Fly Fishing with Shyanne Orvis

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Shyanne Orvis is a Colorado-based fly fishing guide and content creator whose deep connection to nature shapes both her career and her approach to motherhood. From the rivers of Carbondale to destinations around the world, she’s building an inclusive community on the water—inviting more women to experience the transformative power of fly fishing.

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0:00.0	Every time I see a video of someone fly fishing, it looks so stunning.
0:08.9	For those who don't know, a fly fisher or an angler uses an artificial lure called a fly
0:14.5	that's usually designed to look like an insect local to the area.
0:19.2	Standing knee-deep in a babbling river,
0:21.8	the angler cast their line almost in slow motion.
0:25.8	Their fly lands so delicately on the water,
0:28.8	you can barely see it.
0:30.8	Then the weight begins.
0:33.2	The fly fisher manipulates their line,
0:35.5	making the fly dance on the surface of the river to attract whatever fish might be swimming below.
0:44.4	Flyfisher woman Cheyenne Orvis knows this dance well.
0:49.6	She's a guide and content creator based in Carbondale, Colorado.
0:53.8	Cheyenne's career has allowed her to spend
0:55.7	time traveling and connecting with nature, which in turn has inspired her approach to motherhood.
1:01.7	These days, Cheyenne is sharing her passion for fly fishing with people from all walks of life,
1:06.4	and she's inviting more women in particular to join her by the water.
1:15.6	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living,
1:22.3	an REI Co-op Studios production presented by Capital One and the REI Co-Oop MasterCart.
1:35.2	Cheyenne-Orvis, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. I'm really excited to speak to. You are our first flyfisher woman on this podcast.
1:40.8	Oh, thanks for having me, Shelby. I appreciate it. I'm very honored to be here. How did you get into fishing?
1:45.8	I got into fishing when I was a little girl. My family is full of conventional spin fishermen. So that's like the think like Big Bobber, lake fishing, worms and leeches,
1:53.4	standing at the end of the dock, kind of waiting for something to happen. And as I got a little bit
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