How Hunters and Anglers Play a Role in Preserving Wildlife
Hunting and fishing license sales and equipment excise taxes fund the habitat work and public access anglers rely on. A conservationist explains how the system works and how to act...
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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
Pennsylvania Muskie Fly Fishing
Dominic Petruzzi breaks down fly fishing for muskie in Pennsylvania moving water, plus how he designs predator flies around movement, flash, silhouette and profile.
Marsh Sessions and How to Start a Fly Fishing Community
Bimonthly brewery gatherings, a fall festival that drew 450 people, and nearly $4,000 raised for conservation - built with no budget, one partner and a lot of phone calls.
Michigan Fly Fishing for Smallies and Pike
A Grand Rapids guide explains why river smallmouth live in slow water, how to fish a log jam corner with a diver, and which line and rod weight to carry...
Keep Our Salmon Safe
How a voluntary farm certification protects Pacific salmon: seven watershed standards, a high-hazard chemistry list, and the tire compound killing coho.
Small Mountain Streams Conservation
A Colorado guide on reading access before water, working upstream through logs and boulders, and the erosion problem that willow planting actually solves.
The Denver Carp Slam
Denver Trout Unlimited's Carp Slam is a pro-am fly fishing tournament on the urban South Platte. How it runs, what it funds, and how to enter or donate.
Fishing Opportunities in the Great Lakes Areas and Invasive Species
A Great Lakes reporter on what northern Michigan offers anglers, and the survey research showing that knowing about an invasive species does almost nothing to change behavior.
Pebble Mine Then and Now and the Tactical Grid Fishing Technique
A 13-year fight over an open-pit mine above Bristol Bay, what comes after the EPA decision, and a grid method for covering pressured water in three dimensions.
What Do You Know About the Texas Tarpon Collaborative and Conservation
Erik Schmitt created the Texas Tarpon Collaborative and works with groups to raise awareness of the tarpon population and preserve the silver kings.
Simple Tips and Tricks to Go About River Cleanup
Keeping waterways clean helps fly fishing and often helps with landowners too. Christian Bacasa shares simple ways to get involved in river cleanup.
Fly Fishing For Oregon Bull Trout
Joel LaFollette, a sixth-generation Oregonian, on what Oregon offers fly anglers and how to target bull trout while preserving their presence.
Jesse Gardziel on Trophy Trout Chasing
Colorado Springs angler Jesse Gardziel researches his fisheries to find trophy trout on purpose. He explains how that research turns into big fish.
Fly Fishing Conservation is Healing Rivers with Scientific Research
An aquatic ecologist explains how insect samples are used to grade river health, why salmonflies take three years underwater, and what that means for nymph selection.
Epics on the Conservation Train for Fly Fishing
Ben Kraushaar is an artist who creates epic adventures caught on film for conservation, and he brings several wild stories from those outings to the podcast.
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.
Episode 81 - Trout Unlimited Critical Minerals Report Press Release.
Lithium, cobalt and uranium are about to be mined closer to home. Trout Unlimited mapped where those deposits sit against trout water and protected public land.
Episode 71 - David Mangum
David Mangum returns to talk about protecting his fishing spots, the etiquette of finding other boats there, tarpon water under pressure, and guiding after COVID-19.
Episode 63 - Trout Unlimited - Three Different Stories , One Goal.
Three Trout Unlimited projects: volunteers measuring burned-stream habitat, a reservoir bypass on the Colorado, and a mining town that made fishing its new economy.
Guided EP #7 David Mangum, "Tarpon Success".
David Mangum on running tarpon charters in the Florida panhandle, the gear and lines he uses, conservation issues, and his Yeti project.