The River Rambler

This week I'm talking with my friend Paddy Lookabaugh, of Liquid Sunshine Fly Fishing. We discuss the advantages of growing up in a Civil War battlefield, college, fires & firefighting, our shared love of indicator fishing, Alaska, his journey into rod building, guiding, and who not to accept party invitations from.

This week, as Spey-O-Rama approaches, I'm chatting with Zack Williams of Swing the Fly. We wander into mountian men, his new book "Anchor-Centric Spey Casting," alien abductions, Swing the Fly, the OP, sink tips, line splicing, and Frankensteining through the woods.

This week I'm joined by Annie Waltz-Kubicka. We get straight to chatting about her multi-gnerational entrance to fishing, her steelhead awakening, becoming a private chef, culinary gardens, forming friendships with clientele, Montana, sourdough and sorcery, family, and........yuck, nymphing.

On this episode of The River Rambler I'm joined by Kate and Justin Crump, owners of The Lodge at 58 North. We had a great time talking about Volkswagen buses, humility and poaching, GPA requirements, clusterfucks, Alaska, salmon, deciding to buy a lodge, meal prep, and observing and navigation bears.

On this episode I'm speaking with Terry Antoniuk. We chat about growing up around the world, the importance of cultural exchange in English pubs, becoming a biologist, aquatic landscape ecology, "discovering" steelhead, rods and lines, road tripping, and one Mr. Kruk.

This week I had a quick chat with Joey Mara, of Waist Deep Media. We talk about his first winter steelhead, beiang an older brother, his experience making "A Steelhead Story - The Legacy of Bill McMillan" and working with Bill, the trials of dodgy internet, questionable dog behavior, and a dark TikTok hole.

A Steelhead Story - The Legacy of Bill McMillan comes out on Februrary 15th and can be found here

You can check out the trailer now!

This week I'm talking with Brian Johnson, president of California Trout Unlimited and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation. We talk about growing up around the mighty cliffs of Iowa, dam removal and power companies, working togethor with tribal nations, the formation of Klamath River Renewal Corportain, beer talk, lowering your effectiveness but not your fun, and a place where everybody knows your name.

This week I'm speaking with John Larison, author of "Holding Lies" and most recently "Whiskey When We're Dry." We chat about his start as a mud puddle angler, questioning Euro-nymphing, New York waters, tequila, Ted Leeson, writing, trying to be like water, and the questioniable choice to method act in the TSA line.

You can learn more about "Whiskey When We're Dry" and John's other books at johnlarison.com

This week we have a very special episode for you to celebrate the life of Frank Moore. I'm joined by Becky McRae, Karl Konecny, Dean Finnerty, Dale Greenley, and Jeffery Dose. We talk about meeting Frank, be it on the river, at a faire, or in the scouts, botany with Jeanne, wading upstream, "pick-pocketing," and so many other fantastic stories. If you would like to support some of the causes that Frank and Jeanne Moore have, look too: www.northumpqua.org, www.steamboaters.org, or www.glidewildflowershow.org

We're talking with Daniel Ritz on this week's show. We talk about his series, "Point of Engagement," on Swing the fly, Boise's surfing scene, the Now or Never Campaign, rods, great steelhead writing, blogging vs. vlogging, and horses.