Episode 24: Capt. Will Benson - Permit, Cruise Ships, & Conservation

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Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Willy Benson grew up in Sugarloaf Key washing boats for old time guides after their day on the water. He was a marina kid soaking in all the information those salty guides would give. Soon after, Willy rocketed onto the flats of Key West like a comet shooting across the horizon, blowing rooster tails like contrails off a jetliner. His insatiable desire made Benson aggressive on the water, challenging the best fishing holes. He chased fish and dreams like he had one day left.As he matured, he went from Willy to Will and during that transition he began to find his calling. Time has done Benson well! He now has profound respect among his peers. Incredibly versed, he used his World Angling Company to showcase his love and Key West's resounding resource, and recently used its visual impact to show the destruction of the big money world of cruise ships. Will has filmed and produced some of the most amazing short films in fly fishing. From his famed Permit film, “Satori” to “Silver Lining,” Will has an incredible gift at telling a story through the lens of a camera. Whether you just want to see some “fish porn” or get pumped up for your last minute trip down to the Keys, I highly recommend you check out his World Angling Films. Today, Will speaks about the state of Permit fishing in Key West, fighting off cruise ships, and how science helps us paint a clear picture of what’s happening to our fisheries. World Angling

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0:00.0	Native to Key West Florida, young Willie Benson ran across its waterways and fishing holes with his hair on fire.
0:08.0	He caught big and plenty. He matured, mellowed, and started to share his remarkable stories through his videos produced by his company, World Angling.
0:18.0	He refined permit fishing, won tournaments, and then he put his cross-ears on conservation and the damage done
0:25.2	by cruise ships in Key West Harbor. Will now has found his voice and most valuable
0:30.9	direction in life. We hope you enjoy.
0:34.0	We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke hooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke marriages, we broke the whole thing.
0:50.0	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's when the pot.
0:57.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other way.
1:02.0	So I double-lung them both ways.
1:04.0	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:08.0	I got him on.
1:11.0	All right now, we're going to teach him a lasso.
1:13.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:16.0	I'm not quitting yet.
1:18.0	And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App?
1:22.0	And I said, that's exactly who I am.
1:25.0	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well-preserved body,
1:31.0	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly torn out,
1:36.0	thoroughly used up, proclaiming wildly, wow!
1:41.0	What a ride. There's something fizzy going on here.
1:47.0	Uh, here we are on the cusp of another big storm on Shurulove Key at Willie Benson's house.
2:00.0	Yeah, 2020, she just doesn't give up, does she?
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