Fishing Stories

Stories from Norm Maktima: Artist and Master Angler

Norm Maktima is an incredible artist, but first and foremost he is a really fishy guy.  Norm sits down with co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor to tell stories of his days on the team USA fly fishing team, the inspiration from his San Felipe, Laguna and Hopi roots in his art and the trio talks about his newly released RepYourWater collab collection.

Bluegrass and Fly Fishing: Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters

Bluegrass and fly fishing fit together perfectly so it is no surprise that Chris Pandolfi, banjo player of the grammy nominated Infamous Stringdusters, is also a passionate fly angler.  Co-hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sat down with Chris to discuss how music, fly fishing and art all go together and even found time to hear some of his favorite stories from being on the water.

Adventures in Multiple Countries with Pancho Vilches of ChileTrout Lodge

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined once again by their friend Pancho Vilches who runs ChileTrout lodge in Chilean Patagonia.  The last time they caught up on Fishing Stories was in May 2020.  Usually this group of three fishes together in Pancho's home water but this time they sit around the Doctors' dining room table after a beautiful fall day on some Colorado water.   

Twenty Pound Peacock Bass Anyone? The Rio Marie Mothership Adventure

Co-Hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sit down just after returning from Untamed Angling's Rio Marie mothership program in the Brazilian Amazon.  The target species is the Temensis Peacock Bass which can grow north of 20 pounds, but they don't come easy.  They reflect on the week of fishing, the fantastic liveaboard lodge, the heat, jaguars, big eats and the amazing place that is Rio Marie.

Striper Conservation through the Cheeky Schoolie Tournament with Ted Upton

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down to hear how the world's largest fly fishing tournament, The Cheeky Schoolie Tournament, got started and how much it has contributed over the years to striper conservation. As the name implies, started by Cheeky Fishing, Ted Upton is one of the founders of both the reel company and the tournament. In this episode he shares about the tournament and has a few striper stories to share as well.

Johann DuPreez and the Indifly Project

Co-hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor are joined by season one guest Johann DuPreez once again!  In this episode recorded four years after Johann's first Fishing Stories appearance, he tells stories of battling one of the world's largest freshwater fish on fly rods through Indifly where he works as program director.  The Rewa project was the original Indifly project working with the indigenous community to helps conserve arapaima through fly fishing.

Autumn Harry Shares Kooyooe Pa’a History

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Autumn Harry who runs the first Indigenous woman owned guide service at Kooyooe Pa'a, also known as Pyramid Lake.  Autumn shares stories of her best brown trout from a fishing trip with Corinne, some history of the lake and how she can't tell when a fish is big in other water because she is so used to the huge cutthroat in her homelands. 

 

To learn more about Autumn and book a guide trip with her in her homelands, visit her website at https://kooyooepaaguides.com/ or check out her instagram @kooyooepaa_guides or @numu_wanderer

 

Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co.

 

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Astove Island - Giant Trevally, Trigger Fish and more

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down for part two of their stories from the outer islands of the Seychelles. Garrison seeks GT redemption, Corinne learns why Trigger Fish have a bad reputation and more tales from Astove Atoll.

To learn more about fishing the Seychelles, please visit https://alphonsefishingco.com/

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Sailfish on the fly, dumb bonefish and GT’s!

Co-Hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down to share stories from their February trip to Alphonse Island in the Seychelles.  Part 1 of 2  includes stories of flats bonefish, a first Giant Trevally for one of them and a surprise action packed blue water fishing day.

 

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Dr Andy Danylchuk: From Backcountry Nile Perch to Permit and Beyond

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Dr. Andy Danylchuk who is not only a fisheries scientist, but an accomplished angler.  His combined skills and passions have brought him around the globe targeting and researching diverse fish species.  He tells about part of a long adventure in Africa that included targeting nile perch on possibly less-than-ideal tackle and shares some of his findings over his years of fisheries research.

 

See some of his work as the science advisor to keepfishwet.org

 

Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey.