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S7, Ep 47: Cicada Chronicles: Navigating the Buzz and Bites of Southwest Virginia with Matt Reilly · The Articulate Fly

• 0:00
  Hey,
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  folks,
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  it's
• 0:04
  Marvin
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  Cash,
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  the
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  host
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  of
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  the
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  Articulate
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  Fly.
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  We're
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  back
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  with
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  another
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  Southwest
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  Virginia
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  fishing
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  report
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  with
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  Matt
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  Reilly.
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  Matt,
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  how
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  are
• 0:10
  you,
• 0:11
  man?
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  I'm
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  doing
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  great.
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  How
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  are
• 0:13
  you?
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  As
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  always,
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  just
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  trying
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  to
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  stay
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  out
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  of
• 0:15
  trouble.
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  And
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  I
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  was
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  a
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  little
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  concerned
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  when
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  you
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  were
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  able
• 0:16
  to
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  record
• 0:17
  a
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  little
• 0:17
  bit
• 0:17
  earlier
• 0:17
  today
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  that
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  you
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  might
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  have
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  gotten
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  washed
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  off
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  the
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  water
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  for
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  the
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  next
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  week
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  or
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  so
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  like
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  so
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  many
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  of
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  your
• 0:22
  brethren.
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  No.
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  Well,
• 0:25
  we
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  were
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  actually
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  slated
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  to
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  get
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  a
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  bunch
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  of
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  rain
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  today,
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  so
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  I
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  moved
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  to.
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  Moved
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  a
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  couple
• 0:30
  of
• 0:31
  trips
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  up
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  to
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  try
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  to
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  get
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  away
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  from
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  it.
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  But
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  thankfully,
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  the
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  way
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  the
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  weather
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  and
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  the
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  stream
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  flows
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  have
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  been
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  lately,
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  I'm
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  not
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  too
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  reliant
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  on
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  my
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  normal
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  smallmouth
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  rivers
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  these
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  days.
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  Been
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  mostly
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  fishing
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  out
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  of
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  town
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  and
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  still
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  waters.
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  So
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  we're.
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  We're
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  pretty
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  in
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  pretty
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  good
• 0:53
  shape.
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  Yeah,
• 0:54
  I
• 0:54
  know
• 0:54
  striper's
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  wrapped
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  up,
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  but
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  I
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  guess
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  the
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  word
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  of
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  the
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  day
• 0:56
  is
• 0:56
  cicada,
• 0:57
  right?
• 0:59
  Yeah,
• 0:59
  we'd
• 0:59
  been.
• 1:00
  So,
• 1:01
  you
• 1:01
  know,
• 1:02
  unfortunately,
• 1:03
  striper
• 1:03
  run
• 1:04
  kind
• 1:04
  of
• 1:04
  petered
• 1:05
  out
• 1:05
  very
• 1:06
  abruptly
• 1:06
  about
• 1:06
  a
• 1:07
  week,
• 1:07
  week
• 1:07
  and
• 1:07
  a
• 1:08
  half
• 1:08
  early
• 1:10
  back
• 1:10
  in
• 1:10
  early
• 1:11
  May.
• 1:12
  And,
• 1:13
  yeah,
• 1:14
  it
• 1:14
  took
• 1:14
  about
• 1:14
  a
• 1:14
  week
• 1:15
  to
• 1:16
  run
• 1:16
  around,
• 1:17
  scout
• 1:17
  some
• 1:17
  bugs
• 1:18
  and.
• 1:19
  And
• 1:19
  look
• 1:20
  at
• 1:20
  some.
• 1:20
  Look
• 1:20
  at
• 1:20
  some
• 1:21
  waters
• 1:21
  that
• 1:21
  I
• 1:21
  wasn't
• 1:22
  super
• 1:22
  familiar
• 1:23
  with
• 1:23
  and
• 1:24
  confirmed
• 1:25
  bug
• 1:26
  presence.
• 1:27
  And
• 1:27
  we've
• 1:27
  been.
• 1:28
  Been
• 1:28
  rocking
• 1:29
  on
• 1:29
  that
• 1:30
  fishing
• 1:31
  for
• 1:31
  probably,
• 1:32
  I
• 1:33
  guess,
• 1:33
  almost
• 1:33
  two
• 1:34
  weeks
• 1:34
  now.
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  So
• 1:37
  the.
• 1:39
  There's
• 1:39
  a
• 1:39
  lot
• 1:39
  of
• 1:39
  anxiety
• 1:40
  for
• 1:40
  me
• 1:40
  in
• 1:41
  that
• 1:41
  time
• 1:41
  kind
• 1:42
  of
• 1:42
  between.
• 1:44
  Between
• 1:45
  when
• 1:45
  the
• 1:45
  bugs
• 1:45
  come
• 1:46
  out
• 1:46
  and
• 1:46
  the
• 1:46
  fishing
• 1:47
  starts.
