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The River Rambler

Like steelhead camp in your car, with host Richard Harrington

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August 18 · 53 min
Episode 172 - Dan Gates
This week I'm joined by Dan Gates. We jump right in to talking about his latest article for Swing the Fly, when he noticed a change on the river, his three fish limit, the business of the outdoors, finding more outdoor hobbies and birding, easy...
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July 28 · 46 min
Episode 171 - Daniel Ritz, Rick Kustich, and Spey Nation
This week I'm joined by Rick Kustich and Daniel Ritz and we're talking Spey Nation coming up on August 7 - 9. We cover how it came back post Covid, what's new this year like; new classes including tying and trout spey, hands on testing and learning,...
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July 14 · 49 min
Episode 170 - Adam Schroeder & Adam Slavinski
On this week's episode I'm joined by Adam Slavinski and Adam Schroeder. We talk about their young starts to fishing, how they met and got into the industry, their latest venture and the birth of Second Bend Outfitters, incriminating videos and good...
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June 30 · 1 hr 55 min
Episode 169 - Mark Martin and Mackenzie Berg
On this week's episode I'm talking with Mackenzie Berg and Mark Martin. We discuss Mackenzie's fishing beginnings, meeting with strange men on rivers, fly tying, writing and the need to make, ciricling back, conservation and time, working in Alaska...
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June 16 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 168 - Teddy Cosco
Teddy Cosco is joining me for this week's episode and we had a great chat. We discuss his start to fishing and working his way to steelhead, academia life, shooting clays at Cambridge, the experience of learning, camp cooking and the secret ingredient...
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June 2 · 1 hr 49 min
Episode 167 - Jonny King
I'm talking with Jonny King this week. We dig into his start to fishing and how much Lunkers love nightcrawlers, fishing in the northeast, catadromous eels, his music journey, meeting and fishing with his wife, striper fishing, the evolution of fly...
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May 19 · 1 hr 26 min
Episode 166 - Patrick Cook
This week I'm joined by Patrick Cook. We discuss his time growing up in Michigan, his brotherly introduction to fly fishing, learning spey, Dette Flies' history and it's upcoming spey event, his own fly tying, Tacoma Tips, and so much more.
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May 5 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 165 - Chris Edgington
On this week's episode I'm talking with Chris Edington of Montana Trout Unlimited. We get to talking about is start to fishing and moving to Montana, drought and climate change, river renewal and dam removal, plans for the Shaw Dam and Alder Creek,...
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April 21 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 164 - Aaron & Leah Helfrich
On This week's episode I'm speaking with Aaron and Leah Helfrich of A. Helfrich Outfitters. We talk about there family river history, starting out as swampers, sweep boats, Leah's spey journey and her first time wading, busy rivers and permits, more...
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April 7 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 163 - Arian Stevens
Arian Stevens is joining me for this week's episode. We talk about how his mom introduced him to fishing, photography and shooting on film, the shared darkroom experience, Bend, the joys of working for yourself, fly shops, Belize, and if you can...
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March 24 · 1 hr 48 min
Episode 162 - Michael Bray
This week Michael Bray is joining me. We talk about his start to fishing with his dad and in the Boy Scouts, his switch to spey, our favorite trees, being, SBDs, rivers and rafting, the eternal puzzle of casting, the spey community, and so much more.
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March 10 · 2 hr 36 min
Episode 161 - Jason Renfro
I'm joined by Jason Renfro this week. We discuss his start to fishing whilst looking for cheaper hobbies, fishing with his kids, working in a fly shop, the desire to teach and instructing, the benefits of smaller scale communities, friendship, getting...
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February 24 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 160 - Jesse Lance Robbins
This week I'm talking with Jesse Lance Robbins about his new book "The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere," which comes out today. We also discuss growing up in Maine, where his interest in writing started, studying abroad in Scotland and fishing in New...
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February 3 · 2 hr 30 min
Episode 159 - Rachel Finn
This week I'm talking with Rachel Finn and we discuss the Adirondacks, voluntary beatdowns capming stories, first meetings and all of that is before I even remember to actually start the show. We also discuss her start to fishing, Alaska, horses,...
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January 20 · 43 min
Episode 158 - The Winchester Dam pt. 3
Jim McCarthy of Water Watch and Jake Crawford of The Steamboaters return this week to talk to us about the continuing events on the North Umpqua around the Winchester Dam. We discuss the support of the ODFW, the cost of owning a 135 year old dam...
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January 6 · 1 hr 54 min
Episode 157 - Nate Devol
Despite winter weather and power outages the River Rambler is back and I'm joined by Nate Devol for the first episode of the year. We discuss is his life on the 45th parallel, the fun of rear wheel drive trucks, winter skis and summer boats, movie...
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Dec 16, 2025 · 1 hr 39 min
Episode 156 - Wayne Vierhout
This week I'm joined by Wayne Vierhout. We discuss is early IT and software days, his fishing progression from worm to flys, his love for tube flys, his very first rod, Atlantic salmon, how he got into bamboo building and designing tapers, retirement,...
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Dec 2, 2025 · 2 hr 19 min
Episode 155 - Sam Rocha
This week I'm talking with Sam Rocha. We talk about his family full of fishers and the Rio Grande, his spectacular college experience and his first teaching job, how that led to steelhead, a brief story about how he got into spey, learing with guides,...
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Nov 18, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 154 - Colby Richards
This week I'm joined by Colby Richards. We discuss growing up in Hood River, snowboarding, his entrance to cooking, the importance of practice, planes and learning to fly, gardening, surfing, FOMO adventures, being alone in the wilderness, great food...
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Oct 14, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 153 - Sean Burke
On this week's episode I'm joined by Sean Burke. We discuss him fishing as a kid with his dad and brother, his experiences brewing beer and more beer talk, music, the environment, the effort that goes into guiding, starting YouTube and his desire to...
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