I'm April Voki and you are listening to Anchored.

My chance to speak with some of the most influential people involved in the outdoors today.

Join me as I sit down with my guests to learn more about their careers, opinions, history,

relationships, and life both indoors and out.

Mia and Marty Shepard are two of the most well-known steelhead guides in the Pacific Northwest,

and for good reason.

Marty grew up on the banks of the Sandy River in Oregon, landing his first steelhead

by the age of five.

Mia grew up in Tennessee, chasing trout and hiking the great Smoky Mountains.

In this episode of Anchored, we discuss how they met.

Marty's thoughts on fishing out bad casts, whether the color red is worth fishing, how

steelhead use their mouth to feel, holding soft loops, and much more.

Also, if you haven't already, be sure to check out Mia and Marty's intro to Winter Steelhead

online class over at Anchored Outdoors.

That's www.anchoredoutdoors.com

Well, I'm really excited to be sitting down with both of you today, and like I was saying

before, you're rolling, it's a little bit funky because I would like to kind of take

you off, take each of you off into your own corner and hear your story from start to

finish, but we can always sit back down on the show again, so it's not like we've got

to get everything covered in this episode, but it is cool to have the two of you on together

because your personalities together are just way too entertaining to not record.

Anyway, I'm sitting here right now with Mia and Marty Shepard.

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