this episode is a short format continuation of my conversation with bud rowland. He wanted to have some of his trout discoveries read and recorded on the podcast, and I am honored to even simply have another chat with him on the record. Enjoy

today i had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the most amazing people to ever pick up a fly rod. His passion for the fishery and the sport was extremely apparent through his work as a television personality, and he ended up creating some amazing things for the community as a result of it. Bud has most likely imprinted on almost every single current fly angler that has come out of the LLM, in one way or another.

today i had the luxury of being able to sit down with one of the most well respected names to ever come out of the lower laguna madre. Captain eric glass is someone who has done it all, it takes a lifetime and a half to master the fishery we have, and he seems to have done just that. Eric is an amazing angler, a fantastic guide, a bright mind, and a stellar idol for many up coming guides and stewards of this fishery we call home.

larry is one of the most badass people that calls the LLM home. He has found an affinity for tarpon in a fishery that was once thought to not have them, and gotten damn close to mastering it. He is a great angler and a greater artist.

Today i speak with a good friend of mine, about the beginning of our fishing careers. The commonalities between our lucky situations. I found this episode unique due to the fact that ryan and I tend to have similar outlooks on the industry as well as life. My goal with this episode was to shine a light on our experiences aswell as illustrate the great person that ryan is, both on and off the water. And we brushed on a few other topics affecting our fly fishing environment.

For my first episode released, I wanted to record the life of one of my biggest influences in fishing. A great mentor and an even better friend, Rick Hartman. 25 years guiding on the LLM, Fly casting on the big stage, and animals with abnormally large appendages.