1 00:00:03,725 --> 00:00:06,925 Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly, 2 00:00:06,985 --> 00:00:10,365 Marvin: and we're back with another On the Salt with Got One with Captain David Blinken. 3 00:00:10,525 --> 00:00:11,345 Marvin: David, how are you doing? 4 00:00:12,225 --> 00:00:15,625 David: I'm great, Marvin. How's it going this late February? 5 00:00:16,165 --> 00:00:19,465 Marvin: You know, it's kind of almost officially spring here in the southeast. 6 00:00:19,685 --> 00:00:23,645 Marvin: I mean, it's crazy. I probably saw my first robin three or four weeks ago. 7 00:00:23,725 --> 00:00:24,725 Marvin: The red buds are blooming. 8 00:00:24,745 --> 00:00:25,465 David: The daffodils. 9 00:00:25,465 --> 00:00:27,405 Marvin: Are up it was almost 80 degrees today. 10 00:00:27,405 --> 00:00:32,245 David: Oh my gosh i don't think the robins ever left the northeast i see them from 11 00:00:32,245 --> 00:00:37,465 David: time to time where the weather warms up and all i know is there's a bright red 12 00:00:37,465 --> 00:00:41,805 David: spot on my calendar for march 10th because that's when daylight savings time 13 00:00:41,805 --> 00:00:44,465 David: begins so i'm like counting the days yeah. 14 00:00:44,465 --> 00:00:48,605 Marvin: It gets to get you to shift away from uh show season and tying to actually think 15 00:00:48,605 --> 00:00:49,705 Marvin: about getting back on the water. 16 00:00:49,705 --> 00:00:57,205 David: Oh yeah yeah and we got stuff to talk about regarding that as as as we get into our chat tonight. 17 00:00:57,585 --> 00:01:00,645 Marvin: Yeah, and it's interesting. You know, last time we talked about cleaning fly 18 00:01:00,645 --> 00:01:04,745 Marvin: lines, but I think an even more important topic we were talking before we started 19 00:01:04,745 --> 00:01:08,245 Marvin: recording was kind of getting ready for the upcoming season. 20 00:01:09,365 --> 00:01:15,305 David: Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm sort of a creature of habit, so I kind of have a checklist 21 00:01:15,305 --> 00:01:21,165 David: of stuff I like to make sure I have that I can't do without. 22 00:01:21,505 --> 00:01:24,225 David: You know, there's always a couple of things you forget, and you're like, 23 00:01:24,325 --> 00:01:27,625 David: darn it. But there's those important things that you can never forget. 24 00:01:27,885 --> 00:01:31,845 David: So I kind of have the checklist and then I've got two bags that are always packed. 25 00:01:31,965 --> 00:01:34,845 David: I got my freshwater bag and I got my saltwater bag. 26 00:01:35,205 --> 00:01:41,125 David: So as long as the checklist is set and I've got those bags ready, 27 00:01:41,225 --> 00:01:44,425 David: I can just grab and go and not worry about forgetting things. 28 00:01:44,585 --> 00:01:49,925 David: You know, the right reels, the right lines, which fly boxes I'm going to go grab. 29 00:01:50,785 --> 00:01:54,745 David: And that's kind of me. I'm a creature of habit. So there's, you know, 30 00:01:54,745 --> 00:01:57,245 David: getting into those habits, setting an intention, 31 00:01:57,625 --> 00:02:03,125 David: so to speak, for how I'm going to approach the beginning of the season so I 32 00:02:03,125 --> 00:02:08,745 David: don't, you know, leave out some of the most important piece of equipment is really important to me. 33 00:02:09,185 --> 00:02:13,765 Marvin: Yeah, it's funny you say that. So I guess my system is, and I'm surprised, 34 00:02:14,045 --> 00:02:16,865 Marvin: you know, I've talked to the guys at Umpqua, I'm shocked that they stopped selling 35 00:02:16,865 --> 00:02:18,365 Marvin: these, but they said no one wanted to buy them. 36 00:02:18,365 --> 00:02:23,125 Marvin: I have a huge, big plastic tub with one of those skirts on the outside of it 37 00:02:23,125 --> 00:02:24,765 Marvin: that holds all the tools and all the goodies. 