The River Rambler
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Like steelhead camp in your car, with host Richard Harrington
Episodes
- Episode 165 - Chris Edgington
Chris Edington of Montana Trout Unlimited joins The River Rambler to discuss his beginnings in fishing, his move to Montana, and issues such as drought, climate change, river renewal, dam removal, and public access.
- Episode 164 - Aaron & Leah Helfrich
Aaron and Leah Helfrich of A. Helfrich Outfitters discuss their family river history, swampers, sweep boats, Leah's spey fishing journey, wading, busy rivers, permits, family fishing, and fly tying.
- Episode 163 - Arian Stevens
Arian Stevens shares his journey into fishing and film photography, including experiences with shared darkrooms and working for himself. The conversation also touches on Bend, Belize, and a passion that rivals fishing.
- Episode 162 - Michael Bray
Michael Bray discusses his beginnings in fishing with his father and the Boy Scouts, his transition to spey casting, and various topics including favorite trees, rivers, rafting, and the spey community.
- Episode 161 - Jason Renfro
In this episode of The River Rambler, host interviews Jason Renfro. They cover Renfro's beginnings in fly fishing, which stemmed from seeking less expensive hobbies. The discussion also touches upon fishing with children, working in a fly…
- Episode 160 - Jesse Lance Robbins
This week I'm talking with Jesse Lance Robbins about his new book "The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere," which comes out today. We also discuss growing up in Maine, where his interest in writing started, studying abroad in Scotland and fish…
- Episode 159 - Rachel Finn
This week I'm talking with Rachel Finn and we discuss the Adirondacks, voluntary beatdowns capming stories, first meetings and all of that is before I even remember to actually start the show. We also discuss her start to fishing, Alaska,…
- Episode 158 - The Winchester Dam pt. 3
Jim McCarthy of Water Watch and Jake Crawford of The Steamboaters return this week to talk to us about the continuing events on the North Umpqua around the Winchester Dam. We discuss the support of the ODFW, the cost of owning a 135 year o…
- Episode 157 - Nate Devol
Despite winter weather and power outages the River Rambler is back and I'm joined by Nate Devol for the first episode of the year. We discuss is his life on the 45th parallel, the fun of rear wheel drive trucks, winter skis and summer boat…
- Episode 156 - Wayne Vierhout
This week I'm joined by Wayne Vierhout. We discuss is early IT and software days, his fishing progression from worm to flys, his love for tube flys, his very first rod, Atlantic salmon, how he got into bamboo building and designing tapers,…
- Episode 155 - Sam Rocha
This week I'm talking with Sam Rocha. We talk about his family full of fishers and the Rio Grande, his spectacular college experience and his first teaching job, how that led to steelhead, a brief story about how he got into spey, learing…
- Episode 154 - Colby Richards
This week I'm joined by Colby Richards. We discuss growing up in Hood River, snowboarding, his entrance to cooking, the importance of practice, planes and learning to fly, gardening, surfing, FOMO adventures, being alone in the wilderness,…
- Episode 153 - Sean Burke
On this week's episode I'm joined by Sean Burke. We discuss him fishing as a kid with his dad and brother, his experiences brewing beer and more beer talk, music, the environment, the effort that goes into guiding, starting YouTube and his…
- Episode 152 - Jake Christensen
This week, I'm joined by Jake Christensen and we have a great chat about fishing being a constant in his life, ebay shenaningans, his start to building bamboo and it's draw, tapers, realizing the reason for guides, baseball, and so much mo…
- Episode 151 - Howard Cole
On this week's episode I'm joined by Howard Cole. We discuss how we met and how he get me into spey casting, his start to fishing, his time in California and initial fly tying instruction, Andy Puyans' school, High Country Flies, wading an…
- Episode 150 - Todd Rudaitis
Todd Rudaitis of Bell Reel Company joins me on this weeks episode. We discuss his start to fishing at his grandparents' lodge, restoring his Grandfather's old rod, his first steelhead experience, a very excited James Sampsel, learning two…
- Episode 149 - George Sylvestre
On this week's episode I'm talking with George Sylvestre. We get to talking about his start to fishing shadowing his grandfather, questionable college priorities, his time in the army, his entry to two handed casting, spey and saltwater, b…
