Steve McLaughlin has taken more than 450 anglers to Christmas Island over the past six seasons and has fished more than 66 days on the atoll for bonefish, giant trevally, bluefin and golden trevally as well as landed many milkfish on the fly. Listen in to find out what fly fishing on Christmas Island is all about.

Trapper Rudd is always going to somewhere exotic in search of new places to fly fish. Putting together a trip to a place like Micronesia is no easy task and the results are always unknown. Join us to find out how a trip like this comes together from the initial concept to hooking up with new exotic species like Indo-Pacific tarpon, permit, bonefish and giant trevally.

Those that have fished for the Tarpon say it's addicting. So if you dare join Tad Burke a professional guide in the Florida Keys and learn his secrets about hooking up with a Tarpon and staying hooked.

Susan Thrasher is a professional guide and instructor in East Tennessee. She co-founded The Music City Fly Girls a “no drama” fly fishing club which is a bit different than most clubs you may have been part of. Join us to find out how they run their meetings, plan outings across North America and learn from their journeys. You just might get some great ideas for your club!

What does it really take to turn a passion for fly fishing into a profession? Montana guide and outfitter Coleman Savage shares his journey from fly-shop jobs to guiding—and how Guiding for the Future helped accelerate his growth. Discover why becoming a great guide requires far more than catching fish, and how knowledge of river ecology, conservation, water rights, stewardship, client relationships, and professionalism can transform a guide’s career and their connection to the waters they depend on. Join us to learn about his journey.

When the sun goes down, big brown trout come out to hunt—and few flies trigger more violent takes than a well-fished mouse. In this episode, Michigan guide Tommy Lynch breaks down the art and science of fly fishing with mouse patterns. We cover mouse fly design, rods and lines, presentation tactics, reading water at night, and how to safely fish after dark. If you want to target your biggest trout on purpose, this episode delivers the playbook.

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

• What is it about mouse patterns that triggers such aggressive strikes from big brown trout at night?
• Are trout actually keying on real mice, or is it more about sound, silhouette, and disturbance?
• What time of year do you find mouse fishing to be most productive?
• Why do anglers target nighttime browns with mouse patterns, when subsurface steamers can be really effective at night and have much higher hook-up percentages?
• Are there particular geographic locations where nighttime mouse pattern fishing is most productive?
• What features do you look for in a great mouse fly—materials, buoyancy, tail, legs?
• Do you prefer foam, deer hair, or hybrid mouse patterns, and why?
• How does color matter at night—dark vs. light vs. natural tones?
• What’s your go-to retrieve when fishing a mouse pattern after dark?
• Do you prefer skating, waking, or subtle twitching—and when does each shine?
• What are the most common presentation mistakes anglers make with mouse flies?
• How do you “map” a piece of water during the day to fish it effectively at night?
• What rod, line, and leader setup do you recommend specifically for mouse fishing?
• What safety considerations should anglers think about before fishing at night?

Misty Dhillon had been guiding and traveling in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar since 1994 in search of Golden Mahseer. These fish are a highly evolved, bio-indicator fish species that swim in rivers across the rugged Himalayan foothills. Listen in and learn about this incredible fish and what it takes to bring one to the net.

The East coast comes alive when the strippers come in - making the water boil with activity. Michael Mullaney, a professional guide in Cape Cod shares his secrets on catching one of the most popular sportfish on the Eastern seaboard.

Tim Jacobs is a guide and FFI Certified Casting Instructor who fishes both the warm waters of the midwest and the cold waters of the Rocky Mountains. Tim will be sharing tactics including rigs, techniques and fly patterns that you can use to catch more bass. panfish, pike, and other warmwater species. Join us and learn Tim's secrets to warmwater fly fishing.

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

• Where do you do most of your warmwater fishing?
• What does a fly fisher need to know about lakes to be productive?
• Is it more productive to fly fishing from a boat?
• How do you dissect an unknown lake?
• What types of rods and lines do you need for warmwater fly fishing?
• Where should you look for largemouth bass?
• What is your primary method for finding fish?
• What types of flies do you use for largemouth bass?
• When fishing rivers for smallmouth bass, how do you work the water?
• What's your go-to fly for smallmouth bass?
• Where do the pike hold in the water column?
• How do you rig up your leader and shock tippet for pike?
• What are your favorite types of flies for pike?
• Where is the best place to find pike?

Join us for an engaging episode with Steve Ramirez, author of Casting Homeward. Dive into America's legendary landscapes—from New England's songbird-filled woods to Yellowstone's wild valleys and Bristol Bay's bear-populated rivers. Steve explores the magic of iconic places that restore our souls and inspire awe. Tune in for a philosophical journey through the wild heart of America and discover stories that connect us to nature's timeless beauty.

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

• You just published Casting Homeward the fourth book in your casting series. Can you describe the Casting Series?
• What inspired you go on this multi-year fly fishing quest of discovery?
• What do you hope readers will get out of your books?
• What authors and works have influenced your writing?
• When and where did you start flyfishing?
• What is your favorite place to flyfish and what would be the target species?
• What is Casting Homeward about?
• What was your experience fishing in Alaska?
• What species of fish impressed you the most and why?
• Did fishing in Alaska change how you think and feel about the natural world?
• What did you discover in Montana and what were your experiences?
• You spent some time in The Catskills, considered the birthplace of American Fly Fishing. What were your thoughts while fishing there?
• You started your book with Texas and ended with Texas. What makes Texas special to you?

Norm Zeigler interviewed twenty-one famous people who fly fish and has published his interviews in his latest book Famous Fly Fishers. These people are famous for what they have done in their careers and not for their contributions to fly fishing. Politicians, businessmen, bankers, musicians, astronauts, scientists and artists are just a few of the professions these fly fishers represent. Listen in while Norm tells us their stories of why they fish and what this great sport means to them. Whose stories will he tell? You'll have to join us to find out.

Steven Bird started trout spey fishing long before the current trend started. Many fly fishers equate spey fishing with steelhead or salmon on large rivers but it can be applied on small rivers or streams for trout just as effectively. Join us to learn about the gear, flies and techniques used for trout spey fishing that you can use on your next outing.

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

• What inspired you to write your book Trout Spey & The Art Of the Swing?
• What got you started spey fishing?
• What is trout spey?
• What advantages does two-handed spey fishing for trout offer?
• What is the ideal rod for trout spey?
• What is the difference between a trout spey rod and a switch rod?
• What type of lines are used with trout specy?
• How do you select a tip?
• How do you set up your leaders?
• What are the different parts of a wetfly presentation?
• What is the Leisenring Lift?
• What determines what size, color and proportions of your flies?
• Do you fish multi fly rigs?
• What are you favorite wet fly patterns?

Daniel Galhardo brought Tenkara fly fishing to North America and has introduced a new an exciting way to fly fish. Learn about the history and fishing in Japan that inspired him to create a company based on Tenkara. Daniel will also share how he started and built his business into the success it is today.

Dick Cameron has experienced over 800 permit landed and countless hundreds more hooked or near hooked either personally or through the accounts of his friends, clients and guides. To understand permit you need to be in the thick of them and Dick certainly is. Listen in to hear Dicks tips, tricks and secrets to getting hooked up with a permit.

Mike Heck, a professional guide and master of spring creek fly fishing, shares the tactics and techniques he uses everyday to catch tough, selective trout in these waters.