• 1:47
  But
• 1:47
  it's
• 1:48
  all
• 1:48
  bliss
• 1:49
  now,
• 1:49
  thankfully.
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  Yeah.
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  And
• 1:51
  of
• 1:51
  course,
• 1:51
  we
• 1:51
  know
• 1:51
  they
• 1:52
  don't
• 1:52
  all,
• 1:52
  you
• 1:52
  know,
• 1:53
  emerge
• 1:53
  at
• 1:53
  the
• 1:53
  same
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  time.
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  So
• 1:54
  kind
• 1:54
  of,
• 1:55
  you
• 1:55
  know,
• 1:55
  we're
• 1:56
  recording
• 1:56
  here
• 1:56
  almost
• 1:57
  at
• 1:57
  the
• 1:57
  end
• 1:57
  of
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  May,
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  just
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  on
• 1:58
  the
• 1:59
  other
• 1:59
  side
• 1:59
  of
• 1:59
  Memorial
• 1:59
  Day,
• 2:00
  you
• 2:00
  know,
• 2:00
  kind
• 2:00
  of,
• 2:00
  you
• 2:00
  know,
• 2:01
  how
• 2:01
  many
• 2:01
  more
• 2:01
  weeks
• 2:02
  do
• 2:02
  you
• 2:02
  think
• 2:02
  we
• 2:02
  have?
• 2:04
  Yeah,
• 2:05
  I
• 2:05
  mean,
• 2:05
  it.
• 2:05
  It
• 2:06
  largely
• 2:06
  depends
• 2:07
  on
• 2:07
  where
• 2:07
  you
• 2:07
  are.
• 2:09
  Like,
• 2:09
  we
• 2:10
  had
• 2:11
  a
• 2:11
  lot
• 2:11
  of
• 2:11
  the
• 2:12
  bugs
• 2:12
  in
• 2:13
  sort
• 2:13
  of
• 2:13
  my
• 2:14
  area
• 2:14
  of
• 2:15
  the
• 2:15
  Southeast,
• 2:16
  you
• 2:16
  know,
• 2:19
  western
• 2:20
  North
• 2:20
  Carolina,
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  east
• 2:21
  Tennessee,
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  northern
• 2:23
  Georgia,
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  Kentucky,
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  southwest
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  Virginia.
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  A
• 2:30
  lot
• 2:30
  of
• 2:30
  those
• 2:30
  bugs
• 2:31
  sort
• 2:31
  of
• 2:31
  started
• 2:31
  popping
• 2:32
  sometime
• 2:32
  between
• 2:33
  the
• 2:33
  last
• 2:33
  couple
• 2:33
  days
• 2:34
  of
• 2:34
  April
• 2:35
  and,
• 2:35
  you
• 2:36
  know,
• 2:36
  mid
• 2:37
  May.
• 2:38
  And
• 2:38
  we.
• 2:39
  We
• 2:39
  had
• 2:39
  a
• 2:39
  lot
• 2:39
  of
• 2:40
  sort
• 2:40
  of
• 2:42
  colder,
• 2:43
  cooler
• 2:44
  weather,
• 2:45
  cooler
• 2:46
  rain,
• 2:46
  lots
• 2:47
  of
• 2:47
  cool
• 2:47
  rain
• 2:48
  in
• 2:48
  that
• 2:48
  timeframe.
• 2:49
  And
• 2:49
  I
• 2:49
  think
• 2:50
  what
• 2:50
  that
• 2:50
  has
• 2:50
  done
• 2:51
  is
• 2:51
  sort
• 2:51
  of
• 2:52
  broken
• 2:53
  the
• 2:54
  typical
• 2:55
  latitudinal
• 2:56
  gradient
• 2:57
  that
• 2:57
  you
• 2:57
  see
• 2:57
  with
• 2:59
  expansive
• 3:00
  periodical
• 3:01
  cicada
• 3:01
  emergences
• 3:02
  in
• 3:02
  the
• 3:02
  spring.
• 3:03
  You
• 3:04
  know,
• 3:04
  areas
• 3:04
  that
• 3:04
  got
• 3:04
  a
• 3:05
  lot
• 3:05
  of
• 3:05
  cold
• 3:05
  rain
• 3:06
  kind
• 3:06
  of
• 3:06
  got
• 3:07
  set
• 3:07
  back
• 3:07
  a
• 3:07
  little
• 3:08
  bit
• 3:08
  or
• 3:08
  had
• 3:08
  that
• 3:08
  emergence
• 3:09
  curve
• 3:10
  spread
• 3:10
  out
• 3:11
  a
• 3:11
  little
• 3:11
  bit
• 3:14
  and
• 3:14
  so
• 3:15
  you've
• 3:15
  got
• 3:15
  some
• 3:16
  areas
• 3:16
  around
• 3:17
  that
• 3:17
  are,
• 3:17
  you
• 3:18
  know,
• 3:18
  further
• 3:18
  south
• 3:19
  than
• 3:19
  others
• 3:20
  that
• 3:20
  are
• 3:20
  further
• 3:20
  behind.
