If you ever had any questions about what it would take to elevate your streamer skills, today's

episode is just for you. That's because we have one of the great streamer anglers who guides in one of the

greatest, most remarkable rivers in the country. And today you're going to get some of his best

tips and find out about a new podcast that was created just for you. This is the Wetfly Swing

podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love. Hey, how's it going? I'm Dave, host of the wet fly swing podcast. I've been fly fishing since I was a little kid, grew up around a little fly shop, and have created one of the largest fly fishing podcasts in this country.

Chad Johnson, legendary guide on the White River is going to take us back into his amazing world.

You're going to find out how the White River came to become this legendary fishery.

It wasn't always that way.

It starts back with Dave Whitlock, a great Dave Whitlock story.

And you're also going to find

out when the best time is to target big browns and big fish on the white with streamers. And we're

also going to find out why he's still excited about the area, even though the famous Dallies Fly

Shop has moved on. And I don't want to forget that big secret, it's going to be unveiled today. You don't want to miss this one. It's about a podcast. It's about CJ's. This one's going to be good. All right, let's get into it. Here we go. Chad Johnson from CJ's White River Outfitter.com. How you doing, Chad? Doing great, Dave. Thanks for having me.

Yeah, yeah, this is another good one here. I was just looking back, episode 524, which actually

wasn't that long ago, really. It was, I think, November, kind of fall winter, 2023. And,

you know, we're 25 now and looking ahead. So I think that episode that we did was so amazing, and we'll have a link in the show notes. It got me going on a couple of things. One was that I want to do another podcast with you and talk more about the White River and everything you do. But also we have a big announcement that we're going to talk about today, which is something that we're going to really be taking, I think, this podcast to the next level, talking about, you know, fly fishing for, you know, not only streamers, but just for big fish and kind of what you do. So, but first off, thanks for joining here. What's been going on the last kind of year and a half for you? I know you've had some big things. There's been some big changes and all that, but what's been going on on the fishing end and everything else? Yeah, there's been a lot of changes this year.

You know, we have, I guess the number one big change here that I should kind of clarify

with some people that know us and have visited us here in the Ozarks that Dallies

fly shop that we have worked out of for the last 20 years is no longer.

The fly shop has closed down as of a couple of weeks ago.

Me and Daly are still in the area doing our thing.

We're running our Outfitter services.

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