The River Rambler

I'm joined by Mike Archer for this weeks episode and we discuss his initial start to fishing, a passion for music, his time guiding, aggressive tundra trout, bamboo and his journey to rod building, the benefits of knowing how to fix a rod, bamboo building's low barrier to entry, silk lines, the upcoming Sandy Clave, the "drudgery" of tapping ferrules, and so much more.

I'm joined by Justin Bailie for this weeks episode. We talk about his experience growing up in Oregon and his entrance to fishing, Alaska and bears, his journey to photogoraphy, river trips around the world while working for OARS, moving back to Oregon and opening Wild Coast Goods, his entry to spey, salmon and bamboo, and his jump back to landscape photography.

Thom Thornton is joining me this week for a conversation about his first rod and learning from everyond around, streamers, working as a woodchuck, MRIs and claustrophobia, soccer coaching, his start to steelheading, fly tying, competitive casting, baseball, dam removal, and so much more.

This week i'm joined by Nick Karol and we've got a great show for you. We discuss his start to fishing with his grandfather and commercial fishing, the rough-fighting Bulkley fish, his "love" of center pinning, attempting to reach steelhead zen, homemade monos, the importance of meeting and connecting with people, enjoying the moment, 40 inchers, his take on fly tying, his absolute passion for dry...

This week I"m joined by John McMillan and Nick Chambers of The Deep Wade podcast, that's right, it's a crossover. We cover their starts to fishing, the local adapdations of both steelhead and fisherman, rebuilding runs and an over-reliance on hatcheries, their approaches to fishing and the desire for the Cobra Kai fish, the art of hook setting, snorkeling, classic westerns and so much more.

This week I'm joined by Mia Sheppard. We talk about her fishing journey and some particular bad influences, Little Creek Outfitters and her own endeavor, Juniper River Adventures, cooking and avocado transport, working on a cookbook, rowing, parenting and guiding, and bringing back the Sandy River Spey Clave. https://swingthefly.com/sandy-river-spey-clave/

This week I'm joined by Scott Baker-McGarva. We talk about growing up in BC, guiding on the Bow River, repping and the ever changing landscape of fly fishing products, the difficulties of teaching, mooching reels and chinook, his preferred rigs, dealing with aging eyes and so much more.

For the first episode of the new year I'm talking with Will Bush. We discuss growing up fishing, getting into coho, dry lines, deep wading, Spey-o-rama's humbling effects, lots of fly tying, brown water, and the sobering effects of jet boats.

Tis the season for a holiday treat and as such I'm joined by my friend Duncan Gasiewicz. We have a great chat about hanging out in the Grand Tetons as a kid, fly tying and deer hair, how great the producer is, competition casting and competing with yourself, visual learning, long lines, wartime correspondences, tailing fish, Cuba, and so much more. Enjoy the holidays and hopefully the episode and...

This week I'm joined by Brian Styskal. We get to talking about his introduction to fly fishing with his grandfather on horseback, racecars, reels, rods, lines, and gear hoarding, learning and the value of video, ice dams and fish genetics, inefficient fun, and we even contemplate golf amongst so much more.

This week I'm joined by Tom Larimer and we have a great discussion to help get our American listeners through their Thanksgiving gatherings. We discuss the fun of growing up in the midwest, exploring Oregon and it's pronunciation, "The Voluntary Beatdown," bears and their mental prescence, how he got started guiding, knowing when you're the problem, over mending, art, our uknowing connection to na...

This week I'm speaking with Monte Clarke. We discuss his family's generations of adventure and growing up fly fishing, his surfing adventures and surfing in British Columbia, a bamboo obsession, hunting,and his experiences guiding on the Dean from boats to gear and bears.

This week I'm talking with Kara Knight. We discuss her fishing origins as an adventure guide on the west coast, the importance of a family atmosphere with guiding, competitive casting and her time in Sweden, having different fishing and casting rods, her more recent adventures in saltwater, the effects of competition on her fishing, and the head game that it is.

This week I'm joined by Zach Morris and Dalton Walker. We discuss our recent mid-river meeting, some brief life stories, jumping from gear to fly fishing, the unforgiveable act of low-holing, being a farrier for arabian horses, a need for new gear, widening beer horizons, and deadly murder-beavers.

The River Rambler is back from its September hiatus and I'm joined by Luke Kelly and Greg Fitz of Trout Unlimited. We start by talking about habitat restoration on the Olympic Peninsula, the cold water connection campaign, the importance and restoration of old growth log jams in rivers. We also discuss Luke's childhood spent fishing, smelly teen bedrooms, moving to Seattle and working with the Suq...

This week I'm joined by Peter Harrison-Edge. We get straight to important discussions about smart mouthing, and then get to slightly more serious topics like his intro to fishing through Canadian television, building rods, learning from the pros, builidng a boat, canoe camp, the secret of accents, and be picked by the steelhead.

This week I'm speaking with Britt and Brian Davenport. We discuss their starts to fishing, meeting in a chat room, cutthroat, delta wings and tying the fly of the year, fly tying as a creative outlet, bears, wilderness vs the city, dog talk, and their continuing journey towards steelhead.

This week I'm joined again by Matthew DeLorme. We go into a deep dive about printmaking, including how he started work for Steve Duda's new book, his time getting back to Fine Art, what goes into a woodcut and handprinting, the dangers of printing big, and we even remember to talk about fishing, including some East Coast saltwater.

This week I'm talking with Steve Duda, author of "River Songs." We discuss both his fishing and writing backgrounds, old pick-ups, Writers on the Fly, learning to dance, creating and creativity, dogs, Matthew DeLorme's woodcuts, excerpts from "River Song," and a great piece of advice, "When in Rome, write shit down."

This week i'm joined by Jake Crawford of The Steamboaters. We discuss his start to fishing, catching his first, being a river steward, his time in South America and learning languages, steelheaders' "sharing" culture and secretive nature, the wonderful word of bike polo and smashed orbitals, and the thrashing beluga of Oregon.

This week I'm joined by Travis Johnson of All Waters Angling. We talk about fishing with his dad, wrestling, guiding, his change to competitive casting and becoming world champion, the American Casting Association, his favorite rods, Alaska, instruction via Instagram, evening caddis fishing, his Frigate line of rods, loving insults, and the fun of things going wrong.

This week we continue our dam talk with Brian Johnson and Shane Anderson and we discuss the active removal of multiple dams on the Klamath River. We go over how it all got started, the speed at which both it is happening and the environment is recovering, some of the complications that have occurred, some minor field-work jealousy, the next steps, common misunderstandings about these dams, the inc...

This week I'm visited by Kirk Blaine & Jim McCarthy again as we discuss the continuing effort to get the Winchester Dam removed from the Umpqua River. We discuss the unfinished repairs and it's added danger to the dam, the State's seriousness and proposed action, the many violations the dam's owners face, the lack of Federal action despite the infractions at that level, the pitiful salmon retu...

This week I'm speaking with Frank Day and we talk about his fascination with nature from childhood, the many wonders of sculpin, his time in Japan, guiding, gyotaku prints, moody fish, the Alaskan tundra, fish camouflage, sonar, evolutionary adaptations, and so much more.

This week I'm talking with Michael Papais. We have a great chat about family camping trips, Great Lake small mouth, information overload in spey, tying in hand and materials, beer, kids, winter water, knots, moderating the Spey Pages, and so much more.