Episode 1 - REDDING, CA – “THE ODD COUPLE”

Odd couple “Dirty” Ernie Denison, and Lonnie “Redneck” Boles are good friends and the two most requested fly-fishing guides out of The Fly Shop in Redding California, home to some of the West’s best rivers for Steelhead. In this Episode of “Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition,” host John Dietsch, who doubled for actor Brad Pitt in the famous fly fishing film A River Runs Through It, instigates a friendly competition to see which guide can put their clients onto the most fish. We will also see how spending 300 plus days on the water takes its toll on the life of these dedicated Steelhead guides.

Episode 2 - COTTER, ARKANSAS – “THE DAMMED”

John Wilson, Clint Wilkinson, and Lori Sloas are fly fishing guides on the White River in Arkansas. The White River is known for producing World Record brown trout, but it’s also known for its difficulty and danger, due to the unpredictable nature of the hydroelectric dam that regulates the flow of water. In many ways this unpredictable flow mirrors the lives of these fishing guides who have endured personal hardship  and physical danger to become some of the region’s leading guides in their discipline.  In this Episode of “Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition,” host John Diestch, who doubled for actor Brad Pitt in the famous fly fishing film A River Runs Through It, follows John, Clint and Lori as they get their clients into trophy fish, and reflect on how the river shapes each of their lives.

Episode 3 – ASPEN, COLORADO – “PUBLIC VS PRIVATE”

 Join us as we catch some hefty Rainbows and Browns on the Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers near Aspen Colorado and look into the issues of private versus public water.  In this Episode of Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition host John Diestch, who doubled for actor Brad Pitt in the famous fly fishing film A River Runs Through It, takes us downstream of Aspen, Colorado to the Taylor Creek Fly Shop.  We meet the shop’s top guide Kyle Holt, and rookie guide Natalie Markuson. As rookie Natalie has to contend with clients who question her credibility as a female guide, Kyle battles a turf war with former head guide Bart Chandler. Chandler now guides high paying clients on a private stretch of the Frying Pan River that locals refer to as “Bart’s World” that is off-limits to the public as well as Taylor Creek Guides.

Episode 4 - EAST CAPE - BAJA, MEXICO – “FISH OUT OF WATER”

In this Episode of Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition we go fishing with  “Big Jeff” Solis and “Little Jeff” DeBrown,  guides in East Cape, Baja, Mexico who get into Striped Marlin on the fly as well as Rooster Fish, Dorado, and feisty Ladyfish. Host John Diestch, who doubled for actor Brad Pitt in the famous fly fishing film A River Runs Through It, joins the two Jeffs with their filmmaker friends, Chris and Justin, who are fishing the tropical salt for the first time.  The fishing heats up and so does the competition! You have to see it to believe it as one team gets a double striped-marlin hook-up on the fly, but can they land both fish?

Episode 5 - KEY WEST, FLORIDA – “IN THE KEY OF SHE”
Sue Talbot and her boyfriend Brett Novik who are itinerant guides in Key West Florida.  Like angler Ernest Hemingway before them, Sue and Brett spend half the year in Idaho and the other half in Key West, poling the flats for tarpon, permit and bonefish. Sue is only one of two female guides in the Keys.  In this episode of “Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition,” host John Dietsch, who doubled for actor Brad Pitt in the famous fly fishing film A River Runs Through It, joins Sue on the flats as she shows us how a little girl from Idaho Falls packs a mighty punch on the flats even when she faces stiff competition from the local guides. Dietsch also explores what it is like to be a couple in the guiding world, as well as the attitudes of born-and-raised local guides who are wary of outsiders.

Episode 6 – “BEST OF ADVENTURE GUIDES”

In this episode of “Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition” host John Dietsch, famous for his role doubling actor Brad Pitt in the film A River Runs Through It, visits his favorite fly fishing guides.  Guide Sue Talbot nails Permit, Tarpon, and Barracuda on the flats near  Key West Florida.  John Wilson, who guides year round on the White River in Arkansas, targets the largest brown trout on the planet.  Jeff DeBrown and his guide buddy Jeff Solace get a double hook up on Striped Marlin and catch a beautiful Dorado with their clients. Dietsch also travels to Redding California to fish with Lonnie Bols and Ernie Dennison, the “odd couple” of fly fishing, for some feisty Steelhead.  Join us on this incredible compilation of the Best of Adventure Guides: Fly Fishing Edition.