Peter Miller - Uncharted Waters
Peter Miller has done lots of stuff and you may know him from his TV show, Bass2Billfish, and has now started Uncharted Waters with Peter Miller.
How to Keep a Fishing Journal to Find Fish Over and Over Again
I share the simple fishing journal system my mentor Simon Becker taught me. Record just four things, date, time, location, and what you found, and you can return to productive spots years later. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
How to Catch Big Snappers Offshore
I break down how to catch big snappers offshore, from chumming heavy to build the spot to using bigger baits and the long drop-back behind the boat. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
How to Chum for Bonefish When You Can't Sight Fish
I break down how to chum for bonefish on the days you can't sight fish, from finding the right spot and current to rigging your hook and letting the rod set itself. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
Chad Conely - Breaking the Cycle: Marine, Entrepreneur and Fly Fisherman | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 35
Chad Conely is an entrepreneur and business owner who overcame poverty to join the Marines, earn a college degree, and design the life he wanted. Through a positive attitude, relentless work ethic, and dropping the victim mindset, he broke a family cycle of poverty, addiction, and abuse — and still budgets time to fly fish the North Georgia mountains.
How to Fish From a Stand Up Paddle Board
I break down how to fish from a stand up paddle board, from keeping your setup Spartan to a paddle leash that lets you drop and grab your rod fast in skinny water. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
How to Increase Your Pull-Ups From 5 to 20 With Density Training
I break down density training, the method I used to take pull-ups from a struggle at five reps to a strong twenty. Instead of grinding to failure, you accumulate frequent submaximal sets inside a fixed time block. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
Brian Latimer - FLW Pro, Work Ethic, Following Your Dreams And Adversity Is Dope | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 33
“I started kind of researching sports psychology, in that process of researching people who are really good at the mind game of any kind of sports. I started noticing that most of the people that had the biggest impact in sports were dealing with the same things I did. They really had the worst situations possible and I realized they were doing really great things that were in a lot worse shape than I am.”
The Only Knot You Need: The Uni Knot for Almost Every Fishing Situation
I break down the uni knot, also called the Duncan loop, and why it is the only knot you really need for almost all fishing, from the arbor to the leader to the hook. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
Jessica 'Dixie' Mills - Triple Crowner: AT, PCT, CDT Thru-Hiking | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 32
Jessica 'Dixie' Mills is a thru-hiker who completed the Triple Crown — the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail. In Episode 32 she walks me through what it takes to complete all three: roughly 8,000 miles, a Sierra Nevada river crossing that nearly killed her, a mountain lion in New Mexico, and how she funds the trail life with Homemade Wanderlust.
Boat Ramp Etiquette: How to Launch and Load Fast Without Frustrating Anyone
I break down boat ramp etiquette so you launch and load fast, keep the ramp clear, and avoid the altercations and accidents that ruin a day before it starts. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
How to Make a Difference in the Fight for the Everglades
I sit down with Daniel Andrews of Captains for Clean Water to share the single most effective thing you can do for the Everglades. It takes about a minute, and you do not need to know the bill or your officials. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
How to Keep Live Shrimp Alive for Days With Jeff Maggio
I have Jeff Maggio on to share his simple trick for keeping leftover live shrimp alive and crisp for days using frozen saltwater bottles and a cheap bubbler. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
CA Richardson — Flats Class, Teaching, Family and Passion | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 31
CA Richardson is a professional angler who has hosted the television show Flats Class for over a decade. A masterful teacher, CA has expanded his influence on South Florida anglers by partnering with Salt Strong to offer online courses. Tom and CA first met in the early days of professional redfish tournaments, and they reconnect to talk teaching, family, and the passion behind a long fishing career.
How to Communicate With Your Fishing Guide to Get Exactly the Trip You Want
I break down how to communicate with your fishing guide so you get exactly the trip you want. The secret to a great guided day is a happy customer, and that starts with being direct, honest, open, and realistic before you leave the dock. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
Robert Arrington — Building Deer Meat For Dinner on YouTube | Tom Rowland Podcast
Robert Arrington is the creator of Deer Meat For Dinner, a hugely popular YouTube channel covering hunting, fishing, and outdoor cooking from his home in Florida. After my audience overwhelmingly asked me to track him down, we sat down to talk about building a giant outdoor channel from scratch, staying authentic while you grow, the business of YouTube most creators never discuss, and why conservation matters.
