Latest / The Articulate Fly / S6, Ep 121: Ellis Ward on East Tennessee's Waters: After the Storm
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- 0:04Hey,
- 0:04folks,
- 0:04it's
- 0:04Marvin
- 0:05Cash,
- 0:05the
- 0:05host
- 0:05of
- 0:05the
- 0:06articulate
- 0:06fly.
- 0:06And
- 0:06we're
- 0:06back
- 0:07with
- 0:07another
- 0:07east
- 0:07Tennessee
- 0:08fishing
- 0:08report
- 0:08with
- 0:09Ellis
- 0:09Ward.
- 0:09Ellis,
- 0:10how
- 0:10are
- 0:10you?
- 0:11I
- 0:12am
- 0:12doing
- 0:12well
- 0:13now,
- 0:13Marv,
- 0:13how
- 0:13are
- 0:14you?
- 0:14I'm
- 0:14just
- 0:14trying
- 0:15to
- 0:15stay
- 0:15out
- 0:15of
- 0:15trouble.
- 0:15And,
- 0:16you
- 0:16know,
- 0:16you
- 0:16were
- 0:17lucky.
- 0:17You
- 0:17had
- 0:17moved
- 0:17out
- 0:18of
- 0:18town
- 0:18and
- 0:18you're
- 0:18in
- 0:18Jonesboro
- 0:19and,
- 0:20you
- 0:20know,
- 0:20you
- 0:20were
- 0:20spared
- 0:20the
- 0:21worst
- 0:21of
- 0:21it,
- 0:21but,
- 0:21you
- 0:21know,
- 0:22the
- 0:22folks
- 0:22around
- 0:22you
- 0:23weren't
- 0:23really.
- 0:23You
- 0:23want
- 0:23to
- 0:23kind
- 0:24of.
- 0:24I
- 0:24know
- 0:24people
- 0:25are
- 0:25kind
- 0:25of,
- 0:26you
- 0:26know,
- 0:26eager
- 0:26to
- 0:26hear
- 0:27kind
- 0:27of
- 0:27firsthand,
- 0:28kind
- 0:28of
- 0:28what
- 0:28are
- 0:28you
- 0:28seeing
- 0:29in,
- 0:29you
- 0:29know,
- 0:29the
- 0:30Johnson
- 0:30City,
- 0:30Elizabethton
- 0:31area
- 0:32where
- 0:32you
- 0:32kind
- 0:32of
- 0:32fish?
- 0:34Yeah,
- 0:38I'm
- 0:38doing
- 0:39my
- 0:39best
- 0:40not
- 0:40say
- 0:40a
- 0:41tale
- 0:41of
- 0:41two
- 0:41cities,
- 0:41but
- 0:43it
- 0:43kind
- 0:43of
- 0:43is
- 0:43Johnson
- 0:44City
- 0:45proper
- 0:46and,
- 0:48and
- 0:48Bristol
- 0:49Bluff
- 0:50City.
- 0:50I
- 0:51mean,
- 0:51really,
- 0:51the,
- 0:52the
- 0:52tailwaters
- 0:53themselves.
- 0:55It's
- 0:56their
- 0:56tailwaters.
- 0:57They
- 0:57were
- 0:57insulated
- 0:58to
- 0:58a
- 0:58certain
- 0:59extent.
- 1:00It's
- 1:01the
- 1:01towns
- 1:02and
- 1:03anything
- 1:04around
- 1:04any
- 1:05of
- 1:05the
- 1:05freestones.
- 1:06And
- 1:07just
- 1:07to
- 1:08give
- 1:08people
- 1:08some
- 1:09context
- 1:09of
- 1:10the
- 1:11extent
- 1:12of
- 1:12this,
- 1:12the
- 1:12degree
- 1:13to
- 1:13which
- 1:14a
- 1:15freestone
- 1:16can
- 1:16pick
- 1:16up
- 1:17and
- 1:17move
- 1:17water.
- 1:18And
- 1:20I'll
- 1:20just
- 1:21use
- 1:21the
- 1:21Doe
- 1:21as
- 1:21an
- 1:21example.
- 1:22And
- 1:23this
- 1:23is
- 1:23a
- 1:23river
- 1:24that
- 1:24runs.
- 1:25I
- 1:25can
- 1:26feel
- 1:26it
- 1:27in
- 1:27when
- 1:28Wilbur
- 1:28Dam,
- 1:28when
- 1:28the
- 1:29Wataka
- 1:29tailwater
- 1:29is
- 1:30running
- 1:301700
- 1:31cfs
- 1:32and
- 1:32below
- 1:33the
- 1:33confluence
- 1:34of
- 1:34the
- 1:34dough,
- 1:35I
- 1:35can
- 1:36feel
- 1:36that.
- 1:37I
- 1:37can
- 1:37feel
- 1:37the
- 1:37difference.
- 1:38When
- 1:38the
- 1:38dough
- 1:39is
- 1:39pushing
- 1:40200,
- 1:40250,
- 1:41because
- 1:42it's
- 1:42normally
- 1:43in
- 1:43the
- 1:4350
- 1:44to
- 1:44100.
- 1:45When
- 1:45the
- 1:45Wataga
- 1:46is
- 1:46low
- 1:48and
- 1:48the
- 1:49doe
- 1:49is
- 1:49over
- 1:49100
- 1:50cfs,
- 1:52you
- 1:52can
- 1:52tell
- 1:53going
- 1:53over
- 1:54rocks
- 1:54or,
- 1:54you
- 1:54know,
- 1:55the
- 1:55lanes
- 1:56are
- 1:56wider,
- 1:58the
- 1:58super
- 1:59skinny
- 1:59kind
- 1:59of
- 2:00shady
- 2:00stuff.
