Fly Fishing for Albies or Albacore on the Fly
False albacore, striped bass and bluefish all move through Montauk on the fall run - a Montauk guide on what the migration brings, and what a freshwater angler needs to...
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Alaska Will Change Forever: Go Now
Alaska, a land renowned for its wild, untouched landscapes and abundant wildlife, offers some of the most spectacular fly fishing experiences in the world. But with increasing popularity and looming...
Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Episodes
Protecting and Targeting The Big Brown Trout and Bass of The Ozarks
It takes four to six years to grow a 12-inch Ozark smallmouth. A longtime guide on the conservation math, and on the fly attitude and pauses that make big river...
Tim Camissa and Fly Tying for Everyone
The author of Fly Tying for Everyone on slender perdigons, trailing-shuck emergers, and the Icelandic lake where a nine-pound brown trout counts as a small one.
Keith Rose-Innes and His Playbook for Fly Fishing in the Seychelles
Twenty-plus years of Seychelles flats work, broken down species by species: leaders, knots, retrieves, tide windows and the fly changes that finally cracked Indo-Pacific permit.
Emerger Strategies for Climate Crisis and Sustainability
Rick Crawford is an angler and business owner pushing fly fishing brands to address environmental impact head-on and treat sustainability as a survival issue.
Eric Leininger on When Fly Fishing You Need to Bring Your A-Game to Get the Ten with Steelhead and Carp
A Portland guide breaks down the welded T-8, T-11 and T-14 sink tip he built for winter steelhead, and the sight-fishing program he runs for Columbia River carp.
Christian Bacasa - Passing of the Torch
Three years of solo weekly episodes come to an end. The outgoing host explains what the show cost him, what kept it alive, and the stillwater chironomid rig he fishes.
Episode 120 - Bucky Buchstaber - Fly Fishing Collaborative
A nonprofit started in 2014 builds aquaponics farms for orphanages and safe homes, paid for by fly fishing auctions, film tour nights and donated flies.
Episode 119 - Keith Webster - Tornado Anchors
A manufacturing engineer redesigned the drift boat anchor around independently rotating galvanized plates, then built a seven-weight lineup from 6 to 45 pounds with no lead in it.
Episode 114 - Jan & Dan Donavon - "Musky Fool"
A husband-and-wife team who built a musky-only online fly shop break down rod weights, fly sizes, river versus lake fish, and the figure eight at the boat.
Episode 113 - Christian Bacasa - "Dupe a Fish"
The shad hatch, the shelf, and the streamer rig that works on the White River in Arkansas - plus how a marketing habit turned into a fly fishing brand and...
Episode 112 - Dylan Stewart - Bold Coast Burns
Butane torches instead of a burning pen, kitchen spatulas as masks, and a 17-foot great white on a restaurant wall - how life-size wood burned fish art gets made.
Episode 109 - David-Alexandre Chabot - Timber & Fins
A birch fungus that dries a waterlogged dry fly instantly, bark-tanned leather wallets, and engraved hackle gauges - inside a plastic-free fly gear workshop.
Episode 108 - Jim Bartschi - Scott Fly Rods
Scott Fly Rods built the first nine-foot four-weight, still makes fiberglass, and handcrafts every rod it sells. Jim Bartschi on 45 years of rod design decisions.
Episode 106 - Drew Allman - Tie Craft
Before building a single fly tying desk, Drew Allman sat down with professional tiers holding a pad and paper. What he learned about storage, height and tool reach.
Episode 104 - Peter Vandergrift - Cheeky Fly Fishing
Cheeky launched large arbors and bright colors when every other reel was black or gunmetal. Peter Vandergrift on drag design, price tiers, and the Schoolie tournament.
Episode 103 - Derek Stewart - Native Rod Company
Derek Stewart is the one-person show behind Native Rod Company, a custom fly rod maker anglers cannot get enough of. Past, present and future of the brand.
Episode 102 - Alexandra Scott - Scotty Products
Alexandra Scott, third generation of Scotty Products, on the brand's top products, where Scotty is headed, and the best selling product nobody guesses right.
Episode 101 - Brian Chaney, CEO - Korker's Footwear
Brian Chaney, CEO of Korkers footwear, on what makes a wading boot last through guide seasons and the new boots Korkers had lined up for 2021.
Episode 98 - Tate Cunningham - Moonshine Fly Rods
How a tobacco pipe company became a direct-to-consumer fly rod brand, why production moved to Korea, and what each rod in the Moonshine lineup is built for.