Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview angler, guide and Anchored podcast host April Vokey. We chat about fishing in British Columbia and Australia, where April spends half of her year these days; making fishing fun for kids; and discuss how it’s ok to be overwhelmed and feel helpless with the…
Category: Fly fishing
Sustainable Business Workshop at Tailwater Lodge
Rick Crawford THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO COVID-19. THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS WORKSHOP WILL BE RESCHEDULED, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED. I couldn’t be more thrilled to begin offering Sustainable Business Workshops at fly fishing lodges around the US and Caribbean. We have several workshops in the works, but the first…
Bonefish Before Breakfast
Rick Crawford I was swinging in a hammock listening to the vibrant green and red-throated Abaco Parrots squawking while also admiring the pink oleanders that surrounded me. I was perfectly content. Well, more than content in fact, as I had just landed the biggest bonefish of the trip and I hadn’t even had breakfast. It…
The Sustainable Angler: Aspen Skiing Company SVP Sustainability Auden Schendler
Rick Crawford Back in 2009, when I was working in a t-shirt shop in Steamboat, CO trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life in the midst of the Great Recession, I came across a book in the Bud Werner Memorial Library called Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler and…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: The Venturing Angler’s Tim Harden
Rick Crawford I have been a long-time reader of The Venturing Angler and had a blast interviewing its founder, Tim Harden. I first met Tim at Abaco Lodge when I was there conducting a sustainability assessment for the lodge and had the opportunity to fish a few days together. Now, here we are about a…
RepYourWater Nears Goal of Donating $250K to Conservation Partners
Rick Crawford RepYourWater made giving back to conservation part of its DNA since their inception in 2011 and currently donate a minimum of 3% of all sales to their 19 nonprofit conservation partners such as local chapters of Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and Wild Steelhead Coalition. In 2019 alone…