In this episode, I sit down with poet Matt Smythe. From the American Fly Fishing Trade Association: "A freelance writer since 2011, Matt has worked in advertising since 2004 holding positions from business development to creative direction on brands like General Motors, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Thomas & Thomas, and ScentBlocker. He’s also a filmmake…

In this abbreviated version of the 2016 Cascadia Tour stop in Portland, Oregon, we hear from author Cameron Chambers and writer/guide/badass Kate Taylor. Cameron is the author of the book Chasing Rumor: A Season Fly Fishing In Patagonia, published in 2015 by Patagonia Books. Kate Taylor owns and operates Frigate Travel, with her husband Justin Crum…

In today's episode, we're going back to the early days of Writers on the Fly, with a reading in Bend, Oregon, that started off the first ever Cascadia Tour. This reading happened on November 1, 2016, and featured a handful of great writers and featured photographers as well. Among the readers in this episode, you'll likely recognize a few familiar …

Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate swung through the homestead in June, and we sat down to chat about what he's been up to this summer and do a reading of his piece, A Southern Wish, from Issue 8.2 of The Flyfish Journal. This episode is sponsored by Sage. Check out the recent Trout Season feature at https://www.sageflyfish.com/experience/seasons/2018-t…

In today's episode, I chat with writer Chris Dombrowski. Chris' most recent book, Body of Water, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2016, though he has been writing and publishing poetry and prose for quite some time. His work has been featured in Orion Magazine, Terrain.Org, Outside Magazine, and Angler's Journal, to name a few. Most recently, …

In today's episode, I chat with Will Rice, an East Coast native and Pacific Northwest transplant by way of Colorado. Will's work has been featured in The Denver Post, The Drake Magazine, The Flyfish Journal, and Angling Trade, among other publications. Will sums up his fly fishing and writing philosophy pretty well: "I have always had one guiding p…

In this episode, I chat with author Chris Santella about his early life, his ventures into writing about flyfishing, and the challenges of writing a book like Fifty Places to Flyfish Before You Die. We also chat about his most recent book publication, The Tug is the Drug, published by Stackpole Books in 2017. During the episode, you'll hear a song …

First up in today's episode, author Langdon Cook reads "Silver Beach," from his first book, The Fat of the Land. Langdon is the author of three books of non-fiction, including The Mushroom Hunters and Upstream. Find out more about Langdon and his work at www.langdoncook.com. Following Langdon, we've got a reading from author and editor Chris Santel…

In today's episode, I chat with writer, firefighter, ski bum, and former yearbook making wizard Amanda Monthei. Amanda's work has been published in The Flyfish Journal, The Ski Journal, The Drake, and others. You can find out more about her work at www.amandamonthei.com. Thanks to Sage Fly Fishing for their support of The Fly Tapes. Visit SageFlyFi…

In this episode, I sat down to chat with artist Casey Underwood about growing in California and his development as an artist in the fly fishing world. Casey's work can be seen on the web at CaseyUnderwood.com, and, more recently, on a series of T-shirts designed for Filson. Also included in today's show is a reading from Steve Duda of his piece "Im…

In this episode, I chat with Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate about his early years in Texas, chasing waves and dreams around the world, and how he approaches writing about flyfishing, among other things. Riverhorse's work has appeared in The Flyfish Journal, American Angler, Surfing Magazine, The Fretboard Journal, and most recently as part of Sage F…

Jay Johnson has chased exotic species of fish all around the world, but if you ask him what really gets him stoked, he'll probably start telling you about the trash clean-up/fly fishing clinics he helps organize as part of Pig Farm Ink. As a part of Motiv Fishing, Jay helped to bridge the gap between the worlds of competitive bass fishing and fly f…

From AnglingTrade.com: "Kirk Deeter is the editor of Angling Trade. He is also an editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine, and the editor-in-chief of TROUT magazine, the national publication of Trout Unlimited. He has written and fished throughout the world, and his work also has appeared in other media including WIRED, Garden & Gun, USA Today,…

