Meet Nick Teynor
In this episode we WadeOutThere with Nick Teynor, from Salt Lake City, Utah. When Nick was a child his family road tripped from Maryland to Washington State for his father’s job transfer. Along the way, he was introduced to fly fishing, while watching drift boats out the car window in the Rocky Mountains. A stop at the family’s cabin in Montana sealed the deal. He had a fly rod in his hand for the first time, and from then on it was all he wanted to pursue and learn about in the fishing world.
Nick’s family later moved to Utah, where his time on the water exploded, as he was able to access water from his bike on weekends and after school. Nick stayed in Utah, and has worked at Western Rivers Fly Fisher, in Salt Lake City, for over nineteen years as both a guide and now, primarily as an instructor.
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Episode Topics
- The Provo River
- Seasonal tactics for soft hackle
- Presentation techniques
- Swinging
- Fly selection
- Guiding versus instructing in fly fishing
Quotes from Nick Teynor
“On bright days I’ll fish a two-fly combo. Something flashy up front to get their attention, and then something more natural behind it. That way you cover both bases.”
“We want people to be more independent, not dependent. We want them to feel like they can go out and have a good time without guides.”
“They wanted to try fly fishing, and they went out with a guide, and the guy did everything for them. They caught a lot of fish, but then they could not continue onward… because they weren’t actually shown what to do. And that’s frustrating.”
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