- 2:01Some
- 2:01of
- 2:01the
- 2:01drops
- 2:01in
- 2:01the
- 2:02middle
- 2:02river,
- 2:03they're
- 2:04just
- 2:04easier.
- 2:05And
- 2:05that's
- 2:06at
- 2:06100
- 2:06cfs.
- 2:07And
- 2:08that
- 2:08difference
- 2:08between
- 2:08102
- 2:09hundred,
- 2:10250,
- 2:11that's
- 2:12really,
- 2:12really
- 2:12meaningful.
- 2:13When
- 2:14it's
- 2:14up
- 2:14at
- 2:14like
- 2:14400,
- 2:15500
- 2:15cfs,
- 2:18that's
- 2:19kind
- 2:19of
- 2:19blown
- 2:20out
- 2:21chocolate
- 2:22milk
- 2:22debris
- 2:22in
- 2:22the
- 2:22water.
- 2:23When
- 2:23it's
- 2:24at
- 2:24800,
- 2:26if
- 2:26it's
- 2:27pushing
- 2:271000,
- 2:29that's
- 2:29where
- 2:29we
- 2:29start
- 2:30seeing
- 2:31water
- 2:32in
- 2:32some
- 2:32of
- 2:33the
- 2:34boat
- 2:34ramp
- 2:35parking
- 2:35lots
- 2:36and
- 2:38new
- 2:38banks
- 2:39start
- 2:39getting
- 2:39eroded,
- 2:40that
- 2:40type
- 2:40of
- 2:40stuff.
- 2:41So
- 2:41that's
- 2:41at
- 2:411000,
- 2:42which
- 2:42doesn't
- 2:42happen
- 2:43that
- 2:43often.
- 2:43That
- 2:44river
- 2:45was
- 2:45up
- 2:45to
- 2:4617,000
- 2:47cfs.
- 2:49And
- 2:50it's
- 2:50just
- 2:51not.
- 2:52It
- 2:52doesn't
- 2:53have
- 2:53the
- 2:53bank
- 2:53structure
- 2:54for
- 2:54that.
- 2:54It
- 2:55doesn't
- 2:55have
- 2:55floodplains.
- 2:56And
- 2:57the
- 2:57Watauga
- 2:57tailwater
- 2:58is
- 2:58so
- 2:58insulated
- 2:59and
- 3:00so
- 3:00regular
- 3:01that
- 3:01they
- 3:02just
- 3:03don't
- 3:03have
- 3:03those
- 3:03wide
- 3:04eroding
- 3:05floodplains.
- 3:08So
- 3:09I
- 3:09know
- 3:09that
- 3:09the
- 3:09sycamore
- 3:10Shoals
- 3:10ballad
- 3:11hospital
- 3:12was
- 3:12being
- 3:12evacuated.
- 3:13I
- 3:13think
- 3:13that
- 3:13was
- 3:14Friday
- 3:14evening.
- 3:16And
- 3:18you
- 3:18know,
- 3:18as
- 3:19I'm,
- 3:19as
- 3:19I'm
- 3:19talking
- 3:20about
- 3:20this
- 3:20not
- 3:20having
- 3:20floodplains
- 3:22not
- 3:23meant
- 3:23for
- 3:23this
- 3:23bank
- 3:24erosion.
- 3:24All
- 3:24that
- 3:25french
- 3:25fraud
- 3:26where
- 3:27I've
- 3:27spent
- 3:27untold
- 3:28hours
- 3:29the
- 3:29last
- 3:30five
- 3:31years
- 3:32muskie
- 3:33fishing
- 3:33in
- 3:33the
- 3:33last
- 3:33couple
- 3:34years,
- 3:34muskie
- 3:35guiding
- 3:38the
- 3:39numbers
- 3:39there.
- 3:39Just
- 3:40astronomical.
- 3:41And
- 3:44it's
- 3:45gauges
- 3:45that
- 3:46normally
- 3:46read
- 3:46100,
- 3:47200
- 3:47cfs
- 3:48are
- 3:48reading
- 3:4810,000,
- 3:4915,000.
- 3:50The
- 3:51french
- 3:51broad
- 3:52going
- 3:52through
- 3:52Asheville,
- 3:53people
- 3:53can
- 3:54look
- 3:54up
- 3:55some
- 3:55of
- 3:55the
- 3:55destruction
- 3:56here.
- 3:57It's
- 3:58just
- 3:58cleaning
- 3:59out
- 4:00anything
- 4:00that
- 4:01was
- 4:02adjacent
- 4:03to
- 4:03the,
- 4:03you
- 4:03know,
- 4:03one
- 4:04story
- 4:04shops
- 4:05and
- 4:05little
- 4:05restaurants
- 4:06adjacent
- 4:06to
- 4:06the
- 4:06river.
- 4:08It's
- 4:08a
- 4:08parking
- 4:09lot.
- 4:09It's
- 4:09a
- 4:09mud
- 4:09flat.
- 4:12I
- 4:12mean,
- 4:12five
- 4:13minutes
- 4:13from
- 4:13me
- 4:14on
- 4:14the
- 4:14Nola
- 4:15Chucky,
- 4:16there's
- 4:17a
- 4:17bridge
- 4:17that
- 4:18looks
- 4:18like
- 4:18some
- 4:18sort
- 4:18of
- 4:20war
- 4:21footage
- 4:21when
- 4:22you
- 4:22drive
- 4:22up
- 4:22to
- 4:22it.
- 4:23And
- 4:24I
- 4:24went
- 4:24down
- 4:25to
- 4:26the
- 4:26next
- 4:26three
- 4:26bridges,
- 4:27and
- 4:27it's
- 4:28all
- 4:28the
- 4:28same.
