Fish Untamed
A wide-ranging fishing show covering everything from fishing tips to stories, and conservation news to ethics. Mostly focusing on fly fishing but occasionally delving into other types of fishing as well, host Katie Kusold talks to a variety of guests with different skill sets and areas of expertise.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 162
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ep 162: Improving Your Fishing Writing and Fishing in Washington, with Erin Spaulding
Erin Spaulding is an angler, runner, and writer who has published work in the Flyfish Journal and the Drake, among other publications. In this episode, we talk about her experiences fishing the alpin…
01:01:38 |
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Ep 161: Native Fish, Setting Goals, and Filming Fishing Trips, with Payton Skidmore
Payton Skidmore is a native fish enthusiast, Utah Cutt Slam holder, Western Native Trout Challenge participant, and the creator of the Skiddy Fishing Youtube channel. In this episode, we talk about t…
01:02:23 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Ep 160: Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, with Nick Buckmaster
Nick Buckmaster is a fisheries supervisor with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In this episode, we talk about all things Lahontan cutthroat trout. We discuss what his job entails, oth…
00:58:49 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Ep 159: The History of Fly Fishing, with Jim Schottenham
Jim Schottenham is a curator at the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, VT. In this episode, we talk about all sorts of things related to the history of fly fishing, including influential p…
01:08:04 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Ep 158: Your Brain on Nature, with Amy McDonnell
Amy McDonnell is a backpacker and a neuroscientist at the University of Utah. Specifically, Amy studies the effects of time in nature on the brain. In this episode, we discuss how various time spans …
01:04:41 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Ep 157: Conservation Communication and Adjusting Expectations Outdoors, with Ashley Peters
Ashley Peters is an angler, conservation communicator, and board member for the Outdoor Writers Association of America. In this episode, we discuss her work on a trail crew in Alaska, how to communic…
01:11:37 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
Ep 156: Hunting Muskies and Swinging for Steelhead, with Rick Kustich
Rick Kustich is the Great Lakes Editor for Swing the Fly and an avid angler of both steelhead and muskies. In this episode, we talk about fishing for both species in New York, including how steelhead…
01:06:25 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Ep 155: The Aging Backpacker, with Shawn Larson
Shawn has been a guest on the show many times. Last time he was on, we joked about doing an episode about aging as a backpacker. He’s back today to do just that. There is relatively little fishing ta…
01:19:13 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
Ep 154: Fishing the Spring Runoff, with Danny Frank
Danny Frank is the owner of Colorado Trout Hunters and guides in and around the Front Range of Colorado. In this episode, we talk about the specifics of fishing spring runoff, including timing of the…
01:01:52 |
Thu 22 May 2025
Ep 153: Fishing Every Day for a Year, with Steve Veals
Steve Veals did something very few anglers have likely ever done: he fished every day for 365 days straight. In this episode, Steve tells me about how the idea came to be, what his stipulations were,…
00:55:27 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Ep 152: Fishing Every Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, with Janet George
Janet George is a retired CPW wildlife biologist and now on the board of the CO Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. In the past few years, Janet has been fishing her way through much of north…
00:59:52 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Ep 151: Fishing the Deschutes, Guiding in Alaska, and Avoiding Burnout, with Mia Sheppard
Mia Sheppard is an angler, hunter, and snowboarder. She is owner/guide at Little Creek Outfitters and Juniper River Adventures on the Deschutes River. In this episode, we talk about fishing the Desch…
01:06:28 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Ep 150: Adventuring Around the West for Personal Fish Projects, with Kurt Finlayson
Kurt Finlayson is a former member of Fly Fishing Team USA and avid angler. These days, he mostly focuses on his own personal fishing projects, in which he sets goals for catching different sets of sp…
00:59:20 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Ep 149: Catching Up with Jen Ripple
Jen Ripple first joined me on the show way back in episode 19. I was thrilled to have her back on to catch up on what she has been up to. In this episode, we talk about her transition from DUN Magazi…
00:48:58 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Ep 148: Fly Rod Design and Choosing the Right Rod, with Howard Croston
Howard Croston is a full-time fly rod designer for the world-famous brands, Hardy and Greys and also the England World Team Captain. In this episode, we talk about competition fly fishing, what he do…
00:58:10 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Ep 147: Fishing in Brazil, Tarpon Tournaments, and Metalworking, with Amanda Willshire
Amanda Willshire is a full-time metal artist and part-time guide in Colorado. She has also competed in the Ladies Tarpon Tournament in Florida and recently got back from fishing in Brazil. In this ep…
00:44:57 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Ep 146: Fishing the San Juan, with James Garrettson
James Garrettson owns About Trout, an outfitter specializing in the San Juan River of northern New Mexico. In this episode, we talk about the San Juan as a whole, the different sections of river, sea…
00:57:35 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Ep 145: 2024 Recap, 2025 Goals, and Fishing with Young Kids, with Mel Moss
This is the annual episode where Mel and I go through our fishing goals from the past year and talk about what we have in store for the upcoming year. In this episode, we switched things up a bit. As…
01:20:15 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Ep 144: Fishing the Cicada Hatch, with Dave Zielinski
Dave Zielinski loves following the cicada hatches around the eastern U.S. and is the author of Cicada Madness, which covers all things pertaining to fly fishing during these exciting emergences. In t…
01:09:30 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
Ep 143: Fly Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park, with Joe Croteau
Joe Croteau is a pivotal person in my life. He is the person who got me into fly fishing many years ago, hiring me at his fly shop before I really knew what I was doing. He knows fishing around Rocky…
00:54:58 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
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