Welcome everyone to episode 29 of Inside The Lines: The Catskills! Fly fishing has been a big sport in the Catskills ever since the mid to late 1800's. Todd Spire, from Esopus Creel in Phoenicia, talks with me tonight about fly fishing in the great waters

Welcome everyone to episode 28 of Inside the Line: The Catskills! Tonight, I have a great chat with Dave Loverde who runs the Friends of the Feathered and Fury wildlife center. Located outside of Westkill, the FFF is a A 501(c)3 wildlife rehabilitati

Welcome to episode 27 of Inside The Lines: The Catskills! Tonight, my good friend John and I tell some of our great stories of the crazy bushwhacks we have done together. Most of these bushwhacks involved John hating his life during the hike, but in

Welcome to episode 26 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! This is part two of the story about Bearpen Mountain. Bearpen Mountain, in the 1950's, once hosted a ski center called the Princeton Ski Bowl. This ski center was on its way to being one of the

Welcome to episode 26 of Inside The Lines: The Catskills! On this episode, I am joined by Russ L and we talk about a former ski center that was on its way to being the best ski center in the north east: Bearpen Mountain. Bearpen Mountain once held a ski c

Welcome to episode 25 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! Tonight, I am joined by journalist and author Stephen M. Silverman, who wrote the book 'The Catskills: It's History And How It Changed America.' His book goes into great detail with showing how much

Welcome to episode 24 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! In 1918, T. Morris Longstreth wrote a book about his solo hike through the Catskills. 103 years later, fellow SAR team member Harold Oakhill, who was inspired by Longstreth's adventure, decided to t

Welcome to episode 23 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! Most of time when you are driving throughout the Catskills, you can't help but wonder what once existed in some places. On this episode, I am joined with WInnisook historian Chris Van Kleeck and we

Welcome to episode 22 of Inside The Lines: The Catskills! Tonight I have a special chat with Lourdes Sonera, who is the Catskill Club 3500 trail maintenance and board member. We discuss stewardship in the Catskills and how big of a role the 3500 club has

Welcome to Episode 21 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! Sometimes, you go on a great hike and you can't help but want to share that adventure with others. Well, on this episode, my crazy bushwhacking friend James Hopson and I share our stories of the man