Casting Across Fly Fishing
The Casting Across Fly Fishing Podcast explores the quarry and the culture of fly fishing. Each episode, I'll discuss some aspect of fly fishing - the people, places, and things that go into the pursuit of fish.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 357
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
![[Cast1] Warm Water Fly Fishing](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bfd2ad5c-d75a-11ee-b1ed-5f6c602d3667/image/dc8f36313211f1b88938f228c157cde3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Cast1] Warm Water Fly Fishing
Yes: you can fly fish for panfish and bass.
Before the seasoned and refined fly fisher scoffs at this question, it is important to realize that this is actually a very common query among new anglers.…
00:27:46 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
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[Cast1] The Seasons of Trout
If you fly fish for trout, you can fish 12 months out of the year.
There are a handful of very important caveats to that statement, but it is true nonetheless. Exceptions aside, it is key to understa…
00:29:45 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
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[Cast1] Casting & Presenting Flies
You've got a fly rod. You've wrangled a few dozen flies into a box. You've even managed to get a hot tip on where some trout might be found.
...now what?
Having all the gear and all the intel won't a…
00:30:03 |
Fri 16 Feb 2024
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[Cast1] Finding & Reading Water
Water, water everywhere... but is it water worth fly fishing?
Today we're asking the question: "Where can I find fish?" The answer has two parts:
First, how do you find fishable water?
Second, wher…
00:28:14 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
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[Cast1] All that Fly Gear
"How do you put a fly on that thick line?"
"Can I just wear my hiking boots over my waders?"
These are perfectly honest questions that I've been asked by new fly fishers. Multiple times.
Today I talk…
00:30:13 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
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[Cast1] Rods, Reels, & Line
The fly rod. It is a beautiful, functional, and essential part of fly fishing. But if you're new to the pursuit, the hundreds of options (split into different weights, lengths, actions, and even mate…
00:30:01 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
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[Cast1] How Fly Fishing Works
The Cast1 series of the Casting Across Fly Fishing Podcast is all about exploring the fundamentals of fly fishing. In each episode, there will be plenty for newcomers and seasoned anglers alike.
Toda…
00:26:48 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Fly Fishing Accusations, XXVII
Oh I've got some good emails this week. All thanks to you. I mean, it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining if I read emails I sent to myself outloud, would it?
This time around I talk about spacing out…
00:30:00 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Dumbing Down Fly Tying
I mean that in the absolutely most positive way possible. Heck, I had to dumb down my fly tying when I started (and restarted) so that I didn't get so frustrated that I threw my vice through the wall…
00:26:29 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
2023 in the Backcast
What better for a final podcast episode of the year than a curated retrospective on 2023?
While I touch on other subject matter, this is what I get rolling with on this final episode of December. You…
00:23:55 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Fly Fishing Storytime '23
While this episode is being released in late December, it isn't a holiday episode by any means.
However, I'm reviving something from a few years ago that was a part of the podcast around this time of…
00:26:38 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
Fly Fishing... From a Boat!
Watercraft and fly fishing go together. But which watercraft are best suited for the job? And, consequently, your hard-earned money?
Today I dip my paddle into the wide, deep river of watercraft that…
00:28:31 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Fishing Gifts For All!
Giving and getting gifts are both good. But in an arena like fly fishing, things usually need to be just so. This makes shopping for fly fishers hard at Christmases, birthdays, graduations, Father's …
00:29:19 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
3 Fly Fishing Lies
There are a lot of misconceptions about fly fishing out there. Some of them are repeated enough with such careless disregard for the truth that I'm comfortable in calling them lies.
Today, I address …
00:27:34 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Fly Fishing Thanks, 2023
It is Thanksgiving. And I am thankful.
Today's episode is all about what I'm thankful for. It is about fly fishing. And it is personal.
But as is the case with a lot of what I put out on Casting Acro…
00:26:21 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
The End of Your Fly Line
What's on the end of your fly line?
It isn't a fish. It is a leader. Which, as you may well have surmised, is essential for getting your fly to a fish. And getting your leader onto your fly line isn'…
00:25:41 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Cold Fly Fishing Encouragement
The weather outside is frightful. Or, at least it will be.
And you're all ready to fish in it. Right?
If you have the gumption and the warm socks, there is no reason why you can't fish in the coldest…
00:26:19 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Fly Fishing Accusations, XXVI
So I messed up.
To my knowledge, I have never deleted an email from a reader or listener. But just today, right before recording, I did. So whoever you are, this week's podcast starts off with my hea…
00:24:57 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
The 3 Top Gear Reviews
Casting Across is not a "gear review site." But it does feature quite a few gear reviews.
And, apparently you like them.
My gear reviews receive thousands upon thousands of views every year. I usuall…
00:27:06 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Death on the River
Sometimes it takes something jarring to get you to realize that you're not as safe as you thought.
While fly fishing isn't a risky or dangerous activity, the fact of the matter is that it has element…
00:26:03 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
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