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The Fly Tapes
by Syzygy Fly Fishing
The Fly Tapes Podcast features conversations with the writers and artists of the fly fishing world, as well as readings from the Writers on the Fly series. Hear writers share their stories and poems in their own voices, and learn what gets the creative juices flowing for this eclectic group of makers.
Episodes
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Episode 25—West Coast Tour 2024 | San Francisco
We're back! The Writers on the Fly West Coast Tour took place in April 2024, visiting San Francisco, Sacramento, Ashland, OR, and Eugene, OR. This episode features the San Francisco reading, in which we heard from Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate, George Revel, Anne Landfield and Steve Duda....
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Episode 24—Matt Smythe
In this episode, I sit down with poet Matt Smythe. From the American Fly Fishing Trade Association: "A freelance writer since 2011, Matt has worked in advertising since 2004 holding positions from business development to creative direction on brands like General Motors, Blue Cross Blue Shield,...
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Episode 23—The Cascadia Tour 2016 | Portland
In this abbreviated version of the 2016 Cascadia Tour stop in Portland, Oregon, we hear from author Cameron Chambers and writer/guide/badass Kate Taylor. Cameron is the author of the book Chasing Rumor: A Season Fly Fishing In Patagonia, published in 2015 by Patagonia Books. Kate Taylor owns and...
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Episode 22—The Cascadia Tour 2016: Bend
In today's episode, we're going back to the early days of Writers on the Fly, with a reading in Bend, Oregon, that started off the first ever Cascadia Tour. This reading happened on November 1, 2016, and featured a handful of great writers and featured photographers as well. Among the readers in...
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Episode 21—A Southern Wish with Riverhorse
Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate swung through the homestead in June, and we sat down to chat about what he's been up to this summer and do a reading of his piece, A Southern Wish, from Issue 8.2 of The Flyfish Journal. This episode is sponsored by Sage. Check out the recent Trout Season feature at...
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Episode 20—Chris Dombrowski
In today's episode, I chat with writer Chris Dombrowski. Chris' most recent book, Body of Water, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2016, though he has been writing and publishing poetry and prose for quite some time. His work has been featured in Orion Magazine, Terrain.Org, Outside Magazine,...
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Episode 19—Will Rice
In today's episode, I chat with Will Rice, an East Coast native and Pacific Northwest transplant by way of Colorado. Will's work has been featured in The Denver Post, The Drake Magazine, The Flyfish Journal, and Angling Trade, among other publications. Will sums up his fly fishing and writing...
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Episode 18—Chris Santella
In this episode, I chat with author Chris Santella about his early life, his ventures into writing about flyfishing, and the challenges of writing a book like Fifty Places to Flyfish Before You Die. We also chat about his most recent book publication, The Tug is the Drug, published by Stackpole...
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Episode 17—Selected Readings 2
First up in today's episode, author Langdon Cook reads "Silver Beach," from his first book, The Fat of the Land. Langdon is the author of three books of non-fiction, including The Mushroom Hunters and Upstream. Find out more about Langdon and his work at www.langdoncook.com. Following Langdon,...
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Episode 16—Amanda Monthei
In today's episode, I chat with writer, firefighter, ski bum, and former yearbook making wizard Amanda Monthei. Amanda's work has been published in The Flyfish Journal, The Ski Journal, The Drake, and others. You can find out more about her work at www.amandamonthei.com. Thanks to Sage Fly…
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Episode 15—Casey Underwood / Steve Duda
In this episode, I sat down to chat with artist Casey Underwood about growing in California and his development as an artist in the fly fishing world. Casey's work can be seen on the web at CaseyUnderwood.com, and, more recently, on a series of T-shirts designed for Filson. Also included in…
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Episode 14—Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate
In this episode, I chat with Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate about his early years in Texas, chasing waves and dreams around the world, and how he approaches writing about flyfishing, among other things. Riverhorse's work has appeared in The Flyfish Journal, American Angler, Surfing Magazine, The...
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Episode 13—Jay Johnson
Jay Johnson has chased exotic species of fish all around the world, but if you ask him what really gets him stoked, he'll probably start telling you about the trash clean-up/fly fishing clinics he helps organize as part of Pig Farm Ink. As a part of Motiv Fishing, Jay helped to bridge the gap...
