The Itinerant Angler Podcast

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The Itinerant Angler Podcast is a long-running online radio program focusing on fly fishing and other outdoor pursuits, hosted by outdoor writer and attorney Zach Matthews. It features interviews with guests including expert anglers, television personalities, authors of books, editors of magazines, outdoor business CEOs, local expert guides and artists. Eclectic, diverse, and supported by excellent Americana music, it is one of fly fishing's best experiences in any form.

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The Offseason with Alex Avila - Ssn. 13, Ep. 17

Aug 25 2020 32 mins  
Alex Avila is a major league baseball catcher, currently with the Minnesota Twins. When he's not behind the dish, you'll find him offshore on his bluewater dream boat, The Offseason.

Bolivia’s Highland Dorado with Marcelo Perez - Ssn. 13, Ep. 16

Jun 29 2020 32 mins  
Marcelo Perez is the founder and CEO of Untamed Angling–one of South America’s largest fly-fishing lodge collectives, and also one of the only organizations that splits its profits with the native tribes with whom it works.

The Wulff Way with Susan Thrasher - Ssn. 13, Ep. 15

Jun 17 2020 28 mins  
Susan Thrasher is the author of Thrasher's Fly Fishing Guide and the owner of the Southern Brookies Fly Fishing school, as well as a disciple of the great Joan Wulff.

Brazil's Three Kings with Rodrigo Salles - Ssn. 13, Ep. 14

Jun 08 2020 38 mins  
Brazilian Rodrigo Salles is based in Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon, and is also the Brazilian ops director for South American lodge giant Untamed Angling. His insight into peacock bass, payara, and the massive arapaima is unmatched--and fascinating.

The Kindness of Strangers with John Gierach - Ssn. 13, Ep. 13

Jun 02 2020 34 mins  
Longtime angling writer and sage John Gierach muses on long-term change, his generation's contribution to fly-fishing, and the future.

True Crime with Tom Bie - Ssn. 13, Ep. 12

May 27 2020 60 mins  
Drake editor Tom Bie takes us into a world of synthetic marijuana, federal criminal trials, and DEA seizures of... Alaskan float planes? This is truly a story not to be missed.

Best Permit in the World with Wil Flack - Ssn. 13, Ep. 11

May 06 2020 34 mins  
Will Flack is the owner of the Belize Permit Club, as well as the Tres Pescados fly shop - don't miss his free-ranging discussion of Caribbean versus Indo-Pacific bonefish, steelhead, Spey fishing for tarpon, John McAfee, and of course the best permit fishery on the planet.

Central Texas Menagerie with Aaron Reed - Ssn. 13, Ep. 10

Apr 29 2020 31 mins  
Aaron Reed is the author of the new guidebook, Fly Fishing Austin and Central Texas. Much like the city itself, the Austin fly fishing scene is eclectic, offering clearwater striped bass, local Guadalupe bass, and even South American cichlids!

Salmon with Mark Kurlansky - Ssn. 13, Ep. 9

Apr 22 2020 32 mins  
Mark Kurlansky is the internationally-bestselling author of "Cod," "Salt," "1968" and now "Salmon," published in partnership with Patagonia Books. Don't miss his expert take on what is arguably our most important gamefish.

New Mexican Restoration with Toner Mitchell - Ssn. 13, Ep. 8

Apr 13 2020 37 mins  
Toner is the New Mexico Water and Habitat Coordinator for Trout Unlimited and one of the minds behind TU's new film, Querencia.