Anglers Journal Podcast Multiple contributors

Ten years, several hundred articles, thousands of images, countless adventures, one mission: Create a magazine for that special breed of angler who feels most alive when they are fishing. The Spring 2024 issue of Anglers Journal marks the 10-year anniversary of the magazine. Founding editor William Sisson joins the podcast to discuss the genesis of the magazine, how it all went down and what makes this magazine a bit different from other fishing publications.
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Anglers Journal was invited to Key West, Florida, by Suzuki Marine, one of our longtime advertising partners, to fish with the Trosset family. Capt. RT Trosset has been fishing the keys since the '70s and guided clients to 239 IGFA world records on conventional and fly-fishing tackle. He is a pioneer of this fishery and his two sons, Robert and Chris, are following in their father's footsteps. These captains guys all run different operations, but their boats are tied up next to each other at Ocean's Edge Marina. They start their day together, talk over the radio while they're out on the water, and end their day back where they started. It's a very unique, family dynamic and one we wanted to highlight on the podcast. In this episode, we talk to all three captains and learn about their family legacy and Key West's bountiful fishery.
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Born and raised in South Africa, Capt. Brad Philipps did not have what many Westerners would consider a typical career trajectory to becoming a sport fishing captain. It was the captain's love of offshore fishing, attention to detail and unwavering determination that helped him become one of the best captains in the offshore world. Listen in as Philipps discusses the highs and lows of running an offshore boat, his 20-plus years fishing in Guatemala for sailfish and marlin, running a successful business and chasing down his 40,000th billfish release.
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John Gierach publishedTrout Bum in 1986. The book was an immediate hit with fly-fishing enthusiasts as it provided a fresh look at the sport as well as the devotion and passion that keeps trout devotees up all night, tying flies all winter and exploring newfound waters in hard-to-reach locales. Trout Bum is as much about why people fish as as it is about the act of fishing. Following the book's launch, many anglers quit their jobs, moved out West and became trout bums. Gierach joined the Anglers Journal Book Club discussion to answer reader's questions about his famous book and the impact Trout Bum had on the fly-fishing world. He also discusses his overall writing career and his other books. It's a lively discussion that will definitely put a smile on your face.
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Peter Kaminsky etched out a career as a journalist more than 35 years ago. He spent time working at the National Lampoon in its halcyon years and he wrote the Outdoors column in the New York Times for more than three decades. He's contributed to Anglers Journal since the magazine's inception and he's penned a number of classic fishing books including "The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass" and the "Flyfisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life." His latest book, "The Catch of a Lifetime: Moments of Flyfishing Glory," is a collection of evocative stories on the joy of fly-fishing. In summarizing the book, he writes: "There are fish I have caught that I remember more fully than whole years of my life... At such moments, time, or its passage, seems to go away. To find something in this world that takes you out of time when the seconds cease to slip through life's hourglass, is as close as I've come to a state of grace."
Contributors to the book include notable figures such as Joan Wulff, Tom Colicchio and Mark Kurlansky, as well as several anglers that may surprise you. The book is available on Amazon.
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Stuart, Florida, has long been called the "Sailfish Capital of the World." With its close proximity to the Gulf Stream and steady supply of sailfish pouring through the area, the name is fitting. To celebrate the town's love of sailfish, marine artist Geoffrey Smith created a 18-foot tall sculpture of a leaping sailfish that rests atop a fountain in the center of town. The Stuart Sailfish has become an icon of sorts for visitors and locals as well as his best known work of art. For Geoffrey, "It seemed like a good way for me to give something back to Stuart, to a community that's been good to me and my family," he said. Raised in California, Geoffrey attended college in Montana and eventually made the move down to Florida. Geoffrey was always drawn to the outdoors. As a boy he'd carve duck decoys, but his path to becoming a full-time artist is a unique one. When you speak to him, you can see his face light up as he discusses the migrations of birds or the motion of a swimming fish. He's a naturalist, who spends most mornings paddling the local waters, finding inspiration all around him. In this podcast, Geoffrey discusses his approach to sculpture and painting. He also explains the ancient process known as lost wax casting that he uses to create his sculptures.
For more about Geoffrey Smith's art visit geoffreycsmith.com.
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