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Episode 12—Kirk Deeter
From AnglingTrade.com: "Kirk Deeter is the editor of Angling Trade. He is also an editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine, and the editor-in-chief of TROUT magazine, the national publication of Trout Unlimited. He has written and fished throughout the world, and his work also has appeared in...
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Episode 11—Geoff Mueller
"Geoff Mueller cut his editorial teeth working the Interior B.C. newspaper circuit. He came to The Drake in April 2010 to head senior editor duties as the magazine transitions into a quarterly publication cycle. He is the former managing editor at Fly Fisherman Magazine and is a frequent...
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Episode 10—Amy McMahon / Amanda Monthei
Amy McMahon likes bugs. I mean, she really likes them. When I visited her in Fort Collins, Colorado, I was amazed by her collection of beautifully preserved and displayed butterflies, dragonflies, and even some huge, crazy insect from New Guinea (I think) that someone brought her in a water…
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Episode 09—WOTF at Patagonia Ballard
In this episode, we take you inside the backbone of The Fly Tapes—Writers on the Fly. This episode features a recent reading in Seattle at the new Patagonia Work Wear store in Ballard. Part one features readings from Dylan Tomine, author of Closer to the Ground, and Jason Rolfe, founder and host…
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Episode 08—Steve Duda
In addition to being one of the finest writers in fly fishing these days, Steve Duda has devoted the majority of his adult life to the art of editing, helping writers in various genres and disciplines create the very best work that they can. For the past 6 years or so, he's harnessed that drive…
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Episode 07—Ann Bodle-Nash
Ann Bodle-Nash lives on a tiny island in northwest Washington State, where for the past couple of years she has been working on earning an MFA in Creative Writing through Pacific Lutheran University's Low-Residency MFA program. Life has thrown Ann and her family a couple of curve balls over the...
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Episode 06—Selected Readings #1
This week's episode starts off with Will Rice reading a piece about close calls with jet boats while searching for steelhead. It's called "Near Death by the Numbers." Will read this piece in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the 2016 Writers on the Fly Cascadia Tour. Will's work has been...
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Episode 05—Greg Fitz
Gregory Fitz is a lifelong midwesterner recently transplanted to the PNW. He doesn't work in tech and he isn't a Seahawks fan yet. Minnesotans wear flannel, too, so he might be grunge. After years of chasing migratory great lakes fish with two-handed rods, he is now in the process of getting a...
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Episode 04—Jeff Galbraith
In 2001, Jeff Galbraith and his wife Jessie Lu moved from Idaho to Seattle and started frequency: The Snowboarder's Journal. Over the next eight years, that first title would be followed by The Ski Journal in 2006, and in 2009, The Flyfish Journal. Since its inception, The Flyfish Journal has...
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Episode 03—Langdon Cook
Episode 03 of the Fly Tapes features author Langdon Cook. From Langdon's website: Langdon Cook is a writer, instructor, and lecturer on wild foods and the outdoors. His books include Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table (Ballantine, May 2017), The Mushroom Hunters: On the…
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Episode 02—Dylan Tomine, Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Dylan Tomine. In this episode, you'll hear Dylan read two pieces from the Portland stop during the 2016 Cascadia Tour: Luck and Salmon Dreams. You'll also hear us talk a bit about the writing life, how he came upon the idea for his book, Closer to the...
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Episode 01—Dylan Tomine, Part One
Dylan Tomine is "a writer, conservation advocate, blueberry farmer, and father, not necessarily in that order." His work has been published in The Flyfish Journal, The Drake, and other fly fishing publications. In 2012, Patagonia Books published Dylan's first book, Closer to the Ground: An…
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Episode 00--Welcome to The Fly Tapes Podcast
Follow The Fly Tapes Podcast on iTunes and here at Syzygy Fly Fishing for enriching conversations with fly fishing writers and artists, and readings from some of the best new and old voices in the world of fly fishing writing. Reading excerpts from Dylan Tomine, Langdon Cook, Cameron K Scott, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Fly Tapes Podcast features conversations with the writers and artists of the fly fishing world, as well as readings from the Writers on the Fly series. Hear writers share their stories and poems in their own voices, and learn what gets the creative juices flowing for this eclectic group of makers.
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The Fly Tapes Podcast features conversations with the writers and artists of the fly fishing world, as well as readings from the Writers on the Fly series. Hear writers share their stories and poems in their own voices, and learn what gets the creative juices flowing for this eclectic group of...
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