Fynthesis: Angling Evolved

Whilst flying by the seat of our pants, and after several failed prior attempts, using alternate means, I managed to sit down with Steve Ryan of InFisherman magazine fame for a 90 minute one-take dialogue that spans the globe and runs the gamut from his more domestic forays such as Colorado river skillet sized sunfish to chasing some of the most challenging and tenacious freshwater fish on the planet such as Papua New Guinea black bass, Indonesian arowana, and Yellowcheek carp, just to name a few. From there, we found ourselves freestyling on everything from a possible remedy for the Asian carp invasion to the viability of stocking muskellunge in his backyard in the waters of southern Lake Michigan. This will serve as a perfect spiritual metric for how many of our future episodes will feel: off the cuff but up to snuff. Hope you enjoy this scintillating repartee with one of the world's most accomplished and modest anglers.

After much deliberation and relative stage fright, Brady and I decided to take the first episode we recorded, as rough around the edges as it is, and chuck it out there. The preceding disclaimer accounts for the lack of production quality, as we have little to no idea what we're doing, but we felt the quality of the content itself is more than worth submission to the masses as we iron out the technical kinks between our respective real lives. So, without further ado...

...the legend you didn't know you didn't know, shares a brief tale of how he met Buck Perry all those decades ago on Orange Lake, Florida.