
#36 Rainwaters Rods With Lenard Rainwaters
09/30/22 • 118 min
On this episode we talk rod building with Lenard Rainwaters.
Going over all the steps, and looking at his unique approach to the craft. Lenard has been building rods for many years, perfecting his craft.
Growing up in Northern California. In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. He hunted and fished, and started fly fishing when He was 9 years old, and been at it ever since.
Loving to fish Still Waters and creeks targeting brook trout and Browns in the occasional Red Band in Central Oregon. He started European nymphing 4 years ago and Fell in love with it. Currently living in Southwest Southwest Washington with his wife Terri.
Follow him over on Instagram @rainwatersrods
https://instagram.com/rainwatersrods?igshid=ODBkMDk1MTU=
Facebook: @rainwatersrods
https://www.facebook.com/rainwaters.rods.1
Email me at:
[email protected]
On this episode we talk rod building with Lenard Rainwaters.
Going over all the steps, and looking at his unique approach to the craft. Lenard has been building rods for many years, perfecting his craft.
Growing up in Northern California. In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. He hunted and fished, and started fly fishing when He was 9 years old, and been at it ever since.
Loving to fish Still Waters and creeks targeting brook trout and Browns in the occasional Red Band in Central Oregon. He started European nymphing 4 years ago and Fell in love with it. Currently living in Southwest Southwest Washington with his wife Terri.
Follow him over on Instagram @rainwatersrods
https://instagram.com/rainwatersrods?igshid=ODBkMDk1MTU=
Facebook: @rainwatersrods
https://www.facebook.com/rainwaters.rods.1
Email me at:
[email protected]
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#35 Life & Fly Fishing With Tom Rosenbauer
On the episode, we sit down with Tom Rosenbauer.
First, taking a look into Tom’s life and how things got started with Orvis. We dive into behind the scenes of content creating, his podcast “The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide”, the books he's written, and lets not forget the fly fishing!
Tom Rosenbauer has been with the Orvis Company for 44years, and while there has been a fishing school instructor, copywriter, public relations director, merchandise manager, and was editor of The Orvis News for 10 years. He is currently their chief marketing enthusiast, which is what they call people when they don’t know what else to do with them.. As merchandise manager, web merchandiser, and catalog director, the titles under his direction have won numerous Gold Medals in the Multichannel MerchantAwards.
Tom was awarded Fly Rod & Reel’s “Angler of the Year Award” for 2011 for his educational efforts through his books, magazine articles, and podcasts.
Tom has been a fly fisher for 50 years, and was a commercial fly tier by age 14. He has fished extensively across North America and has also fished on Christmas Island, the Bahamas, Belize, in Kamchatka, Chile, and on the fabled English chalk streams . He is credited with bringing Bead-Head flies to North America, and is the inventor of the Big Eye hook, Magnetic Net Retriever, and tungsten beads for fly tying. He has about 20 fly fishing books in print, including The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Reading Trout Streams, Prospecting for Trout, Casting Illusions, Fly-Fishing in America, Approach and Presentation, Trout Foods and Their Imitations; Nymphing Techniques; Leaders, Knots, and Tippets, The Orvis Guide to Dry-Fly Techniques, The Orvis Fly Fishing Encyclopedia, and The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide, which won a 2001 National Outdoor Book Award . His collaboration with photographer Andy Anderson, Salt, also won a National Outdoor Book Award in 2014. He has also been published in Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Catalog Age, Fly Fisherman, Gay’s Sporting Journal, Sporting Classics, Fly Rod & Reel, Audubon, Men’s Journal, and others. His latest book, Fly Fishing for Trout—The Next Level, was published in November of 2016. Tom is the writer and narrator of “The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide Podcast,” one of the top outdoor podcasts on ITunes. He lives with his wife and son in southern Vermont on the banks of his favorite trout stream.
Go follow along with Tom’s Adventures on Instagram.
https://instagram.com/rosenbauert?igshid=ODBkMDk1MTU=
The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide :
https://open.spotify.com/show/6UWo8WWWiCIkeB4pz2viFN?si=-xUs68A_S4CS6wiJivWedw
Fly Fishing For Trout- The Next Level:
https://www.amazon.ca/Fly-Fishing-Trout-Next-Level/dp/0811713466/ref=asc_df_0811713466_nodl?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292950747067&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10705630291467607253&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001605&hvtargid=pla-564221841045&psc=1&dplnkId=9a0e3819-9438-4d29-87a7-b240a8284103
Email me at:
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#37 Exploring The Skagit River With Jordan Young-Treadway
On this episodes we sit down with Jordan Young-Treadway from the Pacific Northwest Washington State.
An avid fly fisherman, outdoor enthusiast and fly fishing guide. The ultimate ambition I have is to welcome and share my passion for the outdoors with everyone I come in contact with.
“For myself, exploring the outdoors particularly through fly fishing has had a tremendous positive impact on my life and I want to help open the doors for others just as those who have done for me. I understand that not all people have easy access, opportunities or role models that they can relate to in the outdoor world. I want to be the person that helps bring down the barriers and helps people explore the outdoors and fly fishing. By sharing my dedication and love for the rivers, forests and open spaces within them.
Whether its swinging for steelhead, stripping streamers for eager bull trout, or hooking into the salmon of their life I will always strive to create positive impact on as many lives as I can!”
Follow him in Instagram:
https://instagram.com/treadwatersfly?igshid=ODBkMDk1MTU=
Book a trip:
https://www.treadwatersfly.com/
Email me at:
[email protected]
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