Fish Untamed
A wide-ranging fishing show covering everything from fishing tips to stories, and conservation news to ethics. Mostly focusing on fly fishing but occasionally delving into other types of fishing as well, host Katie Kusold talks to a variety of guests with different skill sets and areas of expertise.
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October 9, 2025 • 49 mins
Jeramie Prine is the owner and head guide of Dunoir Fishing Adventures near Dubois, WY. In this episode, we discuss fishing in the Wind River area, including seasons, hatches, species, and different types of water, as well as grizzly safety and the importance of protecting our public lands.
Website: www.dunoirfishing.com
Instagram: @dunoirfishingadventures
Facebook: /wyomingflyfishguides
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September 25, 2025 • 46 mins
Kaitlin Boyer is a guide at Angler’s Covey and the lead instructor for the Professional Fly Fishing Guide Program at Colorado Mountain College. She has been guiding in the Colorado Springs area for nearly a decade and has lots of experience on the “tougher” rivers in CO, such as the South Platte. In this episode, we talk about why she prefers time on the water without her kids, how brand deals can become exhausting, the hatches we ...
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September 11, 2025 • 61 mins
Erin Spaulding is an angler, runner, and writer who has published work in the Flyfish Journal and the Drake, among other publications. In this episode, we talk about her experiences fishing the alpine of Washington as well as Puget Sound, her tips on being a better fishing writer, how she has dealt with a hyper-focus on fishing, and a story of getting stuck on Christmas Island due to a storm.
Instagram: @ink_and_flyline
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August 28, 2025 • 62 mins
Payton Skidmore is a native fish enthusiast, Utah Cutt Slam holder, Western Native Trout Challenge participant, and the creator of the Skiddy Fishing Youtube channel. In this episode, we talk about tenkara, filming fishing trips, what’s special about native fish, his yearly list of goals, catching suckers and whitefish, and where he stands in the WNTC and Utah Cutt Slam.
Facebook: /payton.skidmore/
Instagram: @skiddyfishing
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August 14, 2025 • 58 mins
Nick Buckmaster is a fisheries supervisor with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In this episode, we talk about all things Lahontan cutthroat trout. We discuss what his job entails, other desert species such as pupfish, the evolution of Lahontan cutthroats, the various morphs, how to fish for them, and much more.
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July 31, 2025 • 68 mins
Jim Schottenham is a curator at the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, VT. In this episode, we talk about all sorts of things related to the history of fly fishing, including influential people, the value of historical pieces, the first mentions of the sport, the evolution of rods and reels, notable flies, tenkara, and much more.
Website: AMFF.org
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July 17, 2025 • 64 mins
Amy McDonnell is a backpacker and a neuroscientist at the University of Utah. Specifically, Amy studies the effects of time in nature on the brain. In this episode, we discuss how various time spans spent in nature affect the brain, the benefits people self-report after spending time outside, whether directly interacting with nature (for example, fishing) has a more pronounced effect than other kinds of time spent outdoors, and muc...
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Ashley Peters is an angler, conservation communicator, and board member for the Outdoor Writers Association of America. In this episode, we discuss her work on a trail crew in Alaska, how to communicate the importance of conservation effectively, how to avoid the doom and gloom often associated with conservation work, how she has had to adapt her outdoor pursuits in light of a chronic illness diagnosis, and her upcoming trip to the...
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June 19, 2025 • 66 mins
Rick Kustich is the Great Lakes Editor for Swing the Fly and an avid angler of both steelhead and muskies. In this episode, we talk about fishing for both species in New York, including how steelhead in New York compare to the other Great Lakes tributaries, what to do when the muskies aren’t biting, how Rick uses an overhand cast with a two-handed rod, and much more.
Swing the Fly: link
Instagram: @rickkustich
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June 5, 2025 • 79 mins
Shawn has been a guest on the show many times. Last time he was on, we joked about doing an episode about aging as a backpacker. He’s back today to do just that. There is relatively little fishing talk in this episode, since most of the hardship of getting old relates to getting to the fishing spot, not the fishing itself. We discuss changes he’s noticed as he has gotten older, gear considerations, injuries, recovery, preparation f...