38 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:30,345 Marvin: And everything goes in there except for boots and waders and rods. 39 00:02:30,845 --> 00:02:36,445 Marvin: And I have actually, despite having nicer boot and wader bags, 40 00:02:36,645 --> 00:02:39,825 Marvin: I actually like an Ikea bag just because it's big and easy to deal with. 41 00:02:40,005 --> 00:02:43,125 Marvin: And that's kind of my system. So everything goes in the tub. 42 00:02:43,205 --> 00:02:46,305 Marvin: I do a little bit of seasonal changing. So, like, you know, I've taken out the 43 00:02:46,305 --> 00:02:49,285 Marvin: stocking cap and the gloves and the chemical hand warmers and, 44 00:02:49,305 --> 00:02:52,005 Marvin: you know, maybe put back some sunscreen and things like that. 45 00:02:52,085 --> 00:02:54,165 Marvin: But that's kind of how I get ready for the year. 46 00:02:54,810 --> 00:02:57,870 David: I dig it i love the big blue ikea bags you 47 00:02:57,870 --> 00:03:00,650 David: can fit like two weeks worth of stuff in one of those 48 00:03:00,650 --> 00:03:03,650 David: and you're ready to go yeah you can always add more 49 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:07,690 David: i mean that's great and the other thing you're talking about buckets i mean 50 00:03:07,690 --> 00:03:11,970 David: even though they're not a sponsor like a little shout out to yeti and cool because 51 00:03:11,970 --> 00:03:16,410 David: they have these great five gallon plastic buckets and you can put lids on them 52 00:03:16,410 --> 00:03:19,630 David: or not and you can just throw everything in there and just kind of leave it 53 00:03:19,630 --> 00:03:21,670 David: in the garage and and just grab it when you're ready. 54 00:03:21,830 --> 00:03:25,350 David: You're right fresh on one bucket and salt on the other. 55 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:29,990 Marvin: Yeah, it's an amazing thing. But I mean, I think that process thing is a huge 56 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:32,690 Marvin: deal because I think that, you know, first of all, you don't want to leave, 57 00:03:32,790 --> 00:03:35,950 Marvin: you know, things out that are important like boots and waders and reels. 58 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:42,170 Marvin: But the other thing is the easier it is for you to get out on the water and 59 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:44,570 Marvin: not have to think about it, the better it is. 60 00:03:44,650 --> 00:03:47,470 Marvin: I mean, literally, if someone called me, I could be out the door in like 10 61 00:03:47,470 --> 00:03:48,570 Marvin: minutes with all of my stuff. 62 00:03:49,370 --> 00:03:56,150 David: Oh my God. It is so important. I mean, so, so this, here's my system. So I have my checklist. 63 00:03:57,170 --> 00:04:03,930 David: I have, um, uh, the rod, uh, rod cases by either like fish pond or Patagonia, 64 00:04:03,950 --> 00:04:05,010 David: wherever you prefer using. 65 00:04:06,510 --> 00:04:12,490 David: I've got my six whole water rods in one and six freshwater rods in the other. 66 00:04:12,550 --> 00:04:15,770 David: So, you know, I always go with extra rods cause I'm always worried I'm going 67 00:04:15,770 --> 00:04:17,930 David: to break one. I never do, but you never know. 68 00:04:18,070 --> 00:04:20,510 David: And if a friend joins you, you want a spare stick. 69 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:24,950 David: And then I got my reels and my flies and my leaders, my tippet. 