The Fly Culture Podcast
Pete Tyjas from Fly Culture Magazine sits down with people whose lives either revolve around or are shaped by fly fishing.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 300
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Dave Felce on fly fishing for carp
Dave has a passion for the outdoors that tracks from mountaineering to chasing what are consider more niche species like carp, barbel and pike on the fly.
We discuss his fly fishing care…
Feargal Sharkey on the damage being done by water companies to our rivers
I talk with Feargal about his love of fly fishing and his battle in highlighting the abuse of the river systems across the UK by water companies. From the abstraction of chalk streams t…
Steve Cullen and a life in fly fishing
Steve Cullen has an impressive fly fishing CV.
He has been an editor of a fly fishing magazine, brand manager for a tackle company, has represented England in nearly all disciplines of …
Wayne Thomas on writing and fishing in Devon
Wayne Thomas is a well known face in fly fishing here in Devon. He is a writer, journalist and passionate angler.
We talk about fishing, the plight of salmon and what went in to writing …
A passion for fly fishing with Ieva Breiteryte
There is little doubting Ieva's passion for fishing. Since taking it up she is on the river casting dry flies and nymphs at the trout that inhabit her home waters most days and it is cl…
Pete answers listener questions
A slight change of direction for this podcast.
After a recent podcast where Nick Hart and I answered some questions I'd been sent I was excited to receive a number more from listeners th…
Fly rod design with Peter Knox
I talk with Peter Knox about his love of fly fishing and his job at Farbank where he designs rods for Sage.
This is a fascinating insight into the process of rod building and the many h…
Dani Morey on the Spey, salmon fishing and being a fishing guide
Dani Morey has lived and breathed fly fishing from an early age but it was fishing the Spey that changed her life. She had been fishing there for many years before deciding to throw in …
Nick Thomas on fishing, fly tying and living close to his home water
Nick Thomas' role was to come up with solutions in his previous career. He has taken those skills over into his fishing, film making and fly tying. He is always devising new patterns an…
Colin Macleod on mullet, bass and the limestone lochs of Caithness
Saltwater fly fishing in the UK has been a branch of our sport that has seen a steady growth over the last decade. There are few who have managed to have consistent success targeting mu…
Answering listener questions and hints and tricks for reservoir fishing with Nick Hart
Nick Hart talks reservoir fishing tricks and tips and we answer questions from listeners of the podcast.
Nick Yardley - From Yorkshire to Vermont
Nick Yardley has always had a passion for fly fishing. First, learning on the streams of Yorkshire and then moving to the US to become a mountaineering guide and then working in the fis…
Jon Hazlett on being a guide, steelhead and his life in fishing
Jon Hazlett has worked in fishing for a number of years now. He guides for steelhead in Oregon but has enjoyed a varied life that has always revolved around fly fishing. We talk about h…
The definition of a trout bum with Dan Osmond
I talk with Dan Osmond one of the current crop of young fly anglers searching out wild trout in wild places. He talks about his passion for fly fishing and sleeping in a car for 2 month…
Stan Mankov on fishing in Bulgaria, conservation and huchen on the fly
It was fascinating to talk with Stan and to get an insight into fishing in Bulgaria and the surrounding areas.
We talk about how anglers have helped stop the damning of rivers, why he qu…
Matt Eastham-North Country Angler
I talk with Matt Eastham about fishing the rivers of the north country, streamers, writing a successful blog and magazine articles and how he feels about fly fishing.
It is clear Matt is…
Living and fishing in Montana with photographer Jess Haydahl Richardson
Montana is a place close to my heart and it was fun to catch up with Jess, who provided the cover image for the spring edition of Fly Culture, about her life as a photographer and the f…
James Gilbraith - Terminal Chancer
James Gilbraith is an author of two books based around the fishing he enjoys with friends on his local river, the Ribble.
He has a zest for live, passion for salmon and a wonderful sense…
Gareth Lewis on blogs, production tying and the streams of South Wales
Gareth and I talk about his love of casting a dry fly on the many streams near where he lives in Cardiff, Wales.
We also discuss what it was like to run one of the early fly fishing blog…
Duncan Raynor talks about the fishing in Zimbabwe, fly tying and the streams of Cornwall
An enjoyable podcast that starts in Zimbabwe and ends in Cornwall via many other locations.
We talk about fishing, tying flies and guiding.
Recorded before the virus lockdown