• 3:24
  Has
• 3:24
  complicated
• 3:25
  things
• 3:25
  a
• 3:25
  little
• 3:26
  bit.
• 3:26
  But
• 3:26
  I
• 3:26
  think
• 3:26
  what
• 3:26
  that'll
• 3:27
  do
• 3:27
  for
• 3:27
  us
• 3:27
  is
• 3:28
  just
• 3:28
  depending
• 3:29
  on
• 3:29
  where
• 3:29
  you
• 3:29
  are
• 3:30
  and
• 3:30
  where
• 3:30
  you're
• 3:30
  spending
• 3:31
  your
• 3:31
  time,
• 3:32
  it
• 3:32
  can,
• 3:33
  it'll
• 3:33
  give
• 3:33
  us
• 3:33
  some
• 3:34
  fairly
• 3:34
  local
• 3:34
  options
• 3:35
  to
• 3:35
  extend
• 3:36
  our
• 3:36
  fishing.
• 3:37
  So
• 3:38
  I
• 3:38
  would
• 3:38
  think
• 3:39
  somewhere,
• 3:40
  you
• 3:40
  know,
• 3:41
  that
• 3:42
  is
• 3:43
  relatively
• 3:44
  convenient
• 3:44
  to
• 3:44
  me,
• 3:45
  we'll
• 3:45
  have
• 3:46
  fishing
• 3:46
  into,
• 3:47
  into
• 3:47
  mid
• 3:47
  June
• 3:49
  regardless,
• 3:51
  certainly
• 3:51
  for,
• 3:52
  certainly
• 3:52
  for
• 3:52
  another
• 3:53
  couple
• 3:53
  weeks.
• 3:53
  But
• 3:54
  I'm,
• 3:54
  I'm
• 3:54
  thinking
• 3:55
  we
• 3:55
  might
• 3:55
  get
• 3:55
  a
• 3:55
  third
• 3:55
  out
• 3:56
  of
• 3:56
  it.
• 3:57
  Yeah,
• 3:57
  it's
• 3:57
  interesting.
• 3:58
  I
• 3:58
  was
• 3:58
  looking
• 3:58
  at
• 3:58
  the
• 3:58
  map
• 3:59
  and
• 3:59
  I
• 3:59
  mean
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  footprint
• 4:00
  for
• 4:00
  this
• 4:00
  emergence
• 4:00
  is
• 4:01
  relatively
• 4:01
  large
• 4:02
  and
• 4:02
  I
• 4:02
  think
• 4:02
  that
• 4:02
  they
• 4:02
  really
• 4:03
  haven't
• 4:03
  even
• 4:03
  started
• 4:04
  to
• 4:04
  regularly
• 4:04
  see
• 4:04
  them
• 4:05
  up
• 4:05
  in
• 4:05
  like
• 4:05
  Central
• 4:05
  pa.
• 4:07
  Yeah,
• 4:07
  so.
• 4:07
  Well,
• 4:08
  they
• 4:08
  actually
• 4:08
  got
• 4:09
  a
• 4:09
  pretty
• 4:11
  big,
• 4:12
  pretty
• 4:12
  big
• 4:13
  rain
• 4:13
  event
• 4:14
  up
• 4:15
  there
• 4:16
  maybe
• 4:17
  week
• 4:17
  and
• 4:17
  a
• 4:17
  half
• 4:17
  ago
• 4:19
  with,
• 4:20
  with
• 4:20
  some
• 4:20
  warm
• 4:21
  weather
• 4:21
  associated
• 4:22
  with
• 4:22
  it.
• 4:22
  And
• 4:22
  that
• 4:23
  those
• 4:24
  warm
• 4:24
  rains,
• 4:25
  just
• 4:25
  because
• 4:25
  they
• 4:25
  soak
• 4:26
  into
• 4:26
  the
• 4:26
  ground,
• 4:26
  they
• 4:27
  can
• 4:27
  affect
• 4:27
  ground
• 4:28
  temperature.
• 4:30
  They
• 4:30
  can,
• 4:30
  they
• 4:30
  can
• 4:31
  push
• 4:31
  bugs
• 4:31
  to
• 4:31
  come
• 4:32
  out
• 4:32
  and
• 4:32
  that's,
• 4:33
  that's
• 4:33
  what
• 4:33
  happened
• 4:33
  up
• 4:34
  there.