- 4:28They're
- 4:29just,
- 4:32it's
- 4:32just
- 4:32evaporation.
- 4:34There's
- 4:34just.
- 4:35There's
- 4:35not
- 4:35even
- 4:35traces
- 4:36of
- 4:36abutments.
- 4:37It's
- 4:37just
- 4:38fully
- 4:39carried
- 4:39down,
- 4:39you
- 4:39know,
- 4:4050,000
- 4:40cfs
- 4:42pushing
- 4:42through
- 4:43there.
- 4:43And
- 4:43you
- 4:43can
- 4:43see
- 4:44just
- 4:44with
- 4:44dirt
- 4:44marks,
- 4:45you
- 4:45know,
- 4:46it's
- 4:462300
- 4:47yards
- 4:48on
- 4:48either
- 4:48side
- 4:48of
- 4:49what
- 4:49would
- 4:49even
- 4:50be
- 4:50a
- 4:50big
- 4:50flood
- 4:51before.
- 4:51So
- 4:57it's
- 4:58weird.
- 4:58It's
- 4:58weird
- 4:58being
- 4:59five
- 4:59minutes
- 4:59from
- 4:59that
- 5:00and
- 5:01we
- 5:01lost
- 5:01power,
- 5:01but
- 5:02we
- 5:02had
- 5:02water.
- 5:06It's
- 5:08what
- 5:08got
- 5:09hit.
- 5:09Got
- 5:09hit
- 5:09so
- 5:10hard.
- 5:11And
- 5:11then
- 5:13other
- 5:14people
- 5:14may
- 5:14have
- 5:14lost
- 5:15power
- 5:15or
- 5:15water,
- 5:16but,
- 5:17I
- 5:17mean,
- 5:18if
- 5:18you
- 5:18weren't
- 5:18in
- 5:18that
- 5:19direct
- 5:19hit,
- 5:20it's.
- 5:21It's
- 5:21not
- 5:22like
- 5:22a
- 5:22hurricane
- 5:23with,
- 5:23with
- 5:23the.
- 5:23With
- 5:24the
- 5:24winds.
- 5:24Like,
- 5:25this
- 5:25was
- 5:25strictly
- 5:26rain
- 5:26and
- 5:26flooding.
- 5:27And
- 5:29so
- 5:30you
- 5:30have
- 5:30people
- 5:30with
- 5:31complete
- 5:31losses
- 5:32of
- 5:32their
- 5:32home.
- 5:33And
- 5:33I'm
- 5:33not
- 5:33kidding
- 5:34you,
- 5:3550
- 5:35yards
- 5:35away
- 5:36with
- 5:37a
- 5:37little
- 5:37bit
- 5:37of
- 5:37elevation.
- 5:38The
- 5:38neighbor's
- 5:39house
- 5:39is
- 5:40100%
- 5:40untouched.
- 5:42Um,
- 5:44so
- 5:44it.
- 5:44I
- 5:44don't
- 5:45know,
- 5:45it.
- 5:45It's.
- 5:45It's
- 5:46been
- 5:46weird,
- 5:46I
- 5:46would
- 5:47say.
- 5:47And
- 5:49I
- 5:50think
- 5:50I
- 5:51felt.
- 5:53I
- 5:53felt
- 5:53okay
- 5:53enough
- 5:54about
- 5:56whatever
- 5:57moral
- 5:57compass
- 5:57that
- 5:58is
- 5:58still
- 5:58left
- 5:58in
- 5:58me
- 5:59to
- 5:59go
- 5:59out
- 6:00and
- 6:00start
- 6:01fishing
- 6:01the
- 6:01south
- 6:02Holsten.
- 6:02Because,
- 6:03I
- 6:03mean,
- 6:04come
- 6:04on,
- 6:04dude.
- 6:04The
- 6:04flows
- 6:05were
- 6:05looking
- 6:05great.
- 6:07I
- 6:07don't
- 6:07want
- 6:08to
- 6:08desensitize
- 6:08it
- 6:08too
- 6:09much,
- 6:09but
- 6:10there's
- 6:10a
- 6:10lot
- 6:10of
- 6:10places
- 6:11that
- 6:13I
- 6:13would
- 6:13say
- 6:14localized
- 6:15and
- 6:15very
- 6:16significant
- 6:16damage
- 6:17that
- 6:17need
- 6:18help.
- 6:18And
- 6:20I
- 6:21think
- 6:21you
- 6:21were
- 6:21talking
- 6:21about
- 6:22putting
- 6:22some
- 6:22links
- 6:23into
- 6:24the
- 6:24show
- 6:24notes
- 6:25here.
- 6:28But
- 6:28it's
- 6:28kind
- 6:28of
- 6:28a
- 6:28tough
- 6:29one
- 6:29because
- 6:29it's
- 6:29not
- 6:29like
- 6:30Florida.
- 6:30Like,
- 6:30you
- 6:30get
- 6:31a
- 6:31hurricane,
- 6:35what
- 6:35are
- 6:35you
- 6:35doing
- 6:36with
- 6:36insurance?
- 6:36Why
- 6:36isn't
- 6:37your
- 6:37house
- 6:37at
- 6:39stilts,
- 6:39et
- 6:39cetera.
- 6:41It's,
- 6:43I
- 6:43don't
- 6:43want
- 6:43to
- 6:43say
- 6:43once,
- 6:44once
- 6:44in
- 6:44a
- 6:44lifetime
- 6:45or
- 6:45more,
- 6:45but
- 6:46statistically,
- 6:47that's
- 6:47what
- 6:47we're
- 6:47looking
- 6:47at.
