Hallowed Waters

I fell in love with Mossy Creek : a true limestone spring creek in the style of the hallowed Letort, back in my Washington D.C. hotel days. It’s the Shenandoah section of the limestone rich Cumberland Valley that goes down the Amish country/ Lee Highway Rte.11.  As it runs down from Mt Solon in the Alleghenies , Mossy and its selective browns and stunningly colored rainbows sip bwo’s, sulphers, sl...

We have had many older, distinguished gentlemen and young passionate ladies. Countless Distinguished authors, iconic modern living legends that have paved the way of our fly fishing knowledge.  The Brits, The Scottish, Irish, Norwegians, Icelanders, Canadians and our American ground- zero roots. Tons of knowledge bombs have come across our airwaves if you go back and listen and learn. But now this...

In the U.K., fly fishing has always been a proper gentleman’s game. Women were sort of looked down on at the elite chalk stream clubs and beats. Lucinda Ewin is a real, passionate, sincere and simply fabulous fly angler in love with Atlantic salmon, sea trout, and brown trout. She is paying her dues which is something so rare in today’s agenda filled, social media twisted ‘same old’ monotony. Some...

Next up on the ‘Trout Stalker’ series is a topic I adore dearly. The “British Invasion” and their iconic contributions to fly fishing for trout has come in 4 waves. First,  it was the genesis and invention of the sport in Hertfordshire in 1496 with Dame Juliana and Walton with the “ A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle” Then it was the foundation of modern fly fishing on the Hampshire/ Wiltshire...

Jack has been there, done that… and then some. His Snake River / Jackson Hole , Wyoming was a river that ran through it all! His stories and insights were relentless, refreshing, and massively enlightening. I enjoyed this one immensely! Part 2 coming from the banks of a Wyoming spring creek - where the selective trout hide out… Do you enjoy the show? Please take a moment to like and leave a 5 star...

Trout Stalker Series Part 2 A true trout stalker understands every aspect of being the true empirical angler. Reading the water, and understanding trout food forms intimately are the first steps. Identification of the various feeding and security niches and carefully approaching the water are paramount to a trout fisher’s success. Join fishy guest / author Dr. Jason, and host Matthew Supinski as t...

Trout Stalker Series Part 1 It is one of the most iconic waters of modern American Fly Fishing history. The Letort is the American chalk stream/ limestone spring creek equivalent to the River’s Test and Itchen in England. In the Cumberland Valley it was Marinaro, Fox, Shenk, Koch and so many other Letort Regulars that created a legacy of terrestrials, dry fly matching the hatch , minutiae, stream...

Chasing Chrome Series - Part 5 I have  guided and fished Great Lakes summer steelhead now for almost 36 years. Between my brief hotel career stints on the West Coast and Indiana, I have written and explored more about our Great Lakes Summer Skamania steelhead than perhaps no one else. Looking for answers and the history of Washington State’s iconic Washougal River’s Skamania strain fish’s introduc...

Join me as Rick comes back to further our discussion of the ever evolving Great Lakes steelhead fishery. Rick is one of the founding fathers of the Y2K new school of Great Lakes steelheaders. A fishery that has now encompassed all methods including the ever popular swinging flies’ spey style- don’t miss this one! Embrace-Elevate-Share-Evolve- most importantly be kind and humble. It’s not just abou...

It’s been a long journey for Great Lakes Steelhead/ Lake - Run Rainbows since they were introduced from California to the Au Sable Rivet in 1876. Today it has created billions of revenue dollars from passionate chrome chasing steelhead addicts fishing every method and from every part of the globe . My guest:  Greg Senyo, is a passionate and highly creative and outspoken author, innovative fly tier...

This one features author of the new fly tying masterpiece “ Chasing Chrome” by Jonathan Farmer . This part 2 / three hour podcast  is devoted to all serious chrome chasing swingers, steelheaders, Atlantic and Pacific salmon / Sea Run Brown anglers and fly tyers getting into the modern era of tying Intruders, hair and feather wings, Akryods, Scandi style Tubes, leeches etc. Plus serious guide talk...

Longtime author/ photographer/ fly designer, and avid Spey specialist from Oregon and Fly Water Travel, discusses with host Matthew Supinski the subtle nuances of chasing sea run browns in Tierra del Fuego and Europe, steelhead from South America along with fresh- run King Salmon , then steelhead in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia’s Skenna system, and Kamchatka- to the Great Lakes...

Norway - the Land of the Midnight Sun,  has a breathtaking and unparalleled Nordic magnetism- a raw beauty that no other country on the planet can boast. Its unbelievably stunning  fjords, and soaring and austere snow capped mountains,  garnish some of the most majestic rivers on earth. These harbor some of the planet’s incredibly large Atlantic salmon to be found- up to 90 pounds have been record...

