Tom Rowland Podcast

Michael Medrano is an angler and author who recently published a book on the Stilt Houses of Texas. Together with the photographer, Tim Romano, they traveled the entire Intracoastal waterway in Texas by boat, knocking on the doors of the homes found along that path—over 400 doors to be exact. Nowhere else in the country does a community exist where homes are constructed on stilts and placed in the water. Stilt Houses of Texas takes you on a photographic adventure to explore the State-run program in the breathtaking bays along the Texas coast. Tom and Michael were first acquainted on the remote flats of Christmas Island as they were both taking their boys of similar ages on a graduation trip. They fished together the entire week and became fast friends.  You can find and buy the book at https://www.stilthouses.com or follow Michael on Instagram @stilthouse This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any or

Nick Davis from 239 Flies stops in today to talk about the connection between the backing and fly line. Nick tells us how they do it at 239 Flies and how you can do it to make sure you get the best connection. Visit Nick at his shop in Bonita Springs, Forida. Follow him on Instagram @239Flies Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body needs to thrive like collagen, protein, and amino acids.  Cooking your own is messy and time-consuming.  Go to Kettleandfire.com/waypoint to get yours delivered straight to your door. This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the

We have discussed workout acronyms before on this podcast.  EMOM stands for Every minute On The Minute.  This means that the athlete starts at the top of the minute and completes a task, for example, 15 burpees.  If this takes 30 seconds to complete the athlete has 30 seconds of rest before having to start again with another 15 burpees. This would be an example of a single movement in the EMOM format.   To offer some variety and to possible work in teams of 2, you can also incorporate an Alternate EMOM or ALT EMOM workout.  An example of this would be 15 burpees, 15 Row calories. One athlete can do burpees while the other can do the row. They will switch at the top of each minute and continue for a period of time designated. You can do this with any 2 exercises.  To find your reps, test the exercise on the clock.  You are looking for the reps that you can complete in 30 - 40 seconds when fresh.  Combine that with another exercise that you tested as well.  Set the time you want to go and hit it. Here are some

Sergeant Major (r) Jamey Caldwell, spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit that maintained a high operational tempo in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries in the world. He has deployed to combat 14 times and has conducted well over 500 missions. SGM Caldwell has been awarded three medals for valorous actions in combat while under direct fire from the enemy. During his career, SGM Caldwell has consistently dedicated himself to the success of the mission and put the unit’s goals in front of his own. He has been sought after for his leadership skills, planning, leading combat operations, marksmanship, and CQB instruction, culminating from years of adaptive thinking in combat situations. Jamey is also the owner of 1 Minute Out a tactical training company. While serving active duty, Jamey found time to get back into B

There are 42 bridges in the Florida Keys and most of them will hold tarpon at some time. Capt Anthony Vargas runs the Saltwater Experience boat out of Hawks Cay and fishes the bridges for tarpon often; sometimes triple half days. He has to know how to find the fish fast, get rigged up and instruct his anglers very efficiently to catch fish on a short time schedule.  Anthony joins us today for a How2tuesday episode of Bridge Fishing 101.  Visit Anthony at Hawks Cay by reserving your spot. Call or follow him on IG @captanthonyvargas @hawkscayresort @saltwater_experience Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the e

“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind” -C.S. Lewis This quote was meaningful to me today as I decided to turn off many of the ads that are running on the podcast.  After some thought, I made this decision based on trying to maintain the highest quality possible.  Of course, for anything to be sustainable, some revenue must be generated.  This comes in the form of ads.  However, too many is too many so I am going to turn off the low paying ads and put back on my sales hat and bring in sponsors that are more in line with the content.  Sponsors like Barracuda Tackle.   We are also on day 76 of the burpee challenge which means that we have done 3419 burpees so far and have 2124 remaining.  Stick with it and bring home the win! Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone

Our 100-day burpee challenge is a good analogy for life in general.  Take a massive amount of work and stare it down.  It is easy to become intimidated and quit.  However, successful people don’t do it that way.  Winners look at that work and start to break it into manageable pieces.  They use momentum to begin to accept and overcome larger challenges along the way and before they know it they have accomplished the task that once seemed so daunting.  This challenge is much the same. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body ne

