Untangled: Fly Fishing For Everyone | Ventures Fly Co.

The Most Underrated Trout To Catch on a Fly Rod | Ep. 202

You can catch just about anything on a fly rod — pike, bass, carp, bluegill, escaped aquarium fish in Florida, and even gar! Everyone talks about how fun these fish are t

Quit Missing Fish On Streamers — Use THIS Technique | Tip of the Week #20

Everyone says that if you're gonna catch big fish, you gotta fish big flies. And big flies usually means tossing streamers! So you grab a woolly bugger, or maybe a meat w

Tiny Dry Flies for Big Trout: How to Tie Them On, See Them, and Fish Them | Ep. 201

Sometimes, the biggest fish in the river are caught on the tiniest of flies. And we're not talking size 18 or 20 flies, either - think stuff as small as 26, 28, and even

Fly Fishing With My Daughter For The First Time | Fly Fishing Stories #13

My daughter is almost a year and a half old. And don't worry — she's not some sort of prodigy who's already casting a fly rod. She's as stubborn as her dad, but thankfull

We Fixed 20 Anglers' Biggest Fly Fishing Problems (Live Studio Q&A) | Ep. 200

After 200 episodes of Untangled, we decided it was time -- for a LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE! We opened the doors to 20 fans of VFC and spent the night telling stories, answerin

The Fly Casting Mistakes That Make Wind Worse | Tip of the Week #19

Nothing makes a great day go immediately down the toilet the way that wind can. If the wind's at your back, it's not a HUGE problem — you probably get a bit more distance

What Fly Rod Do You Actually Need? How to Pick the Right One for Your Fishing | Ep. 199

What's scarier - telling your mother-in-law that her pot roast is actually dry, or picking up a new fly rod with NO help at all? Because let's be honest - it's not like f

Bull Trout, Backcountry, and Giardia — A Disaster Trip | Fly Fishing Stories #12

My first trip chasing bull trout didn't exaclty go as planned. Instead of holding a giant trout in a crystal-clear stream, I found myself lying in a bed in a stranger's h

Fly Fishing A River With No Rising Fish — Where To Start And What They're Eating | Ep. 198

You show up to the river for a day of fishing, you're stuffed FULL of optimism and happiness, you get all rigged up — and then your mood just CRASHES. There aren't any fi

Should You Tip Your Fly Fishing Guide? | Tip of the Week #18

Guided trips are fantastic! They're a great opportunity to learn from people who live and breathe fly fishing. But there's always one awkward part of the day, especially

How To Design Your Own Fly Patterns | Ep. 197

If you've ever heard other anglers talk about how great it feels to catch fish on flies they tied themselves, you've probably thought they were overselling it. They make

Back From The Brink — Catching A Fish That Almost Disappeared | Fly Fishing Stories #11

We almost lost one of the most iconic trout species in the world. From the 1970s to 2005, roughly 3.5 million of these fish were eaten by a predator illegally introduced

How To Catch Fish On The World's Smallest Mayfly | Ep. 196

There's one mayfly that, when it hatches, brings EVERY fish up to the surface - including the big ones. These bugs, once they start, come off like clockwork. The fish dut

Get Up And Go Explore | Tip of the Week #17

The best thing you could do right now is to turn off this podcast, get your gear together, and go fishing.  If you can't just drop everything and head to the river righ

What It Really Takes To Get Good At Fly Fishing — From A Guy Who Fishes 200 Days A Year | Ep. 195

The second installment in our Everyday Angler series features Hyrum Weaver, a longtime friend of Spencer's, and one of the fishiest guys he knows. Hyrum is a truly great

Untangled Fly Fishing Report | September 2026

As the weather finally starts to cool off, that means small mayflies are back on the menu! But they're not the only thing to think about as you hit the water in September

Why Biologists Want You To Kill Brook Trout, And When You Shouldn't | Ep. 194

Brookies are the favorite of tons of anglers. They're gorgeous, and the big ones can be extremely frustrating AND rewarding to catch. But they're also one of the biggest

Will Fish Really Eat Pink and Purple Flies? | Tip of the Week #16

Why are so many of the flies we tie, use, and sell, all brightly colored, when most of the real-life bugs trout eat are drab and dull? Why do our fly boxes look like they

Fly Fishing With Hoppers: Strategies You Don't Hear Enough About | Ep. 193

ALEX STULCE RETURNS! And as he joins Spencer on today's episode, the two talk about the hopper fishing strategies that too often get ignored. Things like adding drag on p

The Bass I Never Thought I'd Catch | Fly Fishing Stories #10

The days when you catch something unexpected — your new personal best, for instance — seem to come out of nowhere, like letters from the IRS. And not unlike mail from the