• 4:34
  There
• 4:34
  was
• 4:34
  a
• 4:34
  pretty
• 4:35
  early
• 4:35
  push
• 4:36
  about
• 4:36
  a
• 4:36
  week
• 4:36
  and
• 4:37
  a
• 4:37
  half
• 4:37
  ago
• 4:37
  and
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  think
• 4:38
  a
• 4:39
  lot
• 4:39
  of
• 4:39
  folks
• 4:39
  have
• 4:39
  gotten
• 4:40
  excited.
• 4:41
  But
• 4:42
  you
• 4:42
  know,
• 4:42
  I
• 4:42
  think
• 4:43
  that
• 4:43
  was
• 4:44
  like
• 4:44
  I
• 4:44
  said,
• 4:44
  still
• 4:45
  early
• 4:46
  up
• 4:46
  there
• 4:48
  and
• 4:49
  we
• 4:49
  should
• 4:49
  see,
• 4:50
  should
• 4:51
  see
• 4:51
  some
• 4:51
  fishing
• 4:52
  starting
• 4:52
  up
• 4:52
  there
• 4:52
  in
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  next
• 4:53
  couple
• 4:53
  of
• 4:53
  weeks.
• 4:53
  But
• 4:54
  you
• 4:55
  know,
• 4:55
  it's
• 4:55
  a
• 4:56
  good
• 4:56
  ways.
• 4:56
  I
• 4:57
  mean
• 4:57
  we're
• 4:57
  talking
• 4:58
  four
• 4:59
  or
• 4:59
  500
• 4:59
  miles
• 5:00
  north
• 5:00
  of
• 5:00
  me.
• 5:01
  So
• 5:02
  if
• 5:02
  things
• 5:02
  have
• 5:02
  just
• 5:03
  started
• 5:03
  cranking
• 5:03
  in
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  last
• 5:04
  week,
• 5:04
  week
• 5:05
  and
• 5:05
  a
• 5:05
  half
• 5:05
  down
• 5:05
  here,
• 5:06
  then
• 5:06
  you
• 5:07
  know,
• 5:07
  there's
• 5:07
  still
• 5:07
  a
• 5:07
  couple
• 5:08
  weeks
• 5:08
  before
• 5:09
  they
• 5:10
  really
• 5:10
  get
• 5:10
  going.
• 5:11
  Yeah,
• 5:11
  absolutely.
• 5:12
  And
• 5:12
  you
• 5:12
  know,
• 5:12
  any
• 5:13
  kind
• 5:13
  of,
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  know,
• 5:14
  fly
• 5:14
  or
• 5:14
  kind
• 5:15
  of
• 5:15
  tackle,
• 5:16
  you
• 5:16
  know,
• 5:16
  tips
• 5:17
  you
• 5:17
  want
• 5:17
  to
• 5:17
  share
• 5:17
  with
• 5:17
  folks.
• 5:21
  Let
• 5:21
  me
• 5:21
  think
• 5:21
  about
• 5:22
  that.
• 5:24
  Well,
• 5:24
  I'd
• 5:24
  say
• 5:24
  it
• 5:25
  depends
• 5:25
  on
• 5:25
  what
• 5:25
  you're
• 5:26
  doing.
• 5:26
  I
• 5:26
  predominantly
• 5:27
  target
• 5:28
  carp
• 5:28
  and,
• 5:29
  and
• 5:30
  usually
• 5:31
  large
• 5:31
  carp,
• 5:33
  so
• 5:34
  I,
• 5:34
  I
• 5:34
  don't
• 5:34
  mess
• 5:35
  around
• 5:35
  with
• 5:35
  my,
• 5:35
  my
• 5:36
  leaders
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  tippets.
• 5:37
  I'm
• 5:37
  usually
• 5:37
  fishing
• 5:38
  16
• 5:38
  pound
• 5:39
  tippets
• 5:41
  and
• 5:42
  fairly,
• 5:42
  you
• 5:43
  know,
• 5:43
  stiff
• 5:43
  large
• 5:44
  diameter
• 5:44
  butt
• 5:45
  sections.
• 5:45
  So
• 5:46
  I
• 5:47
  will
• 5:48
  usually
• 5:48
  adapt
• 5:49
  my
• 5:49
  smallmouth
• 5:49
  top
• 5:50
  water
• 5:50
  leaders,
• 5:51
  maybe
• 5:51
  make
• 5:52
  them
• 5:52
  a
• 5:52
  little
• 5:52
  bit
• 5:52
  shorter
• 5:54
  just
• 5:54
  because
• 5:54
  you're
• 5:54
  dealing
• 5:55
  with
• 5:55
  a
• 5:56
  heavy,
• 5:56
  dense
• 5:57
  fish.
• 5:57
  You
• 5:57
  know,
• 5:57
  we've
• 5:58
  caught
• 5:58
  some,
• 5:59
  caught
• 5:59
  some
• 6:00
  grass
• 6:00
  car
• 6:00
  up
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  last
• 6:01
  couple
• 6:01
  weeks
• 6:02
  that
• 6:02
  are
• 6:02
  in
• 6:02
  the
• 6:03
  50
• 6:03
  to
• 6:04
  80
• 6:04
  pound
• 6:04
  range.
