Spooled: Recent Episodes
The Northern Angler
The podcast of The Northern Angler fly shop. We talk about everything fly fishing in Michigan, the Mid-West and beyond. You'll hear some funny stories and great tips from the crew and meet some our fishiest friends from around the country.
Matt and Casey discuss mousing as the summer winds down in Northern Michigan. Mousing is a unique after dark experience that can produce aggressive strikes from predatory trout. The guys walk through the what, when, why, and how so you can get out there and try it yourself.
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Spooled is the podcast of The Northern Angler Fly Shop in Traverse City, Michigan. It is recorded and edited by Matt Hartman.
The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
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Brian and Matt sit down with Alex Ontkoss, an inland fisheries biologist with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to discuss the future of Grayling in Michigan. The guys talk briefly through some history before expanding on the current initiative that seeks to reintroduce the Arctic Grayling back into Michigan watersheds.
Check out the Project Website: https://www.migrayling.org/
Select epsiodes are also available to watch on YouTube.
Spooled is the podcast of The Northern Angler Fly Shop in Traverse City Michigan. It is recorded and edited by Matt Hartman.
📸 Follow us on Instagram
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✉️ Sign up for our Email List
The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
🛒 Shop The Northern Angler Website
📞 Give us a call: (231) 933-4730
✉️ Drop us a line: flyshop@thenorthernangler.com
☕️ Buy Matt a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mhmedia
In this episode of spooled, Brian, Joe, and Matt hop into the drift boat time machine and take a look back at some of the more memorable (and laughable) trends our sport has endured. The guys also answer some listener questions and have fun with a lightning round at the end.
Select epsiodes are also available to watch on YouTube.
Spooled is the podcast of The Northern Angler Fly Shop in Traverse City Michigan. It is recorded and edited by Matt Hartman.
📸 Follow us on Instagram
📖 Follow us on Facebook
✉️ Sign up for our Email List
The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
🛒 Shop The Northern Angler Website
📞 Give us a call: (231) 933-4730
✉️ Drop us a line: flyshop@thenorthernangler.com
☕️ Buy Matt a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mhmedia
In this episode of Spooled, Brian, Matt, and Joe answer listener questions about no-hackle dry flies before giving you five tips for using your time wisely on the water during the winter months.
Select epsiodes are also available to watch on YouTube.
Spooled is the podcast of The Northern Angler Fly Shop in Traverse City Michigan. It is recorded and edited by Matt Hartman.
📸 Follow us on Instagram
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✉️ Sign up for our Email List
The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
🛒 Shop The Northern Angler Website
📞 Give us a call: (231) 933-4730
✉️ Drop us a line: flyshop@thenorthernangler.com
☕️ Buy Matt a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mhmedia
Matt shares five things he's learned from his recent saltwater trips including a bonus tip at the end.
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The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
🛒 Shop The Northern Angler Website: http://www.thenorthernangler.com
📞 Give us a call: (231) 933-4730
✉️ Drop us a line: flyshop@thenorthernangler.com
☕️ Buy Matt a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mhmedia
In this episode, Brian and Matt recap their 2023 highlights, talk travel, and share a few tips on storing your gear for the winter months.
This short episode from Matt focuses on the best way to improve your game.
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The Northern Angler is here to help you get confident on the water and at the vise! Located in Traverse City, Michigan, we have a passion for teaching & want to be part of your next adventure.
🛒 Shop The Northern Angler Website: http://www.thenorthernangler.com
📞 Give us a call: (231) 933-4730
✉️ Drop us a line: flyshop@thenorthernangler.com
Finding new water to fish is one of our favorite parts of the sport. In this episode, Matt & Joe discuss the tools that have helped them explore over the years.
This podcast comes to you from The Northern Angler in Traverse City, MI. Learn more about our shop at https://www.thenorthernangler.com
"We all want to be better casters so the choice we need to make is if we’re going to invest the time upfront with practice or slowly improve overtime on the water. Now I know that practice is not something many of us are able to find time for but I’m here to tell you that carving ten minutes out a few times each week can immensely change your game."
