Herbert Hoover once said time spent fishing is not deducted from a man's lifespan.

For Riley LeBoe, that rings especially true.

After years chasing winners as a professional skier, often in avalanche train, he discovered a new rhythm on the water.

One that gave him the same adrenaline and sense of exploration, but with a different kind of

reward. Steelhead rivers like the Skeena became his new backcountry. On today's episode, we follow

Riley's path from filming ski lines to capturing the drama of swinging flies and why the pole

of a steelhead keeps drawing him north. From his first chum salmon in Squamish to documenting Schina

spay with Brian Nisca. Riley shows how fishing

isn't just a pastime. It's a lifetime. This is the Wet Fly 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. Today I'm joined by Riley Leboe, professional skier turned filmmaker and now

Steelhead Angler who shares his story from moving from the Squamish area to the Okanogans and now

swinging flies anytime he gets on the skina and beyond. All right, let's get into it. Here he is. You can

find Riley Labo at well-wornmedia.com. How you doing, Riley? I'm doing well, Dave. How about yourself?

Not too bad. Not too bad. Yeah, I'm looking forward to this chat today because I'm always excited to

talk steelhead fishing. You've got a cool connection. We've connected through Brian Nisca, the Skeena's

Spay Lodge, you know, and what it Brian has going out there.

It's pretty awesome because right now as we speak, we're launching a giveaway for this year.

This is our kind of becoming our annual, you know, kind of Steelhead School event giveaway.

And that's going to be awesome because Brian's in one of those places, those magical places for steelhead.

There's only a few places that are kind of the top places and it's one of them.

But you've got a connection obviously up there in Canada.

So we're going to talk about that today and your filmmaking.

You've got a long history at well-worn media where you do some of your filmmaking, not only

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