Episode 155 - Sam Rocha

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.

This week, I'm joined by Jake Christensen and we have a great chat about fishing being a constant in his life, ebay shenaningans, his start to building bamboo and it's draw, tapers, realizing the reason for guides, baseball, and so much more.

On this week's episode I'm joined by Howard Cole. We discuss how we met and how he get me into spey casting, his start to fishing, his time in California and initial fly tying instruction, Andy Puyans' school, High Country Flies, wading and falling, and the age old question of "How many rods is too many rods?"

Todd Rudaitis of Bell Reel Company joins me on this weeks episode. We discuss his start to fishing at his grandparents' lodge, restoring his Grandfather's old rod, his first steelhead experience, a very excited James Sampsel, learning two handers, getting into reel making, vintage machining and CNC, the draw of the clicker, and so much more.

On this week's episode I'm talking with George Sylvestre. We get to talking about his start to fishing shadowing his grandfather, questionable college priorities, his time in the army, his entry to two handed casting, spey and saltwater, boats, some guy called Coop, guiding, and the Cape Cod School of Satlwater Fly Fishing.

Amanda Chapman is joining me for this week's episode. We discuss social media and it's intricacies, fly tying being her entry to fishing, the importance of being in the moment, catching her first steelhead, people's desire for the fly "that works," fish personaliites, cutthroats, her tournament casting, claves, and so much more. Not to mention an exciting opportunity for alll you Rambler fans.

This week I'm joined by Dax Messett and Jon Hazlett, the organizers and hosts of the Rogue Spey Clave. We talk about their decision to start it, a friendly coups, all of the amazing guests that will be presenting, from casting to tying demonstrations, the raffle with some pretty heavy hitters that will be there, and what the future might hold. The Rogue Spey Clave is a one day event, on August 23rd, for more information head to https://www.daxfly.com/speyclave

After a slightly longer than expected hiatus post cross country move the River Rambler is back and this week I'm joined by a trio. Isaac Sebastian, Anders Martinson, and Elijah Haak talk with me all about coercing each other to guide in Alaska, learing in the Arctic Circle, finding out you live next to Corey Koff, Isaac's Cuba experience, tarpon, their Alaska rigs, Sweden's hidden lake, salwater, and some entertaining guiding stories.