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2024 Survey Of Spey
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Episode 171 – Daniel Ritz, Rick Kustich, and Spey Nation
This week I’m joined by Rick Kustich and Daniel Ritz and we’re talking Spey Nation coming up on August 7 – 9. We cover how it came back post Covid, what’s new this year like; new classes including tying and trout spey, hands on testing and learning, the raffle that benefits the local Mayfly Project, […]
Episode 170 – Adam Schroeder & Adam Slavinski
On this week’s episode I’m joined by Adam Slavinski and Adam Schroeder. We talk about their young starts to fishing, how they met and got into the industry, their latest venture and the birth of Second Bend Outfitters, incriminating videos and good work relationships, and so much more.
Episode 169 – Mark Martin and Mackenzie Berg
On this week’s episode I’m talking with Mackenzie Berg and Mark Martin. We discuss Mackenzie’s fishing beginnings, meeting with strange men on rivers, fly tying, writing and the need to make, ciricling back, conservation and time, working in Alaska and working with community, the trials and tribulations of rebuilding a boat, and so much more.
Welcome to Issue 26.2
Table of contents, rationalizations, and reasonings from the editor.
Do Not As We Did: Lessons From The Estancia
You can’t say we didn’t tell ya. Whether you listen or not is up to you.
Partner Highlight Series: Two Hand Hardware
Sponsorships are transactional. Partnerships are long-term. Genuine, authentic partnerships are collaborative, born out of mutual respect and trust. Swing The Fly is proud and grateful for the support from our small, close-knit family of partners, so starting in 2026, we’re bringing back the Partner Highlight Series. In this installment, somewhere in Northern California on the […]
How The West Was Lost
The following was written in 2024, before the Trump administration’s full assault on public lands. Before an abysmal winter with negligible snowfall, which plummeted the American West into the worst mega-drought in over 1000 years.
Streamer Spey
I’ll have it to myself. The water was just beginning to stain and rise, timing seemed perfect.
ICONS: Dave Tucker
Idaho-based fly tyer, guide, former fly shop owner, grandfather.
Spey 101: Perfecting Your Trout Spey Setup
One man’s opinion ain’t worth much, but I tried.
Conservation Corner: Skagit Dams: Seattle City Light’s new federal hydropower license moves forward
After seven years of negotiations, Trout Unlimited is joining co-signers to support
an agreement that improves hydropower operations and makes extensive restoration
investments in the revered Puget Sound watershed
B.T.S. & S.B.S: The Isonychia Swung fly
“…the steady flow of Isonychia seem to be a great time to chase browns with a swung fly. ”