- 6:48Yeah,
- 6:49it's
- 6:49incredibly
- 6:50devastating.
- 6:51I
- 6:51mean,
- 6:51loss
- 6:51of
- 6:51life,
- 6:52loss
- 6:52of
- 6:52property.
- 6:53I
- 6:53mean,
- 6:53you
- 6:53know,
- 6:54it's
- 6:54going
- 6:54to
- 6:54take,
- 6:55you
- 6:55know,
- 6:55years
- 6:56to
- 6:56get
- 6:57back
- 6:57to
- 6:57normal.
- 6:58You
- 6:59know,
- 6:59I
- 6:59guess
- 6:59what
- 6:59I
- 6:59would
- 6:59say,
- 6:59folks,
- 7:00is
- 7:00last
- 7:00week
- 7:01I
- 7:01put
- 7:01out
- 7:01a
- 7:01blog
- 7:01post
- 7:02and
- 7:02I'll
- 7:02link
- 7:02to
- 7:02it
- 7:02in
- 7:02the
- 7:03show
- 7:03notes
- 7:03that
- 7:04gives
- 7:04you
- 7:05some
- 7:05donation
- 7:06ideas
- 7:06for
- 7:07Southwest
- 7:07Virginia,
- 7:09western
- 7:10North
- 7:10Carolina
- 7:10and
- 7:10East
- 7:11Tennessee
- 7:12that
- 7:13are
- 7:14state
- 7:14agencies
- 7:15and
- 7:16large
- 7:16charities
- 7:16that
- 7:17are
- 7:17funneling
- 7:17money
- 7:17to
- 7:18the
- 7:18people
- 7:18that
- 7:18are
- 7:18on
- 7:18the
- 7:19ground.
- 7:21One
- 7:21of
- 7:21the
- 7:21things
- 7:21that
- 7:22I've
- 7:22suggested
- 7:23across
- 7:24the
- 7:24board
- 7:24is
- 7:25as
- 7:25it
- 7:25becomes
- 7:26easier
- 7:27to
- 7:27get
- 7:27back
- 7:27into
- 7:28East
- 7:28Tennessee
- 7:28and
- 7:29western
- 7:29North
- 7:29Carolina,
- 7:30tourism
- 7:31is
- 7:31incredibly
- 7:32important
- 7:32to
- 7:33that
- 7:33part
- 7:33of
- 7:33the
- 7:33world
- 7:34and
- 7:34you
- 7:35need
- 7:35to
- 7:35go
- 7:35and
- 7:35do
- 7:36your
- 7:36best
- 7:36to
- 7:36support
- 7:37local
- 7:37merchants.
- 7:37And
- 7:38that
- 7:38includes
- 7:38fly
- 7:39shops
- 7:39and
- 7:39fishing
- 7:39guides.
- 7:40And
- 7:40I
- 7:40think
- 7:40one
- 7:40of
- 7:40the
- 7:41things
- 7:41that
- 7:41you
- 7:41can
- 7:41definitely
- 7:42do
- 7:43is
- 7:44you
- 7:44can
- 7:44buy
- 7:44gift
- 7:44certificates
- 7:45and
- 7:45gift
- 7:45cards.
- 7:45So
- 7:46there's
- 7:46revenue
- 7:46coming
- 7:47into
- 7:47these
- 7:47local
- 7:47communities.
- 7:48But
- 7:49also,
- 7:49too,
- 7:49if
- 7:49you
- 7:50have
- 7:50trips
- 7:50booked,
- 7:51you
- 7:51know,
- 7:52don't
- 7:52cancel
- 7:52the
- 7:52trips
- 7:53if
- 7:53you
- 7:53can
- 7:54possibly
- 7:54do
- 7:54it
- 7:54and
- 7:54let
- 7:54the
- 7:55guides
- 7:55and
- 7:55the
- 7:55shops
- 7:55keep
- 7:56the
- 7:56money
- 7:56because
- 7:56it
- 7:56is
- 7:57going
- 7:57to
- 7:57be
- 7:57a
- 7:57very,
- 7:58very
- 7:58long
- 7:58road
- 7:58back.
- 8:00But
- 8:00I
- 8:00will
- 8:01drop
- 8:01those
- 8:01links
- 8:01in
- 8:01the
- 8:01show
- 8:02notes.
- 8:02And
- 8:03I
- 8:03would
- 8:03also
- 8:03say,
- 8:04too,
- 8:04that
- 8:05our
- 8:05friends
- 8:06at
- 8:06visit
- 8:06Johnson
- 8:07City
- 8:07have
- 8:07kind
- 8:07of
- 8:08shifted
- 8:08from
- 8:08tourism
- 8:09to
- 8:09supporting
- 8:10the
- 8:10community.
- 8:11And,
- 8:11you
- 8:11know,
- 8:11if
- 8:12you're
- 8:12in
- 8:12need,
- 8:13you
- 8:13can
- 8:13go
- 8:13there,
- 8:13charge
- 8:14your
- 8:14phone,
- 8:14get
- 8:15water,
- 8:15get
- 8:15help
- 8:15finding
- 8:16hotel
- 8:16rooms.
- 8:17You
- 8:18know,
- 8:18Alec
- 8:18Castro
- 8:19is
- 8:19my
- 8:19contact
- 8:20there,
- 8:20but
- 8:20the
- 8:20whole
- 8:20team
- 8:20there
- 8:21is
- 8:21ready
- 8:21to
- 8:21help.
