About this episode

Tanner and Morgan Barbeau share their journey of love and fly fishing in Buena Vista, Colorado.

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 ...

People in this episode

Host: Jason Shemchuk

Guests: Tanner Barbeau, Morgan Barbeau

Topics covered

• fly fishing
• storytelling
• relationships
• guiding
• personal growth

Keywords

• fly fishing
• storytelling
• San Juan river
• Buena Vista
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Buena Vista, Colorado, San Juan river

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