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Co-hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sit down with Andy Ellis of TCO Fly Shop out of Pennsylvania to talk about his number one passion: smallmouth bass.  Garrison recently had the opportunity to fish out of Andy's beautiful drift boat for smallies.  The two tell tales from that day along with some other shenanigans Andy has found himself in.     To learn more about TCO Fly Shop visit https://www.tcoflyfishing.com/

Garrison Doctor threw a dart at a calendar almost a year in advance to hunt permit in Mexico at Playa Blanca Lodge.  As we all know in fishing, we simply can't control the conditions.  He joins co-host Corinne Doctor to tell stories of making the most of a tough weather week!

Corinne Doctor shares the story of hooking, fighting and landing the Golden Dorado you hope to see in the Parana River. Big water, big flies, and big takes.  She sits down with fellow co-host Garrison Doctor to talk about the second half of her trip fishing for Golden Dorado with SET Fly Fishing in Argentina and what monsters lurk in those storied waters.   To learn more about fishing with SET Fly Fishing, send us an email at [email protected]

Co-host Corinne Doctor recently fished with SET Fly Fishing in Argentina for Golden Dorado.  She sits down with fellow co-host Garrison Doctor to tell stories from the first half of the trip which took place in the Ibera Marsh: one of the most biodiverse places in Argentina and full of golden dorado willing to eat a fly.   For more information on the program reach out at [email protected]

Norm Maktima is an incredible artist, but first and foremost he is a really fishy guy.  Norm sits down with co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor to tell stories of his days on the team USA fly fishing team, the inspiration from his San Felipe, Laguna and Hopi roots in his art and the trio talks about his newly released RepYourWater collab collection.

Bluegrass and fly fishing fit together perfectly so it is no surprise that Chris Pandolfi, banjo player of the grammy nominated Infamous Stringdusters, is also a passionate fly angler.  Co-hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sat down with Chris to discuss how music, fly fishing and art all go together and even found time to hear some of his favorite stories from being on the water.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined once again by their friend Pancho Vilches who runs ChileTrout lodge in Chilean Patagonia.  The last time they caught up on Fishing Stories was in May 2020.  Usually this group of three fishes together in Pancho's home water but this time they sit around the Doctors' dining room table after a beautiful fall day on some Colorado water.   

Co-Hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sit down just after returning from Untamed Angling's Rio Marie mothership program in the Brazilian Amazon.  The target species is the Temensis Peacock Bass which can grow north of 20 pounds, but they don't come easy.  They reflect on the week of fishing, the fantastic liveaboard lodge, the heat, jaguars, big eats and the amazing place that is Rio Marie.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down to hear how the world's largest fly fishing tournament, The Cheeky Schoolie Tournament, got started and how much it has contributed over the years to striper conservation. As the name implies, started by Cheeky Fishing, Ted Upton is one of the founders of both the reel company and the tournament. In this episode he shares about the tournament and has a few striper stories to share as well.

Co-hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor are joined by season one guest Johann DuPreez once again!  In this episode recorded four years after Johann's first Fishing Stories appearance, he tells stories of battling one of the world's largest freshwater fish on fly rods through Indifly where he works as program director.  The Rewa project was the original Indifly project working with the indigenous community to helps conserve arapaima through fly fishing.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Autumn Harry who runs the first Indigenous woman owned guide service at Kooyooe Pa'a, also known as Pyramid Lake.  Autumn shares stories of her best brown trout from a fishing trip with Corinne, some history of the lake and how she can't tell when a fish is big in other water because she is so used to the huge cutthroat in her homelands.    To learn more about Autumn and book a guide trip with her in her homelands, visit her website at https://kooyooepaaguides.com/ or check out her instagram @kooyooepaa_guides or @numu_wanderer   Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co.   This is the final episode of season 4, stay subscribed to be sure to catch new episodes when season 5 kicks off!

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down for part two of their stories from the outer islands of the Seychelles. Garrison seeks GT redemption, Corinne learns why Trigger Fish have a bad reputation and more tales from Astove Atoll. To learn more about fishing the Seychelles, please visit https://alphonsefishingco.com/ Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co.

Co-Hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor sit down to share stories from their February trip to Alphonse Island in the Seychelles.  Part 1 of 2  includes stories of flats bonefish, a first Giant Trevally for one of them and a surprise action packed blue water fishing day.   Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Dr. Andy Danylchuk who is not only a fisheries scientist, but an accomplished angler.  His combined skills and passions have brought him around the globe targeting and researching diverse fish species.  He tells about part of a long adventure in Africa that included targeting nile perch on possibly less-than-ideal tackle and shares some of his findings over his years of fisheries research.   See some of his work as the science advisor to keepfishwet.org   Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey.

Co-hosts Garrison and Corinne Doctor are joined by Russ Miller who works for Umpqua Feather Merchants, just down the road from RepYourWater.  Russ discusses what steelhead and tarpon have in common and tells tales of chasing each from one coast to the other.    Fishing Stories is brought to you by RepYourWater and Locke + Co Whiskey.