Fly Fish Forever

On the penultimate episode of the first season of the Fly Fish Forever podcast, we have the chance to meet Chief Anne Richardson of the Rapphannock Tribe. We'll talk about the history and legacy of the Tribe's 11,000 years in the Rappahannock River watershed and what the Tribe is doing to pass along traditional skills and knowledge to its youth through its Return to the River program. We'll also have an opportunity t...

On this week's episode, we have a really special opportunity to hear from one of fly-fishing's living legends, Bob Clouser. Bob isn't only famous as the inventor of the Clouser Minnow or as the author of Fly Fishing for Smallmouth in Rivers and Streams, he is a true icon of the Susquehanna River, the largest tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. We'll have the chance to hear some of Bob's life story, from growin...

On this week's episode, we have the opportunity to meet with Willy Goldsmith, the Executive Director, and Will Poston, a Policy Associate, at the American Saltwater Guides Association. We'll go pretty in-depth into the Amendment 7 process, a regulatory update to the Striped Bass Management Plan, which occurred earlier this year and discuss its importance to the future of one of America's most popular sport fish, as w...

After a five week hiatus, the Fly Fish Forever podcast returns for the final five episodes of Season I: Chesapeake with a very timely and relevant subject: the mighty-mite of the Esox world, the Chain Pickerel, a native species to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which just happen to be fantastic quarry in the cold winter months. We'll have a chance to hear from one of the Region's most respected fly fishing educators, fly t...

On this week's episode, we have the chance to meet with Bryan Hofmann, the Deputy Director of the Friends of the Rappahannock, a non-profit working to protect and restore the Rappahannock River Watershed, one of the largest tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. We'll talk about what FoR is doing to improve habitat and water quality, the importance of the River economically, culturally and recreationally to the region, as wel...

On the 14th episode of the podcast, we get the chance to sit down with future fisheries biologist and current Penn State graduate student Morgan Stum. We'll talk about her work studying fish populations in the New and Delaware Rivers, two drainages that happen to not be a part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, but which share certain similarities and proximity to the area. We'll also talk about her time with Trout Unlimite...

On this week's episode, we have the opportunity to meet Dustin Wichterman and Seth Coffman, two staff members of Trout Unlimited's Home Rivers Initiative. Their work is focused on protecting, reconnecting and restoring Brook Trout habitat throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. But their work doesn't just benefit trout anglers, the downstream effects of their projects benefit anglers at all levels of the watershed. ...

On this week's episode, we have the opportunity to meet with Joel Dunn, the President & CEO of the Chesapeake Conservancy, Dunn leads the Conservancy's efforts to increase public access for everyone and strengthen the connection between people and the Chesapeake Bay watershed to promote a greater appreciation for the need to conserve the Chesapeake’s landscapes and special places. Under Dunn’s leadership, Chesapeake C...

The tenth episode of Chesapeake brings us halfway to the end of the first season of the Fly Fish Forever Podcast. On this episode, we have the opportunity to meet with Zack Hoisington, a fly-fishing guide and environmental educator based out of Annapolis, Maryland. Zack has been fishing the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for his entire life and has a broad range of experience both as an angler and as a conservationist. We'...

On the 11th episode of the Fly Fish Forever podcast we have the opportunity to meet Phong Trieu. Phong is a fisheries conservationist, working with the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Partnership, an intergovernmental body devoted to restoring the Anacostia River, America's most urbanized watershed. We'll talk about the work that the Partnership and others are doing to improve the health of the river as well as the surpri...

On this week's episode, we have the chance to meet Pamela Dunlap. Pamela is the founder of Women, Wine and Waders, a fly fishing group based out of West Virginia. Pamela is also the co-founder of International Women's Fly Fishing Day, and was recognized by the state of West Virginia as one of the state's "50 Wonder Women". Pamela is a teacher and mentor to female fly anglers across the world, but still love...

On this week's episode, we have the chance to sit down with Chris Wood. Chris is the President and CEO of Trout Unlimited, America's leading coldwater conservation organization, based in Washington, DC. However, don't expect to hear too much about Trout or Salmon on this episode. Instead, we're going to explore Chris's (not so) secret obsession with fishing for unexpected species in unexpected places. We&ap...

On this week's episode, we have the chance to meet Wayne MacMasters. Wayne is a fly-fishing guide based out of the Hampton Roads area who specializes in catching Cobia on the fly. Cobia are a migratory species, making their way from the waters of Northern Florida, up the East Coast each spring, and spending their summers in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Whether you're a seasoned angler, or someone completely new to th...

On the sixth episode of the podcast, we meet with Mark Frondorf. Mark is a longtime fly fishing guide on the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, the Shenandoah Riverkeeper, as well as the host of the annual Mid-Atlantic Smallmouth Bass symposium. It's fair to say that there may not be a single person in the watershed as tuned in to the ebbs and flows of smallmouth fishing. Unfortunately, the future of Smallmouth Bass in the region ...

On this week's episode of the Fly Fish Forever podcast, we have the opportunity to meet George Daniel. George is one of the most celebrated and visible fly fishers of the past two decades, having written many articles and several books on the subject, with a particular emphasis on trout. However, this episode isn't going to be just a how-to type of show. Instead, we're going to talk about George's opportunity to...

On this week's episode of the Fly Fish Forever podcast, we meet with Kate Fritz, the CEO of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Kate has spent most of her life living, working and recreating across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and took up the sport of fly-fishing a little over a year ago. We'll get a chance to learn about the work that the Alliance is doing with farmers in rural Pennsylvania, and municipal governments i...

On this week's episode, we have the chance to sit down with Captain Chris Karwacki. Chris is a fly-fishing guide focused on Speckled Trout and Striped Bass in the waters of Tangier Sound. The Sound is known as one of the gems of the Chesapeake Bay, stretching along the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia and providing habitat for a diverse range of saltwater fish including not only "Specks" and "Stripers&quo...

On this week's episode, we are joined by Grant Alvis from Richmond, Virginia. Grant is a fly-fishing guide with a particular affinity for two species that are often mistaken for one another, the Northern Snakehead and the Bowfin. The former is a recent addition to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, illegally introduced to Maryland waters in the early 2000's. Since that time, it has spread to various river systems up and down t...

On the very first episode of the very first season of the Fly Fish Forever Podcast, we have the chance to meet Brian Shumaker, one of the top fly fishing guides on the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna River is the single largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, contributing around 55% of all of its freshwater. We go in-depth into Brian's lifetime spent fishing the River and its major tributaries for smallmouth bass, learning...