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Tony Forte is the Executive Director at the U.S. Freshwater Fishing Federation. That’s the organizing body that allows the United States to compete in international fishing competitions. One day, fishing might even be an Olympic Sport. That would be the ultimate goal for Tony, who has had the honor of representing America through fishing. It’s a totally different take on fishing and international competition than you’ve ever heard, on today’s Schtick.

It’s the time of the year for Top 10 lists, looks back, and those annual clips shows. We’re no different, we like to look back on all the awesome people we’ve talked to and recount some of our favorite moments on The Schtick.

This week, it’s our annual Fish Schtick Holiday Gift Guide. We see it all – everything that’s cool in the world of fishing – and we pair it down to the stuff we’d actually like to give or receive this Christmas.

Richard Louv’s biography ends like this: he would rather fish than write. But between “Richard Louv is…” and “…rather fish than write,” is the story of a man who has written eight books and coined the term “Nature Deficit Disorder.” The book that kicked off an international conversation about the relationship with children and nature is entitled Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. His latest book, The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder offers a new vision of the future, in which our lives are as immersed in nature as they are in technology.

Good News for waters in Nebraska – the Keystone XL pipeline project is on hold until they can figure out how to run it further from our main aquifer … and, probably, until after the next election cycle.

Courtney Ogilvie owns the Nile Creek fly shop on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Surrounded by water and within a spey cast of incredible river fishing in all directions, it’s a pretty wonderful place to live. It’s also not uncommon to have some pretty sensational encounters with wildlife. And when he’s not in the remote wilderness of north and western Vancouver Island or behind the counter at his shop, he’s putting on events like the Spey Clave.

It’s been a long time since Brian has been on the Schtick. Today we get to hear his stories from Cape Cod and British Columbia.

You know that feeling when you drop your fly a couple feet ahead of a fish — heart beating, hands shaking, you strip, strip … and WHAM the water erupts – the fly is devoured, the line goes taught and the fish is off. You’re on. That’s what Cheeky Fly Fishing is all about. I totally stole that straight from their website, and we’ll get Cheeky’s Ted Upton to get into the rest of his story on today’s Schtick.

If fly fishing has a “book,” in modern times, that book has been “A River Runs Through It,” because that book had a movie and that movie had Brad Pitt. But ask anybody who reads and who has been into fly fishing for more than a year or two what their favorite fly fishing book is, and they’re liable to say “The River Why.” If they don’t say, “The River Why,” they’ll say “Trout Bum” by John Gierach, but that’s another story.
“The River Why” by David James Duncan is epic, beloved, treasured … and now it has a movie, too – one that’s been a long time coming. It stars Zach Gilford, William Hurt, Amber Heard and Kathleen Quinlan.

Lake Conroe is famous as a big bass lake. Ron Higgins calls it a home water, and has seen fish over 13 pounds come aboard his boat. He also plies the waters of Lake Livingston and Lake Houston, and not just for bass. Stripers, Wipers, Catfish and Crappies are common quarry at Higgy’s Freshwater Adventures, and he’s got some good stories to tell on today’s Schtick.