• 6:05
  And
• 6:05
  when
• 6:06
  you
• 6:06
  get
• 6:06
  those
• 6:06
  fish
• 6:07
  close
• 6:07
  to
• 6:07
  the
• 6:08
  boat
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  your
• 6:09
  rod
• 6:10
  is
• 6:10
  literally
• 6:11
  doubled
• 6:12
  and
• 6:12
  you've
• 6:12
  got
• 6:12
  a
• 6:12
  nine
• 6:13
  foot
• 6:13
  leader,
• 6:13
  it's,
• 6:14
  it's
• 6:14
  really
• 6:14
  tough
• 6:14
  to,
• 6:15
  really
• 6:16
  tough
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  get
• 6:17
  Them
• 6:17
  close
• 6:17
  enough
• 6:18
  to
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  boat
• 6:18
  to,
• 6:19
  to
• 6:19
  land
• 6:20
  easily
• 6:20
  if
• 6:21
  you've
• 6:21
  got
• 6:21
  a
• 6:21
  long
• 6:21
  leader.
• 6:22
  So
• 6:23
  I'll
• 6:23
  shorten
• 6:24
  them
• 6:24
  sometimes
• 6:24
  for
• 6:25
  that
• 6:25
  reason,
• 6:27
  but
• 6:29
  otherwise,
• 6:31
  gosh,
• 6:32
  just,
• 6:33
  you
• 6:33
  know,
• 6:33
  paying
• 6:34
  attention
• 6:34
  to
• 6:34
  the
• 6:34
  bugs
• 6:34
  you're
• 6:35
  seeing
• 6:35
  on
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  water,
• 6:36
  trying
• 6:36
  to
• 6:37
  match
• 6:37
  them.
• 6:39
  I
• 6:40
  try
• 6:41
  to
• 6:41
  fly
• 6:41
  or
• 6:41
  tie
• 6:42
  as
• 6:42
  durable
• 6:42
  a
• 6:43
  fly
• 6:43
  as
• 6:43
  I
• 6:43
  possibly
• 6:44
  can
• 6:44
  just
• 6:44
  because,
• 6:46
  you
• 6:46
  know,
• 6:46
  some
• 6:46
  days
• 6:47
  we're,
• 6:47
  we're
• 6:47
  literally
• 6:48
  cycling
• 6:48
  through
• 6:48
  like
• 6:49
  50
• 6:49
  to
• 6:50
  100
• 6:50
  carps
• 6:51
  and
• 6:51
  you
• 6:51
  get
• 6:52
  those
• 6:52
  fish
• 6:52
  in
• 6:52
  a
• 6:52
  net
• 6:53
  and
• 6:53
  they
• 6:53
  hang,
• 6:54
  hang
• 6:55
  bodies
• 6:55
  in,
• 6:56
  in
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  mesh
• 6:56
  and
• 6:57
  flop
• 6:57
  around
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  you
• 6:58
  know,
• 6:59
  flies
• 6:59
  can,
• 7:00
  flies
• 7:00
  can,
• 7:01
  can
• 7:01
  fall
• 7:01
  apart
• 7:01
  pretty
• 7:02
  easily.
• 7:02
  So
• 7:03
  try
• 7:03
  to
• 7:03
  use
• 7:04
  lots
• 7:04
  of
• 7:04
  glue
• 7:04
  and
• 7:06
  tight
• 7:07
  thread
• 7:07
  tension
• 7:07
  and
• 7:08
  everything,
• 7:10
  but
• 7:11
  yeah,
• 7:12
  that's
• 7:12
  everything
• 7:12
  that,
• 7:13
  that
• 7:13
  comes
• 7:13
  to
• 7:14
  mind
• 7:14
  right
• 7:14
  off.
• 7:15
  Yeah.
• 7:15
  Have
• 7:16
  you
• 7:16
  tied
• 7:16
  any
• 7:17
  flies
• 7:17
  with
• 7:17
  any
• 7:17
  of
• 7:17
  Blaine's
• 7:18
  new
• 7:18
  kind
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  cicada
• 7:19
  wings
• 7:19
  and
• 7:20
  things
• 7:20
  like
• 7:20
  that?
• 7:21
  I
• 7:21
  have,
• 7:22
  yeah.
