For Ascent Fly Fishing founder, Aquatic Biologist Peter Stitcher, the water and world of trout has always felt like home to him, and a place of shared belonging and community. The river was the place where life lessons were learned, where memories and laughter were shared with family and friends, and where all conversation would stop with a hookset and only resume after the trout slid from the net back into the water. Frankly, Peter’s passion for fishing and the water hasn’t changed much from the time he caught his first trout in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains to his most recent trip to the South Platte River in Colorado, but here is a little overview of who we are and how Ascent Fly Fishing came to be...