Episode 162 - Michael Bray

This week Michael Bray is joining me. We talk about his start to fishing with his dad and in the Boy Scouts, his switch to spey, our favorite trees, being, SBDs, rivers and rafting, the eternal puzzle of casting, the spey community, and so much more.

I'm joined by Jason Renfro this week. We discuss his start to fishing whilst looking for cheaper hobbies, fishing with his kids, working in a fly shop, the desire to teach and instructing, the benefits of smaller scale communities, friendship, getting more out of the fly fishing journey, not being left handed, and so much more.

This week I'm talking with Jesse Lance Robbins about his new book "The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere," which comes out today. We also discuss growing up in Maine, where his interest in writing started, studying abroad in Scotland and fishing in New Zealand, creative minds, tarpon, and so much more. Yo, Joe!

This week I'm talking with Rachel Finn and we discuss the Adirondacks, voluntary beatdowns capming stories, first meetings and all of that is before I even remember to actually start the show. We also discuss her start to fishing, Alaska, horses, Winslow Homer, and so much more.

Jim McCarthy of Water Watch and Jake Crawford of The Steamboaters return this week to talk to us about the continuing events on the North Umpqua around the Winchester Dam. We discuss the support of the ODFW,  the cost of owning a 135 year old dam versus the cost of removal, the dam owner's continued fight against laws and regulations, the ecological benefits of dam removal, and more.

Despite winter weather and power outages the River Rambler is back and I'm joined by Nate Devol for the first episode of the year. We discuss is his life on the 45th parallel, the fun of rear wheel drive trucks, winter skis and summer boats, movie influences and the start to his fishing journey, learning spey, community outreach, coffee and leather craft, Kimsquit Bay, and so much more.

This week I'm joined by Wayne Vierhout. We discuss is early IT and software days, his fishing progression from worm to flys, his love for tube flys, his very first rod, Atlantic salmon, how he got into bamboo building and designing tapers, retirement, and even some rod building secrets.

This week I'm talking with Sam Rocha. We talk about his family full of fishers and the Rio Grande, his spectacular college experience and his first teaching job, how that led to steelhead, a brief story about how he got into spey, learing with guides, bamboo, cooking, and the philosophy of sufffering and chocolate milk.

This week I'm joined by Colby Richards. We discuss growing up in Hood River, snowboarding, his entrance to cooking, the importance of practice, planes and learning to fly, gardening, surfing, FOMO adventures, being alone in the wilderness, great food and wine, and so much more.

On this week's episode I'm joined by Sean Burke. We discuss him fishing as a kid with his dad and brother, his experiences brewing beer and more beer talk, music, the environment, the effort that goes into guiding, starting YouTube and his desire to tell people's stories, and more.