Today Matt & Joe have 5 tips that will help you work smarter (not harder) and take your casting game to the next level!
Want to see the video? https://youtu.be/wcMKJ0WlXTk?si=l0aQlGLRs4Yvtahb
There's also a blog post: https://thenorthernangler.com/blogs/articles/improve-your-casting-5-tips-for-better-practice
This podcast comes to you from The Northern Angler in Traverse City, MI. Learn more about our shop at https://www.thenorthernangler.com
Brian and Matt welcome Rich Hohne from Skwala for a conversation about this new company and their exciting new products.
Matt & Brian discuss The Northern Angler's largest event of the year, The Cheese Cup. This warm water fly fishing tournament raises money for suicide prevention in Northern Michigan. The guys talk about how it all started, how it has evolved, and how you can participate or support this great cause.
Learn more at https://thenorthernangler.com/pages/the-cheese-cup
All proceeds from these events go towards supporting Child & Family Services of Northwest Michigan and their Third Level suicide prevention programming. You can learn more about these programs and their efforts here: https://www.cfsnwmi.org/thirdlevel
On this episode of spooled, the crew answers some listener questions, explores the differences between nymphs and wet flies, and discusses the barriers that are facing women who are trying to get into the sport of fly fishing.
Matt & Joe debate early spring fishing and recap the Midwest Fly Fishing Show.
Learn more about the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo here: https://midwestflyfishingexpo.com/
The podcast of The Northern Angler fly shop. We talk about everything fly fishing in Michigan, the Mid-West and beyond. You'll hear some funny stories and great tips from the crew and meet some our fishiest friends from around the country.
Learn more about The Northern Angler here: http://www.thenorthernangler.com/
In this episode, Matt and Brian welcome Ed and Jon of Mangled Fly to the studio for a serious discussion regarding Didymo.
Didymo, also known as rock snot, has been found in both the Manistee and Boardman and will likely continue to spread to other Northern Michigan rivers.
You can see more from Jon & Ed at Mangledfly.com including several extremely well written articles on Didymo.
Matt & Joe answer listener questions and talk about getting your tying & fishing gear organized.
Matt and Joe talk about their fishing superstitions, answer a listener question about the Boardman River and discuss spot burning.
Matt & Joe talk new tying materials, decide which fly they'd fish if they could only choose one, and bust some of the most common fly fishing myths we hear in the shop and on the water.
In this episode Matt & Joe talk about new tools from loon, sling packs, and cover the when/where/how of midwest steelhead.
Matt & Joe are back for season two! In this episode they talk about some of the great new fall gear in the shop from both Simms and Skwala, answer some questions from listeners, debate whether flies need eyes or not and talk sinking fly lines.
Matt talks about what the crew has been up to lately and talks briefly about The Cheese Cup, Didymo on the Upper Manistee and warm water temps.
Brian sits down with Matt to recap his trip to Cuba. They talk travel, fishing, food, and how Brian had a blast from the past while getting a grand slam on his third day.
It was spaghetti night at Joe's house and the boys took some time to reflect back on the busy past few weeks at the shop and on the water.
Matt, Jake and Joe reminisce about summer smallmouth fishing and share the story of Joe's missing catalytic converter.
Matt, Jake and Joe revisit the day Paris Hilton (yes that Paris Hilton) came to The Northern Angler and filmed an episode of her show. It turned out to be a full day of shenanigans for the boys and will be something they laugh about for years.
Check out some pictures from the day here.
Brian and Matt look back at some highlights from 2021 and talk about saltwater fly fishing in preparation for Brian's trip to Cuba.
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Meet your podcast hosts Brian & Matt and learn a little about The Northern Angler. We’ll talk about how the fall guide season went and the latest changes to steelhead regulations in Michigan.
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Learn more about new steelhead regulations
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