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Speaker 1: to the story. Patrick Simms, a thirty four year old

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Speaker 1: his NEStalgia on two fronts, personal and pop cultural. And

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Speaker 1: I just need to clarify um that it was not

422
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: Paris Hilton or Justin timber Lake that popularize the mess

423
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 1: trucker hat. I think the o G people listening will

424
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Speaker 1: agree with me that it became popular well before them,

425
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: well before the odds, way back ninety four, when one

426
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: was worn by Sea Bass in Dumb and Dumber. That

427
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: is what popularized the trucker had and I would love

428
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: to remind everybody what Sea Basses Hat said, but I

429
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Speaker 1: won't on the show. Uh So then we have right

430
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,719
Speaker 1: then we have twenty eight year old John Wright, who

431
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: is an entrepreneur and an actual hunter based in Nashville.

432
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Speaker 1: I'm not familiar with him, but I assume he has

433
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Speaker 1: a TikTok following because he says, um, on TikTok, it's

434
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: all you see. It's every different color hat. You see

435
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: the trucker hat everywhere. I'm not on TikTok, so I

436
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: don't do that. So that was new information to me,

437
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 1: that idea that I told you about in the beginning. Uh,

438
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 1: my girlfriend is on TikTok, and we have talked before

439
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 1: about the bass pro trucker hat trend. Really this has

440
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,439
Speaker 1: come up in conversation at home. Well yep, and I

441
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 1: asked her about it in this exact context. Why are

442
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 1: all these boys wearing these trucker hats? Um? I think? Yeah.

443
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 1: My idea was, why don't we give her a call

444
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,640
Speaker 1: real quick? Oh my god, do it right now. I'm

445
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,880
Speaker 1: gonna tell her that I that I want to get

446
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: a bunch of these trucker hats and we'll see what

447
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: she says. It's the news first. Hey, um, Joe and

448
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 1: I have been talking about how like we're going to

449
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,360
Speaker 1: connect um more with like that we're trying to get

450
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: like the fishing audience, and we're trying to get a

451
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: younger demographic, and like part of the way we're doing

452
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: that is like social media ship and you know those

453
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 1: Bass Pro Shop hats. Yes, I think I'm gonna like

454
00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: start wearing those more in like posts. Okay, why are

455
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: you telling me this? I just wanted to know what

456
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: you thought about like those hats. I think they're stupid looking.

457
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:17,119
Speaker 1: Why because they look do? She? We like? What? What

458
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: do you? What do you mean? I don't know. It

459
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 1: just reminds me of like a frat bro and I'm

460
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: not about it. Okay, Um, Joe, do you have any

461
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: uh what I said? Thanks for that, but we need

462
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 1: to continue on with news now. For cutting into the

463
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 1: party time, Joe said, thank you for that, but we're

464
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Speaker 1: getting on with news now. Okay, great, Joe, Okay, bye.

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Speaker 1: Do She was not It's not It wasn't one of

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Speaker 1: the words I was gonna use, but she said it

467
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,400
Speaker 1: not me, So you know, and let me tell you what.

468
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: Frat boy is only four letters away from boys, So

469
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Speaker 1: you know anyway, all right, so let's let's let's get

470
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Speaker 1: out of this right. Uh, the story continues. The trendiness

471
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: of this has confounded some long time loyalists of the brand.

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00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: Adrian Williams, twenty six, And this is gonna be my

473
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Speaker 1: favorite one. This is the last guy from the story

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna talk about. But you have to

475
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,120
Speaker 1: hear this one. Adrian Williams, twenty six, of Raleigh, North Carolina,

476
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: has older family members and peers who grew up hunting

477
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 1: and shopping at Bass Pro. Ask him, why are you

478
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,159
Speaker 1: using the hats as a fashion statement. Mr Williams, an

479
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: account executive, explained that he likes the shape of the

480
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 1: hats and the array of colors. He grew up hunting

481
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: and now legs to pair the hats with Chelsea boots

482
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: and skinny jeans. All right, I like Chelsea boots. How

483
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 1: did I know you were going to say that? I

484
00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 1: didn't even know what Chelsea boots were, or at least

485
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,000
Speaker 1: I didn't know that's what those slip on boots were called.

486
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 1: I didn't know they were called Chelsea boots. But for

487
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: anybody else who didn't know, here's a quick explanation of

488
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: them from YouTube channel Real Men, Real Style. In fact,

489
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,880
Speaker 1: if we were to use a car analogy, those work

490
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,679
Speaker 1: boots are a truck. This an suv built on a

491
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: car chassis in a nutshell. It makes them versatile, but

492
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,439
Speaker 1: they're really at home in the city. So dude, I

493
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: cannot like whatever quick story. When I was in college,

494
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: trucker hats were the thing. I never wore them, and

495
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: not because I didn't read them. I know I didn't,

496
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: and it's not because I didn't like them. I just

497
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: kind of didn't wear hats for like fashion. I wore

498
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: ball caps when I went fishing. I wore hats when

499
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: I fished, but I never wore one a class or

500
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: like out to the bar. Really, I'm nowadays, I just

501
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,199
Speaker 1: want to hide my mostly salt with a splash of

502
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: pepper hair, so I wear a hat all the time.

