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Hunter Jackson - Making His Dreams A Reality

Hunter always knew he wanted to become a guide since he could remember. Not having a preference to the type of guiding, he enrolled himself in guiding school 36 hours away from home. During school, Hunter learned everything about horses to packing for trips. The second half of his training involved learning about finding coordinates and first aid/CPR training. Once he finished guide school, the class celebrated by camping out for two days and truly putting their skills to the test.

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Elliot Sudal - Viral Video Fame Used For Conservation

Elliot began his true fishing experience in Alaska at the age of 18 unloading fishing boats and going fishing in his spare time. Later on, Elliot moved to Nantucket as a boating guide, and not making enough money, he lived in his car for a few weeks. Three weeks into being in Nantucket, Elliot was fishing off the beach, and ended up catching a brown shark, pulling it by the tail up onto the beach. After a video of him catching, handling and releasing a shark on Nantucket went viral on social media and then to conventional TV, Elliot found himself on over 80 TV shows and other interviews. 

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Robert "RT" Trosset - 238 World Records, Leaving A Legacy And World Travel

Capt. Robert “RT” Trosset is a light-tackle fishing guide based out of Key West, Florida. Born and raised in East Central Florida and moving to Key West in 1974, Trosset quickly found a following among hardcore light-tackle anglers in the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, as well as serious world record chasers. To date, he’s led anglers to 238 IGFA records on light-tackle and fly.  RT was the first guide to lead anglers to over 100 records, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Gamefish Association (IGFA).

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Derek DeYoung - Artist And Angler Living In Montana, Florida Keys And Northern Michigan

The tides were late that day and Rich wanted to fish from 2:00 P.M. through past dark.  We chose to visit Derek in Big Pine in the morning to get the interview for the TV episode.  We hit the water at Hawks Cay and headed to Long Key Bridge.  Derek was hoping to get a bite on a live mullet because he had never seen that happen before.

Derek is one of my favorite guests, and soon, we became fast friends.  I knew I wanted to do a podcast with him, but it seemed like we had run out of time.  I offered him a ride back to Big Pine instead of his wife having to pick him up, and we put on the headphones and hit record.  

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Tim Crockett - Rowing Across The Atlantic Ocean Alone To Raise Money For Soldiers Struggling With PTSD

As a UK Special Operations Soldier, Tim has seen both UK and US soldiers wrestle with PTSD after war. The boat is called Tame the Kraken, which has a much deeper meaning of overcoming fear and the unknown, as soldiers are having to do every day after returning from combat. In total, this challenge costs over $100,000 for all the prerequisites and medical supervision, but Tim’s main focus is to raise as much money as possible for PTSD victims.

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Miles Burghoff Co-Host Of Sweetwater TV Show - Tom Rowland Podcast

Miles Burghoff is a College Bass Fishing Champion, traveling professional bass fisherman, and co-host of Sweetwater,a show dedicated to freshwater fishing.  I have worked with Miles for several years and enjoy talking with him.  I have been a guest on Sweetwater as I took the boys fishing for big redfish in Venice, LA and fished with Joey and Miles.

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Clay Watson- Cuba Fishing, Torn Labrums, Jackson Hole And What Makes A Great Guide

Clay recently returned from a trip to Cuba, where he fished in a string of islands 60 miles off the south coast that look very similar to the Florida Keys.  The difference is that these islands are pristine and uninhabited. When traveling to Cuba, Clay needed to have research and educational purposes to be there, and Clay learned all he could about fishing there. Clay fished near Gardens of the Queen, a popular diving and fishing destination because it is one of the few intact reefs existing in the Caribbean.

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Will Taylor – Guiding For Giant Georgia Trout, Figuring Out Sponsorship And Life

I became interested in Will Taylor when I noticed his photos on Instagram. Each photo has a different look and feel to it, and I was very interested in his North Georgia waters.  Blue Ridge, Georgia was only down the road about an hour away from where I grew up in Chattanooga, TN. Yet, I had no idea that trout the size of my leg lived there.

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Dr. Joe Martin- Rags To Riches To Ruin To Redemption

I didn’t know anything about Joe, and didn’t know what to expect from my time with him, but I was also blown away by his story.  From horrible conditions in Liberty City, FL (where Grand Theft Auto is set) to a 4.0 and honors in college, to a great job and being the author of several books before the age of 30.  Then, he lost it all from a series of bad decisions, only to get it back and then some. 

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Brendan Smith And Turner Rowland - The Men In The Arena

I had the honor of recording this podcast in Bozeman, Montana with my son, Turner Rowland, and his roommate, Brendan Smith. Turner and Brendan both moved to Bozeman after graduating High School in pursuit of their love for hunting and fishing.

Recently, Turner just finished his first season as an elk hunting guide. For training, Turner started in September this year, and over the course of a month, spent two weeks bow hunting, and then two weeks of rifle hunting. Turner is out at camp base six days a week, and loves every minute of it. He developed an interest in hunting at an early age, and after seeing some elk videos in the mountains, Turner knew he wanted to be a guide.

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Gregor Gillespie - #bestfishermaninMMA

Gregor Gillespie is a former Division 1 National Champion wrestler, 4x All American and 2x High School State Champion. He has made the transition to the UFC and sits 12-0 currently. As a fan of wrestling, I am always for the wrestler in the Octagon. Gregor caught my attention with his wrestling pedigree but in his post fight interview I heard him say…what????

“I’m the best fisherman in MMA” he said.

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Graham Tayloe - A Brother From Another Mother

After two full How 2 Tuesday episodes featuring Graham Tayloe, I had the pleasure of sitting down with him for this full length podcast. If you ever get to hunt with Graham or even spend a little time with him, you will see how incredibly passionate he is about what he does. He is one of my favorite people all around and I love to go hunting and fishing with him as well.

I’m sure you will enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed sitting down with Graham and talking about his plethora of knowledge about the outdoors.

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