Fly Guides Podcast

Today's episode is amazing! Conway Bowman is a guide in San Diego who has made a career out of pursuing Mako Sharks in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of California. This is a fascinating conversation about pioneering the pursuit of a game fish in the sport of fly fishing. Enjoy the show!

Jack Mister is a guide on the Kenai River in Alaska. While the waters have changed over the years Jack describes the absolute beauty and prolific fishery that this wild water in Alaska is. Jack has a great sense of humor and would be a blast on the water to fish with. You can hear how the years of Alaska living have made him into a seasoned veteran on one of the most iconic rivers of all time. Enj...

What do fly fishing and world-class cooking have in common? Meet Joshua Schwartz. A former member of the French Laundry team and a fishing guide who learned how to combine both his love of fly fishing and cooking together. A fabulous conversation that covers why so many of us love this sport and see the connected artistry between life events and the water. Enjoy the episode!

Another amazing episode for you today. Hunter Derrick is someone we were connected with through Ryan Johnston at Cast Hope. Hunter is a guide on the upper Maddison at the Slide Inn with Kelly Galloup. This is an amazing story of transformation from a troubled high schooler to a world-class fly fishing guide. This was an incredibly touching story of how someone doing good for others can change the...

You won't want to miss this one! We talk about fly fishing in Iceland with Sindri Hlíðar Jónsson, the owner and operator of www.fishpartner.com He talks about the amazing world of Icelandic fishing and the different species and terrain they are fishing in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Follow Sindri at any of the following! https://www.instagram.com/fishpartner/ https://www....

Today, we are thrilled to have Brita Fordice on the show. She is a guide from Washington State who, through her love for tying flys, has become a product development designer and fly-tying creator for Rio products. Our conversation ranges from fishing for sea run bull trout to how learning to tie flys at the age of 10 with crow feathers and dog fur dubbing led her to a life of fly fishing and a ch...

Today, we have one of our first conversations with a saltwater guide. James "Docky" Smith is a flats guide in the Bahamas. He has 30 years of guiding under his belt and has a passion and love for Long Island, Bahamas that is infectious. We hope you enjoy the show!

This morning, we speak with Evan Keene of Hatch Finders Outfitters from Livingston, Montana. Evan guides on the Yellowstone River and the waters of the Paradise Valley in Montana. Evan recently acquired Hatch Finders with his business partner and they are building a business doing something they love. Enjoy the show!

We have Isaiah Smith back on the show to talk about the upcoming season on the Colorado, his pursuit of his captain's license in New Orleans, and how the river has been fishing since we last spoke. Enjoy the episode!

We speak with Tom Ream from Thermopolis, Wyoming, today about a lesser-known section of the Bighorn River. Tom is a fly shop owner and family man who decided to give up the oil field life for one on the river. Enjoy the show!

In this week's episode, we talk to Todd Lansing from Adventure Sun Valley about his time on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. He describes his work on the river and their incredible offering of pampered camping. It seems like an amazing spot in the largest wilderness area in America. Todd has a great spirit about him and has a real passion for the river he guides. Enjoy the show!

In this episode, we speak with Ryan Johnston, the founder of Cast Hope - an amazing organization that helps underprivileged youth fall in love with fly fishing. Ryan is a fantastic guide with more than twenty years of experience, but his true passion in life now is building this amazing opportunity for people to connect with this beautiful sport. Listen in and we hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome to our first Video podcast! Today we talk to Chris Freeman of Emergerflyfishing.com . We met Chris at the Fly Fishing Show in Denver and immediately fell in love with his handmade fly fishing packs. We discuss our love for common waters in our hometown of Fort Collins, CO, and how he started making his amazing shoulder bags. Tune in and enjoy seeing our silly faces for the first time!

This week, we talk with John Lagow, a guide on the upper Mississippi in Minnesota. John also guides on the Arkansas in Colorado. John loves his home water, and you can hear how passionate he is about the fishery of America's most famous river. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! This episode is sponsored by Fishrubbers. America's original fly dryer. www.fishrubbers.com

Today we speak with Noah Norwood a Guide out of the West Yellowstone area. Noah is a young man with an incredible love of the sport of fly fishing and has spent the last several years living in a trailer in the town of West Yellowstone getting to know the rivers in the park, as well as those outside of it. He guides for Madisonriveroutfitters.com Enjoy the Show!

We speak with John Sindland, a guide from Fort Smith and the Board Chair of the Bighorn River Alliance. He is a wealth of knowledge about fly fishing but also a passionate advocate for the work that the Alliance is doing. John is one of our favorite guides to fish with and a good friend. Enjoy the show!

One of our favorites from last year is back, and she had quite a 2024. We discuss Kara's adventures all over the Americas last year - from fishing for huge trout in an Argentinan lake to hunting for Stag and fishing for peacock bass in Brazil - it was quite a year for one of the most fun guides you'll ever have the chance to hear from!

In the opening episode of season 2, we talk with Hale Harris, co-owner and guide from the Bighorn Trout Shop. We talk about how his long adventure in Montana has created an amazing life in Fort Smith as the operator of one of the river's great fly shops. Season 2 is off to a great start!

Elliot Milner from Sawtooth Adventure Company joins us this week on the Fly Guides Podcast. Elliot is a young man who has decided to embrace the life of a fly guide at an early age. His story is inspiring and something many of us wished we would have taken a shot at. He's an up and coming guide on a beautiful river in Idaho. Take a listen and enjoy the conversation. Follow him on Instagram at...

Welcome to another episode of the Fly Guides podcast. In this episode we talk with Matt Martin of Ontario, Canada about his guiding experience north of the American border. Matt is a great guide who fishes the Lake Huron basins of water for Small Mouth Bass, Pike, and Lake Run Steelhead. Matt moved from part time to full time guide during the pandemic and now runs and operates his own guide servic...

This week we talk with Matt Koles from Truckee, California about his guiding on one of California's wild and beautiful rivers, The Truckee. We discuss his long career helping people find fish in this freestone water and how fishing in California is not for the faint of heart! Another great conversation about a beautiful river filled with larger than expected fish, adventure and the Northern Ca...

We talk with https://www.lostsierraflyguide.com guide Matt Mccourtney about his adventures on the Middle Fork of the Feather River and the North Yuba river in California. It is a great conversation about a guid doing really unique things in the High Sierra mountains. Jump in and listen - I'm sure you will want to come join in on an adventure with Matt!

This week we talk to a young guide out of Utah who has built his own incredible guiding business. Logan Kellenberger of utahtroutfitters.com is a young guide making a living doing the sport he loves. He fishes the Provo, Weber and other amazing spots in Utah. Take a listen and hear about the upcoming generation in the sport of Fly Fishing.

Bryant Dunn is one of the more unique stories we have had the chance to talk about. He guides for incredible species in the Kingdom of Bhutan, Christmas Island and in Idaho. We talked for longer than normal because there was just so much to cover. Take a listen and look at what he has been doing to bring the sport of fly fishing to one of the remote corners of the globe. Himalayanflyfishing.com

We speak this week with Derick Roskelley from 801flyfishing.com about his passion for his home water, the lower Weber river. Derick loves fishing streamers and targeting big brown trout in this less than famous river in Utah and he's also a middles school teacher. His passion for the river he loves comes out in his discussions as well as in the story of how he got into guiding. You can hear his lo...