503
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: But back then, all the hats I owned said like

504
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: fish Pond, Betty and Nick's baiton Tackle, the feathered hook

505
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: fly Shop, dorky ship, like you can't wear that to

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Speaker 1: a party. Um, But I remember seeing this particular bass

507
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: pro shops hat back then, and I was like, that's

508
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: my hat. It's a cool trucker hat and supports my

509
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: fishing jones. And shortly after deciding to get one, I

510
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: saw two in the same night at a house party

511
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 1: where like Chevelle was playing very loudly, and I was like,

512
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 1: you know what, never mind, right, But I don't know.

513
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 1: Then it seemed like the whole trucker hat thing died,

514
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: so I'd say the dudes that kept wearing them were

515
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: more likely to be anglers and you know that just

516
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 1: thought they were a cool hat. But now after this,

517
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: I feel like it's it's it's like, if you're one

518
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: of those people that loved him, like we regret to

519
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: inform you that it's not cool for your girlfriend. It's

520
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: douche at least not you know, it's not cool for

521
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: hardcore fisherman. So I don't know. I feel like it's

522
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: almost more knu a Salt Life sticker now, So spell

523
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: that ship on eBay if you got it, get your

524
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: money and buy a few packs of Sanko's instead Bass

525
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: Pro Shops hats. There you go. Oh and one more thing.

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00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: Listener Glenn Cranefeld sent me a link to an op

527
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Speaker 1: ed piece about this hat and it was written by

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00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: Matt Labash that I highly recommend you guys read. It's

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00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: called bass holes. So just google bass holes plus Labash.

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Speaker 1: That's l A B A s H and enjoy that.

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Speaker 1: Moving on from bass pros to robo bass. Uh. This

532
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: week in fish news, we have a very strange development

533
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: in the fight to combat invasive species. Uh. Scientists saw this.

534
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: I saw this, and I was gonna grab it next

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00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: week if you didn't grab it this week. This is

536
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: a good one. Yeah. Yeah, So scientists have been developing

537
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: a robotic large mouth bass to learn more about the

538
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: impact of fear on the invasive mosquito fish. Before we

539
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: got ahead of ourselves here and into what everyone wants

540
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,479
Speaker 1: to hear about that being the robo bass, we need

541
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: to have a little like ecology lesson and get to

542
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: know the mosquito fish. The mosquito fish is like a

543
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: It's a small fresh water speci It only gets about

544
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: like an inch and a half two inches long that

545
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 1: was introduced to water bodies across the world as like

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00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: a means to combat mosquito born illnesses by controlling mosquito populations.

547
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: Hence their name they pray a lot on mosquitoes um.

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00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: There are some instances of this working, that being the

549
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: introduction of mosquito fish um, most notably in Sochi, where

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00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: there's actually a statue of a mosquito fish commemorating its

551
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 1: role in eradicating malaria on the nearby Black Sea coast.

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00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: No way that really worked out there. I didn't know that.

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00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: Fun fact, Wait, it seems to It seems too. I

554
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 1: mean like there are various, like you know, factions of

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00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: like the scientific community who were like that worked really well,

556
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: and then there are others like that did not work

557
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: as well as you might think, and it was probably

558
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: some other ship. These drugs we developed worked even ben Yeah, yeah, yeah,

559
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: they're pretty good. Unfortunately, the success of the introduction program

560
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: was limited, and instead many areas saw like negative impacts

561
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: caused by the introduced species, that being the mosquito fish. Ironically,

562
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 1: the mosquito fish's presence often made the mosquito population increase.

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00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: And the reason that is is because they compete. Yeah,

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00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: they'd out compete native fish for like other food sources.

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00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: So the mosquito fishes don't just eat mosquitoes, they eat

566
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: other shot it, got it. They had options, so they

567
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: opted out of mosquitoes kind of right exactly, and that

568
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: led to crashes in native fish populations, and those native

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00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: fish would also eat mosquitoes. So if there are like

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00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: five fish, one of them being the mosquito fish, four

571
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: of them being other native species, those five species together

572
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: we're eating mosquitoes. Got it? I think? Yes, it's it's

573
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: a hard thing to unpack it and sort it out later. Yeah,

574
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Okay, Anyhow, now the moment

575
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: you've been waiting for, enter robo bass. The robo bass

576
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: is a horrifying like albino robot large mouth. I mean

577
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: this is just based on some of the pictures that

578
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: I've seen of it, and scientists have been using it

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00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: to scare the ship out of the mosquito fish in aquariums.

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00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: It's as an experiment, it kind of cracks me up.

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00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: As I kind of touched on for half a second

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00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: in the opening, scientists are using the robots learning exactly

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00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: what happens when the mosquito fish are exposed to fear.

