675 | Celebrating the Life and Wisdom of John Gierach - (Ep 47 Re-released)

Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/675

Presented By: Togens Fly Shop, FishHound Expeditions

Today, we’re honoring one of the greatest voices in fly fishing, John Gierach, who passed away in October.

I first recorded this episode with John in 2018, right after starting the podcast. John was already a huge inspiration to many with his stories and deep love for mountain streams and fly fishing.

In this episode, we'll hear about John's early life and how he started writing, why he loves fly fishing, especially the mountain streams of Colorado, and some of his biggest mentors who influenced him over the years. Some we've had on this podcast since this episode.

I was so excited when we first had John on, and he said yes to doing an episode because it was early on in this podcast, and he was one of the biggest, maybe the biggest, I knew out there.

There are so many great stories in this one. John also came back for a second episode, and it was a dream that I never told anybody about to have John on for a podcast series so we could dig into all or many of his books.

We never quite got there, of course, but we do have his voice today that should inspire all of us in his words of writing and books for years to come.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/675