We Make Fly Fishing Simple: Recent Episodes
Deborah Malone
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE is a podcast series that shares the practicalities and joys of fly fishing. Host Brendan Banahan has been fortunate to make a career out of his love for fly fishing at several points in his life. He served as publisher of both Field and Stream and Outdoor Life simultaneously, and later published several of the country’s leading fly fishing magazines. This has led to a project to make fly fishing simple for a new audience. We hope you enjoy the series!
April 27-30, 2023 marks the 2nd Annual Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival in
Arlington, Vermont. Sponsored by Orvis, along with other local businesses
and national conservation groups, Bill Bullock talks to Brendan Banahan of
We Make Fly Fishing Simple about the featured programs and activities during
the three-day event, along with how the group is working to preserve one of
the country's best known rivers for the sport. All are welcome!
The 15th Annual Fly Fishing Festival is back on the museum grounds on Saturday, August 13th, 2022, from 10am - 4pm. We’re excited to welcome everyone back in person this year!
There will be vintage tackle appraisals, vendors from all over, fly tying clinics, opportunities to cast some vintage rods from our collection, a casting competition, free museum admission, a raffle, and even some limited camping right here on the museum grounds! Highlights this year will be the grand opening of the new Joan and Lee Wulff Gallery and an outdoor screening of some of fly fishing's most historically influential films starting at 8pm!
From the Woolly Bugger to the Elk Hair Caddis, understanding the nature of flies is indispensable to Fly Fishing.
Practical and efficient, vests and packs have been the long-time standard for carrying your gear on the water.
An essential part of ensuring you stay dry, safe, and comfortable while experiencing the challenges of the sport.
These tales and reflections build an appreciation and greater enjoyment of the joys of fly fishing.
There are books every angler should read, because they convey the richness and legacy of fly fishing.
Tried and true guides that provide the tactics and techniques to improve your knowledge, as well as your skill.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: CONSERVATION. The importance of catch and release, protecting species and maintaining habitats.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: FLY LINES. Your fly line is key to presenting flies, but also to getting your flies to where the fish are.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: MORE ON FLY REELS. As a fly fishing necessity, we discuss more about the function and significance of reels.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: INTRO TO FLY REELS. There’s more to reels than most people recognize. How to start out with choices that build confidence.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: FLY RODS. Understanding the options, while starting with basics that can make a difference to someone new to the sport.
WE MAKE FLY FISHING SIMPLE: Introduction to an outdoor sport that can become both absorbing and satisfying—when you literally begin at the beginning.