- Episode 148 - Amanda Chapman
Amanda Chapman is joining me for this week's episode. We discuss social media and it's intricacies, fly tying being her entry to fishing, the importance of being in the moment, catching her first steelhead, people's desire for the fly "tha…
- Episode 147 - The Rogue Spey Clave
This week I'm joined by Dax Messett and Jon Hazlett, the organizers and hosts of the Rogue Spey Clave. We talk about their decision to start it, a friendly coups, all of the amazing guests that will be presenting, from casting to tying dem…
- Episode 146 - Isaac Sebastian, Elijah Haak, Anders Martenson
After a slightly longer than expected hiatus post cross country move the River Rambler is back and this week I'm joined by a trio. Isaac Sebastian, Anders Martinson, and Elijah Haak talk with me all about coercing each other to guide in Al…
- Episode 145 - Josh Schwartz
This week I'm talking with Josh Schwartz of Travel Creel. We talk about his childhood on Long Island and his grandmother introducing him to fishing, grief and his decision to enter the culinary world, working for David Bouley and NYC bikin…
- Episode 144 - Mike Archer
I'm joined by Mike Archer for this weeks episode and we discuss his initial start to fishing, a passion for music, his time guiding, aggressive tundra trout, bamboo and his journey to rod building, the benefits of knowing how to fix a rod,…
- Episode 143 - Justin Bailie
I'm joined by Justin Bailie for this weeks episode. We talk about his experience growing up in Oregon and his entrance to fishing, Alaska and bears, his journey to photogoraphy, river trips around the world while working for OARS, moving b…
- Episode 142 - Thom Thornton
Thom Thornton is joining me this week for a conversation about his first rod and learning from everyond around, streamers, working as a woodchuck, MRIs and claustrophobia, soccer coaching, his start to steelheading, fly tying, competitive…
- Episode 141 - Nick Karol
This week i'm joined by Nick Karol and we've got a great show for you. We discuss his start to fishing with his grandfather and commercial fishing, the rough-fighting Bulkley fish, his "love" of center pinning, attempting to reach steelhea…
- Episode 140 - Nick Chambers & John McMillan
This week I"m joined by John McMillan and Nick Chambers of The Deep Wade podcast, that's right, it's a crossover. We cover their starts to fishing, the local adapdations of both steelhead and fisherman, rebuilding runs and an over-reliance…
- Episode 139 - Mia Sheppard
This week I'm joined by Mia Sheppard. We talk about her fishing journey and some particular bad influences, Little Creek Outfitters and her own endeavor, Juniper River Adventures, cooking and avocado transport, working on a cookbook, rowin…
- Episode 138 - Scott Baker-McGarva
This week I'm joined by Scott Baker-McGarva. We talk about growing up in BC, guiding on the Bow River, repping and the ever changing landscape of fly fishing products, the difficulties of teaching, mooching reels and chinook, his preferred…
- Episode 137 - Will Bush
For the first episode of the new year I'm talking with Will Bush. We discuss growing up fishing, getting into coho, dry lines, deep wading, Spey-o-rama's humbling effects, lots of fly tying, brown water, and the sobering effects of jet boa…
- Episode 136 - Duncan of Green Gables
Tis the season for a holiday treat and as such I'm joined by my friend Duncan Gasiewicz. We have a great chat about hanging out in the Grand Tetons as a kid, fly tying and deer hair, how great the producer is, competition casting and compe…
- Episode 135 - Brian Styskal
This week I'm joined by Brian Styskal. We get to talking about his introduction to fly fishing with his grandfather on horseback, racecars, reels, rods, lines, and gear hoarding, learning and the value of video, ice dams and fish genetics,…
- Episode 134 - Tom Larimer
This week I'm joined by Tom Larimer and we have a great discussion to help get our American listeners through their Thanksgiving gatherings. We discuss the fun of growing up in the midwest, exploring Oregon and it's pronunciation, "The Vol…
- Episode 133 - Monte Clarke
This week I'm speaking with Monte Clarke. We discuss his family's generations of adventure and growing up fly fishing, his surfing adventures and surfing in British Columbia, a bamboo obsession, hunting,and his experiences guiding on the D…
- Episode 132 - Kara Knight