How to Feed a Tarpon on Fly With David Mangum
I sit down with Captain David Mangum to break down how to feed a tarpon on fly, from boat position to the short-strip cadence that triggers the reaction bite. A How 2 Tuesday tutorial.
Robert "RT" Trosset - 238 World Records, Leaving A Legacy And World Travel | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 29
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. RT was the first guide to lead anglers to over 100 records, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Gamefish Association (IGFA).
How 2 Tuesday #3 - Deck Of Cards: How To Stay In Shape On The Road | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 28
Tom Rowland breaks down the deck of cards workout, the zero-equipment travel routine he has used for over 20 years to stay in shape on the road. Assign each of the four suits an exercise, shuffle a standard deck, and flip the cards: the number is your reps. Face cards are 10, aces are 1 or 11, and jokers can become runs, stairs, or pull-ups. The full deck takes about 20 minutes in a six-to-eight-foot space, scales to any fitness level, and removes the excuse to skip a workout while traveling. Learned from Ross Enamait. How 2 Tuesday number 3, Episode 28.
April Vokey: Living By a Strict Moral Code in Fly Fishing and Life
April Vokey, the British Columbia fly fishing guide and host of the Anchored podcast, joins Tom Rowland to talk about living her life by a strict moral code. April shares how a girl drawn to water became a steelhead guide, why she walked away from sturgeon and salmon guiding, how she built her own company without poaching clients, and what it costs to be outspoken in the fishing industry. Recorded at ICAST, this is a candid conversation about integrity, guiding, and choosing the harder, truer path.
Primitive Travelers Survival Guide | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 26
Tom Rowland shares his Primitive Travelers Survival Guide: the five things that ruin most remote fishing trips and exactly how to avoid each one. About 90% of ruined trips come from bad water, too much sun, foodborne illness, a cold or flu caught in transit, or minor injuries. Tom covers bottled-water habits, sun protection, safe food choices, what to ask your doctor about before you fly, and the foot-care and medical kit he packs every time. How 2 Tuesday #2, Episode 26.
Joe Simonds — Creating Salt Strong to Fish for Happiness
Joe Simonds left financial services at 35 to build Salt Strong with his brother Luke. This conversation covers the hotel room decision, the pivot away from apparel, and why teaching fishing is the memory business.
Turner Rowland - EMT/Wilderness EMT Through NOLS, Working In National Parks And Guest Ranches | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 23
My 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 one month course by National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) to earn his EMT and Wilderness EMT.
Jason Stemple: How to Take Better Fishing Photos with Any Camera
Jason Stemple is a professional photographer who shoots Saltwater Experience, Into The Blue, and Sweetwater, plus work for Buff, Yeti, and Hawks Cay. He joins Tom Rowland to share how anyone can take better fishing photos with any camera, from an iPhone or GoPro to professional gear, by capturing the feeling of the moment.
Jamie Howard - Chasing Silver, Location X, Running The Coast - The Making Of Iconic Fishing Films | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 21
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.
Davis Bennett — Filmmaking For a New Generation | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 20
Davis Bennett is 21, has been fishing for two and a half years, and now shoots for one of the biggest fishing channels on YouTube. He talks about building a filmmaking career from scratch, working 60-hour weeks, the discipline he learned managing 60 people at UPS, and what he wants to shoot next.
Brad McLeod - Former Navy SEAL on Improving 1% Daily, Gratitude and the Never Quit Mindset | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 19
Brad McLeod is a former Navy SEAL and the founder of SealGrinderPT. His path to becoming a SEAL included attending BUD/S, completing Hell Week, and then failing a math test that rolled him back into the fleet. He started over from Day 1, made it through, and built a Never Quit philosophy he now teaches to athletes of every level.
Captains For Clean Water Gives Action Items To Make A Huge Difference In The Future Of The Everglades | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 18
“This is an important time, and an important issue. Spare the ten minutes that Daniel has asked for, and it will go a long way.”
BlacktipH (Joshua Jorgensen): How a Shark-Fishing YouTuber Built a Sensation
Joshua Jorgensen, known online as BlacktipH, is one of the biggest fishing creators on YouTube. He started by filming himself catching sharks from the beach and grew BlacktipH into a channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers and videos with tens of millions of views. In this episode he sits down with me in his office to talk about where he came from — a near-career in theoretical physics and lab work on government and NASA projects — how he became a YouTube sensation, his obsession with production quality, why he makes videos for the person he used to be, and how he balances a demanding career with being a present husband and father.