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00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: By building a robot replica of one of their like

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00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: most voracious predators, that being the large mouth, scientists are

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00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: able to scare the mosquito fish in the control setting,

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00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: and then observe the physiological and behavioral changes the mosquito

588
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: fish exhibit in just six weeks of exposure. They've noted

589
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: that the mosquito fish has basically become a nervous wreck,

590
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: losing weight in acting like just not relaxed. Importantly, they've

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00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: noticed two physiological changes that could spell success for the

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00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: future of mitigation efforts. One the females get skinnier, and

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00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: two the male sperm production is cut in half. Mm hmm. Right,

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00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: so it's having major impacts on the reproduction viability of

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00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: the mosquito fish theoretically in a tank environment right now,

596
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: to be fair, right, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So I

597
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: mean this is all proof of concept, right, and that's

598
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: what we're gonna get to in a second year. So

599
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: what is the future of the robo bass. Well, you're

600
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: not going to find a pawn by you getting like

601
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: a full on stocking of terminator fish anytime soon. Its

602
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: main purpose was proof of concept that being the fear

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00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: could result in the mosquito fish undergoing rapid negative physical

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00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: changes in response to a stressor. To that end, scientists

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00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: are looking at other more logistically feasible methods of stressing

606
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: out these fish, such as predator sense. Now that the

607
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: concept has been proven to work, so this is super fascinating. Um.

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00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: And just to be clear, what they're basically saying is

609
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: they're developing these robo bass, right theoretically, you could put

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00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: them in an environment with mosquito fish, okay, and they're

611
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: gonna stress those fish out to sort of keep them

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00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: in check. But the robo bass obviously isn't going to

613
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: eat the mosquito fish so that they can keep eating mosquitoes.

614
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: Is that the point? Because otherwise, why wouldn't you just

615
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: throw a bunch of large mouth in the pond if

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00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 1: they don't have them, Other than the fact that they'll

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00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: then eat the mosquito fish, the robo bats, in my

618
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: understanding of it, is used specifically in these controlled environments

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Speaker 1: to prove that like stress will result in like a

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00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: decrease in reproduction viability of the mosquito fish. Right. So

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00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: the end the end goal then is not like we're

622
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: gonna make these things and if you have a mosquito

623
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: fish problem by a robo bass, throw it in. That's

624
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: got it. That's not it. Although I bet you this

625
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: is going to result in some sort of like crazy

626
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,360
Speaker 1: like articulated crank bait. What this is really meant to

627
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: do is just to prove the concept that the react

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00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: to fear in this way. And obviously like it's not

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00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: viable to go put a robot in, like all these

630
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,880
Speaker 1: bodies of water were several robots and all these bodies

631
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: of water. No, no, of course you wouldn't. And plus

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00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: I mean I don't I don't know how long they've

633
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 1: been doing this, but I mean fish aren't as dumb

634
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: as we think. Eventually that my guess is in the

635
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 1: controlled environment, they'll stop being nervous because they'll realize it's

636
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: not going to come over and eat them, you know

637
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,279
Speaker 1: what I mean. Yeah, I mean they do have the

638
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: thing program to like lunge at the mosquito fish like

639
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: it threatens them in like a very like immediate sort

640
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: of way. Um. But yeah, like I said, the whole

641
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 1: thing is just proof of concept in the controlled setting.

642
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: And I think what they're really leaning on is, um,

643
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: you know, things like predator sense, got it, you know,

644
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: And that would kind of do two things. One, it

645
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: would still allow them to like you know, put this

646
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: stressor into the mosquito fish's habitat. But also, you know

647
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: when you said why not put a bunch of you know,

648
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: why not stock these spots with a bunch of large mouth?

649
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: A lot of these spots like should not be stocked

650
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,439
Speaker 1: with large mouth for instance. Um, they have a big

651
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 1: problem with mesquite to fish in Australia. And I think

652
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: per our conversation with Karl Jocobson, there are not currently

653
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: a bunch of large mouth around Australia. No, they don't

654
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: need them down there. They got way cooler fish than that.

655
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: Why you want to go, you know, throw a lay

656
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 1: mass bass down there with all them Murray CODs and stuff. Yeah, anyhow,

657
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: I guess we'll be at the mercy of fill the engineer,

658
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: Yeah we will. I just have to say, though, my

659
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from your story, I just I want one

660
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 1: of the robot bass from my kid. Like there's already

661
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: a crank bait that kind of does that, but like,

662
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:40,919
Speaker 1: oh my god, he'd have a ball with that, throw

663
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,760
Speaker 1: that that ship in the bathtub, he'd have a field day. Um. Anyway,

664
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,439
Speaker 1: I cut you off, Well, yes we're going to fill

665
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: for final judgment. Um, and I'm sure he's he's probably

666
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: squeaking this in just minutes before the ball drops. So um, Phil,

667
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 1: Happy New Year, my friend and I I really hope

668
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: you're not wearing a bass Pro Shops trucker hat right

669
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: now or else I'm screwed. I'm screwed in terms of judgment. Um.