This week I'm talking with Kara Knight. We discuss her fishing origins as an adventure guide on the west coast, the importance of a family atmosphere with guiding, competitive casting and her time in Sweden, having different fishing and ca…
- Episode 131 - Zach Morris and Dalton Walker
This week I'm joined by Zach Morris and Dalton Walker. We discuss our recent mid-river meeting, some brief life stories, jumping from gear to fly fishing, the unforgiveable act of low-holing, being a farrier for arabian horses, a need for…
- Episode 130 Luke Kelly & Greg Fitz
The River Rambler is back from its September hiatus and I'm joined by Luke Kelly and Greg Fitz of Trout Unlimited. We start by talking about habitat restoration on the Olympic Peninsula, the cold water connection campaign, the importance a…
- Episode 129 - Peter Harrison-Edge
This week I'm joined by Peter Harrison-Edge. We get straight to important discussions about smart mouthing, and then get to slightly more serious topics like his intro to fishing through Canadian television, building rods, learning from th…
- Episode 128 - Britt and Brian Davenport
This week I'm speaking with Britt and Brian Davenport. We discuss their starts to fishing, meeting in a chat room, cutthroat, delta wings and tying the fly of the year, fly tying as a creative outlet, bears, wilderness vs the city, dog tal…
- Episode 127 - Matthew DeLorme
This week I'm joined again by Matthew DeLorme. We go into a deep dive about printmaking, including how he started work for Steve Duda's new book, his time getting back to Fine Art, what goes into a woodcut and handprinting, the dangers of…
- Episode 126 - Stephen Duda
This week I'm talking with Steve Duda, author of "River Songs." We discuss both his fishing and writing backgrounds, old pick-ups, Writers on the Fly, learning to dance, creating and creativity, dogs, Matthew DeLorme's woodcuts, excerpts f…
- Episode 125 - Jake Crawford
This week i'm joined by Jake Crawford of The Steamboaters. We discuss his start to fishing, catching his first, being a river steward, his time in South America and learning languages, steelheaders' "sharing" culture and secretive nature,…
- Episode 124 - Travis Johnson
This week I'm joined by Travis Johnson of All Waters Angling. We talk about fishing with his dad, wrestling, guiding, his change to competitive casting and becoming world champion, the American Casting Association, his favorite rods, Alask…
- Episode 123 - Klamath Dam Removal
This week we continue our dam talk with Brian Johnson and Shane Anderson and we discuss the active removal of multiple dams on the Klamath River. We go over how it all got started, the speed at which both it is happening and the environmen…
- Episode 122 - The Winchester Dam pt. 2
This week I'm visited by Kirk Blaine & Jim McCarthy again as we discuss the continuing effort to get the Winchester Dam removed from the Umpqua River. We discuss the unfinished repairs and it's added danger to the dam, the State's seriousn…
- Episode 121 - Frank Day
This week I'm speaking with Frank Day and we talk about his fascination with nature from childhood, the many wonders of sculpin, his time in Japan, guiding, gyotaku prints, moody fish, the Alaskan tundra, fish camouflage, sonar, evolutiona…
- Episode 120 - Michael Papais
This week I'm talking with Michael Papais. We have a great chat about family camping trips, Great Lake small mouth, information overload in spey, tying in hand and materials, beer, kids, winter water, knots, moderating the Spey Pages, and…
- Episode 119 - David N Mcllvaney
This week I'm speaking with David Mcllvaney. We had a great discussion about Prime Ministers and canoes, aesthetic stimulation, working in Southeast Asia, cabin life and Mexico, discovering fly fishing at 50, Iceland, writing, squirrels an…
- Episode 118 - Wes Telyea
Today I'm talking with Wes Telyea of Snoqualmie Rod Company and we have a fantastic and broad conversation. We talk about him fishing as a kid and his grandfather, rod building, being a part of an ecosystem, cougars(not that kind), career…
- Episode 117 - Kevin Feenstra
I got the chance to talk to Kevin Feenstra this week and we had a great talk. Listen in as we discuss fishing as a kid, jumping into spey rods and steelhead, fly tying and sculpin, the Muskegon, photography, dogs and kids, his books, and t…
- Episode 116 - Barrett Ames
The River Rambler is back after a Hawiian hiatus and this week I'm joined by Barret Aimes. We talk Tre-Fin Foods and how they started, fishing with his family from a young age, guiding in college, tarpon and saltwater, brook trout, Kamchat…