The Wadeoutthere Fly Fishing Podcast

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tanner and Morgan Barbeau from Buena Vista, Colorado. Tanner learned to fly fish from his father at an early age on the famed tailwaters of the San Juan river. Morgan graduated school and took a nine to five job in corporate America having never fly fished before. The pair met in Buena Vista and fell in love with each other, while Morgan was falling in love with fly fishing. Tanner had been guiding for several years when Morgan lost her ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jesse Alberi, from Dillon, Montana. Jesse grew up dunking grasshoppers for trout in his homewaters around Dillon, and on his family’s ranch in Red Lodge. After attending school in North Dakota, he took a job in Alaska, where he fell in love with fly fishing and his wife. They moved back to Jesse’s hometown of Dillon, to raise their young daughter amongst friends and family. In October of 2008, Jesse rolled his truck on an icy road, and s...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Riverhorse Nakadate, from Houston Texas. Riverhorse was born in Austin, Texas to a single mother and joyful days playing in the Colorado River and at the public library. His adopted father was a professor of literature and steelheader, which cemented his love of books and fishing at an early age. The family spent summers along the Oregon coast, where Riverhorse immersed himself in the ocean… fishing and surfing. After traveling th...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mark Raisler, from Craig, Montana. Mark grew up in Washington State’s Skagit Valley, in an outdoors family where fishing was a distant third priority, behind skiing and hunting. He first came to Montana for something to do when he wasn’t skiing, but quickly found the Missouri River and fly fishing. When he realized summers were nowhere near enough time to try to catch all the wild trout in the river, he moved to the banks of the Missour...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Noah Dahlke, from Bozeman, Montana. Noah grew up in an Air Force family, with roots in Wisconsin. While his father was stationed everywhere from Minot, North Dakota to Oklahoma, to Great Falls, Noah always looked for chances to fish, and tie. He also looked forward to the summers, when he could return to his home state and fly fish with his grandfathers. He often would send them flies he tied to test before his visits, and made th...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jeremy Nolan from Durango, Colorado. Jeremy moved to Colorado over twenty five years ago to pursue his passion for skiing and mountain biking while attending college. One of the texts he picked up was an Orvis book on fly fishing. Soon he and his friends were fishing the San Juan River and learning as they went, but Jeremy knew his future career would be on the water. After graduation he began guiding and eventually started his ow...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Tim Nation, from Kammas Utah. Tim grew up in Illinois in a family where hunting and fishing was a way of life. He found himself uniquely drawn to the fly rod, and it soon became his favorite way to catch fish. It has been his passion ever since. Tim spent much of his time as a teenager honing his fly fishing skills and searching for trout in the Ozarks. Looking for a spot he could call home, Tim tried his luck out West. Afte...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jon Lee from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Jon grew up in southwest Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo. He was introduced to fly fishing on the Pere Marquette River as a teenager, spending time with his great uncle, and slowly embracing the value of learning over catching. As a child, Jon would search through magazines depicting distant and exotic outdoor adventures that seemed out of reach, until he combined his love of fly fishing with an una...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Piper Nunn from Fort Collins, CO. Piper grew up in Colorado, spending time alone on the river even before she found fishing. It was after she began working in a local bagel shop in Fort Collins, that her co-workers talked her into giving fly fishing a shot. She loved it from day one, and from then on, much of her spare time in school was spent on the Poudre River, fishing and finding inspiration for her art. She loved fly fishing ...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Nick Teynor, from Salt Lake City, Utah. When Nick was a child his family road tripped from Maryland to Washington State for his father’s job transfer. Along the way, he was introduced to fly fishing, while watching drift boats out the car window in the Rocky Mountains. A stop at the family’s cabin in Montana sealed the deal. He had a fly rod in his hand for the first time, and from then on it was all he wanted to pursue and learn about in...

In this episode we WadeOutThere for Part 1 of our conversation with Alex Emery, from Livingston, Montana. Alex started fly fishing as a child with his father in New Jersey and continued during school at West Virginia University, becoming involved with the fly fishing club as well. After college, Alex’s search to continue his passion for fly fishing, and build a life and career connected to the outdoors brought him to Sweetwater Travel Company Guide School, on the Bighorn River, in Mont...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Mike Schultz from Dexter, Michigan. Mike grew up in Michigan fishing conventional gear on small ponds and lakes around his home, until he started driving and found the Huron River. On a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he was introduced to fly fishing while being drawn to the rivers’ salmon and steelhead. He continued fly fishing back home on the Huron River while waiting for the salmon seasons up north. Mike played hockey in college and at...

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jarob Ortiz, from Arlington, Virginia. Jarob started fly fishing in 3rd grade, after being drawn to the delicate cast and presentation portrayed in the popular book and movie, A River Runs Through It. He learned to cast from his uncle from Montana, and when he signed up for the Air Force out of high school, Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska was at the top of his list. When he wasn’t working in the A-10 Warthog’s electronic warfare shop, h...