"Geoff Mueller cut his editorial teeth working the Interior B.C. newspaper circuit. He came to The Drake in April 2010 to head senior editor duties as the magazine transitions into a quarterly publication cycle. He is the former managing editor at Fly Fisherman Magazine and is a frequent contributor at Angling Trade and B.C.-based Kootenay Mountain…

Amy McMahon likes bugs. I mean, she really likes them. When I visited her in Fort Collins, Colorado, I was amazed by her collection of beautifully preserved and displayed butterflies, dragonflies, and even some huge, crazy insect from New Guinea (I think) that someone brought her in a water bottle. The great thing about that obsession of Amy's is t…

In this episode, we take you inside the backbone of The Fly Tapes—Writers on the Fly. This episode features a recent reading in Seattle at the new Patagonia Work Wear store in Ballard. Part one features readings from Dylan Tomine, author of Closer to the Ground, and Jason Rolfe, founder and host of Writers on the Fly and The Fly Tapes. We'll also h…

In addition to being one of the finest writers in fly fishing these days, Steve Duda has devoted the majority of his adult life to the art of editing, helping writers in various genres and disciplines create the very best work that they can. For the past 6 years or so, he's harnessed that drive to curate great writing to make The Flyfish Journal on…

Ann Bodle-Nash lives on a tiny island in northwest Washington State, where for the past couple of years she has been working on earning an MFA in Creative Writing through Pacific Lutheran University's Low-Residency MFA program. Life has thrown Ann and her family a couple of curve balls over the past year or so, but through it all she fallen back on…

This week's episode starts off with Will Rice reading a piece about close calls with jet boats while searching for steelhead. It's called "Near Death by the Numbers." Will read this piece in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the 2016 Writers on the Fly Cascadia Tour. Will's work has been published in The Drake, The Flyfish Journal, Saltwater Fly …

Gregory Fitz is a lifelong midwesterner recently transplanted to the PNW. He doesn’t work in tech and he isn’t a Seahawks fan yet. Minnesotans wear flannel, too, so he might be grunge. After years of chasing migratory great lakes fish with two-handed rods, he is now in the process of getting a beatdown on the hallowed natal steelhead and salmon riv…

In 2001, Jeff Galbraith and his wife Jessie Lu moved from Idaho to Seattle and started frequency: The Snowboarder's Journal. Over the next eight years, that first title would be followed by The Ski Journal in 2006, and in 2009, The Flyfish Journal. Since its inception, The Flyfish Journal has carved out a unique place in the world of arts and lette…

Episode 03 of the Fly Tapes features author Langdon Cook. From Langdon's website: Langdon Cook is a writer, instructor, and lecturer on wild foods and the outdoors. His books include Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table (Ballantine, May 2017), The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America, winner of the 2014 Pacif…

Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Dylan Tomine. In this episode, you'll hear Dylan read two pieces from the Portland stop during the 2016 Cascadia Tour: Luck and Salmon Dreams. You'll also hear us talk a bit about the writing life, how he came upon the idea for his book, Closer to the Ground, and a somewhat roundabout meeting with Thomas Mc…

Dylan Tomine is "a writer, conservation advocate, blueberry farmer, and father, not necessarily in that order." His work has been published in The Flyfish Journal, The Drake, and other fly fishing publications. In 2012, Patagonia Books published Dylan's first book, Closer to the Ground: An outdoor family's year on the water, in the woods and at the…

Follow The Fly Tapes Podcast on iTunes and here at Syzygy Fly Fishing for enriching conversations with fly fishing writers and artists, and readings from some of the best new and old voices in the world of fly fishing writing. Reading excerpts from Dylan Tomine, Langdon Cook, Cameron K Scott, and Steve Duda. Episode 01 with Dylan Tomine is coming s…