The Wadeoutthere Fly Fishing Podcast

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Martin Gerdin, from Aspen Colorado.  Martin grew up fishing with a spinning rig and a passion for fish that bled over into an early introduction to the world of glass art.  As Martin began to learn the craft of shaping glass, a fish was first on his list to create.  Martin credits his later discovery of fly fishing for helping him maintain sobriety and for brin...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Chris Gallagher from upstate New York.  Chris started fly fishing during high school in Virginia, but it was after he joined the army and was stationed in upstate New York’s Fort Drum, that Chris found a connection that would carry him through his military career and beyond.  His love for fishing the Adirondacks and Catskills helped him decide to make New York...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Colby Crossland, from Dutch John, Utah.  Colby grew up fishing with his grandfather in Utah’s Uintah Basin.  After being gifted a fly rod and vise, Colby took his love of fishing on the road, exploring the small streams in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho through high school and college, where he studied photography.  A combinat...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part One of our conversation with Colby Crossland, from Dutch John, Utah.  Colby grew up fishing with his grandfather in Utah’s Uintah Basin.  After being gifted a fly rod and vise, Colby took his love of fishing on the road, exploring the small streams in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho through high school and college, where he studied photography.  A combinat...

In this episode we Wade Back into some of 2024s most memorable conversations.  These impactful dialogues are a combination of tactics, stories, conservation, and personal journeys that represent the best of what fly fishing can give us and what we can give back. If you’ve been a long time listener of the show, my intent is that these highlights remind you of why you listen and what WadeOutThere tr...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Willy Dietrich, from Stowe, Vermont.  Willy started fishing in the Boy Scouts and started fly fishing on a blue gill pond with his friends.  It took him two years of self education, failure, and casting in the snow out back to catch his first trout on the fly rod, but once he learned the importance of presentation, he was off to the races.  Willy is a fly fishi...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Dave Hurley, from Detroit Michigan.  As a child Dave fished the local golf courses and waterways in San Diego, where he was born and raised, often getting chased away from his favorites spots.   He was introduced to fly fishing on a trip to Utah, and on the banks of the Green River he found himself both humbled and determined. ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part One of our conversation with Dave Hurley, from Detroit Michigan.  As a child Dave fished the local golf courses and waterways in San Diego, where he was born and raised, often getting chased away from his favorites spots.   He was introduced to fly fishing on a trip to Utah, and on the banks of the Green River he found himself both humbled and determined. ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Levi Lambert, from Sedalia, Colorado.  Levi grew up in western Montana fishing the creeks and ponds around his grandparents’ farm.  In high school and college Levi worked on a ranch in the Bitterroot Valley that hosted anglers, which is where he began an obsession with the challenge of fly fishing. Now, Levi lives in Colorado, guides on the South Platte River,...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Steve Schmidt, from Salt Lake City, UT.  Steve moved to Utah to pursue his love of skiing while attending college.  He quickly became a die hard fly fisherman, spending almost every free day on the Provo River, skiing in the evenings, and spending his summers on some of the west’s most storied fisheries.  Steve’s hunger to progress and learn fostered relationsh...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mary Ann Dozer from Sisters, Oregon. Mary Ann started fly fishing in 1995 when she joined her husband after one of his fly fishing trips in Yellowstone National Park.  She fell in love with fly fishing and was soon spending most of her weekends on the river.   Mary Ann also has a degree in organizational change and was working as  an engineer in the technology...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Dec Hogan, from Midway, Utah.  Dec grew up with an obsession for fishing that drove him to find water wherever he went.  He was introduced to fly fishing and steelhead fishing while he lived in California, but it wasn’t until he joined the Navy and found himself stationed at Whidbey Island, in Washington State, that Dec finally...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part One of our conversation with Dec Hogan, from Midway, Utah.  Dec grew up with an obsession for fishing that drove him to find water wherever he went.   He was introduced to fly fishing and steelhead fishing while he lived in California, but it wasn’t until he joined the Navy and found himself stationed at Whidbey Island, in Washington State, that Dec finally...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Pablo Signori, from Chicago, Illinois.  Pablo found fly fishing on a friends bachelor party to the outdoors and immediately became obsessed with learning more about the sport, while fishing the lakes in the cities he lived in.   During the COVID pandemic, Pablo moved back to Los Angeles, continuing to fly fish, and eventually decided to combine his skillset in...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jan Axtell, from Livingston Montana.  Jan grew up in Wisconsin, and started fly fishing with a friend at sixteen years old.  His first experience on the river was on a spring creek in the Driftless Region, which he continued to fish through high school and college.  After school, Jan moved to Vermont and started guiding.  He fished spring creeks in Vermont and...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Heidi Lewis from Salt Lake City, Utah.  Heidi started fly fishing when her two daughters were little as a way to get out of the house and spend time in nature.  After taking a women’s fly fishing class at her local fly shop, she immediately fell in love and became a dedicated student of the sport, spending most of her free time on the river and in the fly shop....

