Steve is the Program Lead in Colorado Springs, Colorado for Project Healing Waters. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings. Steve's program has been rated the top program in the country. Listen in to learn all about Project Healing Waters, how it started, how it works, how it helps and how you can help.

Hooking up with largemouth bass is exciting and definitely splashy. Ken Hanley will tell you exactly how to get them on a fly using special techniques and hot fly patterns.

Brian O'Keefe has traveled to some of the wildest and most remote angling destinations in the world, including Bikini Atoll, Seychelles, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tonga, Cuba and Kashmir. He has also traveled to more accessible locations, such as the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chile, New Zealand, Christmas Island and more. He's fished for Bonefish just about everywhere so join us on this podcast and learn how to fish for these incredibly fast flats fish.

Dave Whitlock has been creating fly fishing fine art paintings and illustrating his books and articles for most of his life. Listen in to find out how Dave got started, how he creates and how he sells his artwork.

Learn from Capt. Bob Jaspers the secrets of sightfishing the flats of Indian River Lagoon, Mosquito Lagoon and the Banana River's No-Motor-Zone. This area is the premier angling destination for big redfish, spotted sea-trout, and black drum - there's nothing more exciting than sightfishing in shallow water!

Dec was a professional steehead guide for 14 years, now he fly fishes just for fun. Listen in to hear Dec's secrets to hooking up with the steelhead of your dreams.

Fishing pressure is at an all-time high—but smart anglers adapt. In this episode we're joined by Nick Conklin and Collins Illich to break down advanced tactics for fooling highly educated fish on crowded waters. From strategy shifts to subtle presentations, this conversation delivers practical insights you can apply to pressured rivers anywhere.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• How do you define “pressured water,” and what are the earliest signs anglers should recognize?
• How has fishing pressure changed over the last decade on popular Western rivers?
• Can you share with us some of the things that should concern anglers with time management?
• When and where should we fish to avoid highly pressured waters?
• What role does timing—time of day or season—play in beating pressure?
• On a river like the South Platte, below Cheeseman Dam, it looks like the coming months will be a combination of low water (>100 CFS), crowds, and low temps/snow pack (hopefully!). Any recommendations around that specific set of factors?
• If you come across a run where you saw another angler fishing, how long should you wait to fish that run?
• How important is stealth compared to presentation on crowded rivers?
• When fishing pressured water, how do you decide between changing flies versus changing tactics?
• Is it better to add more flies as droppers when fishing for smart trout?
• Do you find that you need to downsize your flies for pressured waters?
• Do you change leader/tippet for pressured waters, and if so, what do you recommend?
• What habits separate consistently successful anglers from frustrated ones?
• With the pressure continuing to get stronger what changes do you see coming in the next 20 years that will change the way we fish today or our access to fisheries?

Phil Rowley goes beyond basic strike indicator chironomid techniques and explores techniques and setups for deep water indicator fishing, the dry line long leader technique better known as the naked technique, and sinking lines including 'dangling' where we fish straight up below the boat - the takes with dangling are heart stopping!

Jeff Currier has been at it again. Exploring exotic parts of the world in search of fly fishing treasures. Join us as Jeff talks about his travels to Brazil, Venezuela and Panama in search of peacock bass, piranha, arowana, jacunda and monster catfish.

Craig Mathews has fished Yellowstone National Park for over 30 years. Learn from Craig where, when and how to fish this incredibly beautiful and diverse fly fishing destination.

Rich Murphy has been fly fishing for striped bass for more than 25 years and knows the northeast coast of the US like his backyard. Find out all of Rich’s secrets of catching and landing these exciting saltwater trophies.

Aaron Jaspers, loves to fish but doesn't love the crowds. He's been exploring some fisheries that are off the beaten track in Montana where you can catch nice sized fish easily and avoid the crowds. Join us to learn more about some great places to fish.

Lee Baermann has been fly fishing the surf for over 40 years. Lee guides us on California's southern coast finding beach structure, surf species, productive flies and fishing techniques. Join us and find out how get the best out of the surf.

Jake Villwock is a professional guide working in Pennsylvania. He hooks up his clients everyday with big smallmouth bass. Listen in and learn about the flies he uses, how he ties them and how he uses them to catch trophy smallies.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• Do smallmouth prefer living in pods or are they a solitary fish?
• Do smallmouth hold in similar lies as trout?
• What is a good weight rod, line, leader and tippet for smallmouth?
• Why do you use swivels in your terminal tackle setup?
• If you could only have one surface fly and one streamer for smallies what would they be?
• What are the trigger colors for smallmouth flies?
• Do you use weed guards on your flies?
• What topwater flies do you use besides poppers?
• What color combinations work best for streamers?
• What crayfish patterns do you like?
• What color is a must have on your crayfish patterns?/li>
• How do you fish crayfish patterns on the bottom?
• When an how do you fish crayfish patterns mid-column?
• Do bigger flies attract larger fish?

Steve Ramirez is a fly fisher, writer, educator, master naturalist, philosopher, and outdoor adventurer. He's traveled four continents writing about fishing, landscapes, human cultures, and the natural world. He's written for many of the major periodicals and is publishing his latest book Casting Seaward. This book is the third in a book series that started with Casting Forward and was followed by Casting Onward. Join us and hear Steve's thoughts on fly fishing, conservation, restoration, and his hopes for the future of planet earth.

Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:

• When did you start writing?
• What effect do your previous careers have on your writing today?
• What do you use fly fishing as the basis for your stories?
• What are your books about and what effect do you hope they'll have on your readers?
• Does writing energize you or exhaust you?
• Do you make notes during a trip and then write about it later?
• How do you think your writing will help the natural world?
• Where and when do you write?
• In all your travels what was the most challenging species, you fished for?
• Of all the places you've traveled and fished, what is the most memorable?
• What can we do as fly fishers to help combat global warming?
• As humans are we working to conserve, preserve, or destroy our natural world?
• Do you think the world would be better off without humans?
• Do you think we can reverse the current trends that adversely affect our environment?