the River Rambler

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.

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

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 […]

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 personalites, cutthroats, her tournament casting, claves, and so much more.

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

I’m joined by Justin Bailie for this week’s 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, […]