Did You Know About Shoal Bass? With Quint Rogers
This week I interview Quint Rogers [31:43], a fly fishing guide specializing in shoal bass fishing in Georgia. We discuss the unique characteristics of shoal bass, their habitat, life cycle, and the b...
23 Feb 1h 12min
10 Tips For Better Line Mending, With Mike Pease
If you think mending is just lifting your rod and flipping it upstream—well sometimes it is—but there is so much more you can do with line mends to add slack in just the right places, and to deal with...
16 Feb 1h 13min
Is it a Steelhead or a Rainbow? With Katie Kobayashi
When is a trout a steelhead and when is it a rainbow? Are steelhead just rainbow trout that migrate to the ocean? Is it something in their genes or just random chance? And in a given population of ra...
11 Feb 1h 10min
Don't Make These 6 Mistakes in Stillwater Trout Fishing, with Joe Garza
My guest this week is Orvis-endorsed guide Joe Garza [32:54], a guide from JAG Fly Fishing, who explains the intricacies of still water trout fishing. He discusses common mistakes that anglers make, t...
2 Feb 1h 44min
Don't Play The Fly-Fishing Game By Someone Else's Rules, with Thi Nguyen
My guest this week is philosophy professor and fly fisher Thi Nguyen [33:31], who has spent his career studying the psychology and the value of games to our mental well-being. He argues that fly fishi...
26 Jan 1h 26min
Six Tips for Winter Streamer Fishing, with Brian Slusser
In this episode, my guest is Brian Slusser [32:13], an Orvis endorsed guide based in Truckee, California, who tells us about the nuances of winter streamer fishing. With over 29 years of guiding exper...
19 Jan 1h 8min
Tips for Fly-Fishing Backpacking Trips, with Derek Bargaehr
Want to get away from the crowds? Want a high mountain lake or stream all to yourself? The best way to do this is to take a backpacking trip, but you need to prepare more than you would for a car tri...
5 Jan 1h 24min
Backcast: Foraging Along Trout Streams, with Sam Thayer
This episode was originally published on July 14th, 2023. I think most stream anglers are interested in foraging, since we're immersed in nature all day long and although we watch for fish and insects...
22 Des 20251h 20min
