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Captains Collective Fishing Podcast — 193 episodes

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Tyler Sharp: Modern Huntsman and the Tension Within Tradition

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Eeland Stribling: Comedy, Fly Fishing, and Better Conversations

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Ben Whalley: Stripers, Sobriety, and Feeling Small

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Owen Gayler: Living Life & Selling Out

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Drifter Fish Club: Year One Recap

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Joshua Schwartz: Food, Fish, and Travel Creel

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Drifter Everglades Guide Roundtable

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#128 Eric Herstedt: The Small Details That Make Great Anglers

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Soul Fly Charleston: A Gathering Around Fishing, Music & Community

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#127 Woody Platt: Time, Bluegrass, and the Blue Ridge Mountains

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#126 Andy Prince: From Stages to Skiffs

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#125 Vaughn Cochran: From Lodges to Life Design

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Meet Me On The Road: Spring 2026

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#124 Arno Matthee: Pioneering Fisheries, Piracy, and a Life of Adventure

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#123 George VanDercook and Rudy Babikian: Behind Los Locos

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2025 Holiday Gift Guide

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#123 Steve Huff: Lessons from a Lifetime on the Water

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#122 Ty Hibbs: Cajun Culture, Raising Children, and Conservation

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Field Notes: Lessons from 8 Years of Captains Collective

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#121 Jeff Legutki: The Old School Way

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Lefty Kreh's Legacy: Panel Discussion

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#120 Steve Kilpartick: Behind the Curtain of Breaking World Records

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Flip Pallot Tribute [Repost]

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The Red Spot Round Up

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#119 Monte Burke: On Writing, Fishing, and the Stories That Shape Us

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When AI Goes Outdoors – Part 3: AI Speaks for Itself

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When AI Goes Outdoors – Part 2: Discussion & Discernment

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When AI Goes Outdoors: Part 1-Setting the Stage

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Drifter Round Table: Grand Bahama

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#118 Cecil Leathan: Grand Bahamas, East End Lodge, and Hurricane Dorian

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#117 Chef John: Fishing Montana, Making Great Food, and Designing Your Life

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#116 Samantha Tallyn: FFI Women's Connect, and Suncoast Fly Fishers Tournament

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#115 Jesse Males: Fishing the Amazon, Making Films, and Learning Along the Way

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#114 Vince Stegura: Hosted Travel, Mental Health Trials , and Finding New Interest

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Jacks

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#113 Moy Cordova: Life & Lessons in Xcalak

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#112 Chase Looney: Xcalak on the Fly

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#111 Casey Anderson: Fishing, Philosophy, and Fresh Ink

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Dads on the Fly Podcast with Hunter Leavine

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#110 Mike Tayloe: Wilderness Stories, Fishing, & First Aid

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Field Notes: Planning Trips

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Round Two: Percy Darville

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Round Two: Travis Sands

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide (Field Notes Edition)

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Drifter Fish Club Announcement

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Drifter: LIVE from Redfish Camp 2024

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Guide Relief Initiative: Michael Mauri

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Guide Relief Initiative: Evan Snow

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#109 The Legutkis: Marriage, Metaphors, and Building a Meaningful Life

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#108 Matt Cowart: Ceder Key, Giant Snook, and Carving Your Own Way

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Field Notes: Getting Kids Outdoors

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Captains Collective Hosted Trip: Redfish Camp 2024

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Into the Jungle - 4 Corners Crew - Cost Rica Trip Overview

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Into the Jungle - Don Mc Guinness - Bill Fish and Plane Wrecks

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Father's Day Podcast: Round Two with Captain Chip Leavine

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Into the Jungle - Tosh Talbot - Surfing, Fishing, and Roosterfish

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Into the Jungle - Tom Olivo - Exploring the Waters of the Osa Peninsula

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Field Notes: How to not Suck...Forever

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#107 Justin Leake: The Building Blocks of Fishing, and Panama City Beach

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Round Two: Flip Pallot

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Field Notes: How to Hunt and Fish More

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#106 Mike Holliday: Writing, Fishing, and Losing Your Ego

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Captains Collective Hosted Trip to the Bahamas

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#105 Cody Rubner: Targeting a Variety of Fish, Learning from Mistakes, and *Almost* Catching a World Record Permit

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Round Two: Brett Martina

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Round Two: Harry Spear

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Round Two: David Mangum

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Round Two: Trey Mikell

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2023 Holiday Outdoor Gift Guide

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#104 Chris Shultz: Peg Legs, Bay Boats, and Duck Blinds

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#103 Matt Chipperfield: Trout Talk

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#102 Drewlr: Tattoos & Trout

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Young Guns: Mason Matejcek

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Young Guns: Luke Spear

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#101 Justin Anderson: Marsh Fest

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#100 Ed Nicholas: No Boundaries Oman

