Episode 63 - Big Jim returns. Discuss the holiday break. New gifts and gear. New Year's fishing resolutions and planned trips.

Episode 62 - Adventures on Ice. Discuss the Amish and hunting. Weekend adventures in ice fishing. Ice fishing strategy.

Episode 61 - Intro to Fly Tying. Discuss the basics such as tools, materials, etc. Get into the weeds a little bit regarding fly tying tools, materials, and techniques. Deeper to come in the future. Discuss the modern fear of the dark and adventures in the quest for fly tying materials.

Episode 60 - Intro to Ice Fishing. Not the same sport, but we find some overlap. Considering the cold weather and upcoming coming polar vortex, when the lakes, rivers, and creeks freeze, what do you do? You can fly tie...or you can learn to fish the hard water. You could do both (just saying). Turns out if you can fly tie, you can tie your own custom jigs for ice fishing. We cover the basics regarding safety, equipment, strategy, and tackle. Discuss the weekend's PA opening day of deer (rifle; please bring back the Monday so we can have our unrecognized and unofficial state holiday back) and our failures to obtain fly tying materials.

Episode 59 - Bit of a train wreck due to the holiday season, plus lots of guests. Apologies. Gift ideas for the fly fisher in your life.

Episode 58 - How musky perceive their world. Discuss fly selection and how they may be perceived by the fish. Ross goes all scientific regarding musky vision. New fly tying materials acquired over the weekend.

Episode 57 - How to Raft. We discuss raft set up and how to fish from a raft. Gear and pointers provided. New bourbon tasting. Disucss the weekend's fishing, and why Matt's never fishing with Ross again. Archer is apparently a scuba diver. Also, case study in musky fly fishing provided for consideration.

Episode 56 - Steelhead season. Guest star Jim Kearney. Discuss the basics of steelhead fishing. Cover gear, lines, flies, etc. Prepare you for the worst shoulder to shoulder fishing and spinfishermen. Discuss the week's adventures.