Appalachian Fly Fishing

Norm Albiston talks about midges, matching insects underwater, The biggest mistake fly fish anglers make

Emmett Heath reveals his secret for catching picky fish on the Green River and streamer techniques

Mike Lawson from Henrys Fork Anglers in Island Park Idaho spends some time with Wylie talking about some fly fishing techniques in Mike Lawsons latest book, Spring Creeks. Also, Matt Selders from Four Seasons Fly Fishers in Heber Utah talks about what his shop has to offer anglers visiting the area.

Doug Barnes is a professional photographer and logs hundreds of hours a year fly fishing. In this episode Doug covers some tips on how to take better photos of your fishing buddies and how to properly handle the fish as to not harm them in the process.

Norm Albiston comes back from the first episode to finish his thought on the 5 things you can change when fly fishing. Norm has a talent for taking the complication and technical point of fly fishing and break it down so its easy to digest.

Mike and Wylie take some time to cover several fly fishing topics. We cover the pros and cons of building your rod. Also we talk about our top 10 fly patterns and why we chose them and how we fish them. Then we tell a couple stories that are hard to believe.

Lance gives us some insight into these competitions. He is also an avid carp Fly Fish Angler. He gives us some great information on his techniques on how to catch these forgotten fish.

Howard Cole is the manager of High Country Flies in Jackson Hole, as well as a tier at the Eastern Idaho Fly Fishing Convention. One of the things I learned form talking to Howard is that most FFr's visiting the Jackson area make the same mistake by dropping down a size or two when trying to match a hatch...

I really wanted to talk to JJ the owner of High Country Flies. He is known for his streamer expertise. In this episode JJ gives us some great information on cone head streamers vs. weighted body.

We are honored to have Glenn Bracket from R.L. Winston talk to us about bamboo vs. graphite rods and some of the recent changes that have been hapening at the R.L. Winston Rod Company.

Im excited to bring todays show to you. I had a lot of fun talking to him and he brings a lot of humor to a traditionaly dry sport. Todays guest was referred to us by you, one of our listeners. We have Ian Colin James.

Scott Sanchez, master fly tier talks to us about some of his patterns that have won the One Fly competition. Also some advice for beginners.

Our most information packed show yet. Just when you think you know a bit about fish and fly fishing you talk to a guy like Norm and you realize how little you know. Every time I listen to Norm I walk away a better fly fisherman.

I was impressed and maybe even a little jealous of all the different species that Michigan has to offer Fly Fish Anglers. Dirk breaks it all down for us in this interview and gives us some great insight into fly fishing for smallmouth bass.

Competition is something Jack is very passionate about and in this interview he talks about the team, and the process the team will go through to get to the World Fly Fishing Tournament.

Another huge get for Fly Fish Radio. We have Lefty Kreh on the show and while we had him we covered a wide range of topics. But, since it is Lefty we had to talk about casting and how to be a better casting instructor.

Dave talks about the second half of fly fishing and relates a great story of one of his students who reluctantly tied a couple flies. Only after loosing all of them in the lips of some large trout was he totally hooked on the other half of fly fishing.

In this weeks episode we were fortunate enough to spend some time talking to fly fishing legend Fran Betters, from the Adirondack Sports shop in upstate New York.

Dave Scadden has been pioneering pontoon boat designs for many years and is responsible for alot of the crafts that many of us fish from.

The San Juan was the first water in the US to be designated as fly fish only. Even though the river is infested with whirlings disease there is plenty of healthy rainbows to pick a fight with.

Denny talks to us more about it from a destination perspective. Where to go, how to get here. What to expect once you're here. One of the myths about the green that he dispells is that the river is over crowded.

Listening to Steve talk about protecting and building trout habitat gets me charged up to get involved with conservation. Something that really stuck with me that he said was the reason people dont get involved is because they dont feel like they can make a difference.

Today we bring you our first podcast from our Southwest regional correspondent Matthew Lambert. He brings us an interview with guide Doc Thompson as they talk about some of New Mexico's unheralded fisheries

Today we bring you Larry Tullis, writer, guide, photographer, Fly Fishing Adventurer.

If you are wondering why you didnt go or even hear about the Fly Fishing Retailers Expo thats because its not open to the public. So Mike, Greg and I Piled in the car and drove through the night to Denver so we could bring some of the show to our listeners.

In this weeks episode we bring you interviews with some of our blogging/podcasting compadres. We had the opportunity to meet and get to know many of the creators of some of the most popular flyfishing blogs, magazines and podcasts at the 2006 Flyfishing retailers expo in Denver.

This episode brings you the definitive podcast on stillwater flyfishing.

We thought it only fitting to bring Norm back for our 1 year anniversary episode. In this episode Norm goes talks in detail about how fish see. The science behind how their eyes work and how that relates to us as anglers.

Today we present part II of our Norm Albiston 1-year Anniversary show. In this episode Norm goes talks in detail about how fish hear and smell.

We took a bit of a departure from our normal format in this episode. We went to Western Rivers Fly Fishers to talk to Steve Schmidt about the upcoming holiday shopping season and what ideas he has for Santa's wish list. But during the interview legendary NBA announcer for the Utah Jazz pops in the store to do some shopping.

Our Southwest Regional Podcaster, Matthew Lambert, PhD, has brought you another great episode. This time out of Lubbock Texas. Bass are often overlooked by most fly fish anglers. Hopefully after listening to Kyle and Matthew you will start looking for water in your area to make a cast to a bass or two. They are hard to catch and will give you a fantastic battle.

In this episode we bring you Mike Andreasen and his wealth of Stillwater fly fishing knowledge and experience.

In this episode we bring you Thomas Martin's interview with Chris Tryon discussing saltwater fly fishing in the eastern Carolinas.

On today's episode we have Dave Long of The Sporting Fly, producers of an educational and entertainment fly fishing DVD series.

In this episode we have Ryan Davey and Thad Robison of AEG Media, the producers of the Trout Bum Diaries series of fly fishing entertainment films.

In this episode we talk about our upcoming fly fishing wilderness camp we're organizing.

In this episode we talk about fly line selection and fly line technology.

Today we're at the Fly Fish Retailers Show in Denver Colorado. We wanted to cover it for you, our listeners, since it's not open to the public. We saw many new products and innovations in the industry and we were able to get some interviews with some of the manufacturers and bring you some highlights of the show.

In this episode we have an interview about the threat mines present to the fish of Alaska's productive Bristol Bay.

We're finally back! Thanks to everyone for listening and emailing us wondering where we are and being patient with us. We have a great show today with Thad Robison from AEG media to talk about this years Flyfishing film tour.