The DrakeCast - A Flyfishing Podcast

Montana’s Bighorn River is known throughout the world as a blue-ribbon trout stream. The fishery below Yellowtail Dam holds some of the most robust tour-per-mile numbers in the nation. But in the last decade, the river has changed. There’s more water, skinnier fish, and some say it’s just not the way it used to be. This episode of The DrakeCast takes a float down the Bighorn in search of why this river is experiencing these negative results. While we’re on the water, we’ll hear from ranchers, fisheries biologists, and the happiest fisherman in the world. As with every episode of The DrakeCast, this chapter would not be possible without the generous support of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods. If your planning a trip, make sure to check in with the folks at Yellow Dog (www.yellowdogflyfishing.com). To make sure you have the correct tools for that trip, take a job down to your local fly shop and try out a handcrafted, made in the USA, Scott fly rod (www.scottflyrod.com). Many thanks to the folks at the Bighorn River Alliance (www.bighornriveralliance.org) for all of the work they have done on that fishery and for allowing us to use the audio from their recently released film, A River at Risk. While recording this episode, we were lucky enough to stay at the Bighorn Angler (www.bighornangler.com). They helped us arrange a shuttle and let us soil one of their cabins. We also need to thank Mike Ruggles with the Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Department for sharing his data with us. For more information on this episode and its predecessors, visit www.drakemag.com.

Last week, we had a chance to catch up with Tim Evans. He's a salesman that lives in Casper, Wyoming but you most likely to know him as the man behind the Fish on the Brain podcast. We got out with Tim to throw bobbers at wary trout on a Front Range tailwater. As soon as we realized the fish weren't interested in our flies we put our rods down and got to chatting. We discussed fishing, conservation, storytelling, and podcasting in general. We've spliced in some choice sound clips from both The DrakeCast and Fish on the Brain to give listeners some context as well as potentially expose our audiences to some of the other great flyfishing-related audio that's out there. Listeners will receive a behind the scenes look into the completely unorganized world of sticking microphones in the faces of anglers and what flyfishing means to all of the people we talk to. Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast. For more information about this episode, visit our website: www.drakemag.com

A few weeks ago, I found myself in Duluth, Minnesota and the forecast was rather dicey. As you probably know, it’s pretty darn difficult to flyfish when it’s -20 degrees outside. But with the help of veteran guide Lucky Porter and photographer Hansi Johnson, we were able to make a day out on the frozen water with our eight weights and musky flies. In addition to our normal flyfishing gear, we also had several pitchforks, a couple saws, a propane tank, the worlds largest set of tongs, a fish whistle, and a little bit of optimism. This episode explores the hyper-localized world of dark house spear fishing in Northern Minnesota. Throughout this show, we learn the history of the sport, try our hand at stabbing a few fish, and figure out how to better target pike when the ice leaves in the springtime. As always, The DrakeCast is made possible thanks to generous support from Scott Fly Rods and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures. For more information on this story and many others, check us out at www.drakemag.com

Carp aren't native to the US, but at this point, they're here to stay. This episode follows the meteoric rise of the nation's number one trashfish and how folks with flyrods began targetting them. During this story we'll hear the musical stylings of the carp loving crew that makes up the string band, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast. "My first introduction to carp was definitely bowfishing with buddies in college. We’d go out, grab a case of beer, load up the boats, grab an old car battery and headlights and we would takeoff out into the backwaters as soon as the ice was out. We would just spend all night out there chasing them around with bows. And it was awesome. I have fond fond memories with good buddies through college doing that. And that kind of taught me where the fish were. I just have realized that flyfishing for carp is even harder than stalking them with a bow and its a lot more gratifying when you actually can land a nice 20 pound carp off the fly and release it back in without a hole through it." -Russell Pedersen, carp enthusiast and banjo player for Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. "I had not heard of anybody else chasing carp with a fly." -Flyshop owner Steve Hilbers talking about flyfishing for carp with cottonwood seed flies on the Verde River as a kid. For more information about this story, please visit our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1897-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-25-horseshoes-and-hand-grenades-carp-fishing.html Additionally, The band Horseshoes & Hand Grenades is about to hit the road with The Infamous Stringdusters. For more information please follow this link: http://www.hhgmusic.com/

