Emerging

Jake Jubach is the TU Costa 5 Rivers Community Engagement Intern. Jake recently graduated from Wilmington College in Ohio and is going to veterinary school at Mississippi State in June. He helps run the fly.fishing platform which is the main social media page for 5 Rivers clubs. He engages with clubs nationwide helping them organize events and share their stories. In this episode, we’ll hear some fun fishing and veterinary stories from Jake and what he's done with 5 Rivers. 

Keep updated with other 5 Rivers events on our Instagram @tucosta5rivers 

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Melissa Wagner is Lanesboro’s Area Fisheries Supervisor. Today we talked about her work with DNR fisheries in the driftless region of Minnesota. They do habitat work on quite a few trout streams in southeastern Minnesota. We will cover how project planning works and what information is collected for fish stocking. We will also talk about how the DNR works with Trout Unlimited.  

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For more information check out the links below! 

MN DNR 

MN Trout Unlimted  

TU Driftless Area Restoration Effort (TUDARE) 

Southern MN Stream Restoration Video  

Maggie Heumann is Trout Unlimted’s manager of volunteer operations. Maggie works with TU chapters and organizes educational opportunities around the nation. She has always been fascinated with insects and started as an entomologist. With her passion for insects and the outdoors, she loves fly fishing. Out west she is lucky enough to fish rivers in Yellowstone. Maggie also co-founded Artemis Sportswoman which facilitates women hunting and fishing events all around the nation. Tune in to hear about Maggie’s journey from studying poultry and insects, co-founding Artemis Sportswomen and working for TU.  

Check out the links below to learn more! 

TU Staff Directory 

Find Your Local TU Chapter 

Trout Unlimited Events  

More about Snake River Dams 

United Women on the Fly  

Artemis Website 

Artemis Podcast 

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Carl Haensel is a fly fishing guide in northeastern Minnesota and the Brule area of northern Wisconsin. He and his wife Jade are the owners of Namebini guiding service. Carl is also a writer, photographer, and educator. Carl is involved with the local Gitche Gumee TU Chapter and is the Northern Minnesota Vice Chair of TU. Carl shares his experiences in the fly-fishing industry and gives some good fishing tips. We also hear about the upcoming Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo in March.  

Follow Carl on Instagram @namebini  

Check out the links bellow to learn more.  

Video: Nature Conservancy and TU Partnership 

Namebini Guiding  

Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo  

MN TU  

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Jamie Vaughan is Trout Unlimited’s Great Lakes engagement coordinator. As a regional engagement coordinator, Jamie works on habitat conservation projects, coordinates volunteer engagement, leads STREAM Girls events for local youth, and much more! There is so much awesome work going on in the Great Lakes region from culvert construction to tree plantings. Get involved with your local TU chapter to learn about volunteer opportunities and conservation projects! 

One of the best ways to follow TU’s work in the Great Lakes is on Instagram @troutunlimedgreatlakes  

STREAM Girls 

Michigan Fly Girls 

Tree Army 

RIVERS App 

TU Staff Directory 

Tree Planting Guide 

Great Lakes Action Alert 

Find Your Local TU Chapter 

Larry Dahlberg is the inventor of Flashabou, the creator of the Dahlberg Diver and Mr. Whiggley and the inspiration for thousands of anglers worldwide. His TV show The Hunt for Big Fish aired for nearly 20 years and captivated audiences from every corner of the industry. His knowledge about the sport is unmatched and we all can learn a great deal from him. In this conversation we talked about his new Costa film with Blane Chocklett The Ties that Bind, how he approaches the sport of fishing, and much more. Here is a link to the film, be sure to check it out and share it with your friends! 

We hope you enjoyed this season; it truly was an honor to talk to all these incredible people. Thank you so much to Trout Unlimited, Costa Sunglasses and Simms Fishing Products for making this possible. Stay tuned for Season 3 coming next Fall! 

Jim is the Chair and Corinne is the Vice Chair of AFFTA, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association. Their goal is to guide the sustainable growth of the fly fishing industry through trade development and stewardship. AFFTA is also the incredible organization that puts together IFTD and we are so grateful to them for doing all the organizing. 

This is our last episode from IFTD and we hope you enjoyed this miniseries. Thank you to Costa sunglasses, Trout Unlimited and Simms fishing products for making this podcast possible. 

Paula Schearer is a guide in Alberta Canada on the Bow River and the surrounding mountain streams. During this quick conversation we talked about the life of a full time guide, fishing in Alberta and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode, stay tuned for one more from IFTD. Check out Paula on Instagram @paulashearer  or at her website here.

Finns West provides wilderness first aid courses & medical solutions for the angling and hunting community. Mike Tayloe is the man behind this awesome company and he is our guest today. We talked about what Finns West does, how Mike became passionate about first aid/rescue and much more. Check out Finns West at their website to learn more about this great company and how you can be better prepared in the outdoors.

Joseph Berney @joseph_berney_ hosted the first season of Emerging and we are delighted to have him back. He currently works with Flylords, one of the largest employers of 5 Rivers students! Thanks to Jared Zissu (5 Rivers alum) for starting such an incredible company and bringing so many 5 Rivers students to the team. Be sure to check out all the great projects they are working on @flylords on Instagram or at their website.

We hope you enjoy this very relaxed and fun episode. Thanks to Joseph for getting this podcast stared, we are all so excited to see where it goes for season 3!