The Tuck Cast...With a Splash of Bourbon “A Fly Fishing Podcast”
All things fly fishing from the crew at Tuckaseegee Fly Shop located in Bryson City and Sylva North Carolina. Listen to the guys as they cover a wide variety of topics and current events affecting the industry, local anglers, and waters. Being located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the crew has vast knowledge of the area that will make your experience enjoyable an entertaining.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Chef Santiago Guzzetti
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer host special guests Chef Santiago Guzzetti.
We welcome you to enjoy our rustic Italian-Appalachian cuis…
Simms Rep Chris Hart
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer host special guests Chris Hart.
Simms Rep Chris Hart stops by the shop and spills the beans on Simms 2022…
Fly Fishing the Blue Ridge Parkway: Sam R Johnson
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer host special guests Sam R. Johnson.
Sam R. Johnson is the author of "Fly Fishing the Blue Ridge Parkway."…
Hip Pack Review
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer dive into a few hip packs. We do our best to cover the good and the bad of a few hip packs.
Umpqua, Fish…
Chest Pack Reviews
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer dive into a few chest packs. We do our best to cover the good and the bad of a few chest packs.
Umpqua, …
Tangled Lines!
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer host special guest Jeff Downing, author of "Tangled Lines"!
Jeff dives into why he wrote Tangled Lines a…
Terrestrial Fishing and the Derby Edition!
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer dive into terrestrial fishing. If you have not fished terrestrials you are missing out a great opportun…
Dale and Shannon Takeover!
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer take over as Bobby is gone for a few days. The guys discuss hatches, sports, and enforcement. Dale shares some advice on reach cast whil…
Guide Flies and the episode that goes South
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer do their best to tackle guide flies. As always this episode takes a turn south as Joe Dirt turns up. A…
How to Approach Water
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer tackle to the topic of how to approach a stream or river. This is a subject that was suggested to us by…
Master Casting Instructor and Author Mac Brown
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer talk with special guests Mac Brown. Mac Brown is the author of “Casting Angles” which is a fly casting …
Fly Shop Expectations
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer talk about fly shop expectations. As we travel we do find ourselves visiting local shops so we give our…
North Carolina Delayed Harvest Waters Part 2
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer wrap up the Delayed Harvest Streams in Western North Carolina.
Listen for a fly fishing report and a the…
Cherokee Tribal Waters Cherokee North Carolina
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer dive into the Tribal Waters of Cherokee North Carolina. The crew will share dates of tournaments and se…
North Carolina Hatchery Supported Trout Waters Explained
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer dive into the North Carolina Trout Regulation: Hatchery Supported Waters. People are often confused on…
Good Buddy Fly Fishing: Interview with Jon and Steve
Coach Dale "Diesel" Collins, Bobby "The Bearded Wonder" Bennett, and Shannon "Big Mess" Messer are back at it this week with special guests from Good Buddy Fly Fishing. Jon and Steve from Good Buddy …
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Trout Fishing the North Carolina Side of the Park
In the second part of a mini series, the crew discusses fishing the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You will learn information about regulations, how remote these loc…
Delayed Harvest Fishing Series 1: Tuckaseegee, Upper Nantahala, Big Snowbird, Fires Creek, West Fork Pigeon River
In this first part of a mini series, the crew discusses the Tuckaseegee, Upper Nantahala, Big Snowbird, Fires Creek, and West Fork of the Pigeon River DH opportunities. You will learn information ab…
Big Sky Anglers Hosted Fly Fishing Trips
Coach Dale Diesel Collins, Bobby The Bearded Wonder Bennett, and Shannon Big Mess Messer talk with Justin Spence, Joe Moore, and Steve Hoovler of Big Sky Anglers in West Yellowstone Montana.
If yo…
Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail: Difficulty Levels Explained
Coach Dale Diesel Collins, Bobby The Bearded Wonder Bennett, and Shannon Big Mess Messer dive into the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail difficulty levels. It is easy to get overwhelmed by th…