- 8:22And
- 8:22as
- 8:23we
- 8:23have
- 8:23more
- 8:23information,
- 8:24we
- 8:24will
- 8:24certainly
- 8:24push
- 8:24it
- 8:25out
- 8:25in
- 8:25our
- 8:25social
- 8:25media
- 8:26channels
- 8:27and
- 8:28on
- 8:28the
- 8:28website
- 8:28and
- 8:28in
- 8:28the
- 8:28podcast
- 8:29and
- 8:30well
- 8:30kind
- 8:30of
- 8:30shift
- 8:31a
- 8:31little
- 8:31bit.
- 8:31I
- 8:31did
- 8:31have
- 8:32a
- 8:32question
- 8:32for
- 8:32you,
- 8:34Ellis
- 8:35from
- 8:35Brenner.
- 8:35And
- 8:36hes
- 8:36getting
- 8:36ready
- 8:36for
- 8:36Muskie
- 8:37season
- 8:38and
- 8:38he
- 8:38wanted
- 8:38to
- 8:38get
- 8:39your
- 8:39thoughts
- 8:39on
- 8:39kind
- 8:39of
- 8:40the
- 8:40best
- 8:40materials
- 8:41to
- 8:41incorporate
- 8:42into
- 8:42your
- 8:43musky
- 8:43fly
- 8:43so
- 8:43that
- 8:44you
- 8:44get
- 8:44good
- 8:44kills
- 8:45when
- 8:45you
- 8:45strip
- 8:45the
- 8:45fly.
- 8:47Okay.
- 8:49Yeah.
- 8:50Well
- 8:50do
- 8:51a
- 8:51hard
- 8:51pivot.
- 8:52We
- 8:52can
- 8:52talk
- 8:53about
- 8:53the
- 8:53other
- 8:53stuff
- 8:53for
- 8:53a
- 8:53long
- 8:54time,
- 8:54but
- 8:56very,
- 8:57very
- 8:57briefly.
- 8:58I'd
- 8:58also
- 8:58say
- 9:00John
- 9:00at
- 9:00Tailwater
- 9:01Glyco
- 9:02has
- 9:02been
- 9:04reaching
- 9:04out
- 9:04and
- 9:04I
- 9:04know
- 9:05you've
- 9:05talked
- 9:05with
- 9:05him
- 9:05as
- 9:05well.
- 9:06So
- 9:06there's,
- 9:06there's
- 9:07a
- 9:07bunch
- 9:07of
- 9:07good
- 9:07resources
- 9:08there,
- 9:08too.
- 9:09All
- 9:09right.
- 9:09Pivoting
- 9:10to
- 9:10phishing
- 9:10report
- 9:11question
- 9:12answering.
- 9:13So
- 9:13for
- 9:14fly
- 9:14time,
- 9:15I
- 9:15love
- 9:15this
- 9:15question.
- 9:16And
- 9:16we
- 9:16didn't
- 9:17get
- 9:17a
- 9:17chance
- 9:17to
- 9:17talk
- 9:17about
- 9:18it
- 9:18before
- 9:19this
- 9:19call.
- 9:19So,
- 9:20thoughts
- 9:21coming
- 9:21at
- 9:21you
- 9:21live
- 9:22here.
- 9:22The,
- 9:23I
- 9:24mean,
- 9:24two
- 9:24materials
- 9:25that
- 9:25I
- 9:25like
- 9:25the
- 9:25most
- 9:26for
- 9:27what
- 9:27he's
- 9:27talking
- 9:28about,
- 9:28which
- 9:28is
- 9:29getting
- 9:30a
- 9:32pronounced
- 9:33stop
- 9:33of
- 9:36the
- 9:36front
- 9:36part
- 9:37of
- 9:37the
- 9:37fly
- 9:37so
- 9:38that
- 9:38you
- 9:38get.
- 9:39Or
- 9:40you
- 9:40can
- 9:40get
- 9:41some
- 9:41form
- 9:41of
- 9:42dog
- 9:42walk,
- 9:45I
- 9:45would
- 9:45say,
- 9:46with,
- 9:46with
- 9:46some
- 9:46of
- 9:46the
- 9:47smaller,
- 9:47musky
- 9:47flies,
- 9:49you
- 9:50can.
- 9:51If
- 9:51you're,
- 9:53if
- 9:53you
- 9:53are
- 9:54going
- 9:54to
- 9:54add
- 9:54weight
- 9:56using
- 9:57something
- 9:57like
- 9:58brass
- 9:58dumbbell
- 9:59eyes,
- 10:00you
- 10:01really
- 10:01don't
- 10:01need
- 10:01to
- 10:02do
- 10:02that.
- 10:03I
- 10:03like
- 10:03to
- 10:03do
- 10:04it
- 10:04occasionally
- 10:04if
- 10:04I'm
- 10:04tying
- 10:05with
- 10:05shanks
- 10:06and,
- 10:07you
- 10:07know,
- 10:07with
- 10:08the,
- 10:08with
- 10:08a
- 10:08small
- 10:09trailer
- 10:09hook.
- 10:09Because
- 10:09if
- 10:10you
- 10:10think
- 10:10about
- 10:10the
- 10:10difference
- 10:10between,
- 10:11like,
- 10:11a
- 10:11five
- 10:12odd
- 10:12yemenite
- 10:13hook
- 10:13and
- 10:13a
- 10:14shank,
- 10:15there's
- 10:15so
- 10:15much
- 10:15more
- 10:16metal,
- 10:16so
- 10:16much
- 10:17more
- 10:17weight
- 10:18in
- 10:18that
- 10:18hook.