• 7:22
  I
• 7:23
  been,
• 7:23
  been
• 7:23
  having
• 7:24
  a
• 7:24
  lot
• 7:24
  of
• 7:24
  fun
• 7:24
  with,
• 7:25
  with
• 7:26
  this
• 7:27
  sort
• 7:27
  of
• 7:27
  like
• 7:27
  crippled
• 7:28
  wing
• 7:28
  concept,
• 7:29
  using
• 7:29
  some,
• 7:30
  some
• 7:30
  span
• 7:30
  flex
• 7:31
  and,
• 7:32
  and
• 7:32
  punching
• 7:33
  holes
• 7:33
  in
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  wings
• 7:34
  to,
• 7:35
  to
• 7:35
  create
• 7:35
  some
• 7:36
  extra
• 7:36
  flutter.
• 7:37
  I
• 7:38
  don't
• 7:38
  necessarily
• 7:38
  think
• 7:38
  it's
• 7:39
  super
• 7:39
  necessary.
• 7:40
  I
• 7:40
  really
• 7:40
  don't
• 7:40
  think
• 7:40
  it's
• 7:41
  necessary
• 7:41
  at
• 7:41
  all.
• 7:43
  Especially
• 7:43
  when
• 7:43
  the
• 7:43
  bugs
• 7:44
  are,
• 7:44
  or
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  fish
• 7:45
  are,
• 7:45
  are
• 7:46
  really
• 7:46
  going.
• 7:48
  And
• 7:48
  it,
• 7:48
  it
• 7:48
  depends
• 7:49
  on,
• 7:49
  depends
• 7:50
  on
• 7:50
  the
• 7:50
  size
• 7:50
  of
• 7:50
  your
• 7:50
  fish
• 7:51
  too.
• 7:51
  You
• 7:51
  know,
• 7:51
  we've
• 7:53
  been
• 7:53
  in
• 7:53
  some
• 7:53
  situations
• 7:54
  recently
• 7:55
  where
• 7:55
  we've
• 7:55
  been
• 7:56
  catching
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  lot
• 7:57
  of
• 7:57
  smaller
• 7:58
  fish,
• 7:58
  you
• 7:59
  know,
• 7:59
  four
• 8:00
  to
• 8:00
  eight,
• 8:01
  ten
• 8:02
  pound
• 8:02
  fish.
• 8:02
  And
• 8:03
  those,
• 8:04
  those
• 8:04
  fish
• 8:04
  realistically
• 8:05
  have
• 8:06
  fairly
• 8:07
  small
• 8:07
  mouths
• 8:08
  and
• 8:08
  so
• 8:08
  bigger
• 8:09
  bugs
• 8:09
  with
• 8:09
  lots
• 8:10
  of
• 8:11
  sort
• 8:11
  of
• 8:11
  protruding
• 8:12
  and
• 8:12
  extending
• 8:16
  appendages
• 8:17
  sometimes
• 8:18
  will
• 8:19
  harm
• 8:19
  your,
• 8:20
  your
• 8:21
  hookup
• 8:21
  ratios.
• 8:22
  So
• 8:23
  sometimes
• 8:23
  a
• 8:24
  smaller
• 8:24
  profile
• 8:24
  kind
• 8:25
  of
• 8:25
  tighter,
• 8:26
  tighter
• 8:26
  flies
• 8:27
  is
• 8:27
  more
• 8:28
  necessary.
• 8:29
  Bigger
• 8:29
  fish,
• 8:29
  bigger
• 8:30
  mouths,
• 8:30
  it
• 8:31
  can
• 8:31
  get
• 8:32
  away
• 8:32
  with
• 8:32
  a
• 8:32
  little
• 8:32
  bit
• 8:32
  more.
• 8:33
  But
• 8:34
  yeah,
• 8:35
  I
• 8:35
  like
• 8:35
  them
• 8:35
  a
• 8:35
  lot.
• 8:36
  They
• 8:36
  work
• 8:36
  well
• 8:36
  too.
• 8:37
  Just
• 8:37
  tied
• 8:37
  in
• 8:38
  know,
• 8:38
  traditionally
• 8:39
  kind
• 8:39
  of
• 8:39
  tinted
• 8:43
  like,
• 8:43
  like
• 8:44
  Blaine
• 8:44
  did
• 8:44
  with
• 8:44
  his
• 8:44
  original
• 8:45
  gummy
• 8:45
  wings
• 8:46
  on
• 8:46
  his
• 8:47
  cicado
• 8:48
  pattern.
• 8:49
  So
• 8:50
  yeah,
• 8:50
  they've
• 8:50
  been
• 8:50
  a
• 8:50
  lot
• 8:50
  of
• 8:51
  fun
• 8:51
  to
• 8:51
  play
• 8:51
  with.
• 8:52
  Yeah.
• 8:52
  And
• 8:52
  I
• 8:52
  would
• 8:52
  imagine,
• 8:53
  I
• 8:53
  guess,
• 8:53
  you
• 8:53
  know,
• 8:53
  figure,
• 8:54
  you
• 8:54
  know,
• 8:54
  cicadas
• 8:55
  will
• 8:55
  burn
• 8:55
  off
• 8:55
  and
• 8:55
  you'll
• 8:56
  be
• 8:56
  firmly
• 8:56
  kind
• 8:56
  of
• 8:56
  in
• 8:57
  postpone
• 8:57
  smallmouth.