In this episode of The DrakeCast, we get a quick preview of the Winter 2017 issue of the Drake Magazine. Right off the bat we hear Drake Editor, Tom Bie, tell us about his favorite parts of the recently released issue. Later on, author and frequent Drake contributor Dave Karczynski tells us about two books that he just published, the first of which is titled, "Smallmouth: Modern Fly Fishing Methods, Tactics & Techniques." His second book is a transitional text called, "From Lure to Fly: Fly Fishing for Spinning and Baitcast Anglers." Later on we chat with architect and author Michael Graybrook about his book, "Cutthroat: A Journey Through The American West." And finally, we hear Graybrook read a chapter from this book. Many thanks to Scott Fly Rods and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures for their continued support of The DrakeCast. For more information on the magazine and all of the aforementioned books, visit our website: www.drakemag.com Here's a quick synopsis of what you can expect from the Winter 2017 issue of the Drake Magazine: Illinois carp, Argentine brookies, Texas redfish, New York stripers, Colorado cutthroat, Oregon steelhead, St. Lawrence pike, Honduras permit, speed-guiding in Alaska, those bird-eating GTs, three great books, white flies in Wisconsin, backcountry in the Smokies, winter on the Madison, and the tragic loss of one blue jacket.

This week we head to the rivers of Northern Wisconsin in search of the illusive River Nazi. While blindly casting for these toothy critters, we talk to a few folks about the history of musky fishing and how anglers began targeting these fish with flies. Many thanks to Steve Wisner of Eau Claire Anglers, Larry Mann of Hayward Flyfishing Company, Tim Simonson with the WI DNR, and Joe Flater of Flater's Resort in Holcombe, Wisconsin for helping us tell this story. And of course, many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast. For more information, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1880-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-23-musky-flyfishing.html

In the early 1970s, Don Wisner learned how to flyfish. It was around this time that his life began to parallel a certain flyfishing story. When Don's son, Stephen, came of age, the two spent hours together fishing the brook trout streams of Western Wisconsin. As the men grew in both age and skill, their interests took them in separate directions - Stephen wandered the world while Don embraced religion. But whenever the two were in the same place, they always made sure to spend an afternoon on the water, and this part of their relationship kept them close. These days, Don and Stephen live in the same town and are fortunate enough to share a love of the same river. "I'm at an age right now, I'm 77 years old, and I can't cast all day anymore. But I can still row the boat. And to be able to row for somebody that can really fish it's kind of an intimate thing. You have to know somebody to be able to do that well. To be able to read their mind and we kind of function that way together." -Rev. Don Wisner Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast. For more information on this episode, as well as Stephen's guide business, Eau Claire Anglers, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1875-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-22-a-river-runs-near-it.html

This week, we have a story of tradition and remembrance, and it’s actually connected to an episode that we put out a few months ago called Dresses & Can Cans. If you haven’t heard this story, definitely pause right now, go back in the feed, find episode #12, listen to it. At it’s core, it’s the story of this woman named Patti and how the wilderness saved her life. But episode #12 is also the story of how Patti’s Dad and my grandfather became friends and how fishing helped forge that relationship. Each Veterans Day, the men would load their john boat and drive to the Mississippi river where it separates Wisconsin from Minnesota. They did it to honor the friends that didn’t make it through the war. They did it because the courthouse was closed. They did it because the fishing was good. But there’s another reason that these men came back to this exact stretch of the Mississippi River every year on Veteran's Day. Make sure to listen to the episode to find out. If you missed Episode #12, you can find it here: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1836-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-12-mississippi.html Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast.