- 10:18So
- 10:19if
- 10:19you're
- 10:19tying
- 10:20on
- 10:20a
- 10:20shank,
- 10:22you
- 10:22know,
- 10:22to
- 10:23put
- 10:23in
- 10:23some
- 10:23lead
- 10:23wraps
- 10:24or
- 10:24something
- 10:25actually
- 10:26helps
- 10:26with
- 10:26that,
- 10:27the
- 10:27momentum
- 10:28and
- 10:28then
- 10:28some
- 10:28of
- 10:28that
- 10:28castability.
- 10:29If
- 10:29it's
- 10:30a
- 10:30pretty
- 10:30big
- 10:30fly,
- 10:32and
- 10:32then
- 10:32if
- 10:32you
- 10:33shift
- 10:33that
- 10:33up
- 10:33front,
- 10:35then
- 10:35you
- 10:36can,
- 10:36depending
- 10:36on
- 10:37what
- 10:37type
- 10:37of
- 10:37material
- 10:37you're
- 10:38using,
- 10:38you
- 10:38can
- 10:38get
- 10:39a
- 10:39little
- 10:39bit
- 10:39of
- 10:39a
- 10:40jig,
- 10:41I'm
- 10:42guessing
- 10:42what
- 10:42he's
- 10:42talking
- 10:42about.
- 10:42And
- 10:43something
- 10:43that
- 10:44I
- 10:44focus
- 10:45on
- 10:46much
- 10:46more
- 10:46is
- 10:48bucktail
- 10:50or
- 10:51the
- 10:51synthetic
- 10:51that
- 10:52I
- 10:52love
- 10:52for
- 10:52this
- 10:53strong
- 10:53fuzzy.
- 10:54And
- 10:56I
- 10:56would
- 10:56throw
- 10:56another
- 10:57option
- 10:57in
- 10:57there.
- 10:58And
- 10:58this
- 10:58is
- 10:59kind
- 10:59of
- 10:59a
- 11:01sort
- 11:02of
- 11:02a
- 11:02curveball,
- 11:02but
- 11:03crafter
- 11:04with,
- 11:06um,
- 11:08either
- 11:09a.
- 11:11A
- 11:11flexible
- 11:12uv
- 11:13coating.
- 11:14And,
- 11:15you
- 11:15know,
- 11:15if
- 11:16you
- 11:16feel
- 11:16like
- 11:16putting
- 11:16eyes
- 11:16on
- 11:17it,
- 11:17great.
- 11:18But,
- 11:18but
- 11:18if
- 11:18you,
- 11:19if
- 11:19you
- 11:19shape
- 11:20it
- 11:20in
- 11:20a
- 11:20way
- 11:21that
- 11:23encourages
- 11:26movement
- 11:26side
- 11:27to
- 11:27side.
- 11:27So
- 11:28saying
- 11:28that
- 11:28another
- 11:28way,
- 11:28if
- 11:29you
- 11:29shape
- 11:29it
- 11:30skinnier
- 11:31on
- 11:31the
- 11:31sides
- 11:32of
- 11:32and
- 11:33taller
- 11:34on
- 11:34the
- 11:35top
- 11:35and
- 11:35the
- 11:36bottom,
- 11:37that
- 11:37encourages
- 11:38side
- 11:38to
- 11:38side
- 11:39movement.
- 11:39Cause
- 11:40that
- 11:41kill
- 11:41happens
- 11:42when
- 11:43you
- 11:43remove
- 11:44your
- 11:45pulling
- 11:45force
- 11:46and
- 11:48the
- 11:48fly
- 11:49is
- 11:49left
- 11:50in
- 11:50the
- 11:50water.
- 11:51And
- 11:52so
- 11:52you
- 11:52get
- 11:52the
- 11:52kill
- 11:53when
- 11:56the
- 11:56force
- 11:57against
- 11:57that
- 11:57fly,
- 11:58which
- 11:58can
- 11:59come
- 11:59through
- 11:59friction,
- 12:00it
- 12:00can
- 12:00come
- 12:00through
- 12:00buoyancy.
- 12:02Um,
- 12:03when
- 12:03the
- 12:04force
- 12:04of
- 12:04the
- 12:05water
- 12:05against
- 12:07the
- 12:07front
- 12:07part
- 12:07of
- 12:07that
- 12:08fly
- 12:09is
- 12:09much
- 12:10greater
- 12:10than
- 12:10it
- 12:10is
- 12:11against
- 12:11any
- 12:11other
- 12:11part
- 12:12of
- 12:12that
- 12:12fly.
- 12:12And
- 12:13so,
- 12:13you
- 12:13know,
- 12:13with
- 12:14the
- 12:14swim
- 12:14bug,
- 12:14for
- 12:14example,
- 12:15which
- 12:16I
- 12:17have
- 12:17some
- 12:18versions
- 12:19that
- 12:19I
- 12:19fish
- 12:20for
- 12:20muskie,
- 12:21you
- 12:21have
- 12:21a
- 12:22bunch
- 12:22of
- 12:22buoyancy
- 12:23up
- 12:23front
- 12:23with
- 12:23the
- 12:24deer
- 12:24hair
- 12:24head.
- 12:25And
- 12:26it's
- 12:26like
- 12:26trying
- 12:27to
- 12:27put
- 12:27a,
- 12:28you
- 12:28know,
- 12:28an
- 12:28exercise
- 12:29ball
- 12:29underwater.
- 12:30Something
- 12:30that's
- 12:30really
- 12:31buoyant,
- 12:31it
- 12:32doesn't
- 12:32want
- 12:32to
- 12:32be
- 12:32in
- 12:33there.
