and how much Lunkers love nightcrawlers, fishing in the northeast, catadromous eels, his music journey, meeting and fishing with his wife, striper fishing, the evolution of fly tying, the joys of exploration, and so much more.
Episode 166 - Patrick Cook
This week I'm joined by Patrick Cook. We discuss his time growing up in Michigan, his brotherly introduction to fly fishing, learning spey, Dette Flies' history and it's upcoming spey event, his own fly tying, Tacoma Tips, and so much more.
Episode 165 - Chris Edgington
On this week's episode I'm talking with Chris Edington of Montana Trout Unlimited. We get to talking about is start to fishing and moving to Montana, drought and climate change, river renewal and dam removal, plans for the Shaw Dam and Alder Creek, finding common ground and cooperation amongst different organizations and political sides, public lands and access, and so much more.
Episode 164 - Aaron and Leah Helfrich
On This week's episode I'm speaking with Aaron and Leah Helfrich of A. Helfrich Outfitters. We talk about there family river history, starting out as swampers, sweep boats, Leah's spey journey and her first time wading, busy rivers and permits, more boats, family fishing, fly tying adventures, gremlin maintenance, and so much more.
Episode 163 - Arian Stevens
Arian Stevens is joining me for this week’s episode. We talk about how his mom introduced him to fishing, photography and shooting on film, the shared darkroom experience, Bend, the joys of working for yourself, fly shops, Belize, and if you can imagine it, liking something more than fishing.
Episode 162 - Michael bray
This week Michael Bray is joining me. We talk about his start to fishing with his dad and in the Boy Scouts, his switch to spey, our favorite trees, being, SBDs, rivers and rafting, the eternal puzzle of casting, the spey community, and so much more.