Josh Spielmaker: Arkansas Fly Fishing Guide

Josh Spielmaker is a 33-year resident of North Arkansas. He has been married to his wife, Kristie, for 25 years, and together, they have three exceptional children. After a long career in construction and later aircraft refurbishment, he works with special needs students at Prism North America, a faith-based K-12 private school in Fayetteville, Arkansas. 

                   Josh has always had a love of the outdoors. He and his wife made traditions of national park trips with their children as they grew. About six years ago, he was diagnosed with adult-onset fly fishing obsession, and these days, you will likely find him tying flies or on the boat fishing with his wife or any random good friend. Josh is also a regular guest on the Bear Grease podcast, where he is a faithful apologist of the sport of Fly Fishing.

In this episode, we take the reins off and free Josh to gush about fly fishing as much as he wants to, as well as many other exciting topics. Josh shares his love for craftmanship in making hats and tying flies and how skills over the course of a lifetime lead to new skills and hobbies. We also discuss the outstanding work they are doing there with the students at Prism North America. We hope you enjoy this episode and our conversation with Josh. 

Find out more about the school Josh works for at www.prismnorthamerica.org

Follow Josh's adventures on instagram ⁠@kikiandthebeard ⁠

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We would love to hear from you, if you have any questions, comments, poems, and or recommendations for us, email us thestoriedoutdoors@gmail.com

Music written and recorded by Brad Hill.

Dr. Bryan Gill

Bryan is an administrator and instructor at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. At home, Bryan is the husband to Sarah and daddy to his two young children. At church, he is the men’s ministry director. He can also be found fly fishing, painting watercolor trout, or woodworking. But having authored several books, including How to Be a Man: Learning from Real Men of the Bible, his favorite pastime is writing.

http://www.bryangill.com
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