- 12:33And
- 12:34it
- 12:34gets
- 12:35moved
- 12:35very
- 12:35easily
- 12:36by
- 12:37the
- 12:37water
- 12:37because
- 12:38it
- 12:38doesn't
- 12:38want
- 12:38to
- 12:38be
- 12:38in
- 12:39there,
- 12:40you
- 12:40know,
- 12:41on
- 12:41the
- 12:41other
- 12:41side
- 12:41of
- 12:41the
- 12:41spectrum
- 12:42would
- 12:42be
- 12:42a
- 12:42bare
- 12:43hook
- 12:43that
- 12:43would
- 12:43just
- 12:44fall
- 12:44through
- 12:44the
- 12:44water.
- 12:45So
- 12:45the
- 12:45more
- 12:45buoyant
- 12:46you
- 12:46get,
- 12:47the
- 12:47more
- 12:48sensitive
- 12:49the
- 12:50head
- 12:51shape
- 12:51is.
- 12:55And
- 12:55then
- 12:55you
- 12:55look
- 12:56at,
- 12:56you
- 12:56know,
- 12:56that
- 12:56craft,
- 12:57for
- 12:57example,
- 12:57is
- 12:59that's
- 12:59just
- 13:00surface
- 13:00area.
- 13:00So
- 13:01if
- 13:01you
- 13:01have
- 13:02looking
- 13:02at
- 13:03the
- 13:03front
- 13:03of
- 13:03the
- 13:03fly,
- 13:04like
- 13:04looking
- 13:05at
- 13:06its
- 13:06nose
- 13:07and
- 13:07it's
- 13:08skinny
- 13:08on
- 13:08the
- 13:08left
- 13:08and
- 13:09the
- 13:09right,
- 13:09but
- 13:11tall
- 13:12on
- 13:12the
- 13:12top,
- 13:12tall
- 13:13on
- 13:13the
- 13:13bottom
- 13:13and
- 13:14maybe
- 13:14even
- 13:14wider
- 13:15on
- 13:16the
- 13:16top,
- 13:17you're
- 13:17going
- 13:17to
- 13:17have
- 13:17the
- 13:17most
- 13:19friction
- 13:22wherever
- 13:22you
- 13:23have
- 13:23the
- 13:23most
- 13:23surface
- 13:24area.
- 13:24So
- 13:24that
- 13:25would
- 13:25be
- 13:26at
- 13:26the
- 13:26top.
- 13:27If
- 13:27you're
- 13:27just
- 13:28looking
- 13:28at
- 13:28it
- 13:28straight
- 13:28on,
- 13:29once
- 13:29you
- 13:30stop
- 13:30stripping
- 13:30that,
- 13:32it's
- 13:32going
- 13:32to
- 13:33get
- 13:33pushed
- 13:34one
- 13:34way
- 13:34or
- 13:34the
- 13:34other
- 13:35because
- 13:36it's
- 13:36not
- 13:36a
- 13:36perfect
- 13:37system
- 13:37when
- 13:38it
- 13:38gets
- 13:38pushed
- 13:38one
- 13:38or
- 13:39the
- 13:39other.
- 13:39If
- 13:39the
- 13:39sides
- 13:40are
- 13:42markedly
- 13:44a
- 13:44bigger
- 13:45surface
- 13:45area
- 13:46than
- 13:46the
- 13:46top
- 13:46or
- 13:46the
- 13:46bottom,
- 13:48it's
- 13:48going
- 13:49to
- 13:49get
- 13:49slammed
- 13:49sideways
- 13:51and,
- 13:52you
- 13:52know,
- 13:53it'll
- 13:53look
- 13:54like
- 13:54it's,
- 13:55it's
- 13:55tail
- 13:55is
- 13:56kicking
- 13:56out
- 13:56and
- 13:56it's,
- 13:56it's
- 13:57heads
- 13:57going
- 13:57back.
- 13:57So
- 14:00bucktail,
- 14:01honestly,
- 14:01same,
- 14:01same
- 14:02deal.
- 14:02And
- 14:04it's
- 14:04why
- 14:04the
- 14:05bulkhead,
- 14:05the
- 14:05Buford,
- 14:06that
- 14:06platform
- 14:07can
- 14:07be
- 14:08so
- 14:08effective
- 14:08because
- 14:09when
- 14:09tied
- 14:10properly,
- 14:12just
- 14:12having
- 14:13something
- 14:13buoyant,
- 14:14it
- 14:14up
- 14:14front
- 14:15is
- 14:18going
- 14:18to
- 14:18give
- 14:18you
- 14:19that
- 14:19dog
- 14:19walking
- 14:20kill
- 14:20and
- 14:20then
- 14:21strong
- 14:21fuzzy.
- 14:22I'll
- 14:22encourage
- 14:22people
- 14:22to
- 14:23watch
- 14:25some
- 14:25of
- 14:25the
- 14:25videos
- 14:26that
- 14:26Gunnar
- 14:26Brammer
- 14:27has
- 14:27done.
- 14:28I've
- 14:28done
- 14:29a
- 14:29couple
- 14:29flies
- 14:30with
- 14:30it
- 14:31on
- 14:32YouTube,
- 14:32but
- 14:32you
- 14:33can
- 14:33get
- 14:33that
- 14:33stuff
- 14:33pretty
- 14:34dense
- 14:35and
- 14:35shape
- 14:35ahead
- 14:36that
- 14:36responds
- 14:38with
- 14:39that
- 14:39kill
- 14:39because
- 14:40there's
- 14:40a
- 14:40lot
- 14:40of
- 14:40friction,
- 14:42but
- 14:42it
- 14:43doesn't
- 14:43come
- 14:43with
- 14:43the
- 14:43buoyancy.
- 14:44So
- 14:45some
- 14:45trade
- 14:45off.
- 14:45And
- 14:46sometimes
- 14:47you
- 14:47do
- 14:47want
- 14:47that.