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A Sit Down with the Skiff Wanderer

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#099 UCF Reel Knights: Collegiate Clubs, Connecting Anglers, and Charity Events

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#098 Adam Barker: Taking Pictures, Staying Present, and Getting Prepared

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Training Boat Dogs

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#097 Blue Gabe: YouTube, Hard Work, and Dealing with Negativity

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LIVE with Blane Chocklett and Jared DiVincent

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LIVE with Greg Peterson and Adam Fernandez

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#096 Josh Crumpton: On Ramps & Learning Curves

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#095 Ryan Harrington: Fishing Six Inches to Six Hundred Fathoms

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LIVE with Paul Puckett and Owen Plair

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#094 Cohutta Fishing Company: Blue Ridge Georgia

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#093 Johnnie Candle: Walleye World Championships and Learning New Waters

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#092 Piper Johansen: Grade School and Grand Slams

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2022 Holiday Gift Guide

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#091 Oliver White: Adding Value, Taking Risk, and Travel Fishing

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#090 Hunter Leavine: Dads on the Fly [Repost]

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#089 Mike Burkee: Surviving Hurricane Ian

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#088 Owen Gayler: Cowboys & Captains

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#087 Richard Schmidt: The Pelican Chandeleur

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#086 Mac Elliot: Photos, Faith, and Looking Ahead

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#085 Mark Kenyon: Fighting Busyness, Finding Mentors, and Becoming a Lifelong Learner

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#084 Virginia Salvador: King Salmon, White Sturgeon, and West Coast Culture

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#083 Nick Labadie: Jet Ski Tours, Targeting Fish, and Putting Your Ego Aside

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#082 Jared Cyr: Evolving Fisheries, Little Advantages, and Doing It the Right Way

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#081 Ian Slater: Challenging Permit, Coaching Anglers, and Dealing with Competition

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#080 Scott Brown: Special Forces, Flats Fishing, and Family

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#079 Jesse Males: Moving Slow, Chasing Opportunities, and Fishing Costa Rica

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Behind the Bahamas: Bruce Chard

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Behind the Bahamas: Guides Round Table

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Behind the Bahamas: Kyle & Kitri Schaefer

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Behind the Bahamas: Percy Darville

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Behind the Bahamas: Travis Sands

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#078 Trey Mikell: Close Up Redfish, Arrowhead Hunting, and Florida's Nature Coast

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#077 Blane Chocklett: Musky, Innovation, and Looking through Key Holes

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#076 Aaron Adams: Science, Observation, and the Freedom to Figure Things Out

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#075 Joe Cermele: Loving Your Fishery, Telling Stories, and the Case for Snakeheads and Other Underrated Fish

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#074 Willie Espinosa: Miami Waters

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2021 Holiday Gift Guide

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#073 Steve Yancar and Chad Smith: Praech Productions, Working through Differences, and Learning from the Best

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Guiding Flow Series: Tampa Bay Round Table

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#072 Brandon Cyr: Picky Permit, Parenting, and Life in the Keys

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#071 Brian Esposito: Modern Gladesmen

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#070 Court Douthit: Get A Round Tuit

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Guiding Flow Series: The Obsession of Carter Andrews

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Guiding Flow Series: Depolarizing Conservation and Building Up Advocates

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#069 Meredith McCord: Chasing Records, World Travel, and Building Community

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#068 Brian Vaughn: Efficiency, Expansion, and the Hells Bay Estero

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Guiding Flow Series: Hilary Hutcheson

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#067 Kyle Pitts: Panama City Beach - Beneath the Surface

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#066 Jako Lucas: Giant Trevally , International Guiding, and Dealing with Criticism

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#065 Travis Huckeba: Hard Work, Slow Living, and Rural Fisheries

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#064 John Dunaway: Learnings from Life at Sea

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Guiding Flow Series: A Chance to Save Florida's Everglades

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#063 Jonathan Moss: Teaching, Television, and Taking Leaps of Faith

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#062 Ty Hibbs: Louisiana Jacks, Cajun Crawfish, and Learning from Others

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#061 Royce Dahnke: Shallow Flats, Blue Water, and Hunting Crossovers

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#060 Jamie Howard: Fishing, Filming, and Working through the Chaos

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#059 Chris Herrera: Smoking Meat: Battling Cancer, and the Importance of Positivity

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#058: Brian Jill: Traveling the World, Exploring the Unknown, and Dealing with Pressured Fisheries

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#057 Simon Perkins: Learning from the Best, Lowering Walls, and Caring About More than Margins

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#056 Kyle Schaefer: Cold Showers, New England Stripers, and Adapting to Different Environments

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#055 Vince Stegura: Fishing the Waters of Oman and Fighting for Authenticity

