The Fly Culture Podcast

Send us Fan Mail I catch up with Paul Jennings to talk about mullet and bass fishing, get some tips and learn about his fishing career. We also talk  coffee and moving to Los Angeles to follow his dream in the music industry. We cover plenty of ground and hope you'll enjoy this episode.

Send us Fan Mail From his base in Scotland, Will Shaw spends his time casting flies to trout, salmon and pike. His fishing timeline is fascinating and starts in Manchester and ends in Scotland via Christmas Island, Montana and Cape Cod. He is also a casting instructor who is interested in understanding how people pick up physical skills like fly casting. Will is an engaging and entertaining guest...

Send us Fan Mail It's fair to say that Chris Flay loves fly fishing. He hits the river whenever time allows and has been doing some serious grayling fishing over the winter. He has been fishing from an early age and I learn about his passion for our pastime and how it has helped during difficult times.

Send us Fan Mail I catch up with Lee Watts and look at his fishing career, the wide range of species he likes to target with a fly rod and pick hie brains about fly casting that is full of tips. He is a passionate about the outdoors as a whole that I am sure agree comes across in this edition of the podcast.

Send us Fan Mail There was a time before the internet when your local tackle shop would be the place where you could get the latest fishing information along with news of a new rod or line that had just come to the market. My local tackle shop at the time was Simpsons of Turnford located just up the A10 outside of London. The game fishing department was run by Phil Barker who I spent most Saturday...

Send us Fan Mail I talk with Matt Harris about his career as a photographer and his passion for chasing fish with a fly rod. He speaks with great honesty and openness about what fishing means to him, why we need to act about the state of rivers and where his work as a photographer has taken him. We cover a lot of ground in a podcast I am sure you will enjoy.

Send us Fan Mail From a young age, David Walker was obsessed with fly fishing. He would fish all the hours he could, often with his brother.  As he grew older, he entered the world of competitive fishing but after gaining 3 caps for Scotland he decided to focus on other aspects of fishing and now enjoys nothing more than waiting for a rising fish and seeing if he can catch it. They say we go throu...

Send us Fan Mail I first got to know Ryan Sparks when he contacted me regarding contributing to Fly Culture Magazine. He lives  and breathes life with a fly rod in his hand and has fished across the US at times fishing 300 days a year. He is also Editor in Chief of Strung Magazine and we get the chance to talk about what goes into producing a magazine in a behind the scenes and totally open look f...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode I talk with James Waine about fishing for grayling with dry flies. There is plenty of stories and  information that I am sure you'll find interesting listening.

Send us Fan Mail Bob Wyatt is the man behind the Deer Hair Emerger fly, the books Trout Hunting and What Trout Want and has written a number of articles in magazines too. He has lived and fished in Canada, Scotland and New Zealand where he has had the chance to observe the behaviour of trout especially with a dry fly. While researching this podcast I realised that as someone who has read both book...

Send us Fan Mail Fred Brown left university to pursue his dream job as a fishing guide in Mozambique.  He later returned back to the UK where he discovered life in London wasn't for him and spent all of his spare time travelling the UK with a fly rod and fishing the rivers while sleeping in his car. He is a dedicated follower of streamer fishing and I talk with him about the techniques he use...

Send us Fan Mail I caught up with author and fly angler Chris Newton who has written a number of fishing books that include one of my favourites, The Trout's Tale, that documents how brown trout were exported to the once sizeable British Empire. We cover some of the locations featured in the book along with his fly fishing story. If you are interested in brown trout then this will be fascinat...

Send us Fan Mail I talk with Paul Gaskell about nymph fishing and his excellent book "The Fly Fishing Bible of Nymphing" It is packed full of information that, without a doubt, will help you take your nymph fishing to a new level. I get the chance to talk to Paul about some of the topics covered in the book that I feel sure you'll find interesting. This is a slightly longer edition...

Send us Fan Mail Sandy Nelson is an expert angler based in Scotland who specialises in targeting sizeable trout with a dry fly.  He also has a deep understanding of fly rods and has built many over the years. I learn a little about his favourite rod material and if I might be tempted to build my own fly rod. This is a really interesting insight into the mind of a fly angler who thinks deeply about...

Send us Fan Mail There is little in fly fishing that Peter Morse hasn't done.  From travelling the globe with a fly rod in his hand, to writing books, making TV programs, guiding, being a fly casting instructor, taking beautiful photographs and writing many articles for magazines including Fly Culture. I catch up with Peter and learn a little about his life in fly fishing and talk about the m...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I have a look back at my fishing season and the tackle I have used and the friends I have fished with. I talk about my home river, the fish I have caught and in some cases, haven't caught and the gear I have used this season.

Send us Fan Mail Jay Lee loves fly fishing. He'll drive 11 hours from his home in Rotterdam to cast a fly on the streams of Germany and Austria. Like me, he enjoys fishing both bamboo, glass and graphite rods and also shares a love of fishing in Montana. We discuss all of these topics and more in what is a wonderfully interesting story of one man's life with a fly rod.

Send us Fan Mail I catch up with friend and Fly Culture Magazine designer, Jon Ogborne, to fish his home water. I have been lucky enough to fish there once before and enjoyed fishing water that is no more than 10 feet wide with a low canopy and tricky casts. As far as I am concerned, this is fishing I love and hope you'll enjoy listening to our day.

Send us Fan Mail Wow, we've reached a small milestone of 100 podcasts. In this special edition, I talk about many fishing subjects with my good friend Paul Procter. It was great fun to record and is packed with a great deal of information and amusing stories I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Send us Fan Mail I catch up with Barry Ord Clarke to talk about his latest book, Fly Tying for Beginners but we also cover many varied and interesting topics from fishing to photography and the reason he now lives in Norway. This is a fascinating peek inside Barry's world that you'll be sure to enjoy

Send us Fan Mail There is nothing more fun than getting the chance to spend time on the river with a good friend. I managed to catch up with Brett O'Connor and spend the day searching for trout and grayling on the River Anton in Hampshire. Tune in to see how we get on.

Send us Fan Mail Fly fishing has been a life saver for many. Neil Mundy tells me about how he organises fishing days for Fishing for Forces, taking disabled children fishing and raising money for the Wild Trout Trust giving something back to a pastime that means so much to him. We also explore his fly fishing timeline from The Falklands via Mexico and back to his home water in Hampshire on the ban...

Send us Fan Mail I'm in chalk stream country and in the company of fishing guide and friend,  Gilly Bate who has a rare day off from taking her guests fishing. We spend the day talking about fishing, what it means to us and cast our dry flies at rising trout and grayling. One of those fun days on the river with excellent company. I hope you enjoy this edition.

Send us Fan Mail A few years back I had the pleasure of watching Chris make elegant casts across a casting pool while doing a fishing demo. I knew a little about his background in fishing but was keen to learn more. This podcast is a fascinating look at the modesty, drive and determination of a talented angler and instructor who is as passionate about fishing and casting as he was when he first pi...

Send us Fan Mail I catch up with Lindsay Simpson to learn about his fly fishing career, his love of fishing lakes, reservoirs and rivers and the journey he has taken to get there. I also find out about what goes into running a busy YouTube channel and why he is so keen to introduce anglers into our pastime. Totally ego free and honest I enjoyed learning about what fly fishing means to Lindsay.