Fly Fishing 97 Podcast

This week we sit down with Colette Stroud and talk about her fly fishing journey. She is a competitive fly fisher who brings a lot of passion and skill to the water. She has competed at the national championships, provincial championships and was to be the first women on Canada's Fly fishing team at the Commonwealth Fly fishing Championships (until Covid hit) She is a wealth of information on the water and brings her story to our listeners. Thanks Colette for sharing your journey with us!

This week we head to Ashville NY for an in-depth sit down with Colton Orbaker. Colton is a passionate fly fisher, guide, media creator and lifestyle brand builder who is chasing fins and dreams in NY. We talk about his back yard trout pond, his passion for guiding, soccer, teaching and "Dadding" . Always a pleasure to catch up with Colton as he tells us what he has been up to in the past couple on years, both on and off the water. Thanks for sharing your story with us!

This week we sit down with Blake Fairclough in Nova Scotia Canada. We talk about his relatively new passion for fly tying and fly fishing for Brook Trout, Browns and Striper. He is a natural resources/environmental tech student at Nova Scotia Community College. Thanks Blake for sharing your fly fishing story with us.

This time around we sit down with Dan Moyers from Indianapolis Indiana. We talk about his passion for fly fishing and his brand Catchflo, who design casual footwear for the fly fisher. Shoes, flip flops and socks that are uniquely artist designed with new products such as brown trout inspired, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and more to come.

He is a proud supporter of Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery. Use discount code ff97pod and get 10% off any product good through Sept 30,2021. Thanks Dan for sharing your story.

This week we head to Pennsylvania to chat with one of the most passionate fly fishers around Tom Ossoff. Tom is a guide who spends much of his time chasing large browns and steelhead. He is with DRIFTHOOK and THOMAS & THOMAS FLY RODS. We find out where his passion comes from, what drives him to spend so much time on the water and we talk about the many productive systems in PA. Thanks Tom for sharing your story.

This week we sit down with John Wilkinson of Abbotsford BC and chat all things competitive fly fishing, still water and beyond. We talk about what fly fishing brings into John's world, his take-aways from the competitive fly fishing circuit. The BC Fly Fishing League, the North American Loch Style Championships and much more. Lots of tricks and tips to up your fly fishing game in this one. Thanks John for sharing your story!

This week we sit down with Branden Snook and talk about tying with deer hair, Branden's Bugs, living in the Arctic and much more. Branden is one of the most passionate fly tiers we have had on the show. He is busy in Fredericton tying custom unique patterns mainly poppers and streamers. Thanks Branden for the visit and catching up with the program.

Today we visit Paradise California to chat with Nick Feller who hikes the alpine back country of Northern California. We talk all things ultra light backpacking and Tenkara. Nick is mainly self taught when it comes to Tenkara and tying flies. He has started a group called #fixedlinefreaks

Nick has recently teamed up with the Tenkara Rod Co. If you are looking into Tenkara check out this discount/referal code "NORCALTENKARA"

Thanks Nick for sharing your story with us!

This week we sit down with John Frazier from Simms, Andy Goggins and Dave Richmond from 10 Barrel Brewing Company to talk about a colab called "Reel Good". This is a limited release summer ale that supports conservation benefiting Trout Unlimited's home rivers initiative. We talk about the Gallatin River, brewing, conservation, Trailblazers, dream days on the water and much more... Thanks guys for sharing a fly fishing story with us.

This week we are excited to have a long form conversation with Brian Chan. Brian is simply one of the most informed stillwater fly fishers around. He is a retired small lakes fisheries biologist, fisheries advisor, he has authored numerous books, guide, has the stillwater fly fishing store, innovative fly pattern creator and well respected fly fishing educator. We learn what Brian is up to these days, talk bow hunting and lessons learned on the water. Thanks Brian for sharing your story with us!