The Open Fly Podcast

Chuck Ragan joins us to talk about his life as a professional musican and his budding professional guide career.

Sam from Free the Snake interrupts our useless banter to explain the growing momentum of the movement to remove the lower Snake River dams.  

Hilary jump starts her career as a tv star by partaking in shameless self promotion to our hard-earned audience. We stumble through an interview to get a few useful soundbites. We also talk about whitefish choking on bones, angry dragons, and how it’s just good to be out.

We talk mullets, living in a van down by the river, and getting the damn kids

to be interested in fisheries conservation.  We make an attempt at redemption

after our previous show with sound issues.

In an Open Fly first:  We talk about the lack of rain in WA.  The entire west coast

is in a drought, and it’s having a profound affect on fisheries.  We dust off the

recording equipment, battle some less than stellar performance from said 

equipment, and put gether an important show for all who partake in outdoor

recreation in the West.

Few people, fly fishermen or otherwise, have traveled like Jef Currier.  Hear a

bit about his adventures around the world catching fish that most people

don’t even know exist!

In an Open Fly first:  Rob Kramarz talks to us while staying on his game

guiding a client in to some finnicky barracuda.  He still managed to give

us one of our favorite interviews yet!  He passionately explains fishing

in the Florida Keys for permit, tarpon, bonefish, barracuda and square

groupers.  You won’t find a more authentic podcast interview. That 

we know of at least....

Jess McGlothlin of Fire Girl Photography tells her story of finding her unique 

niche in the fly fishing industry, then we bring on the founders of the

Upper Missouri Waterkeepers to talk about getting their new organization

off the ground!

We once again try diplomacy on the show.  We made the decision to allow Canadians on the show once again to see how that went.  End result:  A solid show with funny accents.

After our usual drivel and banter, Russ Schnitzer tells an enthusiastic tale of the conceptualization and production of his new film, "Wild Fish Works."