The Intermediate Line Podcast

On Episode 4 of the Intermediate Vice, I am stoked to interview someone I and many people draw a lot of inspiration from, and that guest is Brandon Bailes who is Panther Branch Bugs. Brandon hales from northern Alabama in the USA, where he grew up fishing for the various Bass species his area has on offer. From these experiences, Brandon has developed very much his own style of fly tying and is co...

On Episode 137, we talk about the rising popularity and success of the Gav's crab. Pictured here in the corner of the first ever Permit to eat one (caught by host Chris) and now seen in a stack more permit since. In a seemingly short period of time, this crab fly has really got some runs on the board, so we chat about its origins and a few directions that many wouldn't know about. Also, we show ou...

On Episode 136, we chat to West Coast legend Stu Dodd. We had the intention of getting to know Stu on the air having only admired his photos from afar, but what resulted was a rich tapestry of mainly fly fishing related tangents that we took on this episode!!  Not many people have covered the west coast like Stu, and although we are dealing with arguably Australia's most successful colour-blind fl...

With over 300 days on the water and a career that spanned 25 years, the now retired captain Dave Bradley has seen a thing or two. When asked for his own opinion of himself as a fly tyer, he doesn't rate himself as fancy, just practical and that's what has seen over 400 permit lock eyes with Dave while he's removing the successful fly. On this show I chat to Dave about what observations he can offe...

Today we present a conversation we had last week with all round nice guy Nicky Mill. Nicky is the creator and co host of the Millhouse Podcast which needs no introduction, but if you haven't heard of it, please do yourself a favour and search it out. This is the second time we have had Nicky on the show, the first time over a year ago with his father and Co Host of the Millhouse Podcast, Andy Mill...

On Episode 2 of The Intermediate Vice, Nic Stewart tells us about the even darker side of fly tying... Composite loops, Tubes, rare and endangered natural materials, Waddington shanks etc... and if that doesn't grab you.. how does talking about Intruders, Munkers and Willy's Whips interest you ? That's right, Nic is a Spey demon and a good one too !! This is a meaty show, a lot to unpack... you as...

On Episode 134, the hosts get into a detailed chat about Fly Reels. If your into reels, in the market to buy or just interested in hearing two dudes talk about Cork, Aluminium, Arbours and Porting, then this show just might fit your fetish. From Trout Reels to Blue water reels, to drag stacks and testing drags over motorcycles... wee think we covered it all.    This show is brought to you by Nervo...

The first of an irregular series of special shows presented by the Intermediate Line Podcast nicknamed "The Intermediate Vice". The Intermediate Vice is hosted by Chris and will feature candid and technical fly tying talk with some of his favourite tyers. On episode 1, Chris chats to Andy Bolch who is an all-round fan of all fly tying and accomplished angler who is innovative and insightful in his...

On Episode One Hundred and Thirty Three, we chat to a ledgend who on the eve of taking a week off, took our offer of doing a podcast with only hours notice. Lubricated with some of WA's finest hops based beverages, Cranky ( Matt Crnojlovic) takes us on a journey of Australia's Seychelle's, Cocos Keeling Island. Cocos ( The Cocchelle's) is a place that holds a stunning array of hard fighting flats...

On Episode 132, we are honoured to have Dr Owen Li on the show. Owen is a Doctor of Social Science specialising in recreational fishing activity. Owen joins us on the show today to discuss the wide spread shark problem that recreational commercial anglers have been experiencing in recent years. Owen is on of the main guys behind the info fish app called "Sharkd". This app is a free app that provid...

On Episode 131 we have a very special show, a guy both of us have watched and admired for a long time, Mark Bargenquast. Mark or Bargy as he is known has been a saltwater guide for many years, starting his operation in Hervey Bay where his skill out shone a lot of the guiding available there at the time. Bargy also featured in Taz Jefferies film Black Torpedos where he caught the first Hervey Bay...

On Episode 130 - We chat to Gian Booysen, a resident of New Zealand, a saltwater flyfishing guide and marine biologist. Spending the time with Gian made for a super interesting chat, sure we learned a little about the guy, but what was very interesting is that we spoke a lot about the prey on the flats just as much as we spoke about the kingfish up in the skinny water that hunt them. If you think...

