Oct 11, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 18 segments
My friends are here with me to begin season twenty-one with a conversation about doing the opposite. Because if you’re struggling out there on the water, if the net hasn’t been wet in a while and the…
Trevor SmithGuestAustin DandoGuestBill DellGuestJosh DarlingGuestyou know for a lifetime because that's what we kind of want to do i never want to become that kind of fisherman who says well i used to fish i wish i hadn't given it up anyway um i know that what drives me to keep fishing and keeps me really enjoying the whole thing it changes through the years and it's changed for me even over the last two or three years significantly so let me ask you guys this let's kind of start with this where are you with everything right now and what's giving you the most enjoyment out there right like what's the motivator to keep going back because you know a lot of people give up What do you think? Let's start with Sir Austin Dando coming in from the province of Saskatchewan.
And ever since they've haunted me in good ways and good pressure, I guess you could say.
When I moved to North Carolina and started a career, you said, don't be the guy who says he used to fish a lot.
And so I could say the point where you've been kind of reminding me of that for quite a while.
And regardless of your life stages or my life stages, it's always been sort of up there with what I keep on my mind.
that's cool but what i'm working on right now it's interesting you know it's coming out of the the summer season i've spent the last four months only fishing brook trout streams in small small waters kind of like matt has been talking about in the last season seven and a half foot three weight um casting dry flies uh just doing that whole program and recently picked up the the five weight again and started tight lining some and it's just like
quite the quite the adjustment and uh my my waters are sort of still transitioning back into their fall rhythm so it's a bit hit and miss so tonight's topic is going to be timely because i've been i've been doing the opposite a little bit so
From, well, no question it's cold water when you're in the brookie streams to...
you know for a lifetime because that's what we kind of want to do i never want to become that kind of fisherman who says well i used to fish i wish i hadn't given it up anyway um i know that what drives me to keep fishing and keeps me really enjoying the whole thing it changes through the years and it's changed for me even over the last two or three years significantly so let me ask you guys this let's kind of start with this where are you with everything right now and what's giving you the most enjoyment out there right like what's the motivator to keep going back because you know a lot of people give up What do you think? Let's start with Sir Austin Dando coming in from the province of Saskatchewan.
And ever since they've haunted me in good ways and good pressure, I guess you could say.
When I moved to North Carolina and started a career, you said, don't be the guy who says he used to fish a lot.
And so I could say the point where you've been kind of reminding me of that for quite a while.
And regardless of your life stages or my life stages, it's always been sort of up there with what I keep on my mind.
that's cool but what i'm working on right now it's interesting you know it's coming out of the the summer season i've spent the last four months only fishing brook trout streams in small small waters kind of like matt has been talking about in the last season seven and a half foot three weight um casting dry flies uh just doing that whole program and recently picked up the the five weight again and started tight lining some and it's just like
quite the quite the adjustment and uh my my waters are sort of still transitioning back into their fall rhythm so it's a bit hit and miss so tonight's topic is going to be timely because i've been i've been doing the opposite a little bit so
From, well, no question it's cold water when you're in the brookie streams to...
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