670
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: And after we what are we doing after we hear

671
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,359
Speaker 1: from Phil? Oh, yeah, we're gonna go into a very

672
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: special edition of that's my bar, because that's right. It's

673
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: a roundtable with our dear friend and guide Marty a

674
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 1: k a. The Party. Ye. And by the way, if

675
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: you notice that that Hayden's audio sounds a little off

676
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: and this that's my bars because he was legit drunk

677
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: when we were recording and forgot to plug his mic

678
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: into the karaoke machine. Zero one zero zero one one

679
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: zero one zero. That's binary for Hayden. You're the winner

680
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: this week. You know, sometimes when I work from home

681
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: and I'm not in the office, I leave behind an

682
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: albino robot version of myself just kind of prop him

683
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: up in my chair. It looks like a crash test

684
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: dummy with a two thousand seven zac Efron haircut. It's

685
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: been three months and Hayden still hasn't noticed, and I

686
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: think that might say more about me than it does him.

687
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: Mm hmm. Best God damn bar tender from Kim buck

688
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: to to Portland's Maine Portland argument for that matter. So

689
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: we're doing kind of a special That's My Bar this

690
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: week free Form Jazz. That's My Bar. I guess it's

691
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 1: kind of like a bar round table, if you will,

692
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: which is something that we've we've never done before. We've

693
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: always relied on on listeners to write in and tell

694
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: us about their favorite fishing bars. But well we'll shake

695
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: it up. What the hell so so joining Hayden not today? Um,

696
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,959
Speaker 1: longtime friend of the program, Marty Ye Cross Current Guide Service.

697
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: He's been, He's been, You've been with You've been on

698
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: here many times now, Marty, Yes, A couple of least

699
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: yes that I know of, And it only seemed fitting

700
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: since we have a loose party theme for this episode

701
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: that we have to invite you because your I G

702
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: handle is Marty a k A. The Party, So we can't, like,

703
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 1: you can't have a party themed bent and not invite

704
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: Marty a k A. The Party Now true, When when

705
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: I was first introduced to Party, I was actually party.

706
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: I've been calling a party Marty all week. It's fun. Yeah,

707
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: I was introduced to him as Party Marty. I just

708
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: want to point out I never I don't think once

709
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: in my life have like introduced myself like, Hey, I'm

710
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: Marty the Party. That name was getting to be here,

711
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: that name was given to me here on the Delaware,

712
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: like the guys are the guides around here? Just started

713
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: calling me that. Please expand because my next question was

714
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: going to be how did you become Marty a k a.

715
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: The Party? It's so it's a probably based upon that.

716
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: It rhymes a big deal to do with it. I

717
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: don't I don't know. When I first came on the

718
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 1: Senior in the Delaware was a couple of people that

719
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: I'm still friends with, um rhymed. I don't know. I

720
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: guess I just put off that vibe that I like

721
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: to have fun, which I do in fairness, right, So

722
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: for our Halloween episode, we didn't end up with a

723
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: photo of you and a shark costume passed out in

724
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: front of golf cart. That would have been like that

725
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: was like the traitive party Marty. So away I thought,

726
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: I thought this is what we would do, right, we

727
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 1: always we always have listeners right in about their favorite bars.

728
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: Um And when we kicked off this segment, when we

729
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: first started it many many moons ago, I actually talked

730
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: about one of my favorite bars on the Upper Delaware

731
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: where you are. It used to be Lyddy Is What

732
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: the hell is it called? Now? I just keep calling

733
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: it liddy Is? I mean I still do too. It's

734
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: called Nick Breezes Crosstown Tavern. Yeah, are the are the

735
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: Are the fried mushrooms still as good there? Marty? You

736
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 1: know I don't eat mushrooms, So but I could, I could,

737
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: I could tell you what I normally get there is

738
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: still as good. But I mean it's nothing. It's wings party.

739
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 1: Marty doesn't eat mushrooms. That almost doesn't make sense, you

740
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,839
Speaker 1: know anyway, So you know, I think between the three

741
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: of us, we've been to enough divy joints in different

742
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 1: parts of the country. Maybe something close to home, and

743
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,479
Speaker 1: I just hiden and I thought we'd rap a little

744
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: bit about like what are just some of the most

745
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: memory a fishing bar that sticks out to you, whether

746
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: for a single experience or someplace that you visit all

747
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: the time. It's a roundtable. Marty and you're the guest,

748
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna let you go first. Don't let me

749
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: go first? Yes, all right, I mean you're in Marty

750
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: a k. The party, so like we're like, we're gonna

751
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 1: have a hard time following you up, I think, yeah,

752
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 1: so there's definitely there's definitely one bar. So there's one.

753
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: When I first got to the Delaware, Um, I came

754
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: kind of with like nothing ish, like a hobo almost,

755
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: so I don't have much so yeah, yeah, what a

756
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: lot of guides do, which I find is common even

757
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: now when they first start guiding somewhere in the minuterary,

758
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: they like you know they're there. They try to be

759
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,320
Speaker 1: as cheap as possible. So I was in a trailer.

760
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: I decided to live in a trailer. Sure, so I

761
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: ended up through a body of mine at the Beaver Doll.

