AWP Episode 149 ”A Tackle Shop Community” w/A.J. Hoffman of 3 River Fly & Tackle

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, & “The Mayor” set the hook at the fly shop with A.J. Hoffman of 3 Rivers Fly & Tackle

 

Graphic design and social media influence, Death of an industry (Phone book, newspaper & magazines), is there still Playboy?, Luke Mehl “Wild Ice” driving vehicle on open ice & frozen lakes, “The Wolf Pack” snow machine club, the ice haller, ice house registration law, ice fishing guides are typically stewards of the lake, the fish, a little more loose lipped on the ice fishing honey holes, growing popularity of the ice fishing sport in Alaska, the underrated “Chum Salmon” sport fishing, becoming an outdoors-women, a need for more youth hunting opportunity, the development of ics fishing shelters, ice castles, hub systems, soft shelters, auger technology, Electric vs gas powered, pistol bit augers, camera technology, moon cycles, environment knowledge learning to fish, local ice fishing tournaments, growth in surf fishing in Alaska, understanding fishing regulations and emergency orders, lets talk by-catch, trawl fishing (The good the bad & the ugly), the EE zone Cook Inlet, Fukushima radiation leaking poisoning salmon, nature adaptation to climate change, state/federal/international collaboration needed, Mike Hudson, Dans tackle Town, history of the shop ingrained in the community, project heal-waters, a small shop stigma, transient population and its effect on retail, selling knowledge at the tackle shop

 

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