Catching Alphas

In this episode, we link up with Rowan — a highly versatile angler known for targeting a wide range of species, from trout and carp to snakeheads and stripers.Rowan’s approach is all about adaptability, reading water, and dialing in on fish behavior across different environments. Whether he’s stalking shallow carp or chasing aggressive predators, his ability to adjust is what consistently puts him on quality fish.This episode dives into Rowan’s mindset, his approach to multi-species angling, and what it really takes to consistently find and catch fish in a variety of conditions.

Torrey joins to talk about winter fly fishing.

A look into the head space of Gordon Vanderpool. Gordon coached the USA youth team. He took youngsters and turned them into absolute trout vacuums on the stream. Don't miss this one.

Max joins us to introduce the new but not new fly fishing company, Guideline. New to the US but well established overseas, Guidline offers, rods, reels, fly lines, waders, tippet, etc.... I highly recommend checking them out!

Corey joins us to talk fly fishing.

Greg LaBonte joins us to talk fly fishing.

George joins us to talk fly fishing.

Dan is a solid guide who specializes in streamer fishing. He is very knowledgeable yet extremely humble. A true role model for the sport.

Marty Yi  has guided on the Delaware River for years and is now guiding in Alaska. Marty is a great guy and top notch guide. He joins us to share his journey.

Torrey talks winter fly fishing and what to expect.

Aaron joins us for Q & A.

Zach and Derrick discuss how success is often obtained if you can crack the why and when code. 

Steve joins us to talk about his passion for fly fishing and fly designing. Steve is a talented fly designer and currently runs Envision Fly Works. In this episode we discuss great lake trib fishing, wild brown trout fishing, fly designing, putting in the time and hunting for large trout.

Antoine Bissieux, Torrey Collins and Derrick Kirkpatrick get together to talk about a new product that can reduce the mortality of trout after they are released. Antoine tells us stories of one of his first fly fishing trips with some of the French competitive anglers. Yannick Riviere, a mulit world champion fly angler was one of those anglers. Yannick will be putting on multiple clinics, mid July 2023 on the Farmington River. 

Tony joins us to shed some insight into his trout fishing style and techniques. He has done very well deploying jigs.

Sean Whitman joins Matt and I to talk fly fishing.

This was a two segment piece covering the Hendrickson hatch. Torrey Collins and Derrick Kirkpatrick go into detail with what you might encounter on the river during this super hatch.

Captain Devlin is based in Norwalk, CT where he's live his whole live.  In the mid-1990s to 2006, he split his time between the tri-state area and southwestern Florida, spending half the year in each location.  He currently guides both fly and conventional tackle clients (including some Bair fishing). Over the years he's worked at several fly shops. These include The Compleat Angler, Fisherman's World, Boca Grande Outfitters and Patagonia.    He guides for Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Bonito, Little Tunny and a few other species at times such as Weakfish, Tautog, Black Sea Bass, and Fluke. He targets other local species such as Atlantic Salmon, Sea-Run Brown Trout, and White Perch. He also finds time to chase the Common Carp, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and others.     He pilots a Lake & Bay 17'6" skiff and a canoe to put his clients on fish. He guides day or night, year round in Connecticut. He's also just started to take people on birding and photography outings this season and states that it is something he'll pursue more in the coming years.His impressive  list of accomplishments follows:World record Bluefish on 20lbs tippet   16lbs 13oz caught July 29, 1999Co-designed with Steve RaJeff and Mark Sedotti the award-winning G. Loomis ShortStix fly rod series that won ICAST 2015 Best Fly RodWas FFF certified fly casting instructorUSCG Captain since 1997 (but have been guiding people since 1992)Creator of Devlin Blends fly tying materials Advisor for lure, boat, fly line and rod brands over the yearsWritten and been featured in articles in books and magazines etc.

Reece joins us to discuss targeting Carp on the fly rod. He is currently employed by T&T and resides in Massachusetts. If you haven't stalked Carp on the fly you should seriously consider giving it a shot.

Joe Goodspeed, designer of diamondback nymphing series rods joins us to discuss his new line of rods. 

Mickey joins us to talk about the rivers and species that he targets in northern NH. 

Donnie joins Derrick and Matt to discuss stream entomology. Our listeners had a chance to ask Donnie questions. This will give you a broader view of the life cycles and behaviors of trout foot.

Brian Eltz from the CT DEEP joins us to discuss the Farmington River. This is an informative episode that focuses on current wild brown trout populations, shocking data, stocking, the survivor strain and spawning on the Farmington River. We hope you enjoy it! Thank you Brian Eltz, Neil Hagstrom and the DEEP.

Zack St Amand joins us river side from his car to discuss how we approach fishing a new river. This may not be the most entertaining episode but it is certainly packed with valuable information about approaching a new river system.

Mike Roy of Reel Cast Charters joins us to discuss striper fishing from boat from CT in the Long Island Sound.  We do a deep dive into electronics. This is an enlightening episode for any boat owners targeting Stripe Bass in the North East.

Rob Lewis joins Catching Alphas to discuss fly fishing at his home base, the Delaware River. Rob is a full time guide and a fly designer. The Delaware river is know for its prolific dry fly hatches and is probably one of, if not thee toughest river to fool fish on the surface. Twenty to twenty three inch fish are common to be spotted rising to bugs on a daily basis.