[john meyer]

Good advice so far. If you don’t like the idea of having a bunch of spools, get a line winder that fits in your vest/boat bag. If you put a large loop in the end of your backing and put a loop at the back end of your lines, you can changes lines quickly without the need for a spare spool.

[john meyer]

Look at the parallels with skiing and snowboarding. Tom Bie touched on it in your interview. What Powder was to Skiing and Ski magazines 15 years ago, the Drake is to the big 3 these days.

The same thing happened with films in the ski and snowboard industry. Folks like Greg Stump, Steve Winter, the folks at TGR, and countless others challenged Warren Miller and turned skiing and snowboarding into what it is today. (And please note that I left out a ton of names who I couldn’t even begin to list, and I’m not taking a shot at Warren Miller – their films progressed right along with everyone else).

The same progression is now happening in fishing. For filmmakers, I think the instructional and promotional stuff just isn’t fun to make. Hence what we get at the film tour. I think there’s also an appeal to be the one to post the latest photo or video that goes viral in the blog world. And now that cameras and digital media are so accessible and easy to share, flyfishing is becoming a media driven juggernaut. We’re a younger generation of anglers. Maybe we’re a little more competitive. Maybe like Kip in Napoleon Dynamite we just love technology. It’s a media driven world out there and it’s hard to avoid it, even on the river.

[john meyer]

Thanks for the help, guys. I’ll give those ideas a shot.

[john meyer]

Thanks for the tips, guys. That’s a great help.

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