Brent Kawamura’s path to sustainability wasn’t a straight line — it started with an Environmental Science degree, wound through LEED-certified building projects, and landed him in Product Sustainability at REI. Along the way, fishing has remained the thread that keeps it all grounded. In this episode, I interview Brent to pull back the curtain on REI’s Product…
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EP 97. Riverhorse Nakadate — Water Lines, Wilderness & a Life Connected by Water | The Sustainable Angler
What can I say? When I grow up, I want to be Riverhorse. For those of you who don’t know him, Riverhorse Nakadate is an angler, surfer, writer, musician, adventurer and someone I am proud to call a friend. You can find his words in the The Flyfish Journal, Fretboard Journal, and on Patagonia’s Cleanest…
Best Handling Practices for Catch & Release Tarpon
Rick Crawford Like many of you this time of year I get fishing fever. But not just any fever…tarpon fever! My friends and I make our annual pilgrimage to Everglades National Park to attempt to deceive a backcountry tarpon with chicken feathers that result in newfound explosions in the ocean and bays.