Episode 109: Rachel Finn - the Artist

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Finn is a fearless, free spirit that everyone loves. After attending Yale University in graduate school, she followed her heart and began guiding up in the Adirondacks some 30 years ago. Rachel is also a wonderful artist, friend, and inspiration to never grow up and never stop chasing your passions. Finn is a well-known presence in the Adirondack guide scene throughout the fishing season. Serving as the head guide at the Hungry Trout Fly Shop in Wilmington, New York, she accompanies clients on expeditions across the numerous rivers, streams, and ponds nestled within the breathtaking mountains. Additionally, for many years during July and August, Rachel lead summer float trips in Alaska. She holds positions as a pro staff member for Scott Fly Rods, Airflow, and Nautilus Reels, while also being enlisted by Patagonia as one of their fly fishing ambassadors. Finn also is an ambassador and hosts a couple trips a year for SET Fly Fishing in Argentina. Her expertise has been showcased on ESPN's Great Outdoor Games and the Outdoor Life Network's Fly Fishing Masters.

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0:00.0	Starting from a 90 year old family recipe,
0:05.0	wickles are wickedly delicious pickles packed with garlic and peppers,
0:09.0	a staple in our skiff and all shoreline lunches,
0:12.0	originating from Sims Grandmother's Kitchener. in our skiff and all shoreline lunches.
0:12.6	Originating from Sim's grandmother's kitchen to a pantry near yours.
0:17.0	From pickles, okra, relishes and spreads,
0:20.5	check them out to elevate all of your meals to the next level.
0:25.0	Duck Camp makes outdoor goods so you can outdoor good.
0:32.0	From the shallow water flats to the Mallard Field marshes,
0:35.2	Duck Camp is there to make you feel comfortable and enhance the quality of your time
0:39.7	and the elements. Not only do they make some of the best outdoor apparel on the market, but
0:45.3	they support many of the organizations near and dear, fighting for a resource in the natural
0:51.0	world. Check them out at duckamp.com and tell them we sent you.
0:57.0	We broke everything, we broke lines lines we broke cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke
1:08.9	marriages we broke the whole thing we came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's went to pot.
1:20.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
1:27.0	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:31.0	I cut him on. All right now, we're going to teach him.
1:33.0	I'm on.
1:34.0	All right now, we're going to teach him a lesson.
1:36.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:39.0	I'm not quitting yet.
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