IT WOULD’VE SURPRISED no one if, instead of Feel It Still, Portugal. The Man would have called their 2017 Grammy-winning single, Feel It Pull. When not onstage from Red Rocks to Birmingham, bandmembers are often on the water. Now living on Oregon’s Sandy River, members John Gourley (lead vocals), Zach Carothers (bass), Kyle O’Quin (keyboards), Jason Sechrist (drums), Eric Howk (lead guitar) and Zoe Manville (vocals) get outside with fly rods as much as possible. We caught up with Carothers to talk flyfishing, touring, pack rafts, and their new PTM Foundation, which supports environmental issues, human rights, and especially the rights, stories, and sacred voices of Indigenous People. Here’s what he had to say.
It takes about 45 minutes for me to float from my house to John’s house. We…