70 00:04:26,075 --> 00:04:28,875 David: Um i keep my extra sunglasses and my 71 00:04:28,875 --> 00:04:32,295 David: rod case and and a buff and gloves and 72 00:04:32,295 --> 00:04:35,535 David: all that stuff and then and and and 73 00:04:35,535 --> 00:04:38,175 David: that's where i keep sort of the hard goods and then 74 00:04:38,175 --> 00:04:41,175 David: the soft goods are just like like uh like 75 00:04:41,175 --> 00:04:44,115 David: you said a little uh ikea bag or 76 00:04:44,115 --> 00:04:46,875 David: or just a small duffel that you 77 00:04:46,875 --> 00:04:52,195 David: just keep stuff in and you know but here's the important thing when you get 78 00:04:52,195 --> 00:04:56,675 David: back from fishing at the end of the the day just don't leave it scattered make 79 00:04:56,675 --> 00:05:02,535 David: sure you get it back in there so that so that when you're you know so that when 80 00:05:02,535 --> 00:05:05,135 David: you go back to get the bag again and you go fishing again, 81 00:05:06,255 --> 00:05:10,015 David: everything's there don't say to yourself well let me take this box of flies 82 00:05:10,015 --> 00:05:14,515 David: out and you know because i gotta add some more flies if you add those flies 83 00:05:14,515 --> 00:05:16,435 David: don't forget to get it back in the bag, 84 00:05:17,275 --> 00:05:20,995 David: you know so the end of the day is almost as important as the beginning of the 85 00:05:20,995 --> 00:05:24,475 David: day to make Make sure that stuff is on the ready as soon as you want to go. 86 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:29,175 Marvin: Yeah, I actually will confess that I've been to Montana with empty rod tubes before. 87 00:05:30,835 --> 00:05:37,675 David: Oof, that hurts, doesn't it? I had a rod a number of years ago. 88 00:05:37,735 --> 00:05:42,995 David: It was a broken rod, and it was in the seam, like a little slip case is the good rod. 89 00:05:43,275 --> 00:05:46,135 David: And I said to myself, well, I'm going to send this back to the manufacturer 90 00:05:46,135 --> 00:05:51,095 David: when I get back, you know, so they can replace this tip section or whatever it was. 91 00:05:51,655 --> 00:05:59,415 David: I put the wrong rod into the right case and I show up at the destination. 92 00:05:59,555 --> 00:06:03,215 David: Of course, I had an extra rod, but I show up at the destination and I'm missing 93 00:06:03,215 --> 00:06:06,495 David: the rod I really wanted to have. So there it goes. 94 00:06:06,715 --> 00:06:10,295 Marvin: Yeah. And I would say, folks, you know, the important thing is not to have David's 95 00:06:10,295 --> 00:06:13,755 Marvin: process or my process, but to have a process and make it your process. 96 00:06:15,266 --> 00:06:20,406 David: Absolutely. I mean, we all do it, you know, you got to do it the way that it suits you. 97 00:06:20,926 --> 00:06:27,166 David: And, and, and I would just say to everyone, find that process so you don't make 98 00:06:27,166 --> 00:06:28,926 David: those mistakes that we've all made. 99 00:06:29,246 --> 00:06:32,866 David: Um, you know, preventative maintenance, so to speak. 100 00:06:32,866 --> 00:06:36,886 Marvin: Yeah, 100% and got an interesting question for you, David, from Brent, 101 00:06:36,966 --> 00:06:42,506 Marvin: and he wanted to get your thoughts on getting started on the saltwater for someone 102 00:06:42,506 --> 00:06:44,706 Marvin: who is primarily fished freshwater. 103 00:06:44,706 --> 00:06:48,266 David: Water well you know friend 104 00:06:48,266 --> 00:06:51,446 David: if you're just like dabbling i would say 105 00:06:51,446 --> 00:06:56,086 David: in the beginning see if you can borrow something and just you know give it a 106 00:06:56,086 --> 00:07:00,406 David: go and see what it's like but if you're really committed maybe in the beginning 107 00:07:00,406 --> 00:07:04,246 David: you know inside first of all you got to figure out what species you're going 108 00:07:04,246 --> 00:07:08,686 David: to go for and you know you'll talk to a million people and find what rod so 109 00:07:08,686 --> 00:07:11,386 David: i'll say striped bass, for example, 110 00:07:11,606 --> 00:07:14,326 David: because it's my area of greatest expertise. 