762
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 1: So it's place is called I'm I might get crucified

763
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: for like giving this spot out, but it's not really

764
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 1: a secret spot, but it's kind of a cool hangout.

765
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: So I had a trailer. So this is a place.

766
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: It's a it's a campground, it's a bar restaurant combination

767
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: right on the Delaware. Is this on the East branch More. Yeah,

768
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: it's right where at the junction of where it's just

769
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: just near where downriver of where the junction of the

770
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: beaver Kill and the Delaware meet. This this place is

771
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 1: just really cool and it's kind of like, I don't

772
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if this is the right phradge. It's

773
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 1: kind of like the UM. When I was there, it

774
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,800
Speaker 1: was like the first starting like underground campground, like it

775
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: just started, like it just opened for the last couple

776
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: of years, so everyone was kind of new there. And

777
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: it turns out that I still have friends that I

778
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: met there, and it just turns out there's just like

779
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of guides and anglers, hardcore anglers that just camp,

780
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 1: you know, most like I would say like fifteen percenteven

781
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: were guys that live there like throughout the week and

782
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: the whole during the season, and the rest are like

783
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 1: weekend guys who have like trailers on the river, like,

784
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: you know, you get this diverse mix of people like

785
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,840
Speaker 1: old school fly tires, like guides, um, you know, like

786
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: just all walks of life. And there's a bar to

787
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: and not to mention it's just like a really fun bar.

788
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: The people who own it and and run it They're amazing.

789
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: I love them, and they're good to their customers and

790
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: they treat us again, it's just a fun place. So

791
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: you can just imagine like me first coming to the

792
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: Delaware trying to learn the ropes and I just get

793
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: thrown and this kind of like it's you know, an

794
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 1: underground e local diebee bar. I love it though, and uh,

795
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: just all these mix of people of different flight tires, anglers,

796
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: from all different experiences and just a really cool place.

797
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: Is it The kind of place though that like you

798
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: have to be in with the family and then if

799
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,879
Speaker 1: you are the random dude that just strolls in there,

800
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: you're like, you're not supposed to be there. I wouldn't

801
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 1: say that. I mean no, they're like I said, everyone's

802
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: friendly there. You know. It's see the irony the one

803
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: that came to mind for me. I've only been there once,

804
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: but man, it really stuck with me. And also ironically,

805
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: I'm going to Montana for a bar. Okay, it's not

806
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: in Bozeman, don't get excited, Okay, but this was years ago.

807
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,280
Speaker 1: My first assignment for Field and Stream Ever in mont Hannah.

808
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,320
Speaker 1: We ended up in a place called the Antlers Saloon

809
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: in Wisdom, Montana. You heard of this, You're a liar,

810
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 1: I swear to God. Up in the Shields Valley. I

811
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: don't know. It's on the beats on the Big Hole.

812
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: It's in Montana, man, far far west side, almost on

813
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: the Idaho border. Oh no, I have not been there's

814
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 1: one with antlers in the Shields Valley because I burn

815
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,280
Speaker 1: hunt up there something. I bet you there's a bunch

816
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: with antlers in Montana and generals. But anyway, so it's

817
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: like this total honky tonk country joined on the side

818
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 1: of the road and like it was me and my

819
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 1: buddy from Jersey and we had no business being in

820
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: there right. Like it was that kind of place where

821
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: you felt like, obviously we're not from around here. I mean,

822
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 1: there's a gas station in the antlers saloon and Wisdom.

823
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: But what it made it so memorable was you guys,

824
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: ever been in a dive bar where somebody sort of

825
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: sidles up next to you and starts talking. And sometimes

826
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: that's cool, sometimes that's very cool, but sometimes the time

827
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: you're just like, please stop talking to me, and like

828
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: we must have just looked like baby faced, like not

829
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: from around here. And this straight up Montana cowboy, like

830
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:16,799
Speaker 1: grizzled flannel shirt. He sat down next to us, and

831
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: I mean, by the end of the night he was

832
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: begging us. He was he was giving us all his

833
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: girl troubles, his girlfriend troubles, and like begging us to

834
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: give him a ride back to Idaho. And then it

835
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:28,839
Speaker 1: got really weird and at one point and he said

836
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: all kinds of wacky ship. But at one point he's like,

837
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,760
Speaker 1: you give me your ride home. I'll show you some ears.

838
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, what do you mean. I'm like, what do

839
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: you mean you'll show us something's like ears. I'm like

840
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 1: human ears. He's like all right, And the dude just

841
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: wouldn't shake us. But it was just it was like

842
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: so dusty and dingy in there. I don't know how

843
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: you just moved on from there, didn't You didn't say like,

844
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 1: excuse me, No, I didn't. I didn't really want to.

845
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: I just wanted I just wanted to shake the dude.

846
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: I just wanted to shake the dude. And that was

847
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,400
Speaker 1: that was That was like the Antler Saloon stuck with

848
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 1: me because of that guy, who likely if he hasn't

849
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: passed away, it's probably still there almost every night, you

850
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: know what, I mean, but don't you wonder, Yeah, but

851
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: you're covering headphones how much you wonder your whole life?

