Catching Alphas

Aaron joins us for Q & A.

Zach and Derrick discuss how success is often obtained if you can crack the why and when code. 

Steve joins us to talk about his passion for fly fishing and fly designing. Steve is a talented fly designer and currently runs Envision Fly Works. In this episode we discuss great lake trib fishing, wild brown trout fishing, fly designing, putting in the time and hunting for large trout.

Antoine Bissieux, Torrey Collins and Derrick Kirkpatrick get together to talk about a new product that can reduce the mortality of trout after they are released. Antoine tells us stories of one of his first fly fishing trips with some of the French competitive anglers. Yannick Riviere, a mulit world champion fly angler was one of those anglers. Yannick will be putting on multiple clinics, mid July 2023 on the Farmington River. 

Tony joins us to shed some insight into his trout fishing style and techniques. He has done very well deploying jigs.

Sean Whitman joins Matt and I to talk fly fishing.

This was a two segment piece covering the Hendrickson hatch. Torrey Collins and Derrick Kirkpatrick go into detail with what you might encounter on the river during this super hatch.

Captain Devlin is based in Norwalk, CT where he's live his whole live.  In the mid-1990s to 2006, he split his time between the tri-state area and southwestern Florida, spending half the year in each location.  He currently guides both fly and conventional tackle clients (including some Bair fishing). Over the years he's worked at several fly shops. These include The Compleat Angler, Fisherman's World, Boca Grande Outfitters and Patagonia. 

   He guides for Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Bonito, Little Tunny and a few other species at times such as Weakfish, Tautog, Black Sea Bass, and Fluke. He targets other local species such as Atlantic Salmon, Sea-Run Brown Trout, and White Perch. He also finds time to chase the Common Carp, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and others.

     He pilots a Lake & Bay 17'6" skiff and a canoe to put his clients on fish. He guides day or night, year round in Connecticut. He's also just started to take people on birding and photography outings this season and states that it is something he'll pursue more in the coming years.

His impressive  list of accomplishments follows:

• World record Bluefish on 20lbs tippet   16lbs 13oz caught July 29, 1999
• Co-designed with Steve RaJeff and Mark Sedotti the award-winning G. Loomis ShortStix fly rod series that won ICAST 2015 Best Fly Rod
• Was FFF certified fly casting instructor
• USCG Captain since 1997 (but have been guiding people since 1992)
• Creator of Devlin Blends fly tying materials 
• Advisor for lure, boat, fly line and rod brands over the years
• Written and been featured in articles in books and magazines etc.

Reece joins us to discuss targeting Carp on the fly rod. He is currently employed by T&T and resides in Massachusetts. If you haven't stalked Carp on the fly you should seriously consider giving it a shot.

Joe Goodspeed, designer of diamondback nymphing series rods joins us to discuss his new line of rods.