On Episode 129- We talk to a young student of Fly fishing, Leroy Addison. Leroy is located near Melbourne Victoria, and is like most of us, realising that every day is a school day when it comes to Flyfishing.  Transitioning from early beginnings of fishing for Trout in Tasmania and Victoria, Leroy is turning his recent attention to Australian natives and that delicious river meat known as Carp. W...

On episode 128 - We chat to Rodney Collings, who is the new proprietor of one of Australia's premiere saltwater flyfishing outfits, known as Australian Fly Fishing Outfitters. Rod has a big reputation to uphold which is one of the subjects we talk about on the show. We also talk about Rod's direction with AFO and some of the new destinations on offer for AFO customers. Perhaps little known, Rod is...

On this episode, the gang flies solo into a long form chat that starts off by talking about a subject that is close to both hosts core interests, Surf Candy Fleyes for Tuna. The discussion goes into talking about the design of the fly and what performance is desired from the fly which then turns to discussion points about how to achieve those desired outcomes. As usual the the hosts display the at...

Episode 126 - On this episode, we chat to Fly life owner and managing editor, Leighton Adem. Flylife magazine is a widley known institution within the Australian fly-fishing scene, that has been running for well over 20 years. We chat to Leighton about how he got involved in the magazine and how he sees the magazine's placement in this modern era. We also talk about his relationship with former ow...

We are back for 2022 after the bosses gave us some time off. This first show back is a banger, we got one of Australia's most well travelled anglers and former owner of Flyworld, Dan Ivanoff. We got Dan back on as a returning guest ( Dan was first on episode 3) and since then a lot has changed. Learn why Dan decided to euthanise Flyworld after all these years, and what Dan has instore for the futu...

Episode 124 - On this episode we asked Dean Butler to come back on to round out the year. Dean was the first guest we had on for 2021 and as it turned out, was the most highly downloaded show we have had!! Its fair enough to say we intended to talk about the year in review but,  well.... we got off track hahah. Please enjoy some candid talk from one of Australian most respected Saltwater Flyfisher...

On Episode 123, we tackle a few of the tough topics which are loosely centred around the term "Instafamous". Social media is not going away so we break down that term "Instafamous" and discuss openly what we think that means, also defining sponsorships, commercial agreements and how a simple misinterpretations might be contributing some toxicity towards negative comments online. We also talk about...

Bill and Geoff’s excellent adventure   This week whilst Chris is having a week off to mow his lawn, regular Flats Fly Fiend, Bill “Maddog” Mitchell and Voltz talk flats flies. The boys chew the fat about many facets of flats flies, their origins and their applicability to local targets. Bill reveals an ambition of his early on, truly a Maddog! There’s plenty of good chat in this one and it’s a gre...

On Episode 121 we chat to Brandon King, who along with his wife Clair Carter King, have established Arabian Fly and Sportfishing which is based in Oman. Brandon's outfit is the only place in the world that you can get consistent shots at Trachinotus Africanus which is for many the most difficult Permit to acquire when chasing all four species of Permit. On this show we get to know a little about t...

On Episode 120, we chat to Deacon Plant. Deacon is living in Exmouth, Western Australia and is killing it with his allrounder approach to all species known to exist in that fruitful part of the world. Deacon is a very skilled angler who is a student of the great Ron Pearson where he started his flyfishing career in Albany WA cutting his teeth on bread and butter species. On this show we hear stori...

Ok, so we have put some banger episodes out lately, great guests great topics and every now and then you got to offer a balance... its just the way it is. On episode 119, we offer you the show about nothing... yes, we went fishing again. One for the fans.    This show brought to you by Beast Brushes

Episode 118 - On this show we talk to Captain Kurt Rowlands of Hervey Bay Fly and Sportsfishing. Kurt is a young guide working in the pristine waters of Hervey Bay which is well known for its incredible pelagic action and famously for the great run of juvenile Black Marlin they have each year. Kurt is a local to the Cooloolah coast having grown up in North Noosa (Gympie) where he cut his teeth as...

On episode 117- We experience the full gamut of emotions as we see the return of Voltron the powerful back to the hot seat.  We quickly recap on the last 2 recent shows then get into learning about the fascination annual migration north that Voltz and his companion Kyle undertake. Unlike the great Wildebeest migrations of the Serengeti , there is no risk of predators on this sojourn, with this pai...