Well, 2021 was quite the year. It was an honor to start up this podcast and bring on some amazing guests for you this past year. I will be forever grateful to all of you listeners and to 5 Rivers. Stay tuned for Season 2 starting up in August with your new host, Cliff Watson. It's been quite the ride.

- Joseph 

For this episode of Emerging, we got a chance to chat with Simms CEO, Casey Sheahan, about Simms, conservation, and a little about fishing. As always, the music is by the Wright Brothers. 

For this episode, we got a chance to talk with Ben Sittig, aka, Huge Fly Fisherman. Ben is a great dude and we had a great conversation about everything Huge. Make sure to check Ben out on Instagram and Youtube to follow him on his adventures. As always the music is brought to you by the Wright Brothers. 

We were joined by Capt. Chris Whittman from Captains for Clean Water to talk about the ongoing water crisis in Florida. Since this episode was recorded, the disaster at Piney Point has occurred. We urge you to take a look at Captains for Clean Water's resources about the disaster and continue to educate yourself on the issues in Florida. As always, the great music is by the Wright Brothers. 

We had the great privilege of having Simon and Charley Perkins from Orvis. We talked about their upbringing surrounded by the outdoors, conservation, and what the future of fly fishing is going to look like. 

For this episode we got a chance to talk with Nat Gillispee from the US Forest Service about his job, a little about public lands, and some conservation issues pressing our public lands.  

For this episode we got a chance to talk with one of our 5 Rivers alumni, Eeland Stribling, about his 5 Rivers experience, what it is like being a biologist, and a little about stand up comedy.  

With the upcoming release of the F3T we wanted to talk with our friend Rachel Brinkley who is featured in an upcoming film. Rachel has been doing some amazing research on the salmon populations in Idaho we know you will find interesting. Make sure to go buy tickets to the film tour! 

For those who have been living under a rock, the Fly Fishing Film Tour is by far one of the best events the Fly Fishing community has. We got a chance to talk with Paul Nicoletti and Nick Jones from the Fly Fishing Film Tour to speak with us about this years premiere and the expanding 5 Rivers + F3T partnership. Tickets are on sale now!