• 8:58
  What
• 8:58
  do
• 8:58
  you
• 8:58
  expect
• 8:58
  to
• 8:58
  see
• 8:58
  then?
• 9:00
  Yeah,
• 9:01
  so
• 9:01
  it'll,
• 9:01
  like
• 9:02
  I
• 9:02
  said,
• 9:02
  I'll,
• 9:02
  I'll
• 9:03
  carry,
• 9:04
  carry
• 9:04
  this
• 9:05
  for
• 9:05
  another
• 9:05
  two
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  three
• 9:06
  weeks
• 9:07
  hopefully
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  then
• 9:08
  we'll
• 9:09
  be
• 9:10
  kind
• 9:10
  of
• 9:10
  mid,
• 9:10
  mid
• 9:11
  to
• 9:11
  late
• 9:11
  June,
• 9:13
  which
• 9:14
  realistically
• 9:15
  should
• 9:15
  be,
• 9:16
  should
• 9:16
  be
• 9:17
  summer
• 9:17
  fishing
• 9:17
  in
• 9:18
  full
• 9:18
  swing.
• 9:19
  I
• 9:20
  would
• 9:20
  anticipate.
• 9:22
  Still
• 9:22
  some,
• 9:23
  still
• 9:23
  some,
• 9:24
  definitely
• 9:25
  some
• 9:25
  top
• 9:25
  water
• 9:25
  opportunities,
• 9:26
  especially
• 9:27
  if
• 9:28
  like
• 9:28
  last
• 9:28
  year
• 9:29
  we
• 9:29
  lost
• 9:29
  a
• 9:29
  lot
• 9:29
  of
• 9:30
  revenue.
• 9:30
  Lot
• 9:30
  of
• 9:30
  precipitation
• 9:31
  about
• 9:32
  now
• 9:32
  and
• 9:33
  things
• 9:33
  started
• 9:33
  to
• 9:34
  dry
• 9:34
  out
• 9:34
  and
• 9:36
  we've
• 9:36
  got
• 9:36
  low
• 9:36
  clear
• 9:37
  water,
• 9:38
  which
• 9:39
  we
• 9:39
  don't
• 9:39
  right
• 9:39
  now.
• 9:40
  We
• 9:40
  should
• 9:41
  have
• 9:41
  some
• 9:41
  top
• 9:42
  water
• 9:42
  opportunities,
• 9:43
  but
• 9:44
  business
• 9:44
  could
• 9:45
  will
• 9:45
  very
• 9:46
  likely
• 9:46
  still
• 9:46
  be
• 9:46
  keyed
• 9:47
  in
• 9:47
  on,
• 9:47
  on
• 9:48
  bait
• 9:48
  fish
• 9:50
  and
• 9:51
  going
• 9:51
  into
• 9:51
  early
• 9:52
  July
• 9:54
  crayfish
• 9:55
  as
• 9:55
  they
• 9:55
  start
• 9:56
  molting
• 9:57
  and
• 9:57
  doing
• 9:57
  their
• 9:58
  thing.
• 9:58
  But
• 9:59
  you
• 9:59
  know,
• 9:59
  should
• 9:59
  have
• 10:00
  top
• 10:00
  water
• 10:00
  opportunities
• 10:01
  pretty
• 10:01
  much
• 10:01
  every
• 10:02
  day
• 10:03
  once
• 10:03
  this
• 10:03
  is
• 10:03
  all
• 10:04
  said
• 10:04
  and
• 10:04
  done.
• 10:05
  So
• 10:06
  hopefully
• 10:06
  we'll
• 10:07
  carry
• 10:07
  the
• 10:08
  top
• 10:08
  water
• 10:08
  site
• 10:09
  fishing
• 10:10
  thing
• 10:11
  from
• 10:11
  here
• 10:11
  until
• 10:12
  October.
• 10:14
  Yeah,
• 10:14
  there
• 10:14
  you
• 10:14
  go.
• 10:15
  And
• 10:15
  you
• 10:15
  know
• 10:15
  folks,
• 10:15
  we
• 10:15
  love
• 10:16
  questions
• 10:16
  at
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  articulate
• 10:17
  fly.
• 10:18
  You
• 10:18
  can
• 10:18
  email
• 10:18
  me
• 10:19
  or
• 10:19
  DM
• 10:19
  me
• 10:19
  on
• 10:19
  social
• 10:19
  media
• 10:20
  and
• 10:20
  if
• 10:20
  we
• 10:20
  use
• 10:20
  your
• 10:20
  question,
• 10:21
  I
• 10:21
  will
• 10:22
  send
• 10:22
  you
• 10:22
  some
• 10:22
  articulate
• 10:23
  fly
• 10:23
  swag
• 10:23
  and
• 10:23
  you
• 10:23
  know,
• 10:24
  drawing
• 10:24
  for
• 10:24
  some
• 10:24
  cool
• 10:24
  stuff
• 10:25
  from
• 10:25
  Matt
• 10:25
  at
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  end
• 10:25
  of
• 10:25
  the
• 10:26
  season.
