
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.

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 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 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.

“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, 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.

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.
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.