111 00:07:15,326 --> 00:07:19,506 David: If you're going to have one stick for stripers, maybe grab a nine weight. 112 00:07:19,846 --> 00:07:25,946 David: And in the beginning, while you're trying to figure it out, don't go expensive 113 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:32,366 David: or better yet, go online to one of the auction sites and get used equipment. 114 00:07:32,366 --> 00:07:36,606 David: Equipment um you can get you know you can get you know twelve hundred dollars 115 00:07:36,606 --> 00:07:42,466 David: of what was twelve hundred dollars a couple years ago you could pick it up for 116 00:07:42,466 --> 00:07:47,506 David: you know maybe six seven hundred dollars now rod reel line everything you need 117 00:07:47,506 --> 00:07:50,066 David: so i would say in the beginning. 118 00:07:51,405 --> 00:07:58,245 David: Be conservative about your approach and take your time to learn the equipment 119 00:07:58,245 --> 00:08:02,285 David: and to get familiar with whatever rod you want to use. 120 00:08:02,985 --> 00:08:08,705 David: And then you can go and say, all right, I want a hardy rod and reel. 121 00:08:09,105 --> 00:08:14,265 David: And you go and you buy that or you want another manufacturer's rod and reel, 122 00:08:14,325 --> 00:08:15,305 David: you go and buy that. that. 123 00:08:16,325 --> 00:08:21,885 David: After you played with different tapers, both in line and rods, 124 00:08:22,165 --> 00:08:25,405 David: and of course, there's many different real brands out there. 125 00:08:28,165 --> 00:08:32,345 David: It's like anything. It's like golf clubs. You got to swing a couple of sets 126 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:35,085 David: before you figure out which the right one is. 127 00:08:35,745 --> 00:08:40,245 Marvin: Yeah. I would say, too, to your point, there's no reason in spending money on 128 00:08:40,245 --> 00:08:43,365 Marvin: gear that's not going to make a difference where where you are at that, 129 00:08:43,385 --> 00:08:46,845 Marvin: you know, point in your journey in the sport, right? 130 00:08:47,605 --> 00:08:51,485 Marvin: You know, take that money and spend it on instruction or fishing with a guide 131 00:08:51,485 --> 00:08:54,385 Marvin: like you, David, or someone else, because, you know, that's going to help you 132 00:08:54,385 --> 00:08:58,965 Marvin: get better a whole lot faster than starting out with the most expensive gear on the market. 133 00:08:59,805 --> 00:09:02,905 David: Yeah. I mean, if you're just going to go saltwater fly fishing, 134 00:09:03,065 --> 00:09:07,205 David: you know, now and then, you know, don't buy the gear. 135 00:09:07,205 --> 00:09:13,265 David: You know, if you can fly cast, you know, five, you know, six and seven weights 136 00:09:13,265 --> 00:09:17,565 David: for trout, you're going to be able to fly cast, you know, seven, 137 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:21,265 David: eight, nine weights for stripers or bonefish or something. 138 00:09:21,485 --> 00:09:24,925 David: And again, it goes back to what we talked about a couple weeks ago. 139 00:09:24,945 --> 00:09:30,185 David: Go practice, then get a guide and do it and see how much you like it before 140 00:09:30,185 --> 00:09:35,505 David: you really make that big investment into equipment. equipment. 141 00:09:35,565 --> 00:09:39,185 Marvin: Yeah, certainly before you buy a boat, right? Yeah. 142 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:43,485 David: Well, you know, you know, the two happiest days in a boat owner's life is right. 143 00:09:43,565 --> 00:09:44,205 Marvin: I do not. 144 00:09:45,005 --> 00:09:47,625 David: Uh, the day he buys his boat and the day he sells his boat. 145 00:09:47,745 --> 00:09:51,525 Marvin: Yeah, there you go. And for folks that are, uh, you know, on the salt, 146 00:09:51,585 --> 00:09:54,945 Marvin: I mean, what's part of your kind of spring process on the boat front? 