The CURRENT by Trouts Fly Fishing

The CURRENT is a low-key, light-hearted fly fishing podcast brought to you by Trouts Fly Fishing. We're excited to kick off the 2023 season of The CURRENT Podcast, which is now hosted by Rick Mikesell & Ivan Orsic. In this season, Rick and Ivan are welcoming a host of new and old friends to talk about all things fly fishing. From tips & tricks to deep dives on a wide variety of fisheries, we're excited to take a deeper dive into the world of fly fishing, both on the Front Range of Colorado and beyond.

In this episode, host Rick Mikesell and co-host Ivan Orsic are joined by everyone's favorite traveling angler - the one and only Brian O'Keefe. Brian describes himself as the "most lucky man in the world" as he's spent the better part of the last 50 years traveling the world in search of fish, adventure, and the perfect fly fishing photo.

Brian, Rick, and Ivan start with Brian's origin story as a youth with a fly rod and Instamatic camera in hand. After a brief review of his inception as a fly fishing bum with camera, the gang moves on to some all-time stories about Brian's time spent adventuring the world in search of any species that swims. On his website, Brian notes a short list of destinations - Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Mexico - Yucatan and Baja, Cuba, Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Argentina, Christmas Island, Bikini Atoll, Tonga, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, and St. Brandon's Atoll - emphasis on the short.

Brian has fished more water than you can shake a stick at and has the stories to prove it. We wrapped up the conversation by discussing his pivotal role in Catch Magazine and finally, Brian shared some of his favorite fly fishing photography tips and tricks. Sit back, grab your beverage of choice, and enjoy an hour and change with the legend himself - Brian O'Keefe.

The CURRENT is a low-key, light-hearted fly fishing podcast brought to you by Trouts Fly Fishing. We're excited to kick off Season 2 of The CURRENT Podcast, which is now hosted by Rick Mikesell & Ivan Orsic. In Season 2, Rick and Ivan are welcoming a host of new and old friends to talk about all things fly fishing. From tips & tricks to deep dives on a wide variety of fisheries, we're excited to take a deeper dive into the world of fly fishing, both on the Front Range of Colorado and beyond.

In this episode, host Rick Mikesell and co-host Ivan Orsic are joined by a familiar friend - Umpqua's Russell Miller to talk about the skills, opportunities, and considerations to take while fly fishing during the coldest months of the year. Russell is no stranger to our YouTube channel. In fact, you might remember his on-the-water episode of Five Flies for January 2020. Truly, winter fly fishing in Cheesman Canyon at its finest.

An accomplished angler, Miller is well-versed in a variety of techniques including Euro Nymphing and Swinging Flies (more specifically - swinging flies for steelhead - a notably cold experience). A true student of the game, Russell is an excellent fly-fishing resource for anglers of any ilk.

Russ, Rick, and Ivan talk about what they're looking forward to this winter on the water in Colorado. The gentlemen talk about strategies, editing your water, the merits of Euro Nymphing in the winter, winter dry fly fishing, building the ideal winter day of fishing, gear selection, fly choice, rigging, seasonality, and much more.

In this episode, host Rick Mikesell and co-host Ivan Orsic are joined by Trouts own Head Guide Scott Dickson. Scott has been guiding in Colorado for 23 years. He's a fish-catching legend around the shop and is the president of the Good Dudes club. Dickson has years and years of experience targeting the technical trout that call the South Platte home and has a way of putting more than a couple of trout in the net by the end of the day.

Scott, Rick and Ivan talk about what they're looking forward to this fall on the South Platte, as well as tips and tactics for catching fish this fall on technical tailwaters, fly choice, rigging, seasonality, and much more.

In this episode, host Rick Mikesell and co-host Ivan Orsic are joined by Mike Schultz (aka "Schultzy") of Schultz Outfitters in Ypsilanti, MI. Schultzy, who formulated the Swinging D' fly, lives and breathes smallmouth fishing with countless hours logged on his home waters around southern Michigan. If there's flowing water in MI and smallmouth call it home, chances are Schultzy has a story or two about it.

Rick and Ivan talk about their recent trip out to fish with Schultzy, as well as smallmouth tips and tactics on the fly, night fishing for smallmouth, his angling mentors, fly design, and much more.

