The Wadeoutthere Fly Fishing Podcast

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Brad Hansen from Helena, Montana.  Brad grew up in Utah and fell in love with the feeling of fighting big fish as a child fishing for lake rainbows with his cousins.  He started fly fishing while attending college at Utah State and later moved to Montana and began guiding on the Missouri River.  We discuss how to break down big water into digestable pieces, tac...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Nick Conklin from Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Nick grew up fishing lakes and rivers around his family’s place in Upper Michigan.  At eight years old he decided to, in his words, “get serious about fly fishing.”  He told his parents when he grew up, he wanted to be a fisherman and write books.  He’s doing it.  Nick is a fly fishing author who has been published in...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Adam Bowe from Dillon, Montana.  Adam grew up in Florida and was introduced to fly fishing for saltwater species and later bass.  When his family moved to Montana, he began fly fishing on the Big Hole River and small mountain creeks that surrounded the property that his family eventually restored and transformed intoThe Silverbow Club; a guest ranch for fly fis...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Russ Maddin from Traverse City, Michigan.  Russ grew up fly fishing and fly tying as a child in Southern Michigan.  His first job was in a fly shop as a teenager.  At eighteen he had his guide license in Northern Michigan, where he also attended college and continued to fly fish.  Russ grew his love for streamer fishing in his home state and has created many we...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Rick Hafele, from Salem, Oregon.  Rick grew up on a farm, with a fascination for the outdoors and his surroundings, including bugs.  He began fly fishing in Missouri at the age of twelve, and fell in love with the trout he caught in the Ozarks.  When the time for college came, Rick headed west and to Western Washington and later Oregon State where he earned a m...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part Two of our conversation with Dylan Tomine, from Washington State.  Dylan was one of those children who always loved fish and fishing.  He developed a love of steelhead at an early age and has spent most of his life fly fishing.  He is a passionate angler, Patagonia ambassador, conservationist, and writer.  His books include Headwaters: The Adventures, Obses...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part One of our conversation with Dylan Tomine, from Washington State.  Dylan was one of those children who always loved fish and fishing.  He developed a love of steelhead at an early age and has spent most of his life fly fishing.  He is a passionate angler, Patagonia ambassador, conservationist, and writer.  His books include Headwaters: The Adventures, Obses...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Thi Nguyen, from Salt Lake City, Utah.  As long as Thi can remember he has had a love of all kinds of games.  Thi was raised in California, studied philosophy in school, and moved to Utah to work as a philosophy professor at the University of Utah. He started fly fishing to help counteract some of the negative aspects of the new remote teaching environment that...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Rob Griggs from Boise, Idaho.  Rob’s fly fishing journey has taken him from Tennessee, to Colorado, to Idaho, where he still lives today.  He started guiding in Colorado after attending a guide school to improve his skills and continued guiding after the move to Boise.  We discuss how the ego presents itself in fly fishing, the Boise River, and why keeping fly...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Chris Coole from Toronto, Ontario.  Chris grew up fishing with his uncle for walleye, bass, and musky as a child until the mystique of fly fishing captured his imagination.  About the same time Chris got his hands on a fly rod, he picked up a banjo.  That was over thirty years ago, and they’ve been part of his life ever since.  Chris’s love of fly fishing makes...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jeff Feczko from Baja, Mexico.  Jeff grew up in Ithaca, New York where his grandfather was his earliest teacher and supporter in fishing.  He picked up a fly rod at an early age and had a knack for casting and tying, with a love for the functionality of the new art he was creating on the vise.  As he got older Jeff went to Alaska to fish and eventually ended up...

