#34 - Nanci Morris Lyon - Owner, Bear Trail Lodge
Nanci Morris Lyon is a pioneer in the fly-fishing world. She's a decades-long champion for Bristol Bay and she's a good friend to SWYL host, Mark Titus. Nanci housed and fed Mark while he was filming his documentaries The Breach and The Wild from 2012 - 2017. Nanci holds fly-fishing records and is Bristol Bay's first female to own and operate a full-blown world-class fishing lodge. In this episode Nanci talks about what it takes to persevere in the face of a decades-long conflict and what it means to her to pass the torch on to her daughter, Riley.
This will be the last episode of SWYL for 2021. Thank you for listening. If you are loving the show, the best way to support us is to give it a rating on Apple Podcasts - and to order a subscription of Eva's Wild Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon direct to your door throughout 2022!
Save What You Love with Mark Titus:
This will be the last episode of SWYL for 2021. Thank you for listening. If you are loving the show, the best way to support us is to give it a rating on Apple Podcasts - and to order a subscription of Eva's Wild Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon direct to your door throughout 2022!
Save What You Love with Mark Titus:
Produced: Tyler White
Edited: Patrick Troll
Music: Whiskey Class
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Website: savewhatyoulove.evaswild.com
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Creators and Guests
Host
Mark Titus
Mark Titus is the creator of Eva’s Wild and director of the award winning films, The Breach and The Wild. He’s currently working on a third film in his salmon trilogy, The Turn. In early 2021, Mark launched his podcast, Save What You Love, interviewing exceptional people devoting their lives in ways big and small to the protection of things they love. Through his storytelling, Mark Titus carries the message that humanity has an inherent need for wilderness and to fulfill that need we have a calling to protect wild places and wild things.
Guest
Nanci Morris Lyon
Nanci Morris Lyon is co-owner and operator of Bear Trail Lodge, was brought up north because of her love of fish and the small town feel of King Salmon and the Naknek river. She has been a fishing guide in Alaska since her early 20s. After spending years learning from the Bristol Bay environment and its people, Nanci saw a need for the local lodges and an opportunity for the local youth and passes her knowledge on to future generations as the lead instructor and one of the original founders of the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide academy.