This week's episode of The DrakeCast features another flyfishing podcast that has recently hit the airwaves. Jason Rolfe is a guide at Emerald Water Anglers in Washington State, but when he's not on the water he's sitting in front of legendary flyfishing writers asking them about their history with the sport. He has coupled these interviews with live readings in his new podcast, The Fly Tapes. We take a few select sound bites from Rolfe's podcast and ask him about how this project started and where it is going. This episode also focuses on the upcoming tour of "Writers on the Fly," which is a traveling show featuring some of the great writers that Rolfe interviews. They'll be making their way up the West Coast starting on November 14 in Bend, Oregon. If you love flyfishing and storytelling and live in the Pacific North West, make sure to check out Writers on the Fly at a venue near you. If you don't live on the West Coast, make sure to find The Fly Tapes wherever you find podcasts. Many thanks to Scott Fly Rods and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures for their continued support of The DrakeCast.

A lot of people claim social media has killed flyfishing. But has it? In this episode of The DrakeCast we chat with parties on both sides of the divide as we suss out the positive and negative impacts social media has had on flyfishing. The backbone of this episode traces the experience of an Idaho fishing guide as well as the growth of a flyfishing company. Through these experiences of these separate groups, we are able to see a fuller picture of how social media has impacted flyfishing. We also have a great chat with the great Kelly Galloup, who is always reliable when it comes to giving a good quote or two. Additionally, this is the episode that the ever-flippant Tom Bie makes his inaugural appearance. I couldn't have been happier to shove a fuzzy microphone in my boss's face. Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support. For more information on this episode, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1866-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-19-social-media-flyfishing-instagram.html

In episode #7 of The DrakeCast, we heard about the threatened Menominee River on the border between Michigan's UP and Wisconsin. This river had unfortunately found itself on American River's list of the ten most endangered rivers in the United States. In this episode, we look at the unfortunate body of water that occupies the number one spot on that list - The Colorado River. Throughout the story, we'll chat with fly shop owners, fishermen, conservationists, and flyfishing industry leaders as we try to figure out how the Colorado gained such an unsightly title. The Colorado is a huge river, but it also represents the perils that all of the world's rivers face right now. Many thanks to Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of The DrakeCast. A big shout out to Fishpond and American Rivers for their help with this episode and their role in keeping our rivers healthy. For more information on this episode, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1864-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-18-colorado-river-fishpond-american-rivers.html

Jeremy Wade, host of Animal Planet's "River Monsters," is one of the more famous fisherfolks in the industry today. I personally always saw the guy as a globe-trotting Brit who believes every fish in the water wants to kill you. Well, it turns out that Jeremy Wade is much more than that. In this episode of The DrakeCast, Wade fully embraces his fear-mongering ways to alert us of the dangers that face the world's rivers. In this speech Wade explains how rivers have changed in his lifetime, and why these changes should scare us more than any of the toothy fish he’s ever caught on camera. Many thanks to our sponsors Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods. A huge thank you to James Thull and MSU's Trout & Salmonid Special Collections Library for allowing us to use the audio from this speech. For a few photos and links to some of the material that Wade mentions in his speech, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1861-the-drakecast-fly-fishing-podcast-17-jeremy-wade-disappearing-river-monsters.html

This week we travel back to the United States. In the first part of the episode, we visit a fishy hideout in the suburbs of Denver. It's there that we meet Peter Stitcher, the owner of Ascent Fly Fishing. He shows us his secret stash and reveals a few fishy tips that should help us all catch a few more trouts. We then take Peter's ideas and head into the mountains to try them out. (This story was originally produced in November 2016 for a project that later grew into The DrakeCast). You can find out more information about Peter's operation and Ascent Fly Fishing at www.ascentflyfishing.com The second half of the episode is a look back at last year's massive die-off of whitefish on Montana's Yellowstone River. Bozeman Daily Chronicle reporter Michael Wright originally broke this story in August of 2016. He shares with us the development of the crisis, how it affected the local community, and how the experience has shaped Montana today. To read a written version of this story, visit The Drake's website: http://www.drakemag.com/featured-content/daily-drake/1856-yellowstone-river-montana-fish-kill-revisited.html For more information on this episode, visit The Drake's website:

