“Fly fishing is beautifully regional.” – Paul Sveum

Christoper and I welcomed our old friend and Registered Master Maine Guide Paul Sveum into the studio to discuss spring fly fishing in northern Maine. We discuss flies, fly fishing, temperatures that trout like, and a wide variety of other topics. Paul is teaching our Introduction To Fly Fishing course later this month, although the course is sold out and no spots are available.

PHOTO: Paul fishing a remote stream in Aroostook County, Maine.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 105 | Spring Fly Fishing In Maine

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The third installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journals from a solo canoe trip on Allagash Lake, a canoe trip on the Big Black River, and a ten-day winter camping trip on the Quebec border with no sleeping bag.

You can download a free copy of On The Trail from the downloads section of BushcraftSchool.com. You can also purchase one for $0.99 from Amazon.

PHOTO: On The Trail – Canoe & Snowshoe Trip Journals.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 104 | Winter Camping With No Sleeping Bag, Allagash Stream & Big Black

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The four main jobs of the Jack Mountain Bushcraft School semester instructor are teacher, guide, mentor and coach. Christopher and I discuss this, and how the relationship changes and grows during a long course, in this episode of the podcast. You’ll also hear about the new bird neighbors who have built their nest in a nearby white pine.

I’ll be back with a few more chapters of On The Trail in the next podcast episode.

PHOTO: Sunrise through the tent door.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 103 | Teacher, Guide, Mentor, Coach

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The second installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journals from a 1999 Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trip and a 2001 St. John River canoe trip, both in Maine. I’ve run a lot of trips on these rivers in the 20+ years since, but this Allagash trip stands out in my mind because of having to repair a wood canvas canoe with things gathered in the forest. I hope you enjoy this episode.

You can download a free copy of On The Trail from the downloads section of BushcraftSchool.com. You can also purchase one for $0.99 from Amazon.

PHOTO: On The Trail – Canoe & Snowshoe Trip Journals.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 102 | Allagash & St. John Trip Journals

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I’m trying something new – creating an audiobook. For episode 101 of the JMB Podcast I read a chapter from my book On The Trail. The chapter is a journal from a June, 2000 canoe trip on the Swan Lake Canoe Route on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The plan is to work through the book so that it is available via audio format here on the podcast. Like it? Hate it? Let us know.

You can download a free copy of On The Trail from the downloads section of BushcraftSchool.com. You can also purchase one for $0.99 from Amazon.

PHOTO: On The Trail – Canoe & Snowshoe Trip Journals.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 101 | Swan Lake Canoe Route, Alaskan Trip Journal

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Recorded at the beginning of week 2 of the spring 2021 semester, we discuss the value of a tangible approach to education as contrasted with an abstract approach. Also we discuss a variety of current events and the genuine surprise felt at making it to 100 episodes.

PHOTO: Building a hoop house shelter.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 100 | Tangible Education

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Welcome back to the JMB Podcast. After a winter break, we’re back at the field school and beginning the spring 2021 Wilderness Guide Training semester today. For episode 99, we discuss what we did over the winter, which includes catching Covid 19, working to get healthy, working with birds at a museum, and a few other things we discuss. It’s good to be back.

PHOTO: Gravel bar on the upper Aroostook.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 99 | Spring 2021 Semester Begins

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For episode 98 of the JMB podcast, we discuss the process of developing wilderness instructors and guides. We outline the following steps to the process:

PHOTO: Poling on the St. Croix, the border between New Brunswick, Canada and downeast Maine.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 98 | Wilderness Instructor Development Process

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It’s near the end of the fall semester, so we invited some of the current Wilderness Bushcraft Semester students into the Guide Shack so you could hear directly from them about their thoughts about the course. Listen in as they describe their experience and answer a few questions about it.

PHOTO: Spring semester students at sunset on the Allagash.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 97 | The Student’s Perspective

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We offer several different types of programs, and in this episode of the podcast we describe and define what they are and who they’re for. Two weeks to go in the fall, 2020 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester.

PHOTO: Big breakfast in camp.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 96 | Differentiating Professional Training Programs

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