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.
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Episode 158 – The Winchester Dam pt 3
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 […]
New Subscriber Discount Code for “Crafting The Swung Fly”
New Print & Digital subscribers (9/1/2025-now) get a discount code for $30 off “Crafting The Swung Fly.”
Episode 157 – Nate Duvol
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 […]
Episode 156 – Wayne Vierhout
This week I’m joined by Wayne Vierhout. We discuss is early IT and saftware 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 design… Become a member of Swing the Fly To read this article and receive other […]
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
The Fall Orange Spider
“The swung fly is a tactic to tease out a predatory instinct in a fish that months earlier would refuse all but the most accurate cast, presentation, and pattern during Gulper season on the lake. “
What Lies Beneath
The hydrology of moving water is a mystery to most. So is what our swinging fly is doing beneath.
Rods and Rigs for the Great Lakes
“What is the best rod configuration for the Great Lakes region? ”
Great Lakes Editor Rick Kustich’s answer: It depends!
S.B.S. & B.T.S. : The Olive Fiery Brown
Step by step, and behind the scenes. The how to tie it, and the why: the Olive Fiery Brown.
The Big Storm
“The travelers sit in jangling silence tracking the yellow line, riding a hot grease and steel hound lined out for the bleeding storm. “
Counting Steelhead With Shep
My family is unskilled at small talk; to compensate, we avoid social gatherings. Defying that legacy, I sat uncomfortably in a packed room of mostly strangers, my fingers firmly clasped around a bottle of craft beer as Danny’s spouse approached. Laura unceremoniously dropped a set of keys on the ch… Become a member of Swing […]