You know, one day I might not be able to remember these stories, but I can look up at that fly on the wall with a tag and think,

Oh yeah, I caught that fly right there, the Rambler Muddler.

We were on that eastern river in the evening, and I couldn't see it, you know, I couldn't see the fly anymore because it was so dark,

so I gave a location twitch where I stripped the line in and the fly burped up to the surface and the steelhead was on.

And so I wanted to remember those moments.

So, yeah, I have a whole pile of flies on the wall.

Well, a whole pile of flies, not even on the wall yet that I need to, you know, tag before I forget the stories.

And yeah, that's, it makes steelheading special for me, you know.

Welcome to In the Bucket, the podcast that explores the culture of spay fishing in the Pacific Northwest,

a spectacular land of mountains and wild rivers, where every cast has a story to tell.

I'm your host, Brian Niska.

In today's show, I'm going to be speaking with two of the nicest gentlemen and all of spayfishing.

Of course, I'm talking about dry fly magician Adrian Cortez

and his very good buddy, Richard Harrington,

host of the River Rambler podcast.

I'm really looking forward to chatting steelhead,

bamboo rods, and dry flies with these two legends.

Let's get into it.

Right on, folks. Thanks for joining us today today i'm super excited to have richard harrington and

adrian cortez on the show with me today richard why don't you tell our listeners a little bit

about yourself see i'll talk all day and as soon as it's about me i'm like can i really want to talk

i live just outside of Portland oregon, Oregon City for a little while yet.

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