Sorry for the delay folks, but The DrakeCast is back! In this episode we continue our EuroTrip to yet another island with great fishing - Iceland. Once again, we'd be targeting Atlantic salmon, but we'd also spend some time chasing wild native browns and sea run arctic char. After my time in the Faroe Islands, I hopped on a ferry to Eastern Iceland. It was there that I met Kristjan Rafnsson, one of the owners of Fish Partner, a flyfishing outfitter that controls access to quite a few rivers across Iceland. During our time together, we found quite a few fish. But we also discussed the history of fishing and fishing management in Iceland. It's much different than what we found in Ireland, The Faroes, and almost the complete opposite of what we're used to in the US. Make sure to check out our sponsors, Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods and thank them for their continued support of both the Drake Magazine and The DrakeCast. Also, a huge thanks to Kristjan and Fish Partner for the hospitality.

This week's episode of The DrakeCast takes us to The Faroe Islands, which is a small archipelago in the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland. I was there to experience the culture and see if I could find a couple fish. But during my stay, what I found was an isolated country and fishery that is at an inflection point. As more tourists make their way to the Faroes, the sleepy chain of islands is waking to a growing problem. The culture, the scenery, and the fishing are being loved to death. And it begs the question, is this growth sustainable? During my time in the Faroe Islands, I hung out with Kasper Jaegergaard. He's a Danish contractor who fell in love with the Faroe Islands a doxen years ago. He keeps coming back to fish, even though the sea trout in Denmark are bigger, because the natural beauty and the culture are unrivaled. We made our way around the islands with our fishing rods in tow. We sampled locally harvested whale and drank local beer and spirits. For more information on this episode and pictures from my time in the Faroe Islands, visit the Drake Magazine's website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1838-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-14-the-faroe-islands.html

"I've been fly fishing since I was a wee little grasshopper. Hell of a long time with the fly. To me, the only way to catch a fish really is on the fly. Spinner? Not that exciting. One salmon on the fly is better than ten on the spinner." -Connie Corcoran, the fishing manager and ghillie for Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery on the River Blackwater in the south of Ireland. This week marks the beginning of our EuroTrip Miniseries. For the first chapter, we head to the Emerald Isle. I was in Ireland for a cousin's wedding but made sure to book a couple days on the River Blackwater while I was in the area. It was there that I met Connie and Jason Corcoran who are the fishing managers for the Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery. They were kind enough to share their home river with me. While I was there, we targeted salmon, brown trout, and good times. We found all three. This episode profiles the River Blackwater and dives into what makes it great but also confronts the troubles that the river faces. We also take a closer look at some of the people who are trying to preserve the river for future generations. For more information, check out The Drake Magazine's website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1837-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-13-blackwater-river-ireland.html Many thanks to our sponsors Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support.

"My sister and my mother were not interested in fishing. So it was my dad and your dad and the boys. And we’d have brandy when we’d catch a fish. My dad would open the big green tackle box and bring out this silver flask and we’d all have to have a snort of brandy. Bill would light up a cigar, my dad would be lighting up a pipe. And my dad would be cold out here and we’d be fishing anyways and he’d reach into the tackle box and bring out this bottle of camphorated oil, and we’d all be rubbing our hands with camphorated oil because that’s supposed to help make our hands warm." - Patti Kulig reflecting on fishing with her father. This week, we head into the sloughs and backchannels of the Mississippi River near Fountain City, Wisconsin. I joined an old family friend, Patti Kulig for a day of bass fishing. My grandfather, Bill, and Patti's dad, Ed met through the local bar association after World War II and quickly became fishing friends. And every Veteran's Day, they'd load up their fishing poles into their john boat and make the trek down to the Mississippi where it separates Wisconsin from Minnesota. They did it to honor the friends they lost during the war. They did it because the court house was closed. They did it because the fishing was good. The date I met Patti on the river was November 11, Veterans Day. And every 11/11 for the past 70 years, an Adler and a Kulig have fished this stretch of the Mississippi. Ed and Bill have since passed so it was up to Patti and me to keep the tradition alive. Many thanks to our sponsors, Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support. To read more about this trip, visit our website:http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1836-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-12-mississippi.html

