Most importantly: What are they good at? And what aren’t they good at?
Articles
On Sport Fishing
What are the origins and development of this way of sporting way of speaking about angling?
Lady Gray
The rise of a gray here is soft, smooth and tender, a kiss from the surface.
Photos: Spey Nation 2025
Three days of spey community, education, and demonstration on the Salmon River in New York.
Episode 149 – George Sylvestre
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.
Episode 148 – Amanda Chapman
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 personalites, cutthroats, her tournament casting, claves, and so much more.
Event: Spey Nation 2025
Spey Nation returns Aug. 8-10 at Douglaston Salmon Run on the lower Salmon River in New York.
Episode 147 – The Rogue Spey Clave
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, […]
Conservation Corner: Proposal to sell public lands is off the table
A statement from Trout Unlimited regarding a controversial provision to sell millions of acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management that was pulled from the Senate budget reconciliation bill.
Episode 146 – Isaac Sebastian, Elijah Haak, Anders Martenson
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 […]
Episode 145 – Josh Schwartz
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 […]
Photo Gallery: 2025 Sandy River Spey Clave
An open source gallery focused on the Faces of the 2025 Sandy River Spey Clave.
