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My Kind of River
Jason Sweeney: My Fleuve de la Vie
Season 1, Ep. 4
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Next up, it’s the brilliant artist Jason Sweeney, who works with stainless steel to create incredible fish and wildlife sculptures. He cut his teeth fishing on industry-stained canals in Lancashire four decades ago, catching pike, perch, bream and, on one occasion, a dog. He now lives in the Scottish Borders, just a few miles from the Tweed, a river he has come to know and love.
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01:16|This is My Kind of River, a fly fishing podcast where we invite a guest to become an architect of sorts and design their very own river. Five beats or stretches, in pursuit of any species, reimagined into one fly fishing nirvana. We hope you enjoy listening.