147 00:09:56,190 --> 00:10:00,390 David: Well, my boat's wrapped up right now. I've got a nice cover on it. 148 00:10:01,590 --> 00:10:05,090 David: I'm going to uncover it. I'm going to charge the battery. I'm going to start 149 00:10:05,090 --> 00:10:07,350 David: the engine. I'm going to fill the gas tank. 150 00:10:08,230 --> 00:10:13,690 David: I'm going to put some stuff in the gas tank that might help burn off carbon. 151 00:10:13,850 --> 00:10:18,770 David: So I use Yamaha. So I'll use some ring-free and just make the engine happy. happy. 152 00:10:18,990 --> 00:10:23,230 David: Then before the first client even gets near me, I'm going to scrub the whole 153 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:25,330 David: boat down and get all that winter dirt off it. 154 00:10:25,730 --> 00:10:27,990 David: And that's what I'm going to do. And then the next thing is, 155 00:10:28,070 --> 00:10:33,550 David: because my rods live on the boat all summer long, is I'm going to make sure, 156 00:10:33,610 --> 00:10:37,190 David: as I did it at the end of the season, make sure the rods are still clean and 157 00:10:37,190 --> 00:10:38,970 David: not full of winter cobwebs. 158 00:10:39,310 --> 00:10:42,450 David: Going to get those on the boat, all the flies and get the boat set up. 159 00:10:42,610 --> 00:10:49,870 David: So, you know, I can just sort of go on automatic and not worry about what rods are there for clients. 160 00:10:50,130 --> 00:10:51,650 David: I can worry about the guiding portion. 161 00:10:52,530 --> 00:10:58,970 David: And it's funny, I'm kind of regimented. So I keep the right-hand retrieve rods 162 00:10:58,970 --> 00:11:02,530 David: from the right side of the boat, the left-hand retrieve rods on the left side 163 00:11:02,530 --> 00:11:04,350 David: of the boat, from Port and Starboard. 164 00:11:05,410 --> 00:11:10,470 David: And I keep the sinking lines and the bottom two racks and the floating lines on the top two racks. 165 00:11:10,650 --> 00:11:14,130 David: So I know where everything is. So if a client's asking me for a particular rod, 166 00:11:14,130 --> 00:11:16,770 David: I can tell them right away and they're not jumbled up. 167 00:11:16,890 --> 00:11:21,470 David: And that's me. And I know it's a little bit, you know, it's a little bit, 168 00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:27,470 David: you know, for lack of a better term, it's a little OCD on my part. 169 00:11:27,550 --> 00:11:30,770 David: But that's, you know, that's kind of where I am. 170 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:36,250 David: I have to make sure everything is in its place so I can worry about the guiding 171 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:38,410 David: and not worry about, you know, where the equipment is. 172 00:11:38,410 --> 00:11:43,450 Marvin: Yeah, I can certainly dig it. And, you know, anything on the trailer front that 173 00:11:43,450 --> 00:11:44,230 Marvin: folks should think about? 174 00:11:44,990 --> 00:11:52,130 David: So you definitely want to make sure if you didn't repack your hubs in the fall, 175 00:11:52,950 --> 00:11:54,190 David: definitely repack your hubs. 176 00:11:54,570 --> 00:11:56,990 David: Make sure the tire pressure is good. 177 00:11:58,790 --> 00:12:03,950 David: Make sure your bunks are in good working order, whether or not you have roller 178 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:06,550 David: bunks or you have fabric bunks. 