WFS 287 - The Destination Angler Podcast with Steve Haigh

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/287 Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Steve Haigh, host of the Destination Angler Podcast is here to share the why behind his fly fishing podcast. He shares his most downloaded episodes on the destination topics and the podcasts that he listens to. Find out how Steve got into podcasting and what he enjoys most about it. We also talk about a couple of his past guests he's had, his bucket-list guests (one of them will be on his show very soon), and what we can expect from the Destination Angler Podcast this year. Plus, Steve has an epic Yellowstone story to tell and it's pretty funny and scary! You got to hear this one. The Destination Angler Show Notes with Steve Haigh 03:09 - The Destination Angler Podcast is now on show 55 05:12 - Evan Dowdy was the first guest at The Destination Angler podcast - listen to that episode here 10:08 - Indiana's got some smallmouth bass (35 mins from where Steve lives) - Steve interviewed Chad Miller, a guide in Sugar Creek, Indiana 11:14 - Steve fishes for smallmouth on Sugar Creek during the summer 11:54 - Tim Landwehr was on Steve's podcast - Tim was also on the podcast at WFS 273 12:15 - "The best smallmouth river you've never heard of" - The Menominee River 12:37 - Tim Landwehr used to fish with Dave Whitlock all the time - here's that picture of Tim and Dave 13:18 - Dave Whitlock was on the podcast at WFS 160 13:39 - Joe Humphreys was also on the podcast at WFS 073 14:31 - Joe Humphreys was also on the Destination Angler podcast (two parts) - part 1 and part 2 16:38 - The 3 guests that Steve would want to have on his show before his podcast ends (if ever): Dave Whitlock Tom Rosenbauer Someone who doesn't need to be famous - someone who lives, breaths, and eats fly fishing for a living 21:45 - Steve plans to fish the Henry's Fork 21:56 - Brett High is the region 6 biologist for the state of Idaho - he was on Steve's show last summer 22:45 - Steve did a show about Cache la Poudre River in Colorado with Joe McHugh 25:44 - Steve's most popular show is when he talked about the Slough Creek with Max Yzaguirre 27:16 - Steve tells the story of when he organized a trip to Penn's Creek and how difficult it was to fish that water - he had Jonas Price on the show, a funny guy who owns a fly shop there 28:24 - The Pere Marquette River with Chris Raines podcast - Steve went steelhead fishing with Chris 28:56 - The Rio Grande is a really great fishery 29:49 - Steve started out fishing for Carp in Toledo Ohio 31:12 - There's a fly shop in Indianapolis called Fly Masters 37:10 - That episode about Penn's Creek was picked up by Domenick Swentosky from Trout Bitten - Domenick was also on the podcast at WFS 140 38:41 - Steve listens to a lot of podcasts - see below for a list of his favorites 40:41 - Steve tells the story of his epic Yellowstone experience 48:40 - They go to the Driftless Area in Wisconsin for annual trout fishing 49:39 - Nelson Spring Creek coming up for Steve and the crew 50:39 - Steve gives an overview of what we can expect from the Destination Angler crew this year 51:56 - Jeff Perin was on Steve's podcast where they talked about the lakes of Central Oregon - Jeff was also on the podcast at WFS 103 53:02 - Steve did a show about the Nipigon River in Canada The Destination Angler Conclusion with Steve Haigh Steve Haigh, host of the Destination Angler Podcast, shared the why behind his fly fishing podcast. He shared his most downloaded episodes on the destination topics and the podcasts that he listens to. We found out how Steve got into podcasting and what he enjoys most about it. We also talked about a couple of his past guests he's had, his bucket-list guests, and what we can expect from the Destination Angler Podcast this year. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/287