Latest Fishing stories Podcast Episodes

Mike Ritsco

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - January 22, 2024 19:35 - 1 hour
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Geoff Green

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - November 05, 2021 22:41 - 1 hour
Join me as I sit down with local Calgary fly fishing guide Geoff Green, as we explore his life before during and on the other end of his career as a paramedic. "You're not quitting, you're not giving up on you, you're not losing a massive battle, you're taking care of you" . Geoff is very open ab...

Mike Hawkins

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - March 29, 2021 02:22 - 44 minutes
Join us in this Episode as Mike Hawkins from Longview Texas shares with us his story of the fly rod his Dad (Robert Hawkins) built him in 1991 for Christmas, and how that would help heal them after losing their mother the year before. Fly fishing became a Journey of healing, and ultimately a bon...

Chas Waitt

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - February 04, 2021 04:42 - 1 hour
On this episode I sit down with Chas Waitt. A father, a husband and an avid fly fisher. Chas was ecstatic the day his son Nolan was born, and heard the words "It's a boy". Six months later, he and his wife were faced were news no parent is ever prepared to hear, With life changing news about the...

Quinn Styles

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - January 27, 2021 23:51 - 1 hour
In this episode, I sit down with a good friend and Local Guide Quinn Styles with Trout Farmer. He opens up about his life as a fly fishing guide, and long time Calgary firefighter, and how he balances the two. More importantly, he shares with us a scary time In his life where he had to say "I ne...

Mark Holcomb

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - December 21, 2020 03:52 - 57 minutes
In this episode, I chat with a good virtual friend! Mark is a front line worker in the midwest who shares with us one of his greatest losses in life, a dark space that had him looking to the exit, and with some divine intervention how Fly Fishing Saved his life!

Brian McGrattan

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - December 10, 2020 00:03 - 59 minutes
We chat with Brain McGrattan, former NHL tough guy/enforcer, as he vulnerable shares with us the demons that almost cost him his life with drugs and alcohol right to the moment he declared " I need help". Through his journey, he shares how Fly Fishing Saved his life, and how it continues to give...

Cam Woolnough

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - December 03, 2020 04:52 - 44 minutes
In this episode I sit down with friend Cam Woolnough and discuss what brought him into fly fishing, and how it helped him "quiet the monkeys" in his head! Cam grew up in Alberta, and started his fishing journey chucking gear until he moved to Calgary and picked up a fly rod! Lots of obstacles in ...

Steven Lyle

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - December 01, 2020 23:50 - 44 minutes
In this episode with chat with Steven Lyle.  Steven grew up in the rocky mountains just west of Sundre, Alberta.  Having grown up playing hockey at a high level, his next step in the corporate world involved a lot of alcohol and trying to win over sales through entertaining people.  Now 6 years ...

Intro

Fly Fishing Saves Lives - May 07, 2020 16:58 - 2 minutes
“Tell me a story!” Something we have all said or heard in our lives. Stories bring us together around the campfire. Storytelling has earned its place as the most important tradition humans possess. The most important reason for this being that every story contains a lesson. Lesson to love, t...