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Like steelhead camp in your car, with host Richard Harrington
153 Episodes
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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.
This week I'm talking with Josh Schwartz of Travel Creel. We talk about his childhood on Long Island and his grandmother introducing him to fishing, grief and his decision to enter the culinary world, working for David Bouley and NYC biking, his time at the French Laundry, his first fly fishing experience, his time in Italy, regaining free time and his rentry to fishing, his experience guiding, Baja and enchiladas, Chilean dorado, and forming Travel Creel and it's focus on a full experience.
I'm joined by Mike Archer for this weeks episode and we discuss his initial start to fishing, a passion for music, his time guiding, aggressive tundra trout, bamboo and his journey to rod building, the benefits of knowing how to fix a rod, bamboo building's low barrier to entry, silk lines, the upcoming Sandy Clave, the "drudgery" of tapping ferrules, and so much more.
I'm joined by Justin Bailie for this weeks episode. We talk about his experience growing up in Oregon and his entrance to fishing, Alaska and bears, his journey to photogoraphy, river trips around the world while working for OARS, moving back to Oregon and opening Wild Coast Goods, his entry to spey, salmon and bamboo, and his jump back to landscape photography.
Thom Thornton is joining me this week for a conversation about his first rod and learning from everyond around, streamers, working as a woodchuck, MRIs and claustrophobia, soccer coaching, his start to steelheading, fly tying, competitive casting, baseball, dam removal, and so much more.
This week i'm joined by Nick Karol and we've got a great show for you. We discuss his start to fishing with his grandfather and commercial fishing, the rough-fighting Bulkley fish, his "love" of center pinning, attempting to reach steelhead zen, homemade monos, the importance of meeting and connecting with people, enjoying the moment, 40 inchers, his take on fly tying, his absolute passion for dry flies, and so much more.
This week I"m joined by John McMillan and Nick Chambers of The Deep Wade podcast, that's right, it's a crossover. We cover their starts to fishing, the local adapdations of both steelhead and fisherman, rebuilding runs and an over-reliance on hatcheries, their approaches to fishing and the desire for the Cobra Kai fish, the art of hook setting, snorkeling, classic westerns and so much more.
This week I'm joined by Mia Sheppard. We talk about her fishing journey and some particular bad influences, Little Creek Outfitters and her own endeavor, Juniper River Adventures, cooking and avocado transport, working on a cookbook, rowing, parenting and guiding, and bringing back the Sandy River Spey Clave.https://swingthefly.com/sandy-river-spey-clave/
This week I'm joined by Scott Baker-McGarva. We talk about growing up in BC, guiding on the Bow River, repping and the ever changing landscape of fly fishing products, the difficulties of teaching, mooching reels and chinook, his preferred rigs, dealing with aging eyes and so much more.
For the first episode of the new year I'm talking with Will Bush. We discuss growing up fishing, getting into coho, dry lines, deep wading, Spey-o-rama's humbling effects, lots of fly tying, brown water, and the sobering effects of jet boats.
Tis the season for a holiday treat and as such I'm joined by my friend Duncan Gasiewicz. We have a great chat about hanging out in the Grand Tetons as a kid, fly tying and deer hair, how great the producer is, competition casting and competing with yourself, visual learning, long lines, wartime correspondences, tailing fish, Cuba, and so much more. Enjoy the holidays and hopefully the episode and we'll ramble on next year.
This week I'm joined by Brian Styskal. We get to talking about his introduction to fly fishing with his grandfather on horseback, racecars, reels, rods, lines, and gear hoarding, learing and the value of video, ice dams and fish genetics, inefficients fun, and we even contemplate golf amongst so much more.
This week I'm joined by Tom Larimer and we have a great discussion to help get our American listeners through their Thanksgiving gatherings. We discuss the fun of growing up in the midwest, exploring Oregon and it's pronunciation, "The Voluntary Beatdown," bears and their mental prescence, how he got started guiding, knowing when you're the problem, over mending, art, our uknowing connection to nature, and so much more.
This week I'm speaking with Monte Clarke. We discuss his family's generations of adventure and growing up fly fishing, his surfing adventures and surfing in British Columbia, a bamboo obsession, hunting,and his experiences guiding on the Dean from boats to gear and bears.
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