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#054 Adam Hudson: The Road to Recovery, Shallow Water Redfish, and Lessons from Around the World

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Holiday Gift Guide

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#053 Marty Gallipeau: Long Trips, a Love for Food, and Pushing through the Ups and Downs

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#052 Round Table: Lisa Rinaman, Rami Ashouri, and Benny Blanco

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#051 John Landry: Bristol Bay, the Everglades, and "Everyone in Between"

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#050 Jeremy Clark: The (Seemingly) Mundane

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#049 Andy Bowen: Georgia on the Mind

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#048 John Irwin: Pursuing Cobia, Growing from Pressure, and Sewing Up Fish

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#047 Chris Peterson: Beating Cancer, Building Boats, and Never Growing Up

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#046 Jake Ellington: Fishing Charleston and Engaging Families in the Outdoors

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#045 Paul Puckett: Art, Travel, Sketchy Stuff & Smoked Okra

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#044 Alvin Dedeaux: Texas Fishing, Poppers for Bass, and the Importance of Difficult Conversations

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#043 Billy Rotne: Bull Reds, Biology, and the Importance of Being Aware

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#042 Flip Pallot: Reflections from the Front Porch

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#041 Alycia Downs: Sharing Stories, Setting an Example, and Championing Stewardship

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#040 Rick Ruoff: Dealing with Change, Traveling the World, and Polling Till You Run Into Something

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#039 Drew Chicone: Slowing Down, Tying Flies and Passing Knowledge Along

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#038 Debbie Hanson: Being Prepared, Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together, and Guiding for Peacock Bass

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#037 Jay Carson: Utilizing Time, Building Relationships, and Polling for Redfish

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#036 Chris Wittman: Strategy, Sacrifice, and Going All In

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#035 Andy & Nicky Mill: Fishing, Family, and Learning to Win

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#034 John McCloskey: Giving Instruction, Reading People, and Getting Your Face On A Beer Can

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#033 Dave Bradley: Chasing Permit, Fishing Australia, and Making it Up as You Go

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#032 John Turcot: Fishing Mosquito Lagoon, Having Faith, and Dealing with Change

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#031 Tommy Koulouris: Fin and Fowl

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#030 CA Richardson: Flats Class University

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#029 Scott MacCalla: Scouting and the Significance of the "Little Things"

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#028 Ke'Mari Cooper: Young, Excited, and Loving It

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#027 JT Van Zandt: Keep it Simple, Fight for Progress, and Enjoy the Journey

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#026 Chase Hancock: Fishing Flood Tides, Seeking Change, Raising Kids, and Skinny Water Culture

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#025 Brett Martina: Hometown Roots

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#024 Vaughn Cochran: Life, Art, and a Love for the Water

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#023 Al Keller: Travel, Navigating Tension, and Tactics for Getting Business

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#022 Tom Rosenbauer: Catching Breaks, Teaching Others, and Keeping It Simple

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#021 Lacey Kelly: Overcoming Obstacles and Seeing the Outdoors through a Child's Eyes

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#020 Cleve Evans: Resilience, Recovery, and Rebuilding from Hurricane Michael

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#019 Benny Blanco: More Education, Better Water, and Becoming an Advocate

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#018 Gray Drummond: Woods, Water, and the True Wild Florida

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#017 Greg Dini: Coaching Clients, Chasing Redfish, and Treating Every Cast Like It’s Your Last

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#016 Jordan Todd: Hurricanes, Side Hustles, and Learning to Love the Water

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#015 Larry Hastings: Sixty Years of Stories, Bonefish, and Shooting Stuff from Helicopters

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#014 Jonathan "Stump" Hamilton: Looking for Patterns, Building a Reputation, and Giving 110%

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#013 Chip Leavine: Celebrating Fathers, Investing In Clients, and Always Learning

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#012 David Mangum: Focused and Unfiltered

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#011 Lionel James: Having a Fighter's Mindset, Marketing, and Fun-First-Fishing

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#010 Jim Farrior: Art, Patience, and Fly Fishing

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#009 Eugene Shuler: Leading a Guide Staff, Knowing History, and Smokey Mountain Trout

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#008 Nat Ragland: The Early Keys, Innovation,​ and Stories from a Pioneer Angler

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#007 Tom Rowland: Building a Business, the Myth of Balance, and What Makes a Great Angler

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#006 Jimmy Long: Homosassa Hospitality And How To Make The Most Out Of Mentors

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#005 Rob Fordyce: Dedication, Details, and Dialing In On Tarpon

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#004 Scott Burgess: Sight Fishing and Starting From Scratch

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#003 Bou Bosso: Guard Your Passion, Tips On Guiding, and Chasing Fish In Your Underwear.

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#002 John Swanson: From The Marines To Marinas

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#001 Harry Spear: Pony Tails, The Florida Keys, And Building Great Skiffs