Loop to Loop
Episodes
Jeff Wagner on how growing up a "fish nerd" and "casting geek" helps him guide Mayfly Outdoors today
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Purnell sits down with Mayfly Outdoors CEO Jeff Wagner in the Montrose Colorado headquarters for Ross, Abel, Renzetti, Dyna-King, Airflo, and sev...
Erik Johnsen from TroutRoutes discusses species lists, access points, and navigating offline maps
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in the upper Midwest, Erik Johnsen's first connection to fishing was with panfish and bass. He found his passion for fly fishing chasi...
Tiki Furimsky on getting kids into fly fishing, salmonflies, and The Fly Fishing Show
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tiki Furimsky is an avid fly fisher and skier from Crested Butte, Colorado. He hails from the legendary Furimsky family. His grandpa, Chuck, started T...
Rod designer Shawn Combs on leaving a dream job at Orvis to take a dream job as VP at Scott Fly Rods
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shawn Combs got started as fly fisher in Kentucky, got a degree in mechanical engineering, and started with Orvis in 2011. He was the designer of all ...
Fly-fishing instructor Dusty Wissmath on Joan Wulff, the Wulff School, and the mechanics of casting
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dusty Wissmath is a fly-fishing instructor, author, and travel host who lives in Pennsylvania's trout-rich Cumberland Valley. He teaches through TCO f...
Director Joshua Caldwell on big brookies, making a Netflix hit, and his film on Cathy and Barry Beck
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Caldwell is the director of the Netflix hit "Mending the Line" starring big names like Brian Cox, Sinqua Walls, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton...
George Daniel Q&A with current Penn State students, and how to fish in extreme conditions
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
George Daniel is the director of the Joe Humphreys Fly Fishing Program at Penn State University. George sits down with editor Ross Purnell to discuss ...
Landon Mayer on Hunting Trout and River Etiquette
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Colorado guide Landon Mayer grew up in Colorado Springs and was mentored by his local fly shop (shout out Angler's Covey) and local fly tier John Barr...
Chuck Furimsky, how he started The Fly Fishing Show, "roasted" Lefty Kreh, and found Bob Popovics
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck Furimsky graduated from Penn State and when he was there, he took fly-fishing courses from the legendary George Harvey. In the 1980s he even fil...
Mark Susinno: Painter and Fly Fisher
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Susinno is a lifelong and classically trained fine artist who resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N...
Ben Furimsky: Owner and Operator of The Fly Fishing Show
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Furimsky is the owner and operator of The Fly Fishing Show, the largest consumer show in the fly-fishing industry. The Fly Fishing Show travels ar...
Blane Chocklett: Secrets of the Jerk Changer—How to Tie and Retrieve it to Catch Monster Predators
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a matter of just a couple of months, Blane Chocklett caught his personal best striper and then his all-time best redfish on the same fly—his dart...
Bill Skilton on Pennsylvania fly fishing, terrestrials, and raising chickens
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Skilton started fly fishing at an early age with tutelage from Limestone Legends such as Charlie Fox, Vince Marinaro, and Ross Trimmer. Learn abo...
Legendary Capt. Paul Dixon on filming with Flip Pallot and Bob Popovics, and Looking Through Water
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most versatile, experienced saltwater guides of all time, Capt. Paul Dixon has spent decades fishing from Long Island to the Upper Keys, th...
Mike Dawes on the South Fork Initiative, Fish Camp, finding focus with permit, and a lifetime of outfitting
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Dawes is the managing partner of Westbank Anglers in Wilson, Wyoming near the town of Jackson, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Dawes ...
Oliver White discusses Indifly, South Fork Lodge, cutthroat trout shocking, and what lies ahead
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver White started as a guide then grew his career as a fly-fishing entrepreneur to build Abaco Lodge. He later co-founded the indigenous empowermen...
Tom Baltz on fly tying, fly-fishing history, and using the right rig to present flies
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Baltz is an Orvis Endorsed guide and recipient of the Orvis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. He guides his home waters in the Cumberland Valley...
Yvon Chouinard on tying and fishing simple pheasant tail flies for trout, salmon, and bonefish
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yvon Chouinard is a philanthropist, conservationist, climber, fly fisher, co-founder of 1% for the Planet, and founder of Patagonia. He has played a v...
Author Bob Rich on the movie "Looking Through Water"
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Rich is the author of five books, his latest "Looking Through Water" has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael Douglas and wil...
Monte Burke on World-Record Quests, Fishing "Blind" (Literally), and the Denizens of NYC Jetties
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monte Burke is one of the leading writers of this century and author of the new book "Rivers always Reach the Sea." Monte has fished all around the wo...
Dave Zielinski on the future "age of cicadas" a 12-year span of carp, bass, and trout on huge drys.
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Zielinski stumbled into a periodic cicada hatch more than 20 years ago and has been chasing these massive emergences—as well as annual cicada h...
Mike Komara on Muskies, Snakeheads, and CDC Strategies for Trout
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Komara grew up competitive trout fishing, first with the US Youth Fly Fishing Team and most recently with the adult Fly Fishing Team USA where th...
Gold-Medal Coach Josh Miller, "Don't Change the Fly Change Your Technique"
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Miller is author of the best-selling book "Euro Nymphing: Tips, Tactics, and Techniques" (2024), guide and owner of the Trout Yeah Guide Service,...
Eric Naguski, a trained entomologist, shares his hatch-matching and fly-tying secrets
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of fly fishers like to occasionally drop the Latin names of insects, and some of them are amateur entomologists with a layman's knowledge of aqu...
Joe Humphreys "Mr. Penn State" Reveals what he's Learned in 90 years of Fly Fishing
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Humphreys was born in 1929 and at 96 years old he is still night fishing, chasing hatches, teaching children how to cast and catch fish, and inspi...
Jake Villwock on the "Godfathers" of bass, favorite flies, and why bass turn black
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fly tier Jake Villwock grew up the son of a commercial fisherman, and is now a Pennsylvania fly-fishing guide for smallmouth, Great Lakes steelhead, a...
Tim Cammisa
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Cammisa has been a guide on the Delaware River, a professional fly tier for 30 years, and his hundreds and hundreds of videos on YouTube and other...
Blane Chocklett: fly-tying innovator & guide, reveals new flies & relationship with Lefty and ASGA
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three, editor/publisher Ross Purnell chats with longtime FLY FISHERMAN magazine contributor Blane Chocklett about how he got started in fly...
Jay Nichols
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Nichols has been an editor, publisher, photographer, videographer, and author for more than 25 years and has produced some of the most iconic and ...
Ed Jaworowski, a lifetime of studying the physics of fly casting
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author and fly-casting coach Ed Jaworowski has been teaching and instructing for 45+ years, and before he took up fly casting he was a competitive sur...