The Barbless.co Fly Fishing Podcast with Hogan Brown

Have you ever been driving down the highway only to be passed by a fully-outfitted 4x4 sprinter van and wondered, “how do I get me one of those?”. Well this episode will answer that question, and more.  Join us as we sit down with Jonathan...

In this special BONUS episode... of the 100th episode... of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast and turn the keys over to special guest host (owner of in Chico, Ca.) for an interview about Barbless.co. We each talk about our backgrounds a bit and...

In this 100th episode of the show (WHOA!) we get down under… water with Paul Young - a real life Aquaman. Paul is a professional spear fisherman who holds all sorts of records in his sport. He’s a member of the USA team, was the recipient of the...

What if you had an entomologist with you on the way to your next fishing spot? If you listen to this episode you pretty much will! Caddis are one of the most prolific insects in our lakes, rivers, and streams. The best anglers we know always make a...

Tricia Bratcher with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife needs your help! The lower reach of Deer Creek near Los Molinos, Ca. will be having some work done to it next week (8/26 to approximately 9/1). CDFW is looking for volunteers to help...

On this episode of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast we sit down with , to say he's an avid angler doesn't quite do it justice. At his age he has wrestled with more species on a fly rod than most folks can count. His passion for the outdoors is second...

Chad didn’t forget the SD card this time around so here’s a new On The Water ( OTW) episode with a familiar guest, Aaron Grabiel from Harvest Wild! Join Chad, Nick and Aaron as they drift down one of, if not THE best trout fishery California has...

Introducing a new series format for the show - Species Spotlight!  Occasionally we will dedicate an entire episode to getting SUPER geeky with a biologist around a specific species (or two). Got it? Awesome, let’s kick things off with the...

In this special On The Water (OTW) episode of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast Nick takes us on the Sacramento River in Northern California to chase striper on the fly with Hogan Brown and Chuck Ragan!  If you are thinking about chasing stripers...

In this episode of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast we switch gears a bit and sit down with Rick Saez (host of The Outdoor Biz Podcast). Rick calls in to discuss the positive benefits of using podcasts to promote your outdoor brand. We also compare...

Renowned fly fishing author, guide, seminar speaker and TV host Phil Rowley calls into the show to discuss the finer points of fly fishing in lakes / stillwater situations.  We talk specifically about: Tying flies Retrieves Casting from a float...

Before you take that next adventure to the beach we have a killer episode for you to check out!  Join us as we talk with Evan Praskin of StokeVentures and break down the way he and his friends have shortened the learning curve on fishing the surf...

On another special episode of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast we are back once again in Fall River Mills, Ca. for the 2019 5 Rivers Challenge hosted by the and . Our guest is legendary fly fishing photographer Val Atkinson. Val has traveled the...

On this special episode of The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast we come to you from Fall River Mills, Ca. on the eve of the 2019 hosted by the and .  Curtis Knight, Executive Director of California Trout joins us to discuss CalTrout’s charter,...

Given where we are at with artificial intelligence and robotics experts estimate that we will be subjugated by machines somewhere between 2040-2050*. Once this happens we humans will need to get back to our roots - no more buying shrink wrapped meats...

If a trout is Pulp Fiction’s Jules Winnfield, then the Hexagenia Limbata is basically a Big Kahuna Burger - they are about the same size and tasty AF. Join us as we sit back down with The Petaluma Pigmy (Hal Janssen) to pick his brain on all things...

You’ve heard of 7 Minute Abs, but have you heard of Six Minute Spey? In this episode of the show former guest Kate Watson calls in from BC to talk with us about her adventures at this year’s Spey-o-Rama in San Francisco, Ca. Kate sets the context...

If you are into the outdoors then odds are that you’ve ran across at least one . You might even own one or two. In this episode of the show we sit down with Jeff Cresswell one of the co-owners of the brother-sister team at Klean Kanteen...

In this episode of the show we sit down with NOAA Biologist Jon Ambrose. Jon is the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) salmon Reintroduction Coordinator for the California Central Valley. We talk in detail about the reintroduction efforts...

Fly Fishing Team USA’s Devin Olsen is back to talk about his new book Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers. The book discusses Tight-Line / European Style Nymphing (ESN) / Czech Nymphing in great detail. We talk...

In this episode we welcome back FishBio fisheries biologists Michael Hellmair and Tyler Pilger. The team sits down with us to discuss the more technical aspects of their jobs - specifically, the tools they use day in and day out to help them monitor,...

In the very spey-cial episode of the show, we sit down with #spey legend Dec Hogan who was recently in Chico teaching a spey clinic for the Fish First! fly shop in Chico, California. Dec has been there since the very beginning of fishing two-handed...

For those of you who chase coastal #steelhead, you know first hand what sea lions and other apex predators can do to wild steelhead and salmon populations. You’ve seen the torn up carcases up close and personal. In this episode we sit down with two...

This week Stillwater Fly-Fishing Secrets author Hal "The Petaluma Pigmy" Janssen is back on the show to talk springtime fishing tactics with us. This one has it all folks - fish, bugs and anything goes waterfront fisticuffs. Nut-shots,...

Experts agree that it takes about 10,000 hours to truly master something. Artist Steve Nielsen has exceeded this benchmark by many thousands of hours. Those hours have been spent pounding, stretching, painting, sanding and sculpting from his shop in...