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May 22, 2025 • 61 mins
Danny Frank is the owner of Colorado Trout Hunters and guides in and around the Front Range of Colorado. In this episode, we talk about the specifics of fishing spring runoff, including timing of the runoff, daily fluctuations, freestones vs. tailwaters, reading water, fly selection, presentation, and much more.
Personal Instagram: @deltatroutforce
Business Instagram: @coloradotrouthunters
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May 8, 2025 • 55 mins
Steve Veals did something very few anglers have likely ever done: he fished every day for 365 days straight. In this episode, Steve tells me about how the idea came to be, what his stipulations were, the challenges and surprises he encountered along the way, and what his life has been like since finishing the challenge.
Website: www.stephenveals.com
Instagram: @steve_the_cholo
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April 24, 2025 • 59 mins
Janet George is a retired CPW wildlife biologist and now on the board of the CO Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. In the past few years, Janet has been fishing her way through much of northern CO. In addition to several other personal “projects,” Janet has fished every lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. In this episode, we talk about how she came to start these goals, what she experienced along the way, and what’s next ...
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April 10, 2025 • 66 mins
Mia Sheppard is an angler, hunter, and snowboarder. She is owner/guide at Little Creek Outfitters and Juniper River Adventures on the Deschutes River. In this episode, we talk about fishing the Deschutes, avoiding burnout in guiding and fishing, starting a new program in Alaska, getting into hunting, and the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
Little Creek Outfitters site: link
Mia’s Instagram: @miasriverkitchen
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March 27, 2025 • 59 mins
Kurt Finlayson is a former member of Fly Fishing Team USA and avid angler. These days, he mostly focuses on his own personal fishing projects, in which he sets goals for catching different sets of species. In this episode, we talk about how he got started in competition fishing, transitioning out of that professional role, and the fish projects he makes for himself, including his desert project, Colorado cutthroat project, and much...
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March 13, 2025 • 48 mins
Jen Ripple first joined me on the show way back in episode 19. I was thrilled to have her back on to catch up on what she has been up to. In this episode, we talk about her transition from DUN Magazine to DUN Outdoors, a more comprehensive women’s outdoor media space, as well as her new role working with Hardy and Greys and what it’s been like getting acquainted with more traditional and historied fly fishing equipment. We also tal...
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February 27, 2025 • 58 mins
Howard Croston is a full-time fly rod designer for the world-famous brands, Hardy and Greys and also the England World Team Captain. In this episode, we talk about competition fly fishing, what he does day-to-day as a rod designer, how high-end rods and reels differ from low-end rods and reels, how different rods require different designs, and some considerations for material, length, and action when buying a new fly rod.
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February 13, 2025 • 44 mins
Amanda Willshire is a full-time metal artist and part-time guide in Colorado. She has also competed in the Ladies Tarpon Tournament in Florida and recently got back from fishing in Brazil. In this episode, we talk about her metal fish art, fishing for tarpon in Florida, fishing experiences and mishaps in South America, and much more.
Instagram: @awdart
Website: link
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January 30, 2025 • 57 mins
James Garrettson owns About Trout, an outfitter specializing in the San Juan River of northern New Mexico. In this episode, we talk about the San Juan as a whole, the different sections of river, seasonality, flies, species present, and the pros and cons of Euro nymphing.
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Instagram: @about.trout
Youtube: link
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January 16, 2025 • 80 mins
This is the annual episode where Mel and I go through our fishing goals from the past year and talk about what we have in store for the upcoming year. In this episode, we switched things up a bit. As a new mom, Mel didn’t have as much time as she’d hoped to get out on the water, so in place of some of the goals she was not able to finish, she talked me through what it was like taking an infant fishing and what she anticipates for t...
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