The Wadeoutthere Fly Fishing Podcast

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Ben Wilcox, from Essex, Vermont.  Ben was introduced to fly fishing after college when he and his friends traveled to Maine to support a friend going through hard times.  Although he struggled to catch any fish for the first couple years, something  about the process of learning kept Ben coming back. 

Book by book and tactic by tactic, Ben worked his way from novice a...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jesse Alberi, from Dillon, Montana.  Jesse grew up dunking grasshoppers for trout in his homewaters around Dillon, and on his family’s ranch in Red Lodge.  After attending school in North Dakota, he took a job in Alaska, where he fell in love with fly fishing and his wife.  They moved back to Jesse’s hometown of Dillon, to raise their young daughter amongst friends and...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Taylor Todd, from Helena, Montana.  Taylor began fly fishing almost immediately upon beginning college at Oregon State.  He was a volunteer firefighter and paramedic there, and his roommates at college and Lieutenant at the firehouse left him nowhere to go where fly fishing wasn’t a source of learning, camaraderie, and fun on the river.  

After school he moved to Wisconsin wh...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Riverhorse Nakadate, from Houston Texas. Riverhorse was born in Austin, Texas to a single mother and joyful days playing in the Colorado River and at the public library.  His adopted father was a professor of literature and steelheader, which cemented his love of books and fishing at an early age.  The family spent summers along the Oregon coast, where Riverhorse immersed himself in th...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with John Duncan, from Telluride, CO. John grew up learning to fly fish in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, hiking and backpacking to access fishing in small streams and remote lakes.  His love for the mountains drew him to attend college in Colorado Springs, CO, where he fell in love with the weather, the skiing, and the fishing.  Telluride, became the perfect place for him to g...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mark Raisler, from Craig, Montana.  Mark grew up in Washington State’s Skagit Valley, in an outdoors family where fishing was a distant third priority, behind skiing and hunting.  

He first came to Montana for something to do when he wasn’t skiing, but quickly found the Missouri River and fly fishing.  When he realized summers were nowhere near enough time to tr...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Dax Messett, from Medford, Oregon.  Dax moved to the Lake Tahoe area after college to pursue his love for the outdoors, and immediately found fly fishing as another way to explore.  He started his fly fishing journey on the Truckee River, and later began guiding in the surrounding Northern California streams and lakes.  Next, came year round guiding, winters in New Zealand, and a ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Noah Dahlke, from Bozeman, Montana.  Noah grew up in an Air Force family, with roots in Wisconsin.  While his father was stationed everywhere from Minot, North Dakota to Oklahoma, to Great Falls, Noah always looked for chances to fish, and tie.  

He also looked forward to the summers, when he could return to his home state and fly fish with his grandfathers.  He often ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Andrew Kangas from Cameron, Montana.  Andrew grew up in Michigan, learning to fish with conventional gear and dabbling in fly fishing with a fly rod he picked up at a neighborhood garage sale.  

When a family friend living in Montana invited his family to stay with her for a trip to Yellowstone Park, Andrew saw it as an opportunity to dive deeper into fly fishing.  The trip...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jeremy Nolan from Durango, Colorado.  Jeremy moved to Colorado over twenty five years ago to pursue his passion for skiing and mountain biking while attending college.  One of the texts he picked up was an Orvis book on fly fishing.  Soon he and his friends were fishing the San Juan River and learning as they went, but Jeremy knew his future career would be on the water.  

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tyler Mills from St.Paul, Minnesota.  Tyler grew up gear fishing with his friends and family in upstate New York, spending nearly every day of the summer on the St. Lawrence River.  It didn’t take long for Tyler to find fly fishing, which he took with him to Seattle where he worked in the snowboard industry.  

When he lost his job during COVID, Tyler ended up finding ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tim Nation, from Kammas Utah.  Tim grew up in Illinois in a family where hunting and fishing was a way of life.  He found himself uniquely drawn to the fly rod, and it soon became his favorite way to catch fish.  It has been his passion ever since.  

Tim spent much of his time as a teenager honing his fly fishing skills and searching for trout in the Ozarks. Looking fo...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Caleb Andrews, from Charleston, South Carolina. Caleb fell in love with fly fishing early in life and continued to fly fishing during college in Tennessee while pursuing a degree in material science and engineering.  

Although Caleb had always envisioned using his degree to land a job in the outdoor industry, he eventually took an engineering job in South Carolina.  Soon, Caleb ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jon Lee from Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Jon grew up in southwest Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo.  He was introduced to fly fishing on the Pere Marquette River as a teenager, spending time with his great uncle, and slowly embracing the value of learning over catching.  

As a child, Jon would search through magazines depicting distant and exotic outdoor adventures that seemed...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mickey Anderson, from Salt Lake City, Utah.  Mickey grew up in Utah, and was introduced to fly fishing on a trip into the Uinta Mountains with his wrestling team in high school.  He went on to work in the fly fishing industry as an early fly shop owner with Anglers Den and later Fish Tech. 

He has been teaching and instructing fly fishing, fly tying, and fly casting in one ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Piper Nunn from Fort Collins, CO.  Piper grew up in Colorado, spending time alone on the river even before she found fishing.  It was after she began working in a local bagel shop in Fort Collins, that her co-workers talked her into giving fly fishing a shot. 

She loved it from day one, and from then on, much of her spare time in school was spent on the Poudre River, fishi...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Eric Naguski from Boiling Springs Pennsylvania.  Eric’s earliest memories all involve fishing.  He fell in love with the idea of problem solving from the beginning, catching fish from the dock of his father’s sailboat in Maryland.  A cousin gave him a fly rod and thus began his lifelong love of fly fishing. 

After childhood, Eric ended up back in his birth...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Nick Teynor, from Salt Lake City, Utah. When Nick was a child his family road tripped from Maryland to Washington State for his father’s job transfer.  Along the way, he was introduced to fly fishing, while watching drift boats out the car window in the Rocky Mountains.  A stop at the family’s cabin in Montana sealed the deal.  He had a fly rod in his hand for the firs...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part 2 of our conversation with Alex Emery, from Livingston, Montana. Alex started fly fishing as a child with his father in New Jersey and continued during school at West Virginia University, becoming involved with the fly fishing club as well.  

After college, Alex’s search to continue his passion for fly fishing, and build a life and career connected to the outdoors brought him to Sw...