The CURRENT is a low-key, light-hearted fly fishing podcast hosted by Will Rice. Will is back again, thumbing through his Rolodex of accomplished anglers and friends in the fly fishing industry to talk about what's going on in their neck of the woods.

In this episode, Will Rice welcomes Yellow Dog Fly Fishing's own Jim Klug to talk about the current state of domestic and international fly fishing travel. Trouts has proudly partnered with Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures to assist us with all our travel needs, as they are renowned in the fly fishing industry as the leading experts in Fly Fishing Destination Travel. From recent destination openings to a recent spree of early bookings, there's a lot to be noted about how the past couple of years have impacted fly fishing travel availability. Jim and Will talk about matching anglers with destinations and guides to create your ideal destination trip, their BIGGEST saltwater fly fishing complaints (aka...what's the deal with the Grand Slam?), the best mindset for a flats fly angler, and plenty more. 

Grab a cold beverage and enjoy Jim and Will talking about their recent and upcoming travels, recent country openings, creating the perfect trip for traveling anglers of all experience levels, and much more.

The CURRENT is a low-key, light-hearted fly fishing podcast hosted by Will Rice. Will is back again, thumbing through his Rolodex of accomplished anglers and friends in the fly fishing industry to talk about what's going on in their neck of the woods.

In this episode, Will Rice welcomes author, editor, and fly fishing legend, Kirk Deeter. Co-author of the Little Red Book of Fly Fishing with Charlie Meyers, Kirk is the editor for Trout, Trout Unlimited's quarterly magazine, and editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine. His stories have appeared in Garden & Gun, The Drake, 5280, Fly Rod & Reel, Fly Fisherman, Big Sky Journal, Salt Water Sportsman, and Trout, among other places.

Grab a cold beverage and enjoy a quick hang with Kirk Deeter. Will and Tom touch on their mutual friend the legendary Charlie Meyers, Deeter's love of brown trout, his upcoming book "The Little Black Book of Fly Fishing," his path through fly fishing, mousing for trout, a couple of tips and tricks, and much more. Come for Deeter talking brown trout and stay for Will channeling the energy of a small black mouse who has fallen into the water.

In this episode, Will Rice welcomes everyone's fly fishing mentor - Tom Rosenbauer. The man needs no introduction. In addition to writing over 20 fly fishing guide books during his 45 years at Orvis, Tom has produced countless hours of invaluable, entertaining, and educational fly fishing content. He is the world's non-judgemental, super-helpful fly fishing uncle. Chances are you've learned something of value from Tom Rosenbauer during your fly fishing journey. The man has his own Wikipedia page - which feels like a pretty impressive accomplishment for someone who exists in the world of fly fishing.

Grab a cold beverage and enjoy a quick hang with the one, the only - Tom Rosenbauer. Will and Tom touch on his influences, his path through fly fishing, helping anglers overcome the traditional learning curve, the future of fly fishing, a couple of tips and tricks, and much more.

In this episode, Will Rice is joined by Trouts own Rick Mikesell and Barry Reynolds to talk about the Denver South Platte and Carp on the Fly. While all three of the guys are veterans in the world of fly fishing for carp on the DSP, Barry is the Carpfather himself. The man literally wrote the book "CARP ON THE FLY." Barry, Rick and Will share fish stories, touch on the history of fly fishing for carp, presentation, fly choices, the do's and don'ts of targeting carp on the fly, what makes a catchable, happy carp, and much more.

In this episode, Will Rice and Trouts own Ivan Orsic welcome fly fishing guide, author, and personality Landon Mayer to the podcast to talk about spring fly fishing, the South Platte, sight fishing on technical tailwaters, his favorite non-Landon flies to fish, fishing with his kids, his approach to guiding, and much more.

In this episode of The Current podcast, Will Rice welcomes Trouts own Zeke Hersh to talk about the rise in popularity in fly fishing over the last year, fishing in Summit County, exploring new water and Two Sport Days. While Zeke has been guiding the Colorado River for over 20 years, he's also an avid outdoorsman and likes to mix it up on the slopes, trails, and mountains.