The Truckee Fly Fishing Podcast - Barbless.co

In this episode, Matt chats with Ryan Johnston, the founder and director for Cast Hope. Cast Hope is a 501(c)3 non profit in California and Northern Nevada targeting at risk and under served youth via fly fishing.

This episode really hits home with Matt as he is also the Regional Director for Reno/Tahoe. For the last five years Matt has dedicated part of his career to giving the gift of fly fishing to hundreds of deserving youth since he was hired. 

Listen as Ryan discusses how Cast Hope started in 2009, how the organization took off shortly after, all of the fundraising opportunities throughout a given year and how this has changed his life.

Most importantly, Ryan tells multiple stories of how Cast Hope has had a profound impact on lives of so many children. Hearing these stories are a must!

As you might imagine, the two finish with the limitations and struggles the virus has had on this small non profit, including loosing nearly $50 thousand in canceled fundraisers this spring alone. 

 

 

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Today Matt and Jordan Romney discuss one of the more overlooked water conditions throughout a season, high, dirty water during spring runoff or summer rainstorms.

This scenario, for a number of different reason can be one of the best times to chase your local trout, and maybe even stick the fish of a lifetime!

Listen as they talk tippet size, fly color and selection, water clarity, reading the water and more any Matt's loves that fish "don't have hands".

With most of the country expecting spring runoff conditions in the next few weeks, this is a can't miss episode!

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For this episode, we sat down with fly fishing industry Rep. Alex Ramierz to chat about the current state of the fly fishing industry with COVID-19 seemingly taking over our everyday life.

The pair discuss ways you can continue to support your local fly shops, guides, outfitter and travel companies. As you might imagine it's a mix of online orders, gift certificates & drive-through pick up to name a few.

This episode as you can imagine holds a special place in Matt's heart. Have a listen, there might just be something you can do to help your local specialty retailer guide.

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Bryan and Matt first met around 2008 while working for the Film Tour. He's the owner of Fish Bite Media and is most notably known for his film Doc of the Drakes, a fan favorite in the tour that year. This film in particular still holds a place in the heart of many anglers to this day.

Bryan is a man of many hats, fly fishing & hunting filmmaker, published photographer, storyteller and recently podcast host of Skylines.

In his own words, Skylines is long-format storytelling inspired by adventure. No commercials, no small talk. Hunting, fishing and two-wheeled adventures!

However one of his more well-known contributions to the outdoor world may be the hashtag #keepemwet. Nowadays we know it as a simple hashtag, but there's more to the story than meets the eye. Listen has Bryan tells us how it all got started. 

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We chat with our good friend Maury Hatch. Maury is one of the top guides on the California Delta, with over 30 years of experience behind him.

In this episode, we discuss the fishing outlook for the spring/early summer season, which to no one's surprise is looking great after this year's "false spring".

We also dive deep into the history of striped bass on the CA Delta, ending with some interesting hindsight on the newly proposed regulation changes.

Lastly, Maury gives us the A-Z rundown of the Costa Bass N' Fly Tournament that he's helped organize since 2016. He'll discuss the history, logistics & planning of this hugely popular bass (largemouth) event. Not to mention the SWAG bags everyone goes home with!

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