The River Rambler

This week I got to sit down and talk with Bill Bakke and Dave Moskowitz. We had a really great talk about how Bill got started fishing, the need for a coast wide conservation voice, the impressive success of wild chinook on the Clackamas, the state of activism, the ecosystem of politics, so much more and we even enjoy some live music.

Conrad Gowell is joining me this week and we had an excellent talk. We discussed DIY flys, the massive ecological effect of dams, woodcuts, snorkeling, the language of fishing culture, fish trap systems, and reasonable demands of Santa.

This week I'm joined by David Reid. We got to talking about his initial slow start to fishing, a love of surfing, grandparents, how he started rod building, tapers, bamboo, and a strange lack of ocean in Idaho.

This week I got the chance to speak with Peter Donahower and Tracy Buckner. We had a blast going over how they each started fishing, working in a hatchery, art and influences, the moral dilemma of steel heading, working for native fish society, hunting, and Valerie.

This week I'm joined by John Hazel, of Deschutes Angler, and Jeff Hickman, of Fish the Swing. We get right into it about the massive temperature changes on the Deschutes since the installation of the mixing tower, the ecological effects that has had, the importance of the deschutes for the rest of the Columbia, the Deschutes River Alliance and how you can help, and rice pilaf. You can help by going to DeshutesRiverAlliance.org or get in contact at [email protected]

I got to talk to filmmaker Shane Anderson this week. We talked about his early start to fishing, professional skiing, the film industry, Burkheimers, the difficulties of telling your story, dam removal, mental clarity in fishing, and what I need to know before jumping into river snorkeling.

This week I'm joined by Kirsten Kinsman for our first in person recording in over a year. We discussed her first time fishing, discovering steelhead and her first solo one, learning to row, trout fishing, the condensed time of COVID, and being outfished by children. As this is our first episode back in-person, we of course had some audio issues, please excuse the somewhat quieter sound while we work out the kinks of social interactions.

This episode I'm speaking with Tim Arsenault of Bridge Fly Fishing. We talked about choosing fishing over school, fly shops, being ruined by spey casting, designing Bridge lines, line tips(pun intended), and a divine muse.

This week I got the chance to talk to Matthew DeLorme. We talk fishing with family, learning languages, photographing for Trek, woodcuts and printmaking, entomology, cutthroat, and peanut butter offerings to our overlords.

This episode I'm joined by Jeff Butler. We had a really great time discussing atlantic salmon, right brain tendencies, post military life, learning spey, wilderness survival training, skating, and canoes.