- 14:48And
- 14:48I'm
- 14:49going
- 14:49to
- 14:50be
- 14:51appreciative
- 14:51of
- 14:51our
- 14:52time
- 14:52here.
- 14:52Marvin,
- 14:53stop
- 14:53talking.
- 14:55Well,
- 14:55that's
- 14:55good.
- 14:57I'll
- 14:58tell
- 14:58the
- 14:58snipers
- 14:58to
- 14:58stand
- 14:59down.
- 15:00Folks,
- 15:00we
- 15:01love
- 15:01questions
- 15:01on
- 15:01the
- 15:01articulate
- 15:02fly.
- 15:02You
- 15:02can
- 15:02email
- 15:03them
- 15:03to
- 15:03us
- 15:03or
- 15:03dm
- 15:04us
- 15:04on
- 15:04social
- 15:04media,
- 15:05whatever
- 15:05is
- 15:05easiest
- 15:06for
- 15:06you.
- 15:06And
- 15:06if
- 15:06we
- 15:06use
- 15:06your
- 15:07question,
- 15:08I
- 15:08will
- 15:08send
- 15:08you
- 15:08some
- 15:09articulate
- 15:09fly
- 15:09swag
- 15:10drawing
- 15:10for
- 15:11some
- 15:11cool
- 15:11stuff
- 15:11from
- 15:11Ellis
- 15:13at
- 15:13the
- 15:13end
- 15:13of
- 15:13the
- 15:13season.
- 15:14And
- 15:14you
- 15:14know,
- 15:14Ellis,
- 15:15before
- 15:15I
- 15:15let
- 15:15you
- 15:15go,
- 15:15you
- 15:16want
- 15:16to
- 15:16let
- 15:16folks
- 15:16know
- 15:16where
- 15:16they
- 15:16can
- 15:17find
- 15:17you
- 15:17and
- 15:17book
- 15:17you
- 15:17and
- 15:18all
- 15:18that
- 15:18kind
- 15:18of
- 15:18good
- 15:18stuff.
- 15:20Yeah.
- 15:20Best
- 15:21way
- 15:21to
- 15:22reach
- 15:22me
- 15:23is
- 15:23my
- 15:23cell
- 15:23phone
- 15:24at
- 15:24513-543-0019
- 15:29Instagram
- 15:29is
- 15:30Ellis
- 15:30Ward
- 15:30guides
- 15:31and
- 15:32trip
- 15:32information.
- 15:33You
- 15:33can
- 15:33send
- 15:33a
- 15:34booking
- 15:34request,
- 15:34email,
- 15:35look
- 15:35at
- 15:35fun
- 15:35pictures
- 15:37at
- 15:37ellis
- 15:37wardflies.com
- 15:38dot.
- 15:40Well,
- 15:40folks,
- 15:41you
- 15:41know,
- 15:41we're,
- 15:41our
- 15:42thoughts
- 15:42and
- 15:42prayers
- 15:42are
- 15:42with
- 15:43everybody
- 15:43in
- 15:44east
- 15:44Tennessee,
- 15:44western
- 15:45North
- 15:45Carolina
- 15:45and
- 15:45southwest
- 15:46Virginia,
- 15:46they've
- 15:46been
- 15:46impacted
- 15:47by
- 15:47the
- 15:47hurricane.
- 15:48And,
- 15:48you
- 15:48know,
- 15:49if
- 15:49you're,
- 15:49if
- 15:49you,
- 15:50you
- 15:50know,
- 15:50need
- 15:51help,
- 15:51there's
- 15:51some
- 15:52resources.
- 15:53Johnson
- 15:53visit
- 15:54Johnson
- 15:54City.
- 15:55If
- 15:55you
- 15:55folks
- 15:55want
- 15:55to
- 15:55make
- 15:56a
- 15:56donation,
- 15:56I'll
- 15:57drop
- 15:57the
- 15:57link
- 15:57to
- 15:57some,
- 15:58some
- 15:58options
- 15:59in
- 15:59the
- 15:59show
- 16:00notes.
- 16:00And
- 16:00if
- 16:00you
- 16:00have
- 16:01information
- 16:01that
- 16:02you
- 16:02would
- 16:02like
- 16:02for
- 16:02me
- 16:03to
- 16:03share
- 16:04on
- 16:04the
- 16:04podcasts
- 16:05or
- 16:06in
- 16:06my
- 16:06social
- 16:06media
- 16:07channels,
- 16:07just
- 16:07reach
- 16:07out.
- 16:08I'm
- 16:08happy
- 16:08to
- 16:08do
- 16:09that.
- 16:09And,
- 16:10you
- 16:10know,
- 16:11we
- 16:11hope
- 16:11that
- 16:12everyone's
- 16:13able
- 16:13to
- 16:13kind
- 16:13of
- 16:14move
- 16:14forward
- 16:14the
- 16:14best
- 16:15they
- 16:15can.
- 16:15And
- 16:15we're
- 16:15thinking
- 16:16about
- 16:16you.
- 16:16And,
- 16:17you
- 16:17know,
- 16:18again,
- 16:18if
- 16:18you
- 16:18can,
- 16:19you
- 16:19know,
- 16:19support
- 16:19the
- 16:20local
- 16:20communities
- 16:21as
- 16:21they
- 16:21sort
- 16:21of
- 16:22come
- 16:22back
- 16:22to
- 16:22life,
- 16:22that
- 16:22would
- 16:23be
- 16:23terrific,
- 16:23too.
- 16:24Tight
- 16:24lines,
- 16:24everybody.
- 16:25Tightlines
- 16:26Ellis
- 16:27appreciate
- 16:27it.
- 16:27Marvin.