179 00:12:06,550 --> 00:12:11,290 David: You want to make sure there's no tears in that um because uh if there is or 180 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:14,610 David: if the rollers aren't working or you're missing a roller you can you can you 181 00:12:14,610 --> 00:12:16,290 David: know put a pretty good dash in your hull, 182 00:12:16,810 --> 00:12:19,690 David: so that's important you want to make sure your trailer tongue 183 00:12:19,690 --> 00:12:22,530 David: isn't good operating order in your 184 00:12:22,530 --> 00:12:25,910 David: jack which is probably what your trailer's 185 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:28,590 David: been sitting on all winter so just give it all 186 00:12:28,590 --> 00:12:31,770 David: good going over um um and 187 00:12:31,770 --> 00:12:35,990 David: hopefully everybody who's been using their trailer and saltwater washed it down 188 00:12:35,990 --> 00:12:42,330 David: thoroughly before the winter so there was no corrosion and you know if you have 189 00:12:42,330 --> 00:12:46,530 David: an older trailer I would definitely check check it for corrosion and make sure 190 00:12:46,530 --> 00:12:49,790 David: it's not affecting the integrity of the trailer. 191 00:12:51,378 --> 00:12:54,558 Marvin: Yeah, got it. And of course, you know, make sure you have a valid fishing license. 192 00:12:55,898 --> 00:12:58,578 David: Well, that's really important. And renew your license plate. 193 00:12:58,658 --> 00:13:01,558 David: You know, in New York, every year we get a little sticker we have to put on 194 00:13:01,558 --> 00:13:06,578 David: the plate that says our trailer's good to go. So you got to make sure of that. 195 00:13:06,778 --> 00:13:11,798 David: And the other thing, and I left it out, is definitely hook it up and make sure 196 00:13:11,798 --> 00:13:14,518 David: your left and right turning signal are in good working order. 197 00:13:14,698 --> 00:13:19,038 David: That is like super important. That's a very quick ticket. 198 00:13:19,038 --> 00:13:22,738 David: It so uh just sticking your 199 00:13:22,738 --> 00:13:25,518 David: hand out the window just doesn't work yeah like 200 00:13:25,518 --> 00:13:28,518 David: driving home tonight there was there was 201 00:13:28,518 --> 00:13:31,438 David: a cattle trailer in front of me it had like i don't know six head 202 00:13:31,438 --> 00:13:34,418 David: of cattle in it and uh the guy slows 203 00:13:34,418 --> 00:13:37,318 David: down to make a turn no brake lights no 204 00:13:37,318 --> 00:13:40,298 David: turn signal and uh and then i noticed that 205 00:13:40,298 --> 00:13:44,338 David: his trailer was listing to the left so uh 206 00:13:44,338 --> 00:13:47,218 David: so you know clearly uh he had 207 00:13:47,218 --> 00:13:50,898 David: a uh a broken leaf spring or or or or 208 00:13:50,898 --> 00:13:54,238 David: missing a shock in the trailer so uh yeah 209 00:13:54,238 --> 00:13:57,138 David: uh you definitely want to make sure everything 210 00:13:57,138 --> 00:13:59,878 David: is good good working order because uh you know 211 00:13:59,878 --> 00:14:03,058 David: your boat's on there and uh you know something you 212 00:14:03,058 --> 00:14:05,918 David: know you we've all seen it before we've seen trailers that 213 00:14:05,918 --> 00:14:11,518 David: have thrown wheels on the highway and that's because uh somebody did not make 214 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:16,978 David: sure their their uh you know their hubs were properly packed or they didn't 215 00:14:16,978 --> 00:14:23,598 David: they didn't wiggle the tires to make sure that their hubs were in good operating order yeah so. 216 00:14:23,598 --> 00:14:27,598 Marvin: Uh you know folks we love questions at the articulate fly you know remember 217 00:14:27,598 --> 00:14:32,418 Marvin: email or dm me uh make make david's life easier and if we use your question 218 00:14:32,418 --> 00:14:36,318 Marvin: i will send you some articulate fly schwag and then remember we've got two great 219 00:14:36,318 --> 00:14:40,238 Marvin: promotions um you know for everyone that sends in a question we're going to 220 00:14:40,238 --> 00:14:43,018 Marvin: have a drawing for a rise fishing company Rod. 221 00:14:43,478 --> 00:14:47,558 Marvin: And then if we select your question on the series, we will draw among those 222 00:14:47,558 --> 00:14:52,858 Marvin: folks and the winner will get a Norvice tying system and a good time to give 223 00:14:52,858 --> 00:14:57,718 Marvin: a shout out to our friends at Norvice for generously sponsoring the series. 