675 | Celebrating the Life and Wisdom of John Gierach - (Ep 47 Re-released)
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 92 minutes
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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
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| 0:00.0 | There is no question that today's guest is quite possibly the best fly fishing writer ever. |
| 0:08.1 | He brought a smile to many of our faces and shared the love of fly fishing for many years |
| 0:13.2 | and many of his books publications around the country around the world. |
| 0:17.2 | John Geerach passed away in October, 24, and today we are re-releasing an episode I did with John back in 2018, not long after this podcast got started. |
| 0:27.8 | This is the Webfly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love. |
| 0:38.2 | Hey, I'm Dave, host of the Wet Fly Swing podcast. |
| 0:40.6 | I grew up around a little fly shop. |
| 0:42.3 | And I have created one of the largest fly fishing podcasts in this country. |
| 0:46.2 | I've also interviewed more of the greatest fly anglers and writers than just about anyone |
| 0:50.3 | out there. |
| 0:51.5 | In this episode, we're going to hear about John's early life and how he got |
| 0:55.3 | starred in writing, why he loves fly fishing and especially the mountain streams of Colorado |
| 1:00.6 | and some of his biggest mentors that influenced him over the years, some we've had on this |
| 1:05.1 | podcast since this episode. I was so excited when we first had John on and he said yes to do an episode because it was early on in this podcast and he was one of the biggest, maybe the biggest person I knew out there and such a great episode, so many great stories in this one. |
| 1:20.3 | John also came back for a second episode and it was my 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. |
| 1:29.5 | We never quite got there, of course, but we do have his voice today that should inspire all of us |
| 1:35.5 | and his words of writing and books for years to come. |
| 1:38.7 | Time to celebrate one of the best who ever lived. |
| 1:42.0 | Here we go. |
| 1:43.2 | John Gearrock. How's it going, John? I'm doing good. |
| 1:48.6 | Good. Great to have you on here. I've had a lot of, I've been kind of reaching out a little bit |
| 1:54.2 | in the social media area, letting people know that you're coming on. And so I have a few questions |
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