The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Two

Episode Nineteen: James Babb's Journey

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James Babb is the long-time fishing columnist and now editor of Gray's Sporting Journal - unquestionably the finest literary outdoor magazine in print. Come along for his insightful comments on the trajectory of sport and literature, as well as the effects of ad men on publishing.

Special thanks this week to Paul Puckett and Catch and Release Paintings!

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Two

Episode Eighteen: Made in America with Jim Bartschi

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Scott Fly Rods may well be the last all-American fly rod company. Listen close as President Jim Bartschi lifts the curtain on outsourcing in this even-handed and fair, but uncommonly candid interview. Hang on through the end of the show, when Jim reveals Scott's newest lineup of rods for 2008, including updates to the Classic series as well as a whole new line of highest-performance rods!

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The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Two

Episode Seventeen: How to (Really) Travel with Jim Klug

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When Jim Klug left Scientific Anglers to found his own fly fishing travel company, he knew that "fly fishing needed another travel company about as bad as it needed another reel manufacturer." So he took his operation, Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, in a new direction, hiring unknown guides rather than celebrities and booking the world at all its various levels of comfort. Listen in as Jim describes international bank robberies, deaths on flights, and the best fishing on the planet.