The Fly Culture Podcast Pete Tyjas

It is early April and I am on the Derbyshire Wye with riverkeeper of the Peacock Fishing Club,  Jan Hobot.

I learn about the ethos of the club and his minimal rules approach to running it along with the history of the river and it being the only place in the UK with a self-sustaining population of wild rainbow trout.

We make some casts, talk and have a great day on the water.

I have a new rod and hat to christen, do I get lucky?

Jan is excellent company, knows the river intimately and we discover that our backgrounds are very, very similar.

This episode is recorded in front of a live audience at Mallon and Green in Bakewell.

I speak with some fishing experts who share some great advice and information as well as looking at the state of fly fishing.

We had beer and pizza, shared fishing stories and talked about flies before starting the podcast that had no script or re-takes and as ever, the conversation just took the direction it flowed in.
 
Mallon and Green has become a hub for local fly anglers to gather, share information and to browse some cool gear too.

Visit www.mallonandgreen.co.uk to see more!

I'm pleased to welcome Hans van Klinken to the podcast.

I am sure many of you have used the flies he has developed and I get a look inside the process of how they were developed and how he has used them.

The Klinkhammer Special is now 40 years old and the release of his book - The Klink coincides with this anniversary and I learn about the work that went into it.

This episode becomes more than just a conversation about flies and fishing though as we talk about health, the things he has done publicly and not so publicly to promote fly fishing and his work in the army and the things he saw while serving.

It is a slightly longer episode than normal but it is all the better for being so.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

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David Pilkington first stepped through the doors of the Arundell Hotel in 1968 to help out on a fishing day and has been there ever since.

I learn about what took him there, what he has seen and the changes he has witnessed both on the river and in fly fishing.

As we sit and talk in the new tackle shop I discover why the local streams mean so much to him and why he has never felt the need to stray far from them.

I've had numerous requests to ask him along and I thoroughly enjoyed catching up to learn his story.

I catch up with Chris Aldred to talk about how he started fly fishing, became an instructor and what he has learned along the way.

He has multiple casting qualifications and we discuss casting tips and the learning process of casting along with what has changed since he qualified as an instructor.

We look at how more people could be brought into fishing and if fly fishing is growing or contracting.

I love that Chris marches to his own beat and has always worked with tackle companies that are a little different.  Epic epitomises this and he tells me why he chose this brand.

This is a fun listen that I hope you'll enjoy.

In this episode of the podcast I talk with Damon Valentine about how his life has changed since he was last a guest.

There is a lot to catch up on and we look at how fly fishing is looks and feels right now, his love of sea trout and how he shifted jobs to move full time into film making.

He has also produced a wonderful film called Hooked On Hope about James Gilbraith and his passion for salmon fishing. We talk about the work that went into producing it.

To watch this film just click HERE