852
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:23,359
Speaker 1: Like what if I would have said, like, yeah, I

853
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: want to see your ears, so you would have gotten

854
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,280
Speaker 1: in the car with dude and just driven him across

855
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,239
Speaker 1: the border to Idaho through the mountains in the middle

856
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: of the night to go see his ears and his

857
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: establishment what I'm saying like you just like moved on,

858
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 1: like it was like all right, whatever, Well I didn't

859
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: quite go down like that, but I'm not gonna spend

860
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 1: an hour telling the whole saga. But I mean, I

861
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: remember that it was one of those guys where he

862
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 1: flim flamed, like he was in tears over his his

863
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,240
Speaker 1: woman leaving him. But then it would just shift into

864
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 1: like his woman's waiting for him at home and like

865
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: we can go meet or two Like dude, dude, it

866
00:46:55,960 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 1: was just it was very all over there, very strange

867
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: that a very drunk person conversation man speaking in which

868
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: you having a holiday party. Attle. I just wanted to lead.

869
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: I just want the listeners to know that Hayden is

870
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: mildly for this recording. Yeah, Phil, Phil who just popped in,

871
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: was feeding you cider and my ties or something right.

872
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 1: We have Phil's feeling good too, and chef Kevin Gillespie. Uh,

873
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: he made hot buttered rum. Phil made like a buttery nipple.

874
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: Is that like a tour of a buttery nipple? I

875
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: don't know what it is. It tastes like if you

876
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,280
Speaker 1: let's see, if you dropped your fruity rum drink into

877
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: the into the butter that you're dipping your crab in.

878
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: That's what it tastes like. But a good time is

879
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,879
Speaker 1: being had by A good time is being had by

880
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 1: well me. Uh, we'll keep it going. What's your boss?

881
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: What's your round table? Bar? Where Marty and I have

882
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: most recently cross paths was out at an outfit or

883
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: that I have mentioned on this podcast, I think a

884
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: time or two before, owned by the folks that initially

885
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: introduced me to party Marty. Um, we met there and

886
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: that's that's Sam Probably yeah, senate or over Outfitters and

887
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: now Senate over Outfitters. In addition to having lodging and

888
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:20,320
Speaker 1: a you know, a pretty good tackle shop. Great shot

889
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: by the way, really a good shot man. It's good

890
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,920
Speaker 1: you could ever want. As far as clothes, man, it's

891
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: a good place to hang at um. Yeah, well I'm

892
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 1: saying they like it's a great shop too, that he

893
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 1: has everything as literally everything man has as he and

894
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,920
Speaker 1: that he were talking about is my buddy Chris Marty.

895
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: Has Chris ever just run you out of house and

896
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,719
Speaker 1: home on the dartboard? Yes, oh my god, yes, I

897
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:46,879
Speaker 1: lost two hundred dollars to him in a weekend one

898
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 1: time playing. I don't have a smart enough I mean

899
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 1: I'm terrible darts. I was smart enough, never bent money,

900
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: but I've played. Yeah, well you're smarter than I am

901
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 1: because she was the But anyhow, Senator for Outfitters also

902
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,880
Speaker 1: has a little bit of a greasy spoon and a

903
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 1: bar attached to it. Now, if you go down the steps,

904
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:06,919
Speaker 1: if you go go through the fish and lode down

905
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: the steps kind of takes the subterranean enclave. Yeah, exactly,

906
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:16,399
Speaker 1: it's all like naughty pine and like you know, just

907
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 1: would and they give you peanuts and you can throw

908
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: the sh Don't they have don't they have them? Is

909
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: that maybe it's not them? Don't they have the money

910
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: all over the walls? Yeo, I was just getting to that. Now.

911
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: The main like you know, the main quality that this

912
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 1: bar has. The main characteristic is a few thousand bucks

913
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 1: staple all over the wall and all sorts of just

914
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 1: drawn upon dollar bills. You know, I have one that

915
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,280
Speaker 1: I addressed George Washington up like Donald Trump with markers,

916
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: and it says I'm gonna catch a steelhead. It's gonna

917
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: be huge. Yeah, you know, I think there's one that

918
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 1: has mind. It says Marty the Party on it. I

919
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,759
Speaker 1: wouldn't imagine it would say anything else. I'll tell you what, man,

920
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: that bar starts off. It was like a normal bar

921
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: where you buy your drinks and you to give you

922
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: the drink, and you and you're drinking. And then by

923
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 1: bound ten o'clock at night, man, it is it is

924
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: no longer a normal bar. You're behind the kitchen, you're

925
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:17,399
Speaker 1: making yourself a cheese, yourself out of the well. Yeah,

926
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: they're like helping. We're too busy, you do. Like that

927
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: happens often there. My takeaway from this this very slap together,

928
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: uh that's my bar round table, is that at some

929
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: point down the road we should do Uh it was

930
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:34,320
Speaker 1: Hayden you mentioned it like an East Coast um bar crawl,

931
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,720
Speaker 1: fishing bars crawl and film that as it it should

932
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: be a video series on the media YouTube channel. The

