#74 A Reluctant Cast & Blast

In this episode of The DrakeCast we head to the backwaters of the Mississippi River to attempt a northwoods cast and blast, chasing a dinner of pike and squirrel from my newly refinished Gheenoe. As a committed catch and release angler, this was a new and somewhat uncomfortable experience for me. Later on, we're joined by outdoors writer Patrick Durkin to contextualize our mission and talk about the fluctuations in hunting and angling participation over the years.

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#74 A Reluctant Cast & Blast is an episode from The DrakeCast - A Fly Fishing Podcast by The DrakeCast - A Flyfishing Podcast.

This episode is 00:41:34 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2025.

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