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Bear Grease

Ep. 132: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Hillbilly Tarpon and Delta Life

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.97.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Bear Grease, Clay and Misty Newcomb host a couples edition of the Render featuring Josh “Landbridge” and Kristy Spielmaker, as well as Terrell “Thalweg” Spencer and his wife, former Rice Queen of Cross County Arkansas, Carla Spencer. The crew talks about Tim the Squirrel Dog’s recent and uncharacteristic exploration of the trash and is then joined by Bear Newcomb, who tells of the time he used a fly rod to catch a gar, or “Hillbilly Tarpon” as Clay refers to it. The discussion turns to the recent episode, “The Mississippi River - The Delta,” where they dig into the history of how the Delta continues to shape the culture and people of the region today.

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0:00.0

Last summer you might have heard that first light was making waterfowl gear.

0:04.0

They put it on some pretty slick field hunting patterns, but folks here that hunt the

0:08.4

dark flooded timber my home state of Arkansas started grumbling right away.

0:13.1

They wanted some timber camo.

0:15.8

Well grumble no more.

0:17.2

They just released cash camo, specifically formulated for hunting ducks in the flooded

0:22.3

timbers of the southern half of the Mississippi flyway.

0:25.6

The cash river is a river here in Arkansas.

0:28.4

The pattern was designed using the same nature based algorithm used in their other patterns,

0:33.6

but emphasizes micro break up elements and high contrast textures that are most visually

0:38.9

disruptive when you are up close and personal with green heads in the woods.

0:43.0

I'm proud to say that this pattern was tested and tweaked for two seasons in Arkansas and

0:49.0

it looks incredible.

0:50.5

Plus first light donates a portion of every sale of duck hunting gear to delta waterfowl

0:56.3

to support their mission of conserving North American duck and goose populations.

1:01.1

Head to firstlight.com slash cash that spelled C-A-C-H-E like the river in Arkansas to give

1:09.2

it a look.

1:26.2

My name is Clay Newcomb and this is a production of the Bear Grease Podcast called the Bear

1:31.3

Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper and look behind the scenes of the actual

1:38.2

Bear Grease Podcast, presented by FHF Gear, American-made, purpose-built hunting and

1:46.0

fishing gear that's designed to be as rugged as the places we explore.

1:56.8

So Tim got in trouble last night, Tim the squirrel dog.

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