The River Rambler

Mar 04 2025 141 ep. 78 mins 30

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Like steelhead camp in your car, with host Richard Harrington

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Episode 140 - Nick Chambers & John McMillan

Mar 04 2025 109 mins

This week I"m joined by John McMillan and Nick Chambers of The Deep Wade podcast, that's right, it's a crossover. We cover their starts to fishing, the local adapdations of both steelhead and fisherman, rebuilding runs and an over-reliance on hatcheries, their approaches to fishing and the desire for the Cobra Kai fish, the art of hook setting, snorkeling, classic westerns and so m

Episode 139 - Mia Sheppard

Feb 11 2025 82 mins

This week I'm joined by Mia Sheppard. We talk about her fishing journey and some particular bad influences, Little Creek Outfitters and her own endeavor, Juniper River Adventures, cooking and avocado transport, working on a cookbook, rowing, parenting and guiding, and bringing back the Sandy River Spey Clave.https://swingthefly.com/sandy-river-spey-clave/

Episode 138 - Scott Baker-McGarva

Jan 28 2025 73 mins

This week I'm joined by Scott Baker-McGarva. We talk about growing up in BC, guiding on the Bow River, repping and the ever changing landscape of fly fishing products, the difficulties of teaching, mooching reels and chinook, his preferred rigs, dealing with aging eyes and so much more.

Episode 137 - Will Bush

Jan 07 2025 58 mins

For the first episode of the new year I'm talking with Will Bush. We discuss growing up fishing, getting into coho, dry lines, deep wading, Spey-o-rama's humbling effects, lots of fly tying, brown water, and the sobering effects of jet boats.

Episode 136 - Duncan of Green Gables

Dec 24 2024 147 mins

Tis the season for a holiday treat and as such I'm joined by my friend Duncan Gasiewicz. We have a great chat about hanging out in the Grand Tetons as a kid, fly tying and deer hair, how great the producer is, competition casting and competing with yourself, visual learning, long lines, wartime correspondences, tailing fish, Cuba, and so much more. Enjoy the holidays and hopefully

Episode 135 - Brian Styskal

Dec 10 2024 99 mins

This week I'm joined by Brian Styskal. We get to talking about his introduction to fly fishing with his grandfather on horseback, racecars, reels, rods, lines, and gear hoarding, learing and the value of video, ice dams and fish genetics, inefficients fun, and we even contemplate golf amongst so much more.

Episode 134 - Tom Larimer

Nov 26 2024 129 mins

This week I'm joined by Tom Larimer and we have a great discussion to help get our American listeners through their Thanksgiving gatherings. We discuss the fun of growing up in the midwest, exploring Oregon and it's pronunciation, "The Voluntary Beatdown," bears and their mental prescence, how he got started guiding, knowing when you're the problem, over mending, art, our uknowing

Episode 133 - Monte Clarke

Nov 12 2024 69 mins

This week I'm speaking with Monte Clarke. We discuss his family's generations of adventure and growing up fly fishing, his surfing adventures and surfing in British Columbia, a bamboo obsession, hunting,and his experiences guiding on the Dean from boats to gear and bears.

Episode 132 - Kara Knight

Oct 29 2024 58 mins

This week I'm talking with Kara Knight. We discuss her fishing origins as an adventure guide on the west coast, the importance of a family atmosphere with guiding, competitive casting and her time in Sweden, having different fishing and casting rods, her more recent adventures in saltwater, the effects of competition on her fishing, and the head game that it is.

Episode 131 - Zach Morris and Dalton Walker

Oct 15 2024 71 mins

This week I'm joined by Zach Morris and Dalton Walker. We discuss our recent mid-river meeting, some brief life stories, jumping from gear to fly fishing, the unforgiveable act of low-holing, being a farrier for arabian horses, a need for new gear, widening beer horizons, and deadly murder-beavers.