831 | Newfoundland Fly Fishing with Kastine Coleman from SPAWN and FCAS - Atlantic Salmon, Conservation

Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Dave Stewart

Hobbies, Leisure, Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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#831 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/831

Presented by: Mountain Waters Resort, Togiak River Lodge, Fish The Fly

Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors

We're diving into Newfoundland fly fishing with Kastine Coleman, a professional fly fishing guide, certified casting instructor, and leader of the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland and Labrador (SPAWN). She's also a board member with the Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon (FCAS) and has spent years balancing life on the water with hands-on conservation.

In this episode, Kastine shares how she's helping protect salmon runs through fish ladders, counters, and habitat restoration projects. We also dig into what it's like to guide across more than twenty salmon rivers in Newfoundland, her approach to teaching fly casting, and why late June is her favorite time to chase Atlantic salmon.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/831

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0:00.0	Today's guest has spent her life on the rivers of Newfoundland, balancing guiding with hands-on conservation.
0:07.0	Castine Coleman is a fly fishing guide board member with multiple salmon foundations and leader of spawn,
0:13.0	the Salmon Preservation Association for the waters of Newfoundland and Labrador.
0:18.0	By the end of this episode, you'll hear how Castine is helping protect salmon runs through fish ladders, counters, and habitat projects why Atlantic salmon are so tied to their home rivers and what it takes to guide anglers on over 20 salmon rivers across Newfoundland.
0:31.4	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.
0:42.1	Castine Coleman is here to share the story of guiding conservation and life with Atlantic salmon
0:47.1	in Newfoundland. We're also going to dig into her work with Flyfishers International.
0:51.6	We're going to find out about her approach to teaching casting.
0:54.8	She's a certified casting instructor as well and why she calls late June the best time to chase
0:59.8	salmon. Here we go. Let's get into it. You can find Castine at spawn1.ca or connect with her at
1:06.8	tight loops, tightlines.com. How you doing, Castine? I'm good. Thank you, Dave. Yeah, just checking in with you today. We've got a big, really cool event we got going today. We've actually got a giveaway going on. We're working with Mountain Waters West or Mountain Waters Resort, and we're doing a bunch of cool stuff today. We're giving away not only that, but a trip with you and a
1:29.3	bunch of products and everything. So we're going to be talking about that a little bit today,
1:32.5	but also the important part is the group that you work with is Spawn, and we're going to talk about
1:38.0	some of the good work you're doing out there and also in your guiding. So does that sound like
1:42.9	a pretty full program today?
1:44.5	It does.
1:45.2	I don't know how much time you have, but let's get in it.
1:49.0	Nice, nice, good.
1:50.1	So let's just go back to spawn.
1:52.4	Let's just jump right back into that.
1:53.9	I've been, you know, in all these events,
1:55.7	I always try to have a conservation group that we can focus on.
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