Broadcasting from the River Dee, of Scotland I can only speak superlatives: ” It is a  stark and austere landscape of unparalleled magnetism and raw beauty- everything about this once called Caledonia breathes the free spirited Scottish will to survive. It is a badge of courage and tartan plaid not common in todays’s timid and dwarfed world. From the rugged highland mountains and winds that sweep...

Part 2: “Atlantic Salmon on the Run” Series Summer on the River’ episodes. Despite challenges being faced by Salmo salar around the globe, northern Ireland and its River Foyle system , with its headwater rivers the Mourne and Finn, are experiencing an excellent summer run of grilse and adult salmon. Plus the well- rounded diversity with its resident native brown trout and sea run browns, adds to t...

Our fascination and allure with Salmon salar dates back to Neanderthal man and ancient Roman civilization. It is truly the fish of kings and queens, and rivers that run through regal estates, and vast wilderness areas in the north like Labrador, Arctic Russia and Scandinavia . Why I am so grateful we have a thriving Atlantic salmon fishery in Michigan. But to the gastronomic world , it could be on...

Join Caleb Denman as he takes over hosting duties from Matt, who is out enjoying summer fly fishing adventures. Caleb, the producer of the podcast, shares his journey, from editing hours-long Zoom calls to hosting his own podcast, 'Is This The Show? - with Caleb.’ Tune in as he reflects on fly fishing, shares funny stories including a memorable tale from Iceland, and highlights key moments fro...

Every time I go to this river and see the stark plains, rolling hills and buttes, I can only think of the bad day at the office General Custer had, wishing he never got on his horse that June day as his troops were rightly so demolished by the proud natives. As opposed to Custer on the other hand, those German brown trout settlers to the new world that swam up the Big Horn from the Yellowstone; or...

Cow country, Cheese Heads, Dairy Farms brats/beer…its German/ Finnish / Swedish heritage…What the Cumberland Valley was in the 30’s and 40’s, when the Letort Regulars haunted the limestoners, the Drifless Area is still today- caught in a time warp, where wild spring creek trout thrive in abundance.  Guest and Driftless Angler fly shop owner: Matt Wagner, and spring creek addict and host: Matthew S...

Eric Naguski is a passionate hatch matcher, aquatic insect and terrestrial bug aficionado, guide and author of “Favorite Flies for Pennsylvania“ (Stackpole Books). He specializes in Pennsylvania limestone spring creeks and rivers, and ties some beautiful fly patterns- especially his sow bug imitations and many others ,  which are deadly. He is an  excellent guide and specialist of the tricky Green...

The Theoretical and Practical Hatch Matcher, Montana/Western/Yellowstone Hatches In Part 2 of this multi-episode, guide's perspective hatch matching series, Montana/PA guide/ distinguished writer/author of the "The Bug Book" and "Dry Fly Strategies": Paul Weamer, along with author and podcast host: Matthew Supinski, delve into theoretical and practical hatch matching concep...

A Guide’s Perspective: Iconic Guest: John G Miller –The East Coast Early Season Tactics and Flies We start off the ‘Matching the Hatch’ multi-episode/ docu-series with this bug-crazed iconic Catskill guide- ( John will have a two-part session)  This undisputed “bug doctor”: Johnny Miller, has forgotten more about insects and hatches in a week than most people will learn in a lifetime. I seriously...

There has never been a fish on earth that we humans haven’t been fascinated with and simply loved to death. The Romans on their conquest of Europe and the British Isles saw them leaping tall waterfalls and named them “salar”- the leaper . Gaulish Aquitania clans and tribes swore allegiance to the god Salmo rather than to Caesar, and thus perished by the sword . Early cave dwelling Neanderthals dre...

Progressing in the series from the start of G.E.M. Skues’s passion with the sunken fly, and Sawyer’s effective tight-line maneuvering of his pheasant tail nymphs to sight-fished chalk stream brown trout, regardless of how heretical they were perceived by the dry fly purists, their movements gained extreme momentum because they caught trout - and lots of them! The benthic and mid-strata fly game ac...

Series “Below the Meniscus”- The Evolution and Art of Fly Fishing Below the Surface with Nymphs and Wet Flies – A Four Part Series on Hallowed Waters Podcast Progressing in the series from the start of G.E.M. Skues’s passion with the sunken fly, and Sawyer’s effective tight-line maneuvering of his pheasant tail nymphs to sight-fished chalk stream brown trout, regardless of how heretical they were...