In this Episode we WadeOutThere with Tim Hepworth, from Central Alberta.  Tim was raised in a pastor’s home with nine siblings.  Hunting and fishing was a way of life, and a source of sustenance.  He picked up fly fishing as a teenager, and used the sport to help him find balance in his job as a paramedic.  But it wasn’t until the birth of his daughter, that Tim dove deep into fly fishing.  They l...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Eric Grajewski from Southeast Michigan.  Eric grew up fishing the banks of Lake Saint Clair in Southern Michigan with his siblings.  When his family decided to get away from the city and moved further north, Eric continued to fish, exploring new species and different waters.  The family also spent time fishing together every summer on the Upper Peninsula of Mic...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jim Misiura from North Eastern Pennsylvania.  Jim’s journey into fly fishing began with catching trout in his beloved hometown stream with a plastic cricket from the toy box, a size 6 hook, and an old fly rod he bought from a friend.  Since that day Jim has been tying and fly fishing on that Pennsylvania trout stream for over fifty years.  He originally began t...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Russ Beck, from Logan, Utah.  Russ was introduced to fly fishing later in life after his friend and creative writing contemporary initially refused to take him, thinking he was all talk.  But Russ persisted and eventually began fly fishing in the fall and through winter in Northern Utah.  He fell in love with the sport and now not only fishes every chance he ge...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mac Brown from Bryson City, North Carolina.  Mac’s Grandad taught him to fly fish as a small boy in the Ozarks, having him practice  in the yard before he would take him to the river.  Thus was born in him a fascination and love of not just fly fishing but loops and casting.  After fishing the White River system in college, Mac moved to North Carolina in 1986 a...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Josh Jenkins from Midland, Michigan.  Josh is originally from Courdelane, Idaho and was introduced to fly fishing by his father as a child.   He attended college in Idaho, and spent his days studying mechanical engineering and trout streams.  After his first year as an engineer out of school, Josh took advantage of an opportunity to move to Michigan and work as...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Lance Egan, from Lehi, Utah.  As a child growing up in Utah, Lance loved being outside.  He found fly tying before fly fishing, when his friend got a fly tying kit for Christmas that he shared with Lance.  It didn’t take long before catching fish became part of the equation, and once he could drive Lance was on the river all the time, exploring the different se...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mike Savlen from Kennebunkport, Maine.  Mike grew up in New England with a love of both fishing and art.  He fell in love with fly fishing when he moved to Vermont and found flies worked better than lures.  Mike’s art became his primary professional focus when he “stopped listening to other people” and followed what truly made him happy.  As a painter in the Ro...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jeff Liskay from Avon Lake, Ohio on the banks of Lake Erie.  Jeff has been living and fishing the Great Lakes his entire life.  His first professional job was as a gear fisherman on the Great Lakes, but the lure of what was possible and the challenge of fly fishing eventually drew him in.  These days, Jeff is a full time guide on his home waters and instructs i...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Matt Simpson from Galveston, Texas.  Matt grew up fishing on the east coast of Texas and knew early on that whatever he did for a profession was going to need to include fishing.  When he turned eighteen he got his guide license and started sharing his passion for chasing redfish and gar on the fly with guests from all over the country.  We discuss red fish hab...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Britt Fordice from Seaback, Washington.  Brita grew up north of Seattle fishing from the beach as a girl.  She taught herself to tie salt water flies at her families cabin on the Stillaguamish River from looking at pictures in books at only ten years old.  Today Brita guides on the Puget Sound and Hood Canal and is a fly designer and tier for Sage.  We discuss...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Lewis Hirsch, from Atlanta Georgia.  Lewis first picked up a fly rod at the age of fourteen, when nothing else seemed to fit him.  He quickly became involved in the US Youth Fly Fishing Team, and spent more time on the Nantahala River during his last two years in high school than he did in the classroom… Despite the fact that it was two and a half hours from ho...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tom Rosenbauer, from Manchester Vermont.  Tom has been fly fishing and tying for nearly all his life.  After college he got a job as a retail clerk at Orvis when it was still a small but growing business in Vermont.  Slowly, but surely, Tom’s emphasis on teaching and education helped develop him into a leader and educator at both Orvis and within the fly fishin...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jon Hazlett, from Medford Oregon.  Jon’s first guide job was up in Alaska after his best friend from college convinced him to join him.  After Alaska, Jon followed his friend to guide in Colorado.  But eventually, Jon moved back to live, fish, and guide in his home waters of Oregon where he still guides today.  Jon was an early adopter of spey casting on the Ro...