933
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: local watering hole is important to the fishing like culture,

934
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, yeah, so maybe, yeah, maybe maybe we'll

935
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: get together and do that after the New Year. We'll

936
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: make that a goal and then maybe it expands out

937
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: because I'm sure everybody else could fill us in on

938
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,279
Speaker 1: where to do the crawl in the Midwest and then

939
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,799
Speaker 1: on the West Coast and then through the Rockies. I'll

940
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: tell you what man doesn't see as I will participate

941
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: in anytime. Marty, thank you for bringing the party directly

942
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 1: to Bent on New Year's What are you doing for

943
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: New Year's? Um? I think I'll be at my brothers

944
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: and Massachusetts doing nothing. Actually, do you want to say

945
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 1: that again, because I assume the answer would be partying.

946
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: You're gonna ruin your whole ship here partying. Yeah, your

947
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: headset makes you look like a stockbroker in two thousand

948
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 1: and two trading right now. I got multiple screens. You

949
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:38,760
Speaker 1: guys don't know trading right now. So happy that Marty

950
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,360
Speaker 1: could stop by for that little watering hole rap sessions.

951
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 1: It's always fun having Marty on. Um, it's even more

952
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 1: fun fishing with Marty. I know you guys have hung out.

953
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever actually fished together, but yeah,

954
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 1: I say every time he's on, he's the best. Three

955
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: of us. Need to fish together. That's the thing we

956
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: have to make happen. And and the bar crawl, both

957
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: of those things. But maybe it's a good idea, um,

958
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: And if you're listening, you know, put that in the

959
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:06,440
Speaker 1: uh in the content ideas we do need to go

960
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,400
Speaker 1: hang out and fish with party Marty all jokes aside um,

961
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 1: And that dude is like like universally fishy, you know

962
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: what I mean. He's really good at all types of

963
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,759
Speaker 1: fly fishing, from like drives to mice to nim thing.

964
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 1: He's like, you know, a jack of all trades. Yeah,

965
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:23,720
Speaker 1: and he really gets after it, man. Like he's fishing

966
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 1: on his days off, dropping clients off in the evening

967
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: and going back out mousing by himself. So if you

968
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,440
Speaker 1: live in the Northeast and one of your resolutions is

969
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,520
Speaker 1: getting better at fly fishing, Marty is not a bad

970
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 1: guy to know, a good guy to contact. Yeah, he

971
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:38,839
Speaker 1: can help you out. Um now, now, well, well that's

972
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: not a resolution of mind, you know, because I already

973
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: know everything about every type of fly fishing. I do

974
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 1: have one more small fishing resolution, which i'll explain in

975
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: this week's end of the line. Well, that's not loud enough.

976
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,080
Speaker 1: In honor of the new year, and since we've already

977
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: brought up resolutions, I'm gonna close out end of the

978
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: line for one talking about a lore I've never fished.

979
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: I've just stared at it for about five years now.

980
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 1: I've contemplated using it. I even thought ship maybe this

981
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,879
Speaker 1: could be some kind of secret weapon. But like many

982
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: many anglers, sometimes I'm guilty of sticking to the known

983
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: and familiar just a little bit too much. To our

984
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:27,000
Speaker 1: listeners in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, I'm sorry you're

985
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: gonna be cross with me after this, But that's okay

986
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,680
Speaker 1: because I'm already saying right now I'm wrong, and you're right.

987
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 1: You already understand the power of the Tasmanian Devil Lord

988
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: or TASI for short, if the Internet is correct, But

989
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: I do not. The Tasmanian Devil I own is listed

990
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: on the website of Tasmanian Lord maker Wigston as Christmas tree.

991
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 1: But when I look at the blended red, green and

992
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: gold foil on that body. All I see are Rastafarian shades.

993
00:53:55,360 --> 00:54:00,320
Speaker 1: Tasmanian devils are very unique. Picture a torpedo without any finds.

994
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 1: The weighted body has a slightly tapered cigar shape which

995
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: curves up just a little to give it a bit

996
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:09,440
Speaker 1: of bow. The cigar bodies are painted or foiled with

997
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 1: all kinds of snazzy colors like hot Canary, Rally's Riot,

998
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 1: and bleeding Flamingo. That body is then completely encased in

999
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:22,360
Speaker 1: clear plastic, which forms a wide set of tapering wings

1000
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,799
Speaker 1: on either side of the body. Now, the silhouette of

1001
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: a tazzi is kind of reminiscent of a man array

1002
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,799
Speaker 1: or a flying squirrel or one of those red bull

1003
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:34,360
Speaker 1: whack jobs that base jumps in one of those wingsuits. Anyway,

1004
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:38,040
Speaker 1: the Tasmanian devil is a line through lure, meaning instead

1005
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,399
Speaker 1: of having attached hooks, you run the end of your

1006
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: liner leader through the hole in the lure's body, add

1007
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: a plastic bead, and then tie the hook of your

1008
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: choice to the end of that line in the water.

