Ep. 140 - Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

Outdoors, Wilderness, Sports, Fishing, Outdoor, Hunting, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 140: Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth on public access to public waters…worldwide

Simon Gawesworth is a second-generation master flycasting instructor and world casting champion, author of three books on Spey casting, and currently works as the education and engagement manager for Far Bank. A native Brit, he has been working in the flyfishing industry in the U.S. for the past 25 years and fishing the fresh and saltwater globe from Tierra del Fuego to Montana to Christmas Island. Hal and Simon range far on this interview: through Simon’s work with Far Bank (which includes Sage, RIO, Redington and other brands dedicated to flyfishing education and conservation) to the near-total lack of public access to waters in Europe and Argentina. The talk is fly tackle for small streams in the southern U.S., leaders for topwater bass fishing, the highly specialized culture of competitive “coarse fishing” in the United Kingdom, and the fact that American anglers, whether they are wading the Madison for big browns, Spey casting for Oregon steelhead or rollcasting a 2-weight switch rod on a Mississippi creek for shellcrackers, seem utterly unaware of how good we have it, and how quickly it could all go…Euro on us. Join us.

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0:00.0	And that works amazingly is you just say right,
0:07.1	cast left handed.
0:08.0	I have never done that.
0:09.0	Good.
0:10.0	No muscle memory and so they can actually pick it up a little easy with a non-dominant hand then have the poor muscle memory taking over.
0:17.0	So now we have another community that wants to talk about clean water and again that's that all comes down to the simplicity of and again
0:25.4	not to take it granted but the simplicity of access if you can't get that water you
0:29.9	aren't gonna a care about it you're not gonna be you know you care about it. You're not going to be in the water because you don't go down there.
0:37.0	What Teddy Roosevelt said, it has to work on some level for all of us, for it to work for any of us.
0:44.0	We want kids on the water and it's got to be free and accessible for kids to get on the water to grow
0:48.9	up understanding how important Fishing and Access is.
0:52.6	Hey everybody, Hal Hearing, backcountry hunters and anglers
0:58.1	podcast and blasts.
1:00.1	Hey, I really wanted to thank Filsen for his long support of this podcast.
1:05.2	Without Filsen, I don't get to do what I want to do with it.
1:09.4	And I've had a mighty good time over the last couple years thanks to their support.
1:14.8	So I'd ask everybody to check out, Filson.com or your local outdoor retailers. If you know the history is for 125 years,
1:25.7	Philson's uncompromising commitment to quality
1:28.2	has defined their brand and their authenticity. They have built trust within that community to become more than just a clothing brand.
1:37.0	They are the stewards of an American outdoor tradition.
1:40.0	So if you look at old photos of the Alaskan Gold Rush and on through the 1900s, you'll see that
1:48.6	Filson has always produced some of the best wool products available anywhere and that tradition is carried on.
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