Tom Rowland Podcast

Gene Jensen, also known as Flukemaster, has one goal. He lives his life to accomplish the goal of teaching the world to fish. Through his Youtube channel, Gene films instructional videos, answers questions and arranged in person meet ups with his army of fans. Gene sits down with Tom Rowland to discuss how it all started, how it has changed and where he plans on taking it in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding fish can sometimes be fairly easy, but being able to replicate that situation weeks, months or even years later and find fish doing the same thing again is really what separates the good from the great.  Obviously, keeping some sort of record of what you have found can make a really big difference, but many people start their fishing journal with grand plans of keeping a ton of data.  A few days after starting, they simply stop because the record keeping is taking too much time and effort.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chad Conely is a trout possessed entrepreneur and business owner.  Overcoming poverty, Chad was able to join the Marines, get a 4 year degree and design a life that he wants.  He now owns a very successful company and is able to fish as many days as he wants.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Ethan Reeve joins Tom to tell you how to use his training philosophy of Density Training to set a new personal record on pullups.  Density training is a philosophy that Coach Reeve pioneered and has used effectively at University of Tennessee Chattanooga, McCallie School, Wake Forest and with many National teams in different sports.   The philosophy is simple but incredibly effective.  It can be applied to Olympic athletes or someone recovering from a knee replacement.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Latimer is an FLW Pro Bass Fisherman who makes his living through fishing tournaments and sponsorship. With an Associates Degree in Horticulture, Brian owned and ran a successful landscaping business before doing some soul searching and deciding to pursue professional fishing full time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Red Tide and algae blooms are having devastating effects on the marine ecosystem of SW Florida.  Capt Daniel Andrews of Captains for Clean Water joins us for an update and instructions for how you can help.  This is the most important episode we have ever published.  Please take action, share this episode and encourage others to take action as well. Click Here to take action now: https://captainsforcleanwater.org/take-action/eaa-reservoir/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CA Richardson is a professional angler who has been the host of a television show, Flats Class, for over 10 years.  As a masterful teacher, CA has expanded his influence on South Florida anglers by collaborating with Salt Strong to offer online courses in various subjects.   Tom Rowland and CA first became acquainted through the early days of the professional redfish tournaments.  They fished against on another in the ESPN Redfish Cup and the IFA Redfish Tours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1. Be Direct - Talk to the guide about what you would really like.  Do you want to catch a lot of fish and don't really care which species? 2. Be honest - Give your guide an accurate assessment of your skill level.  Are you an expert?  Novice? 3. Be Open - Be flexible and open to other times of year, other locations or other guides.   4. Make Sure You Understand What is Required From What You Are Asking. - Talk to the guide and understand what goes into the request you made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Capt. Robert “RT” Trosset is a light tackle fishing guide based out of Key West, Florida. Born and raised in East Central Florida and moving to Key West in 1974, Trosset quickly found a following among hardcore light tackle anglers in the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, as well as serious world-record chasers. To date, he’s led anglers to 238 IGFA records on light-tackle and fly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deck of Cards:  Travel can wreck the best intentions for fitness goals. Whether it is a vacation, a business trip, a fishing tournament or an adventure to a primitive location, having an irregular schedule and no access to a gym can cause some to really go off the rails.  I was certainly having these same problems as I was traveling for Redfish Tournaments many years ago and it really caused me a lot of frustration as the progress I had made would slip away every time I traveled.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April Vokey makes her entire living through Flyfishing.  She is an intriguing character within the Flyfishing community who splits her time between British Columbia and Australia. https://www.waypointtv.com/fishing/saltwaterexperience https://www.saltwaterexperience.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Through experience of his own and advice from friends who have learned the hard way, Tom Rowland outlines the 5 things that are usually the culprit to making this trip of a lifetime a rather unpleasant experience. Here is the good news: all 5 are mostly avoidable and with a few things in your kit bag, the rest can be handled in primitive environments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Simonds started the online fishing business Salt Strong with his brother Luke after evaluating his life and realizing that he was just not happy. The two brothers got together and asked themselves really hard questions about what they wanted to do and why. Fishing continued to emerge as the common theme that made both of them happy. Learn more about Salt Strong by visiting https://www.saltstrong.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Better drills for quick fly casting improvement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Rowland's oldest son, Turner, is almost 21. In his few short years since graduating high school, he has worked in Yellowstone National Park and as a wrangler at a guest ranch in Whitefish, MT. Recently, he graduated from an intensive 1 month course run by National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) to earn his EMT and Wilderness EMT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have ever taken a picture and been disappointed with how it turned out, check out this podcast and I guarantee that you will pick up at least one tip that will make your photos better right away. https://www.waypointtv.com/fishing/saltwaterexperience https://www.saltwaterexperience.com https://tomrowlandpodcast.com Relevant Links Waypoint TV Saltwater Experience Tom Rowland Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Howard Films is responsible for creating some of the most iconic fishing films in existence. Beginning with In Search of A Rising Tide with Andy Smith in the Bahamas Howard films caught the eye of fishing fans and led him to create Chasing Silver, Location X, Andy's Return, Bass The Movie and most recently, Running the Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Davis Bennett is a young filmmaker who has burst onto the scene.  Having only fished and shot video for only a couple of years, Davis’ work would never show his relative inexperience.  Through Tom’s son Hayden, he began following Davis on Instagram and has been interested in his work ever since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad McLeod is a former Navy SEAL who now runs SealgrinderPT. Through his online platform, Brad is able to help athletes of all levels to achieve their goals whether that is completing BUDs and becoming an active duty Navy SEAL or completing their first 5k. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode we check back in with Capt. Daniel Andrews of Captains For Clean Water to learn about the recent freshwater discharges around Sanibel and to hear about how the trip to Washington, DC went. Daniel Andrews is the Co- Founder of Captains For Clean Water and has dedicated his past few years to addressing the problems in the Everglades. Daniel has a clear and concise manner in which he can communicate the issues in the Everglades today combined with a path toward a solution.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices