{"podcast":{"title":"Casting Across Fly Fishing","slug":"casting-across-fly-fishing-651212","podcast_index_feed_id":651212,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WPCM2733915402","website_url":"http://castingacross.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3cfe8988-4a1b-11ec-8771-cf17dbb6e4f7/image/pc1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matthew Lourdeau","episode_count":396,"summary":"The Casting Across Fly Fishing Podcast explores the quarry and the culture of fly fishing. Each episode, I'll discuss some aspect of fly fishing - the people, places, and things that go into the pursuit of fish.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T12:19:51.843016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/casting-across-fly-fishing-651212"},"episode":{"title":"Fly Fishing Elitism is Dead...","slug":"fly-fishing-elitism-is-dead","published_at":"2026-04-10T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/casting-across-fly-fishing-651212/fly-fishing-elitism-is-dead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/casting-across-fly-fishing-651212","url":"https://castingacross.com/ep-387","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WPCM5553891795.mp3","summary":"Long live fly fishing elitism. In a different sort of podcast episode, today I talk about why the stereotype of the old, stuffy, tweed-jacketed fly fishing elitist isn't really valid anymore. In his place a new figure has emerged to stand as arbiter of what is \"authentic\" fly fishing. And while I'm always interested in your feedback, I'm particularly interested in your thoughts on this topic. After all, this has been a big part of fly fishing culture for as long as I've been chasing trout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Long live fly fishing elitism. In a different sort of podcast episode, today I talk about why the stereotype of the old, stuffy, tweed-jacketed fly fishin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/casting-across-fly-fishing-651212/episodes/fly-fishing-elitism-is-dead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/casting-across-fly-fishing-651212/fly-fishing-elitism-is-dead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}