"We’re chasing trophy fish and it’s hard. It shouldn’t be easy. It will kick your ass. It’s physical. Big flies hurt more when they go into you and its covering miles and miles of water. But you know, none of us got into this game because flyfishing was easy. We got into it because it was a challenge." -Steve Dally of Dally's Ozark Flyfisher talking about chasing big fish on Arkansas's White River. Dally went on to explain his almost cult-like devotion to the White River. Think deliverance but with john boats instead of canoes. And at the center of the aquatic orthodox are two deities: the almighty streamer and the holy brown trout. But these aren’t your typical streamers or browns. They’re way bigger, and according to the river’s disciples, way better. Today, we’re going to find out how this creed came to be and how these devotees in Northern Arkansas began breaking bread with those coveted monster browns. It’s a story of exploration, failure, and teamwork, but really, it’s an invitation to establish your own fishy religion. Thanks to our sponsors Scott Fly Rods and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures for their continued support. To see photos of some gnarly White River browns, be sure to check out the Drake's website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1835-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-11-white-river.html

"I really think it's important to show the public how these streams can come back so well if we just give them a chance and make them stable and design them correctly. If you build it right, the wildlife will come back." Sometimes, a stream just needs a little plastic surgery to help it get back on track. But what are the costs of these limnological face lifts? What do we have to give up in order to get those nice racks of lunker bunkers and soft riffles?? A couple months ago we heard a story about Kentucky’s Wolf Creek Dam and the Cumberland River. If you haven’t heard that whole story yet, I encourage you to do so. It’s called Death of a Tailwater and you can find it on our website or podcast feed. And this week, we’re heading back in the heart of Appalachia, once again just below the Wolf Creek Dam. In addition to the Cumberland river, there’s another smaller stream in the area. It starts at the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, and flows into the Cumberland. Naturally, it's called Hatchery Creek. Hatchery Creek is a completely artificial stream that was built to give the trout in the Cumberland River spawning grounds, provide anglers with a recreational catch and release fishery, and help offset negative impacts caused by construction and coal companies on nearby streams. So far, Hatchery Creek has accomplished all of these goals. But like so many things in life, it's not that simple. Many thanks to our sponsors Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods. To check out photos and drone footage taken on Hatchery Creek, follow the link: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1832-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-10.html

"When I was a kid, I dreamed about what it really meant to push the envelope of flyfishing. For me it was muskies. That’s what I experienced that busted up tackle and caused me to rethink how I did things and taught me a lot of hard lessons. But going to Sudan was like that to the nth degree. It’s like putting the whole musky thing through a kaleidoscope of LSD." -Russ Schnitzer Thanks to our sponsors Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support. A few months ago, I sat down with Russ Schnitzer for a couple beers. Schnitzer is an adventure photographer and conservationist based in Denver, Colorado but he travels a lot with his camera. I had seen a couple of shots from a recent trip of his to Dubai and Sudan and was pretty stunned by what I saw - rods doubled over with a collection of the world's tallest buildings in the background, gigantic bonefish, triggerfish that could could consume a small child. While we enjoyed PBR silos, Schnitzer told me the story behind these mind-boggling photos. Make sure you check out the link below to see some of Schnitzer's photos. Alternatively, check out the Summer 2017 issue of The Drake magazine. He has a two page spread on pages 16 and 17 and he also took the shot for the Patagonia ad on the back cover. Visit drakemag.com or your local fly shop to get the latest issue of the magazine. http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1828-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-9.html

I met James Thull in a stuffy room on the second floor of Montana State University’s library. Shaved head, goatee, Gandhi glasses--he looks as though he just stepped off the set of a white-washed kung-fu flick from the 70s. He would have been cast as the gatekeeper of a secret-holding shrine in some mythical land. Depending on whether or not you’re into fishing, his real job might be more interesting than that of his B-movie character. James Thull oversees Montana State University's Trout & Salmonid Special Collections library. Anything that relates back to trout and salmonids, James probably has it somewhere in the stacks. Old casting VHSs, books on angling from the 1600s, even the first issue of The Drake. In this episode, we hear about the Trout & Salmnid Special Collection and why it matters. We also hear from some of the biggest names in flyfishing when we play selected clips from the collection's Angling Oral Histories. This episode of The DrakeCast is sponsored by our good friends at Scott Fly Rods and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures. To find out more information, visit our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1824-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-8.html

