Fishing Stories

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Rodrigo Salles who runs the Brazilian side of Untamed Angling, jungle fly fishing specialists.  He shares the story of how one of their partner Kayapo tribes honors the payara, or vampire fish, through certain rituals as well as other stories from the rivers in the Brazilian Amazon.   To keep up with Rodrigo's adventures, check him out on Instagra...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Wes Seigler of SEiGLER reels who shares how his performance-driven lever-drag fly reels came about.  We have all had an idea or two while on the water, but we haven't all followed through with that idea.  Wes isn't that guy.  Wes shares stories from the Seychelles where the idea for his fly reels first came to him and where he has battled with jus...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Captain Benny Blanco out of Florida.  He shares some incredible stories of how fishing goes beyond the act of catching fish.  Conservation and giving back to our communities play a huge role in why he gets on the water.   Keep up with Captain Benny's adventures on Instagram @captbennyblanco and @guiding_flow_tv   Fishing Stories is brought to you...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Paula Shearer from Alberta, Canada.  Like many of us, some of Paula's more memorable days are when things don't go entirely according to plan.  On this week's episode she shares some stories from days on her home water, the Bow River, Steelhead in BC, or just trying to get there.   Follow Paula's adventures on Instagram @paulashearer   Fishing Sto...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are back for Season 3 of Fishing Stories after a bit of a break.  On this welcome-back episode they recount their trip to Iceland for brown trout and char from May 2021 with Fish Partner .   Subscribe to Fishing Stories to catch all of season 3 releasing new episodes on Tuesday mornings!   Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor wrap up season 2 of Fishing Stories with a few misadventure stories from Tom Bie, editor of the Drake Magazine.  We will be back in 2021 with more stories!  In the meantime, shoot us comments, questions or your own Fishing Stories to tellusafishingstory@gmail.com   Be sure to grab one at your local fly shop or subscribe, if you don’t already, to The Drake Magaz...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor continue their chat with Keith Rose-Innes as he shares tales of early days exploration in the Seychelles on some of the outer islands.  Be sure to listen to episode one with Keith Rose-Innes to get the full background and hear about the Tugur Taimen before this episode.   To learn more about the Alphonse Fishing Company destinations, check out https://www.alpho...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor have a chat with Keith Rose-Innes who has had more adventures in fly fishing than most of us can keep track of.  They specifically wanted to hear about the amazing Taimen from the Tugur that they had seen on Keith’s Instagram and the story doesn’t disappoint.  This is another two part episode, so enjoy stories from Siberia in this part one of two and tune in ne...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor continue their conversation with Jako Lucas as they cover salt water adventures and Jako’s new home water in Texas.  If you didn’t listen to the first episode with Jako from last week, listen to that first and then this episode.     You can follow Jako on Instagram @captjackproductions to see some of his adventures and awesome catches.   Fishing Stories is brou...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor catch up with fly fishing legend Jako Lucas.  Jako has travelled the world on fly fishing guiding, filming and fishing adventures.  We asked him about some of the times that stick out for him the most, and of course, some occasions when things didn’t go exactly according to plan came to mind.  This is a two part episode, so listen in next week for the wrap up t...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor were supposed to have another adventure in the Bolivian jungle this summer, of course, the world had other plans.  As a consolation they hopped on the phone with Marcelo Perez, CEO of Untamed Angling which runs the Tsimane Lodges among other destinations.  They tell tales of Golden Dorado and jungle fishing adventures.  Follow along for jungle fishing adventure...

For the first episode of season 2, co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Eeland Stribling at their warehouse in Colorado.  He tells tales of Squatch encounters and fish bumming in New Zealand.   Follow along with Eeland’s adventures on Instagram @blacksteveirwin.   Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey .

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor, even with the extreme time difference, found time to chat with Johann Du Preez.  A South African fishing guide and fellow artist, Johann shares amazing information and stories of all that fishing in Africa has to offer.  As Johann said, "the elephants are well-accustomed to human interaction," something most of us have never said about a fishing trip.   To see...

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor call up Louisiana-based fly fishing guide Lucas Bissett to theoretically talk about redfish.  What they get is so much more including a shared passion of conservation and surprisingly, a steelhead. To get in touch with Lucas and book a trip, check out  www.louisianalowtide.com Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor had a trip planned to visit and fish with friend and fly fishing guide Sindri Hlidar of Fish Partner in Iceland this week in June 2020.  Unfortunately the pandemic had other plans.  They call Sindri up to hear tell of the mega brown trout of lake Thingvallavatn and the other fishing the country has to offer that they are missing out on.  It didn't make the canc...

On this episode of Fishing Stories, co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor call up their friend Alec Gerbec to hear tales from his time as head guide for Alphonse Fishing Company in the Seychelles.  Alec is currently the Southern Rockies Sales Rep for Umpqua Feather Merchants and you can follow his fishing and fly tying on Instagram @alecgerbec. Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater .

Co-Hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor got to spend Christmas 2019 in the Aysen region of Chile at ChileTrout Lodge chasing beautiful rainbow trout and giant browns.  They call up the owner and head guide Francisco "Pancho" Vilches to chat about some of their favorite moments of the trip and some of Pancho's other adventures throughout the region. For more information on ChileTrout Lodge visit www.c...

In the first episode of Fishing Stories, co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor take a look back on their most recent trip to Jurassic Lake Lodge.  The lake is known for the monster rainbows that call it home and after a full week of fishing, they sat down with their guide Matt Cook over beers to chat about sight fishing to giant fish, landing 20 pounders and casting in gale force winds.  For more i...

Co-Hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor call up Georgia-based friend and career fly fishing guide Chuck Head in this episode.  Chuck has guided for many years both in Georgia and in Colorado.  While he thinks he may have "seen it all" as a guide, he refrains from saying so knowing that it can only bring disaster.  He shares memories of some such disasters from past guide trips, the first of which may...