The Destination Angler Podcast

Apr 10 2025 142 ep. 71 mins 67
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The Destination Angler podcast is THE podcast for anglers who travel. We go to the source, the local guides & experts, to build your knowledge of top fishing locations around North America.

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Tailwater Tactics with Pat Dorsey – Part 2

Apr 10 2025 52 mins  
Our destination is Part 2 with legendary Colorado guide, author, and trout teacher Pat Dorsey—owner of the Blue Quill Angler and perhaps the foremost expert on the South Platte. Pat dials it up a notch or two in this episode, sharing his go-to fly patterns, fly design insights, and strategies for fly fishing new water. We dig into questions like: How fast should you fish? Why doe

Pat Dorsey’s Tips on Colorado Tailwaters, Part 1

Mar 27 2025 52 mins  
Our Destination is Part 1 of our deep dive into top tailwaters in Colorado with 30-year veteran guide and author, Pat Dorsey, Blue Quill Angler, Evergreen, Colorado. With 30 years on the water, Pat knows these rivers inside and out—including the South Platte, Blue, Yampa, Williams Fork, Taylor, Frying Pan, and Gunnison Gorge. Pat breaks down the technical side of tailwater fishi

Blue-lining Idaho’s Backcountry with Chris Hunt

Mar 13 2025 88 mins  
Our destination is the Idaho backcountry with Chris Hunt—award-winning author, seasoned fly angler, and expert blueliner from Hatch Adventure Travel. Chris literally wrote the book on finding hidden trout water: Fly Fishing Idaho's Secret Water. Today, he breaks down his process for discovering overlooked streams and shares some of Idaho’s fishiest backcountry areas. You’ll

Hard-fighting Hybrids on Henry’s Lake with Damon Keen

Feb 27 2025 72 mins  
Our destination is the world-famous Henry’s Lake in eastern Idaho, known for hard-fighting hybrids (Cutbows) the size of your leg, unpredictable windstorms, and breathtaking scenery. With retired Idaho Fish & Game biologist and guide Damon Keen, with Eagle Ridge Ranch, Island Park, ID Damon grew up in Idaho, eventually landing the coveted role of state biologist for Henry’s La

Aggressive Trout on the Upper Rio Grande with Rick McGuire and Presley Garcia

Feb 13 2025 83 mins  
Our destination is Colorado and the Upper Rio Grande River with fly shop owner, Rick McGuire and guide, Presley Garcia, Wolf Creek Anglers, South Fork, CO. Fly Fisherman Mag called the upper Rio Grande a hidden gem with gorgeous scenery, aggressive trout, and amazing hatches that’ll keep you on your toes. Rick is a retired football coach turned fly shop owner and guide with a

The Land of Fire and Ice: Iceland with Tim Cammisa and Matti Hákonarson

Jan 30 2025 90 mins  
Our destination is the land of fire and ice--Iceland with Tim Cammisa, author and owner of Trout & Feather, and Matti Hákonarson, guide and owner of Iceland Fishing Guide. With its stunning scenery, friendly people, and waters teeming with plentiful Atlantic salmon, hard-fighting arctic char, and massive sea-run and resident brown trout, Iceland is among the most incredible places

Conejos River Odyssey with Spencer Seim

Jan 16 2025 90 mins  
Our destination is Colorado’s Conejos River with expert fly angler and guide Spencer Seim of Zia Fly, Taos, New Mexico. The Conejos has it all—a hidden gem starting high in the San Juan Mountains with breathtaking views, every water type you could imagine, and trout so wise they’ll challenge the best of anglers. Growing up in Lubbock, Texas, Spencer’s fascinating odyssey in

Fly fishing Debauchery on the Grand River with Tom and Max Werkman

Jan 02 2025 77 mins  
Our destination is Michigan’s Grand River with expert fly fishing guides Tom and Max Werkman, the father-and-son team behind Werkman Outfitters, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and RiverQuest Charters. The Grand is Michigan’s longest river, and it’s loaded with steelhead, salmon, and smallmouth. The Grand's story is one of ruin to recovery, and today, it’s fishing better than ever.

Prehistoric Rainbows on Jurassic Lake with Lucho Alba

Dec 19 2024 94 mins  
Buenos Dias! 2,000 miles south of Bueno Ares deep in the heart of Patagonia lies a remote and pristine lake famous for wind, rocks, and prehistoric-sized rainbow trout, considered some of the largest in the world. Our destination is Lago Strobel, also known as Jurassic Lake in Patagonia, Argentina with Lucho Alba, owner of Estancia Laguna Verde fishing lodge. Lucho explains the a

Taming Tides, Rips, and Currents on the Cape Cod flats with Patrick Cassidy

Dec 05 2024 90 mins  
Our destination is Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for striped bass on the fly with Patrick Cassidy, expert saltwater guide and owner of Cape Cod on the Fly. The Cape offers some of the most extensive flats fishing in the world, where anglers can test their meddle against the revered striped bass, along with bluefish and false albacore. Patrick has been fishing these waters for over 30 ye