The DrakeCast is a flyfishing podcast put together by the folks behind The Drake magazine. Many thanks to our friends at Yellow Dog Flyfishing Advenutres and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support. This week, we go into the story behind a killer smallmouth fishery in the northern Midwest. But this great fishing might not be around for that much longer. Disagreements between competing interests have put the The Menominee River, which creates part of the border between Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Penninsula, on American River’s Most Endangered Rivers list. The proposed Back 40 Mine would sit just 150 feet away from the Menominee River and many people think that’s too close for comfort. We chat with jovial locals, intense environmentalists, native stakeholders, and the mining company about the future of this area and the fishery downstream. For more information and photos from our time in the Upper Peninsula, check out our website: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1809-the-drakecast-flyfishing-podcast-7.html

Episode #6 of The Drake Magazine's new flyfishing podcast follows a pack of good dudes through the mosquito-laden farm fields of the upper midwest as they search for fun times and fishes. Along the way, the group of friends find bugs, beers, and big browns. But they also run into a voice from the past who warns them about the future. We also hear from fisheries biologist Dr. James Diana on why brown trout tend to eat at night. Many thanks to our friends at Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued support of all things fishy. Go to the Drake's website for more info and pictures from the adventure. http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1808-flyfishing-podcast-drakecast-6.html

The DrakeCast is a flyfishing podcast produced by the folks at The Drake Magazine. This episode takes us to the great state of Kentucky where we look at our nation's aging infrastructure. We talk to fisheries biologists, guides, and locals as we discover just how difficult it is to keep a river alive when everything seems to be going wrong. This is the story of one dam and one river, but it makes us wonder about the future of fishing in America. Many thanks to our friends at Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures and Scott Fly Rods for their continued Support. Check out The Drake's website for photos and even more info: http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1807-cumberland-river-flyfishing-5.html

The DrakeCast is a flyfishing podcast brought to you by the folks behind The Drake Magazine. This episode of the podcast introduces our listeners to the legendary Clyde - The Drake Magazine's official pimpmobile. We ride with Clyde on a journey from the ice fields of Northern Wisconsin, to downtown Chicago where we hang out with the guys at Chicago Fly, and then continue up to the Pere Marquette River. Along the way, we meet a cop who likes all of Clyde's flyfishing stickers, some unique motel owners, and a crusty tow truck driver. We fish for steelhead and toast Clyde's longevity and his status as a flyfishing icon. This episode is sponsored by Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, Scott Fly Rods, and The Drake Magazine's Big Year Contest.

The DrakeCast is a flyfishing podcast produced by the folks at The Drake Magazine. Episode #3 introduces us to Donnie Richards as he takes us down Michigan's Pere Marquette River in search of the illusive Great Lakes Steelhead. Along the way, we run into brown trout, legendary bridges, and premature hooksets. Click the link below to see some pictures from our day on the river. http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1801-the-drakecast-episode-3-heads-on-sticks.html

From the folks who bring you The Drake Magazine, here's a new flyfishing podcast for your listening pleasure. Episode #2 of The DrakeCast tracks the effects of the Sevier Country Fire that ripped through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We learn about how the park, the fish, and the nearby towns are faring today. Along the way, we talk to fisheries biologists, fly shop owners, and a dedicated fisherwoman who lost everything except for her fly fishing gear. Follow the link below to see pictures from the Appalachian Adventure. http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1798-the-drakecast-episode-2-fire-on-the-mountain.html

Introducing The DrakeCast, a new flyfishing podcast produced by the folks at The Drake Magazine. Episode #1 of The DrakeCast follows the band S. Carey through the streams and backwoods bars of Northern Wisconsin. Their melancholy music fills the background as we cast to illusive Wisconsin trout and uncover the band’s rise to fame and subsequent quest for solitude. Check out The Drake Magazine's website for pictures from our time on the water with Sean Carey and Ben Lester. http://www.drakemag.com/drakecast/1774-the-drakecast.html