March 19, 2008

The Itinerant Angler Podcast - Season Three, Episode Five

"Roosterfish are the Elizabeth Hurley of fish."

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Three

Episode Five: Frank Smethurst: Running Down the Dream

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Best known for his appearance in Felt Soul Media's hit fly-fishing movie Running Down the Man, Frank Smethurst is one of the few anglers qualified to represent the up-and-coming sector of fly fishing in any environment. Whether he's on the scorching beaches of Baja or in an Ohio river that once quite literally caught fire, Frank conveys the sense that he's just one of your fishing buddies. (Even if he would probably be the most-talented, widest-traveled, and best-groomed of your buddies). Frank's next project is hosting Trout Unlimited's upcoming television series, On the Rise on the Outdoor Channel, starting April 10. (Don't miss the excellent trailer for the show!)
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week: more new music from the The Ditty Bops!

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February 24, 2008

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Three, Episode Four

 

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Three

Episode Four: Outside Looking In with Tibor Nemeth

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Tibor Nemeth is the commercial photographer responsible for the award-winning Simms Catalog. Come along for this unique look at our sport through the lens of a really talented outsider.
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week, great new music by The Ditty Bops and The Sweetback Sisters!

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February 20, 2008

Article: 10 Tips for Breaking into Commercial Magazine Photography

Don't miss my article, new this week on Photography Bay, Eric Reagan's top-notch photography news site.
Learn why this shot will sell when others will not.

Here's a sample:

"Breaking into commercial magazine photography is becoming easier every day. The main reason is magazine contraction: as profits are drained inevitably into the swamp of the internet, magazines have had to scramble to cut corners and restrict costs. The primary way they do this is by paying less for the same product, just as in any business. You can take advantage of this. The following are ten not-necessarily-exclusive tips to help you break the ice..."

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10 Tips for Breaking into Commercial Magazine Photography

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February 17, 2008

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Three, Episode Three

 

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Three

Episode Three: Tradition in Transition with Charles Jardine

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Charles Jardine is one of the world's great experts; his breadth of knowledge ranges from the chalk streams of England to the four corners of the United States. Don't miss his insightful and well-informed commentary on the rise of angling tradition, the 'rules' Americans inherited from the UK, and modern-day uses for some pretty old fly fishing technology.
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week, great new music by The Ditty Bops!

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February 11, 2008

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Three, Episode Two

 

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Three

Episode Two: Davy Wotton - From Wales to the White

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Davy Wotton's road from his homeland of Wales to the rugged shores of Arkansas' White River has been long and winding. Along the way, he's fished with some of the best anglers in the world, in some of the best places in the world. He is unquestionably one of the most innovative anglers of his generation and a sage when it comes to the intricacies of the South's finest tailwater.
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week, great new music by The Sweetback Sisters!

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January 21, 2008

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Three, Episode One

"It smelled like dead fish!"

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Three

Episode One: Around the World with Barry and Cathy Beck

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Barry and Cathy Beck are synonymous with excellence in fly fishing photography. As some of the most successful trip hosts in the industry, they've experienced their fair share of exciting travel experiences, too. Listen in as they reveal a few of their secrets, tell a few hair-raising tales, and display so clearly why they're frequently called "the nicest people in fly fishing."
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com

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January 18, 2008

Article: Reinventing the Wheel


This article originally ran in the November/December 2007 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission.

EVERY SPRING, you walk into your local fly shop and find out that some of your gear is obsolete. Two years earlier, you probably plunked down several hundred bucks to be the proud owner of the latest, greatest gizmo in the history of the sport. Your rod, reel, or waders had never been equaled; you were the envy of your friends. But now its successor is staring you in the face, taunting you with its crisper action, lower startup inertia, or improved breathability. How did it come to be here? Why is it here so soon? What could it possibly offer that your pride and joy doesn’t already? Suddenly, an intense rationalization process begins, and your wallet hand gets itchy.

Sound familiar? Since time immemorial, fly-fishing gear manufacturers have been engaged in a battle to one-up each other—and themselves—with newer, better, often more expensive products. Along the way, they’ve changed the nature of the pastime itself: breathable waders replaced neoprene, and graphite dealt the death blow to fiberglass, itself guilty of the destruction of bamboo.

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January 08, 2008

Article: Switched On!


This article originally ran in the Fall 2007 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission.

THE COWS WERE CAUSING TROUBLE AGAIN. I was fishing Arkansas's White River at Rim Shoals—Dixie's equivalent of the Miracle Mile—but the herd occupying the bank behind me was preventing any kind of real backcast. With my trout stick, I tried making Spey casts across the broad open shoal, reminding myself exactly why Spey casters usually prefer longer rods. What I needed was a hybrid—a rod I could cast like a two-hander but fish like a standard rod—but at the time I didn't know such a rod existed. Turns out I wasn't the only one to find myself in such a situation. A new wave of these hybrid tools, called "switch rods," is making its way onto shelves this year.

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November 04, 2007

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Two, Episode Twenty-Six

"It spewed up a whole possum!"

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Two

Episode Twenty-Six: Australia - Along the Fatal Shores with Peter Morse

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Peter Morse is Australia's Fly-Fishing Superman; as the former host of one of the only primetime fly fishing TV shows to ever run worldwide and an expert on most of the fishing opportunities in the Indo-Pacific, Peter's built up a cache of stories unequalled by any. Don't miss his entertaining and elucidating discussions about the four species of bonefish, the jaw-dropping power of the New Guinea Bass, and the amazing temperate species of the Australian mainland!
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week: more new music from Steve Hemkens of Orvis and the Wailing' Jennys!

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October 22, 2007

The Itinerant Angler Podcast, Season Two, Episode Twenty-Five

The Itinerant Angler Podcast: Season Two

Episode Twenty-Five: Colorado Tailwaters with Ed Engle

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Ed Engle is one of Colorado's most famous (and expert) anglers and guides. As a frequent contributor to American Angler magazine and the author of "Splitting Cane," Ed is in a rare position to enjoy unfettered access to some of the most exclusive locations. Nevertheless, he calls the South Platte his home water. Don't miss his comments on dealing with crowds, searching for big trout on little flies, and getting away from it all in the high mountain streams.
Special thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show for their permission to use "Gospel Plow" in The Itinerant Angler Podcast. For more excellent modern bluegrass music, visit www.crowmedicine.com. This week: more new music from The Wailin' Jennys !

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