I'm back. Who noticed I was gone?

Raise your hand. Did anybody notice I was gone? I took two weeks off of the show.

The show hasn't been out for a couple of weeks. Didn't even announce it. Just didn't show up.

Just ghosted the world and didn't show up for a couple of

weeks took two weeks off did anybody notice raise your hand I know that some people

noticed because people reached out to me an email at hambone at troutchausters

com people reached out to me on the at hambone at troutjousters.com people reached out to me on the

social medias and just said hey hope everything's okay notice you haven't been

you haven't had an episode in a couple of weeks and just checking in with you.

So thank you to everybody that checked in with me.

I'm fine.

And it's good to be missed.

By God, it's good to be.

That's why I did it, just because I just wanted

to make sure that I'm appreciated. Anyway, I do appreciate the folks that

reached out. Everything's fine. I'll say this. If you're ever Jones in for some Hank Patterson's outdoor

misadventures and there's not an episode you can always go to

Patreon.com forward slash Hank Patterson and become a Patreon pro-staffer, a patron of the show at Patreon.com

for slash Hank Patterson. Once a month I have a patrons only episode. Once a

month we do a live Zoom call where the patrons are invited to come and hang out and

drink beer, hang out, whatever, via Zoom with me.

And so that's sort of what we do over over there at Patreon but in addition to that you have

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