• 10:26
  And
• 10:27
  I
• 10:27
  know
• 10:27
  you're
• 10:27
  already
• 10:28
  super
• 10:28
  booked
• 10:28
  up,
• 10:28
  Matt,
• 10:29
  but
• 10:29
  I
• 10:29
  know
• 10:29
  you
• 10:29
  have
• 10:30
  days
• 10:30
  here
• 10:30
  and
• 10:30
  there
• 10:31
  you
• 10:31
  want
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  let
• 10:32
  folks
• 10:32
  know
• 10:32
  before
• 10:33
  I
• 10:33
  let
• 10:33
  you
• 10:33
  go,
• 10:33
  kind
• 10:34
  of
• 10:34
  how
• 10:34
  to
• 10:34
  get
• 10:34
  in
• 10:34
  touch
• 10:34
  and
• 10:35
  kind
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  what
• 10:35
  you
• 10:35
  have
• 10:35
  available
• 10:36
  and
• 10:36
  all
• 10:36
  that
• 10:36
  kind
• 10:36
  of
• 10:36
  good
• 10:36
  stuff.
• 10:38
  Yeah,
• 10:40
  as
• 10:41
  far
• 10:41
  as,
• 10:42
  you
• 10:42
  know,
• 10:42
  in
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  immediate
• 10:43
  future,
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  do,
• 10:44
  you
• 10:45
  know,
• 10:45
  I
• 10:46
  book
• 10:46
  cicada
• 10:47
  dates
• 10:47
  fairly
• 10:48
  last.
• 10:51
  But
• 10:51
  there's,
• 10:52
  there's
• 10:52
  some
• 10:52
  opportunity
• 10:53
  there
• 10:53
  potentially,
• 10:54
  if
• 10:54
  you're
• 10:55
  interested
• 10:55
  in
• 10:55
  that,
• 10:55
  just
• 10:56
  shoot
• 10:56
  me
• 10:56
  an
• 10:56
  email
• 10:57
  or
• 10:57
  text
• 10:57
  or
• 10:58
  something.
• 10:58
  Let
• 10:58
  me.
• 10:59
  Otherwise,
• 11:00
  smallmouth
• 11:00
  wise,
• 11:01
  we're
• 11:01
  talking
• 11:01
  a
• 11:02
  couple
• 11:02
  of
• 11:02
  dates
• 11:02
  in
• 11:02
  July,
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  think
• 11:03
  one
• 11:04
  in
• 11:04
  August
• 11:04
  and
• 11:05
  a
• 11:05
  couple
• 11:05
  in
• 11:05
  September.
• 11:07
  And
• 11:08
  then
• 11:08
  we're,
• 11:08
  we're
• 11:08
  looking
• 11:09
  at
• 11:09
  muskie
• 11:09
  season.
• 11:10
  So
• 11:10
  like
• 11:11
  I
• 11:11
  always
• 11:11
  say,
• 11:11
  if
• 11:11
  you're
• 11:12
  interested
• 11:12
  in
• 11:12
  anything
• 11:14
  that
• 11:14
  I
• 11:14
  do,
• 11:15
  just,
• 11:15
  just,
• 11:16
  you
• 11:16
  know,
• 11:17
  shoot
• 11:17
  me
• 11:18
  a
• 11:18
  note
• 11:18
  and
• 11:18
  we'll
• 11:18
  start
• 11:18
  talking
• 11:19
  and
• 11:19
  figuring
• 11:19
  out
• 11:19
  how
• 11:20
  we
• 11:20
  can
• 11:20
  get
• 11:20
  it
• 11:20
  done.
• 11:21
  There
• 11:21
  you
• 11:21
  go.
• 11:22
  Well,
• 11:22
  folks,
• 11:22
  this
• 11:22
  time
• 11:22
  of
• 11:22
  year,
• 11:23
  as
• 11:23
  I
• 11:23
  always
• 11:23
  say,
• 11:23
  you
• 11:23
  owe
• 11:24
  it
• 11:24
  to
• 11:24
  yourself
• 11:24
  to
• 11:24
  get
• 11:24
  out
• 11:24
  there
• 11:25
  and
• 11:25
  catch
• 11:25
  a
• 11:25
  few
• 11:26
  Tight
• 11:26
  lines,
• 11:26
  everybody.
• 11:27
  Tight
• 11:28
  lines,
• 11:28
  Matt.
• 11:29
  Thanks,
• 11:29
  Marvin.