224 00:14:58,018 --> 00:15:03,218 Marvin: And you know, folks, if you head over to www.nor-vice.com, you can see their 225 00:15:03,218 --> 00:15:05,238 Marvin: remaining shows for the season. 226 00:15:05,278 --> 00:15:09,738 Marvin: I know on the East coast, I'm pretty sure they're going to be in Lancaster. 227 00:15:09,758 --> 00:15:11,878 Marvin: They're going to be in Michigan, but if you go to the website, 228 00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:16,938 Marvin: you'll see some of the later show season shows that kind of happen out in the West. 229 00:15:17,298 --> 00:15:20,558 Marvin: And David, what's going on in the Masters of the Fly universe? 230 00:15:21,258 --> 00:15:26,678 David: Well, I think it's March 17th. I think that's the Sunday. 231 00:15:27,218 --> 00:15:29,958 David: We have our last show with Blaine Chocolate who is, 232 00:15:30,787 --> 00:15:35,947 David: Just a master fly tire, and he's going to be doing the game changer, 233 00:15:36,087 --> 00:15:38,667 David: I'm pretty sure. And we're really psyched about it. 234 00:15:38,867 --> 00:15:42,367 David: So definitely tune in. It's going to be great. 235 00:15:42,527 --> 00:15:46,927 David: I mean, we had Jason Taylor on last night, and he is just incredible. 236 00:15:47,127 --> 00:15:51,687 David: That'll be up on the website and on YouTube in a few days. 237 00:15:52,447 --> 00:15:58,487 David: And if you didn't get a chance to see Joe Blados, that is up and running on 238 00:15:58,487 --> 00:16:01,127 David: our YouTube channel right now. He is the originator. 239 00:16:01,167 --> 00:16:08,527 David: He is the OG of the crease fly, which is an amazing fly that all of us here in the Northeast use. 240 00:16:09,387 --> 00:16:13,987 Marvin: Got it. And have you got any kind of good Got One app beta testing stories you 241 00:16:13,987 --> 00:16:15,647 Marvin: want to share with us before we break for the evening? 242 00:16:16,527 --> 00:16:23,407 David: No, no, but I can tell you LuYan is headed down to the sheepy tournament, 243 00:16:23,567 --> 00:16:27,567 David: I think down in Louisiana. Louisiana, and a bunch of people are going to be 244 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:30,467 David: learning how to use it. And it's just been so great. 245 00:16:30,567 --> 00:16:35,187 David: And people should, you know, look at any, if you've been using the Got One app, 246 00:16:36,127 --> 00:16:40,067 David: if you haven't done the updates in the past few weeks, you should really do it. 247 00:16:40,327 --> 00:16:44,187 David: So, or I should say in the past couple of months, you should do it. 248 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:51,447 David: It's really, it's just incredible how useful this app is. So give it a go, everyone. 249 00:16:51,447 --> 00:16:55,427 Marvin: Work yeah and you know folks uh kind of a great time right spring is right around 250 00:16:55,427 --> 00:16:58,647 Marvin: the corner you know if the weather's still not great where you are you know 251 00:16:58,647 --> 00:17:01,587 Marvin: watch some of the recordings of masters of the fly or check out one of the new 252 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:05,627 Marvin: episodes you know head to a fly tying show or tie a few flies and if it's nice 253 00:17:05,627 --> 00:17:07,567 Marvin: where you are you owe it to yourself to get out on the water, 254 00:17:08,087 --> 00:17:11,767 Marvin: tight lines everybody tight lines david you too.