The tenth episode of Chesapeake brings us halfway to the end of the first season of the Fly Fish Forever Podcast. On this episode, we have the opportunity to meet with Zack Hoisington, a fly-fishing guide and environmental educator based out of Annapolis, Maryland. Zack has been fishing the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for his entire life and has a broad range of experience both as an angler and as a conservationist. We'll talk about oysters and their importance to the Bay, Striped Bass, Cobia, Redfish and Speckled Trout. We'll also talk about what Zack is doing to bring the region's next generation into both fishing and conservation. 

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On this week's episode, we have the chance to meet Pamela Dunlap. Pamela is the founder of Women, Wine and Waders, a fly fishing group based out of West Virginia. Pamela is also the co-founder of International Women's Fly Fishing Day, and was recognized by the state of West Virginia as one of the state's "50 Wonder Women". Pamela is a teacher and mentor to female fly anglers across the world, but still loves to call the Mountaineer State her home. 

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On this week's episode, we have the chance to sit down with Chris Wood. Chris is the President and CEO of Trout Unlimited, America's leading coldwater conservation organization, based in Washington, DC. However, don't expect to hear too much about Trout or Salmon on this episode. Instead, we're going to explore Chris's (not so) secret obsession with fishing for unexpected species in unexpected places. We'll also talk about the surprising amount of nature, and fishing, one can find in an urbanized environment and why Chris is working to bring the next generation of city youth into angling. 

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On this week's episode, we have the chance to meet Wayne MacMasters. Wayne is a fly-fishing guide based out of the Hampton Roads area who specializes in catching Cobia on the fly. Cobia are a migratory species, making their way from the waters of Northern Florida, up the East Coast each spring, and spending their summers in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Whether you're a seasoned angler, or someone completely new to the world of Cobia, Wayne provides a wealth of knowledge of how to target this aggressive and large saltwater fish. 

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On the sixth episode of the podcast, we meet with Mark Frondorf. Mark is a longtime fly fishing guide on the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, the Shenandoah Riverkeeper, as well as the host of the annual Mid-Atlantic Smallmouth Bass symposium. It's fair to say that there may not be a single person in the watershed as tuned in to the ebbs and flows of smallmouth fishing. Unfortunately, the future of Smallmouth Bass in the region is far from certain. Facing a range of threats, can this important fish species not only survive but thrive in the decades to come? 

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On this week's episode of the Fly Fish Forever podcast, we have the opportunity to meet George Daniel. George is one of the most celebrated and visible fly fishers of the past two decades, having written many articles and several books on the subject, with a particular emphasis on trout. However, this episode isn't going to be just a how-to type of show. Instead, we're going to talk about George's opportunity to achieve a life-long dream as the head of the Penn State Fly Fishing Program. Founded in 1947 by fly fishing legend George Harvey, and later ran by the even more celebrated Joe Humphreys, George follows in a long and illustrious line of educators that have made Penn State a pillar of the sport of fly-fishing not only in the state of Pennsylvania, but the world.

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On this week's episode of the Fly Fish Forever podcast, we meet with Kate Fritz, the CEO of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Kate has spent most of her life living, working and recreating across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and took up the sport of fly-fishing a little over a year ago. We'll get a chance to learn about the work that the Alliance is doing with farmers in rural Pennsylvania, and municipal governments in major cities, to improve water quality, and by extension, fishing opportunities across the region. We'll also talk about the importance of public lands and public access across the many types of habitats and fisheries of the watershed.

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On this week's episode, we have the chance to sit down with Captain Chris Karwacki. Chris is a fly-fishing guide focused on Speckled Trout and Striped Bass in the waters of Tangier Sound. The Sound is known as one of the gems of the Chesapeake Bay, stretching along the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia and providing habitat for a diverse range of saltwater fish including not only "Specks" and "Stripers" but also Bluefish, Weakfish, Redfish and Black Drum, to name a few. We'll go in-depth into the tactics and equipment that Chris uses to target the Speckled Trout that inhabit the Sound and discuss what makes the Sound such a special place. 

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On this week's episode, we are joined by Grant Alvis from Richmond, Virginia. Grant is a fly-fishing guide with a particular affinity for two species that are often mistaken for one another, the Northern Snakehead and the Bowfin. The former is a recent addition to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, illegally introduced to Maryland waters in the early 2000's. Since that time, it has spread to various river systems up and down the Bay. The latter is one of the oldest surviving fish species on Earth, described as a living fossil, and has been native to the region since before the Chesapeake Bay itself was formed. We'll go into how you can target both of these species, as well as why the Bowfin may just become your new favorite species to catch on the fly. 

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On the very first episode of the very first season of the Fly Fish Forever Podcast, we have the chance to meet Brian Shumaker, one of the top fly fishing guides on the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna River is the single largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, contributing around 55% of all of its freshwater. We go in-depth into Brian's lifetime spent fishing the River and its major tributaries for smallmouth bass, learning to fly fish with Bob Clouser and what Brian hopes to see for the future of the River and the Bay. 

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