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When choosing a bonefish fly, it is important to keep in mind the shape, size, and sink rates. Depending where you are fishing, you will need to have a heavier or lighter weight bonefish fly. For instance, if you are fishing in shallow water, you don’t want to throw a heavier weight bonefish fly in, as it will scare the fish away. Instead, you will want to have a lighter fly that will sink towards the bottom without having a strong, heavy impact. You can also choose a bonefish fly that has a parachuting effect, which will have a softer impact going in the water. A perfect example for the parachuting effect would be a toad fly. You will want variations of these types of flies that have heavier or lighter eyes depending on your desired sink rate. Be observant, also, if you are fishing in an area with tons of weeds. Always have on hand a type of weedless fly that will be pulling up fish instead of weeds. To ensure you are prepared for the next fishing trip, have as many fly variations of sink rates, shapes and sizes, and you are guaranteed to have a successful fishing experience every time. 

Here we are, November 27th...and suddenly we're in the thick of hunting season AND the holidays. Having just come off Thanksgiving Day in the United States, if you’re anything like me, you may have indulged in some overeating. Most people only have to contend with one Thanksgiving feast, but I had THREE (two of which were on the same day). And the scale isn’t being my friend.

That being said, I thought, what better topic to get us back on track than this one. On today’s episode, I am joined by April Willis, Athletic Therapist and founder of Huntress Health.

April shares with us her 7 best tips to increase your hunting performance, and some of them just might surprise you!  

Additional Resources:

• Download the 7 Tips to Increase Your Hunting Performance PDF
• Huntress Health 
• Huntress Health Facebook Page
• Huntress Health Facebook Group
• Huntress Health on Instagram
• AccuBow Archery Training Device (Amazon Affiliate Link)
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website
• Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!)
• Listen on Google Podcasts
• Listen on Spotify

Full show notes at thewomanangler.com/35!

I’ve had the chance to hang out with Will Taylor and learn how deep his knowledge is in the fishing industry. As a Blue Ridge native and a professional fly-fishing guide, Will does trout fishing mostly in the Northern Georgia area. When Will isn’t a guide or out fishing, he loves being with his 16-month old daughter and watching her grow.

I had a chance to do a Q&A with my followers and podcast listeners as they ask questions for the both of us to answer.

In this podcast, Will and I discuss post-fishing routines, good motivators, favorite fishing stories, go-to fishing equipment, and give advice for any level experience fishers out of there.

Will is releasing his own podcast, Will Taylor’s Podcast, about his day-to-day life and fishing activities. Be sure to keep a look out for it soon!

In this episode, we have Capt. Travis Lanphar to talk all about saltwater bowfishing. We discuss everything from bowfishing tips, techniques, gear, and safety. If you've ever wanted to get into bowfishing, this is a must listen to episode. Tight lines!

This week I revisited a popular podcast I did, “How to Stay in Shape on the Road”. Although last time I spoke strictly about the Deck of Cards workout, this week I am going to give you insight to even more options to have while on the road. We have three different workouts you can do: Jelly Legs, 3 miles and 300 pushups, and then Parking Lot. Check out more details about each of these workouts below:

1. Jelly Legs - 20/1 - 19/2… 1/20

   Jelly Legs consists of two types of movements: a burpee and an air squat

   Start out with 20 burpees and 1 air squat, then 19 burpees and 2 air squats, and continue until you are down to 1 burpee and 20 air squats.

2. 3 miles and 300 push-ups or 5 miles and 500 push-ups

   The neat thing about this idea is that you can do your push-ups or miles at any time you want, and there’s no right or wrong way to do it. You could start out with 50 push-ups, run a mile, push-ups, etc. , knock the miles out first and then the push-ups, or vice-versa.

3. Parking lot, beach, or hotel: use/make two lines away from each other. On one side of the line, do 10 burpees and then sprint to the other line, do 9 burpees and continue this process down to 1.

   If you want to do less, start with 5 burpees, or walk instead of sprinting to the lines in between burpees. You can also switch out burpees for push-ups as an alternative.

   Want more? Start with 15 or 20 burpees.

• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group
• Wisconsin Women Fish
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website
• Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!)
• Listen on Google Podcasts
• Listen on Spotify

Full show notes at thewomanangler.com/34

In this episode, Joe Simonds from Salt Strong breaks down the biggest problems facing the fishing education space, some other issues hurting the fishing industry from growing, and along with a few remedies... Enjoy and tight lines

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.

Did he really just say that? “I’m going fishing all day tomorrow and all week. If you want to see some good fishing, follow me on Instagram”

So I did. I followed @Gregorthegift on Instagram and it was full of fishing pictures and videos. Within a few minutes, I decided that I was going to see if I could get him on the podcast. With a direct message, he responded right away and we had this set up.

Gregor was headed to upstate New York to go fishing and had an hour to talk about fishing, wrestling UFC and more.

Follow @Gregorthegift on Instagram to support him or just to see someone who is passionate about fishing, fighting and life.

I am not a podcast expert by any means, however I was able to get mine off the ground and have maintained it for 57 episodes so far. I learned how to do a podcast the hard way like most other things in my life. So, when I received multiple questions asking how I started or what equipment I use, I thought I would address this on the How2Tuesday episode.

The first thing I did was check out the podcasts that had the best sound and shows that had very detailed notes, but it was still difficult to track down all the equipment. I made a few mistakes and purchased equipment I didn’t need. My initial setup was cumbersome and caused me to lose a podcast. After that I decided to create the simplest podcast setup I could so I would never lose another interview.

Initially I used a laptop and headsets and would just sit down with one guest. It was very distracting for me to pay attention to the computer and audio levels. I did more research and came up with a much simpler setup.

Freelancer, YouTuber & Outdoor Adventurer Nicole Stone joins Angie Scott on this episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast. Nicole shares her story of growing up in the midwest, her 1st buck at the young age of twelve, and much more. She also shares with us her strategy for building confidence and getting yourself to the point where you are comfortable getting out there fishing and hunting solo!

Speaking of going solo, one of Nicole's most popular YouTube videos to-date is from a solo ice fishing outing with over 41K views! You can check it out here. 

AND speaking of ice fishing...it was recently announced that Nicole has been added to the 2019 Women Ice Angler Project Team spearheaded by our own Barb Carey. Check out the press release here!

Additional Resources:

• Nicole Stone Outdoors Website
• Nicole Stone Outdoors YouTube Channel
• Ladies of Angling Website
• Nicole Stone Outdoors on Instagram
• The Women Ice Angler Project
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram
• The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website
• Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!)
• Listen on Google Podcasts
• Listen on Spotify

Full show notes with photos at thewomanangler.com/33!