1009
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: The combination of those big wings and the freedom of

1010
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: the lure has to twist and turn on the line

1011
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 1: creates a wide side to side wobbling action that I

1012
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: call like an odd cross between a traditional spoon and

1013
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:04,399
Speaker 1: a chatter bait. It swims in kind of an arc,

1014
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 1: waddling up one direction before dipping back down and waddling

1015
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:12,720
Speaker 1: up the other. Tasmanian devils are very popular as trolling lures,

1016
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:17,319
Speaker 1: but the smaller sizes are extremely castable. In fact, much

1017
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 1: like a spoon, they fly far. At least in the

1018
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:23,960
Speaker 1: videos I've seen. You can also vertically jigitazi. They were

1019
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,640
Speaker 1: popularized in Tasmania and New Zealand as a trout lower,

1020
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 1: and I got my hands on that rasta model from

1021
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: an old fan from down Under. Yet every time I

1022
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 1: go trout fishing, or small mouth fishing for that matter,

1023
00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:38,959
Speaker 1: even if the lor is in my bag, I don't

1024
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,439
Speaker 1: tie it on, and before you know it, the day

1025
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:44,400
Speaker 1: is over and I've fished my normal regiment of offerings.

1026
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,839
Speaker 1: The earliest versions of the Tazzi devil were created by

1027
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 1: Eddie Wigston, and according to Wiggston's website, he and his

1028
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 1: son's tinkered with prototypes all through the nineteen sixties and

1029
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:57,719
Speaker 1: it wasn't until nineteen seventy nine that the lord you

1030
00:55:57,760 --> 00:56:00,080
Speaker 1: can buy today when in a full commercial production, and

1031
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 1: point being they've been around man and they're certainly proven,

1032
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:06,399
Speaker 1: so it's not a matter of me thinking the lure

1033
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 1: won't produce. For the longest time, I think I talked

1034
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:12,480
Speaker 1: myself out of tying it on for fear of losing it.

1035
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 1: After all, you couldn't run too wally World for another one,

1036
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,799
Speaker 1: and it was a gift from a fellow angler very

1037
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:22,280
Speaker 1: very far away. But recently I've noticed something. Tasmanian Devils

1038
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:26,120
Speaker 1: are gaining traction in the walleye seen these days. You

1039
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: can buy them on the website of Fish USA, and

1040
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,240
Speaker 1: during a couple of visits to the Midwest over the summer,

1041
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:36,200
Speaker 1: I happen to see Wigston's Tasmanian Devils hanging on tackle

1042
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 1: shop pegboards. So while it's a minor resolution, right, I

1043
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,320
Speaker 1: valve to finally fish that damn thing this year because

1044
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,480
Speaker 1: it's not catching anything in the package in the garage.

1045
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,920
Speaker 1: I'll report back. But despite any other resolutions, you make

1046
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,200
Speaker 1: two maybe at tie on some wacky ship you'd have

1047
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: never used before, even if only for a day or

1048
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:06,279
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes or just ten casts. So that's it for

1049
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 1: this week and for this year for that matter. Um

1050
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 1: It's been a tumultuous here for Ben, shall we say,

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Speaker 1: But I would just like to close out by saying

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Speaker 1: how happy I am that you Hayden are here. Man.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to two and doing some fresh cool

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Speaker 1: ship with Bent and you. When I look back on

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Speaker 1: things in one that I was like really exciting, I

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Speaker 1: have this happy man. I like lie in bed at

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Speaker 1: night at like you know, New Year's Eve or whatever,

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Speaker 1: and I try and think of every like cool thing

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Speaker 1: that happened to me that year, and like, you know,

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Speaker 1: all the stuff that I was really proud and happy

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Speaker 1: to be a part of. I try and keep the

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Speaker 1: self loathing off the table that night. Uh. And this

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Speaker 1: this is like got to be at least in the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the top ten, right, It's higher than the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the top ten. Man. I'm so I'm just

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Speaker 1: so happy to be here. Man. It's uh, it is

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Speaker 1: an honor and not something that I that I take

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Speaker 1: for granted. But hey, look, speaking of fresh news ship,

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Speaker 1: don't forget folks that we're dropping our first listener Q

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Speaker 1: and a segment next week. We want to hear it

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Speaker 1: from you, So keep those questions coming to Bent at

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Speaker 1: the Mediator dot com. Along with all those bar nominations,

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Speaker 1: sale bin items, awkward photos, and whatever else you feel

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Speaker 1: like sending. Yes, and keep those Degenerate Angler and Bent

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Speaker 1: podcast hashtags cranking on Instagram. We see them all and

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Speaker 1: like them all. Yes we do. And let's let's let

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Speaker 1: us just say thanks so much for listening to Ben

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Speaker 1: this year, right. Nothing makes us happier than hearing from

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Speaker 1: you guys about how we enhance your Friday's, your drive

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Speaker 1: to and from work, or how you're actually listening to

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Speaker 1: Bent and you're supposed to be answering calls to the

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Speaker 1: emergency medical center. Um, don't do that, but please do

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Speaker 1: have a happy New year, degenerates and go gear up

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Speaker 1: to the right