Live Q&A With Tom | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 15
“I try to help others become a better fishermen, a better hunter, a better outdoorsman, a better at whatever. If I can help I’m happy to do so but I’d like to help as many people as we can all at the same time.”
Ryan Nitz - Turning His Passion Into His Profession - Hunting, Fishing, Outdoor Film Making | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 14
“I just want to hunt and fish and be happy with life and not really worry about too much…”
Derek DeYoung - Becoming the Top Artist in the Fishing World
Derek DeYoung, one of the most recognized artists in the fishing world, joins me to talk about how he built his career from Michigan art fairs into a licensed marine-art brand, and how a life of fishing from Montana to the Florida Keys feeds his work.
Captain Daniel Andrews: Leading the Charge to Save the Everglades with Captains For Clean Water
Captain Daniel Andrews co-founded Captains For Clean Water with Capt. Chris Wittman to lead the fight to restore the Everglades. He joins Tom Rowland to explain how runoff from the Caloosahatchee River wiped out his guiding season, why the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan still has not been delivered, and how anglers and guides can drive the solution.
Matt Lawson | SEALFIT Kokoro, Finding Your Why & Getting in the Fight | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 11
Matt Lawson shares the SEALFIT Kokoro experience with Tom: a roughly 50-hour crucible event led by Navy SEALs, including SEAL founder Mark Divine, on a cold California beach. Motivated by the birth of his son, Matt went looking for his why, and came out transformed in his health, his family, and his priorities.
Tim Crockett — Rowing 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Alone
Tim Crockett rowed 3,000 miles solo across the Atlantic in a 24-foot rowboat in 63 days. He talks about isolation, equipment failure, mental health, and the harrowing final two miles into Antigua.
Jason Stemple — Homeless to Living His Dream as a Fishing Photographer
Jason Stemple tells the full story of going from homeless ski bum in Colorado to one of the top fishing photographers in the outdoor industry, shooting for Saltwater Experience, Into the Blue, and Sweetwater.
Frank Smethurst — Adventure Fishing Comedies From Baja to Dubai
Frank Smethurst joins Tom to talk Running Down the Man, Eastern Rises, roosterfish in Baja, hosting TU TV, carp fishing as flats training, permit strategy, and his new Dubai on the Fly film.
Miles Burghoff Co-Host Of Sweetwater TV Show - Tom Rowland Podcast | Tom Rowland Podcast Ep. 6
On sponsorship: “As anglers, if you want to make a living as a pro-angler, you have to be in the mindset that you’re an ambassador. You’re not a tournament angler; they’re paying you to be an ambassador for the sport.”
Dr. Joe Martin — Rags to Riches to Ruin to Redemption
Dr. Joe Martin grew up in Liberty City, Miami, built a six-figure career by his twenties, lost it all, and found redemption through one mentor. His story of rags to riches to ruin to redemption — and the organization he built from it.
Clay Watson — Fishing Cuba, Torn Labrums, and What Makes a Great Guide
Clay Watson joins Tom to talk about his mothership fishing trip to Cuba's Gardens of the Queen, comparing it to the Florida Keys, and what separates a great guide from a good one.
Patrick St. Charles - GoRuck Selection, SealFit Kokoro And Application To Life
“Commit to it the night before, lay out your clothes, and know the workout you are going to do. Know what you are going to do before you walk into the gym, before you wake up, before you even go to bed. This makes all the difference in the world.”
Will Taylor: Guiding for Giant North Georgia Trout, Social Media, and Sponsorship
Will Taylor, a guide splitting time between North Georgia and Naples, Florida, joins Tom Rowland to talk giant trout. Will explains why the Blue Ridge area of Fannin County is the trout capital of Georgia, what makes North Georgia water so special, how he built his guiding business on Instagram, and why you do not have to travel out West for a trophy brown. A wide-ranging conversation on big trout, social media, sponsorship, and the future of fishing content.
Chasten Whitfield — Helping Others Through Fishing
Tom sits down with 17-year-old Chasten Whitfield, who donates her tournament winnings and takes terminally ill kids fishing every weekend out of Palma Sola Bay, Florida.
How To Do Wim Hof Breathing - Tom Rowland Podcast April Challenge
March 30, 2020 — Tom announces the April 2020 dual challenge: the 100 Day Burpee ladder starting at 1 burpee on April 1, plus the Wim Hof 40 Day Quarantine Challenge. Read the original announcement and the case for daily breathing.
