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Episode 55 Featuring Jim Akenson---The Oregon Wolf Episode
Jim Akenson spent half his career studying the ecosystem of the Frank Church, River of No Return Wilderness in central Idaho and the role of predators there. He is at the epicenter of the Oregon Wolf Management Plan. In this episode of Fin and Fire With Jeff Mishler I sit with Jim at his home in Enterprise, Oregon and dive deep into the controversy of wolves on the landscape, the role of hunters and how to sustain a culture of passionate active participants in an outdoor lifestyle.
About Jeff Mishler
Jeff Mishler is a fifth generation Oregonian who's life work is hard to quantify. Father, writer, photographer, television commercial director, environmentalist, video producer/distributor, website manager, hunter, angler and lifelong recreationist who lives a fly-by-the-seat-of-yourpants mantra. If he’s not in his office writing another essay or developing a show concept, he’s chasing mallards and pheasants with his lab Hailey, running his jet sled up a local river to a sweet steelhead run, setting up on a screaming bull elk with bow in hand or conspiring with his small circle of equally affected steelhead bums while downing healthy portions of really good Oregon beer.
Also in Fin & Fire's Podcast with Jeff Mishler
Episode 94 Featuring Jayson Hayes-- Keeping Boat Building Alive
Episode 94 | Jayson Hayes builds beautiful boats. Wood boats. One at a time. In this episode of Fin And Fire With Jeff Mishler, Jayson and I sit in his shop and discuss his motivations and inspirations behind the effort to build custom boats for customers who understand the pleasures of fishing from a true Mckenzie boat handmade in the land of its origins.
Episode 93 Featuring Jim Sens--A Trout Guide on the McKenzie River
Episode 93 | It takes a full-on commitment to sink your roots into one place, one river, one purpose when you chose to be a fly fishing guide. Jim Sens fell in love with the McKenzie River the moment he laid eyes on it. In this episode of Fin And Fire With Jeff Mishler, Jim and I share our experiences of working on the river and he fill is the gaps with stories of a country life surrounded by the beauty of the Oregon Cascades
Episode 92 Featuring Bob Hodson--A Man Pursuing His Dreams One Day At A Time
Episode | 92 Bob Hodson left Southern California at age 19. He took a caretaker job at a remote hunting lodge, surrounded by the wildness of a 1970's Alaska. In this episode of Fin And Fire With Jeff Mishler, Bob and I discuss his well lived life while maintaining a solid family unit and the endless pursuit of critters with a fly rod.