Show Notes:
2:14 - Introduction, taking the leap to start fly fishing, different ways of learning
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14:49 - Our experience of fishing together & where fly fishing all started for Alex, how important catch & release is to him
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23:56 - How important fishing is for our mental health, the importance of the journey & taking your time
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27:37 - The Tail of the Brown Trout of his life
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34:41 - How the outdoors is in our DNA, being process driven & channeling our addictive personalities
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47:17 - How skydiving brought him to New Zealand, how good Taupo is, how much you long for your passion when you have it taken away
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53:49 - Some of the places fishing has taken him & fishing for dorado in the jungle, forming lifetime memories & relationships, celebrating experiences
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1:12:17 - His interesting reasoning for why he doesn’t weigh fish, how the circumstances can create a trophy fish, the importance of enjoying the journey vs chasing outcomes,
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1:26:26 - How he focuses on keeping his content Reel through his social media platforms, the importance of learning to deal with the positive and the negative
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1:39:26 - Learning to deal with people that don’t wish to be educated & trying to make a change for the better
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1:45:37 - The importance of Reel and authentic content as well as sharing of knowledge, how you can always keep learning
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1:51:06 - Learning to dry dropper fish and the cool dynamic of sight fishing
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2:06:48 - Fishing with Jeff Pierce and how good of an angler he really is, fishing in America, what fish give back and the journey of the outdoors
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2:16:00 - The different mindset of people and what motivates them, the drive to fish is always evolving go with it and enjoy the journey
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2:23:32 - How somebody’s mood will change the whole course of a podcast or interactions day to day, the importance of not judging people on face value
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2:33:05 - Final thoughts
