Retired From Work.
Promoted to Fishing.
After a few decades of doing what I had to do, I've retired to do what I was clearly built to do: fish, talk about fishing, and browse tackle shops at a pace my family describes as "geological."
My wife suggested I "find something to do with all that opinion." My brother-in-law suggested a microphone. This site is what happens when both of them are right.
Here you'll find the blog, videos shot from my boat and from the aisles of every tackle shop that will still let me in, interviews with people who fish better than I do, and the Great Debates — where we argue about gear like it matters, because it does.
Everything on this site comes from actual hours on actual water. When I don't know something, I'll say so, and then I'll go find a guide, a shop owner, or a stubborn old timer who does.
House Rules
- Every fish photo gets released back to the water it came from.
- If I review gear, I bought it. Nobody's paying me to like things. Yet.
- The debates are for sport — you can be wrong about mono and still be my friend.
- Beginner questions get answered first. We were all new once.
Where the Talking Happens
Episodes are recorded in the garage studio: one microphone, one chair, and a backdrop of every rod I've ever refused to sell. Location videos are shot on the boat — a vessel with more rod holders than seats, exactly as intended.
Straight From the Water
Real fish, real water — every one back in the drink a minute later.