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Jake Villwock, from Carlisle, PA.  Jake grew up in Maryland, on an island in the Chesapeake Bay surrounded by fishing.  His father was a commercial fisherman and professional bass fisherman.  In college, Jake learned early on that he wanted a career in the outdoors and fishing.  After working a summer job at a sport and fly fish...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part One of our conversation with Jake Villwock, from Carlisle, PA.  Jake grew up in Maryland, on an island in the Chesapeake Bay surrounded by fishing.  His father was a commercial fisherman and professional bass fisherman.  In college, Jake learned early on that he wanted a career in the outdoors and fishing.  After working a summer job at a sport and fly fish...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with David Payne, from Helena, Montana.  David grew up in Lewistown, Montana, fishing the small towns local stream, Big Spring Creek at age 8, with no fly shops and mail order materials, on a homemade vise.  That was in 1964 and he’s been fly fishing ever since. In 1995, David started guiding on the Missouri River after moving to Helena in 1982, where he still guide...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Missy Sprouse, from Crowheart, Wyoming.  Missy learned to fly fish in East Tennessee after meeting her husband.  Together they moved to the remote Wind River Range of Wyoming to settle down and enjoy fishing and riding horses in the mountains.  Missy is also a photographer and after falling in love with fly fishing, became excited about capturing the powerful e...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Ken Burkholder, from Boise, Idaho.  Ken grew up playing music and fly fishing.  Growing up in a musical family, with two older brothers to drive him to the river helped him live his early years doing what he loved: practicing the oboe, and fly fishing.  After eventually earning his masters in the oboe at Northwestern University, the mountains called Ken back. ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Pete Erickson, from Boise Idaho.  Pete grew up fly fishing in Washington state and exploring the surrounding mountain lakes. After college, he became a guide on the Upper Green River, in Wyoming, while also teaching high school English.  Pete has been a competitor for team USA in the competitive fly fishing world and is a rod designer for Echo.  We discuss Pete...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Evan Keene from Livingston, Montana.  Evan fell in love with fly fishing after his father took him on a fishing trip to Alaska after high school graduation.  From then on he was learning all he could about the sport while making the drive from his home state of Tennessee to fish the Little Red River in Missouri as much as possible.  Finally, Evan took a job in...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Duane Redford.  Duane began his love of fly fishing and tying as a youth in the mountain lakes of Arizona.  He moved to Colorado in 1982, where he became a teacher and a coach, as well as an avid angler.  When his coaching days were over, Duane became a full time guide for Minturn Anglers, in the Vail Valley, and immersed himself in his passion for the water. ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Danny Lane from Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Danny grew up fishing in the ponds around Boise as a child and became fascinated with fly fishing early on.  After leaving his hometown for a change of pace, he finally found himself in the fly shops and rivers of Eastern Idaho, when his wife’s job brought them to the banks of the Henry’s For...