There's the formula, what is it, length times with, times how many beers you've had.

Because I have a jet boot and it's like,

you know what I mean?

Like, wow, oh, we hit a rock, shit, okay, let me go.

So I really do hope you at least read up on Y-bones before dropping that sucker in the grease.

Good morning, friends, degenerate anglers, and people that remember exactly where they were when nothing happened on the night of Y2K.

And welcome to cut and retie.

The fishing podcast that no longer recognizes any celebrity guests or musical acts featured in New Year's Eve television coverage and just spends all night saying, who the hell is she?

And where the hell did

they come from? I'm Joe Sermeli, and here we are. Just like that, it's the final show of 2022.

10 episodes deep. Boy, does time fly when you're sitting in a musty basement office talking into

microphones. Anyway, I grappled with how I wanted to wrap the year here on

Cut and Retie. And I got to thinking, you know, you want to hang with your people around New Year's.

That's what's fun. You know, now is not the time for my usual super serious tactical in-depth

topics like how to tie a bimity twist with your tongue and why fish can no longer see the

color red after Labor Day. We've got plenty of time for that. So instead, what I did was I ordered

a bunch of pizzas, made sure the bunk of fridge was fully stocked with adult beverages, and

invited Captain Eric Kerber, one of my oldest fishing buddies, who also kicked off cut and retie,

invited him over. And I also invited over one of my newer fishing buddies, right also kicked off cut and retie, invited him over. And I also invited

over one of my newer fishing buddies, right? That being Steve McIntyre, who also happens to be my next

door neighbor. And I said, let's just call this a little CNR pre-New Year's party. Old

friends and new. Had a nice ring to it. That's sort of a loose theme. Now, Steve

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