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Sep 9, 2026
383 - Chris Willen - Bottle Rocket, Bucktails & Big Baits
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12:17JeffHOST
How do you manage to like, what's, what's it like in your brain to keep, keep casting and keep grinding? Just the, is it just the, the thrill of the chase still at that point then?

Chris WillenGUEST
It's just knowing that it can happen, you know? And we've all been doing this for a long time, I guess.

Chris WillenGUEST
You know, all the people that I was with and... none of us absolutely need to catch another musketeer or anything like that, you know, but it's just the prospect of another, of getting one that's, you know, super special.

Chris WillenGUEST
It's just, it's worth it, you know, it's worth, worth putting in the hours and the sore arms and all that stuff.

Chris WillenGUEST
And, you know, me personally, I, you know, I row a lot with the drift boat and the river stuff.

Chris WillenGUEST
And then fishing fly fishing and throwing the muskie lures you know I get aches and pains and all that stuff and sometimes it's hard to fish through all that stuff but it's always worth it when you when you get that that tap you know And you get to swing and that first, first couple of head shakes when you're like, okay, so it's a real one, you know, or you set the hook and it doesn't move.
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58:44JeffHOST
Quickly is, do you think that's that segment of musky fishing is growing or is it pretty much just the same, the same? What segment, fly