An In-Depth Interview with Joe Humphreys



Joe Humphreys is a fly-fishing legend and the game’s elder statesman. On the age of 96, he’s nonetheless going robust, and he sat down with Ross Purnell to speak about his exceptional life. Right here’s the outline from Fly Fisherman:

Joe Humphreys was born in 1929, and at 96 years previous he’s nonetheless night-fishing, chasing hatches, educating youngsters the right way to solid and catch fish, and galvanizing fly fishers world wide. Joe is the one particular person to be in each the Fly Fishing Corridor of Fame and the Nationwide Wrestling Corridor of Fame. He’s a coach, instructor, writer, presenter, and former director of the Penn State Fly Fishing Program—which is now named after him. On this episode of Loop to Loop he sits down with Fly Fisherman editor/writer Ross Purnell and divulges how he rode his bike 10 miles to Spring Creek through the Nice Melancholy, how he landed his Pennsylvania state report brown trout in 1977 , how the Penn State Fly Fishing Program started, how George Harvey examined his potential to inform the reality, the very best fly to make use of throughout a Inexperienced Drake Hatch, and the way he realized to “shoot” line along with his trademark bow & arrow solid. On this 2-hour interview Joe even brings out his Forties-era Paul H. Younger bamboo rod that has caught hundreds of trout in his arms.