For one week each June, nearly two hundred crews prepare their state-of-the-art multimillion-dollar boats and head to the Gulf Stream in pursuit of the prize of the Atlantic—a prize-winning blue marlin. Thousands of spectators flock to the Big Rock Landing hoping to catch a glimpse of history at the weigh-ins, while out in the blue anglers engage in lengthy battles with marlin in the range of five to nine hundred pounds. It’s the most electrifying spot on the Eastern Seaboard during that six-day period when life revolves around the epic annual maritime hunt known simply as The Big Rock.  This year, Michael Jordan entered the 62nd installment of the annual tournament and made an immediate impact.  Jordan and the crew on his boat, Catch 23, reeled in a 442-pound blue marlin Tuesday, the second day of the tournament in the basketball great's home state of North Carolina. Author Bethany Bradsher delivers all the action—behind the scenes, out at sea, and dockside—in page-turning style in The Big Rock.  Follow Beth

This season marks Matson's 29th year guiding! Growing up in a family immersed in the sport of fly fishing and living next to fabled trout streams like the Roaring Fork in Colorado and the Brule in northern Wisconsin, he has been fly fishing since the age of 4. Matson holds a degree in Environmental Economics from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, and is a former instructor at the Western Rivers Guide School located in Jackson Hole, WY. Along with his home waters in Montana, Matson has fished throughout the Rockies, in New England, the Upper Midwest, Alaska, New Zealand, Belize, Bahamas, Mexico, British Columbia, and Labrador. Along with being a Sage Ambassador, Matson is also fortunate to be a Clackacraft Drift Boats prostaff member. Recently Matson has been featured in Simms Fishing Products Fall and Winter ad programs in print as well as online. Matson runs Angler's West with the invaluable help of his wife and life partner, Katherine. Together they are the parents of 3 wonderful children: Sam (19) Syd

Flyfishing for tarpon is definitely one of the most exciting ways to fish for this incredible gamefish.  It takes a coordinated effort between angler and guide and many things can go wrong in the process of presenting the fly, stripping, setting the hook and landing the fish.  Often when you set the hook you have 30-50 feet of line at your feet.  Getting that line onto the reel is a major obstacle in landing tarpon.  I go over some tips on things to concentrate on that will have you setting the hook and clearing the line like a pro. Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body needs t

The Multistage Fitness Test, also called the Beep Test or even the Bleep Test in some places, is a simple test of fitness.  All you need is 20 m of open space and the audio linked in this article and you can test your fitness.  You simply follow the cues on the audio and at the sound of the beep, run 20 m to the other line.  Stop there and wait for the next beep which sends you to the other line.  You will continue doing this as the time between the beeps decreases.  When you can no longer keep up the test is over. A good score is over 9 for a regular individual, college athletes look for a 13 and pros are getting 17 or 18 rounds.   The importance of this test is not necessarily just to see how well you do running back and forth, rather it is a benchmark that gauges general fitness.  It is measurable, repeatable and can be done anywhere.  Benchmarks like this one help us to stay on track and continue to stay motivated because you see improvement.  Seeing improvement, even if it is just 1 second, 1 pound or 1

Chris “Tatted Strength” Luera started down a very bad road at a young age.  Beginning with tagging buildings, Chris quickly escalated his criminal activity to include drugs.  He was smoking crack cocaine long before he could drive and this life led him to be incarcerated many times.  Chris thought he was a career criminal and if it wasn’t for the love of his mom who believed in him, he may have been.  Chris got out of prison and changed his life for good.  He discovered competitive Calisthenics and became a 3 time World Champion.  He was traveling the world rather than sitting in a cell.  This was possible by changing the way he thought.  You can learn more about Chris by finding him on all social media @tatted_strength or read his fantastic book, Beyond the Bars available on Amazon. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free

Jimmy Houston is a true icon of fishing.  He has been on the air for 43 years which makes him a true icon of the television world as well.  I talk to him about how it all started and go through the ups and downs of the business over all those years.  Recently, Jimmy has embraced YouTube and social media so we also discuss where fishing entertainment is going.  Thank you to Jimmy for his time.  It was an honor to talk to him. Watch this episode on Waypoint just Click HERE. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body needs to thrive like coll

Capt Scott Walker explains Trackback and how he uses it to mark spots he finds while fishing. This podcast is available in both audio and video.  If you would like to see Scott go through his menu, scroll down, the video is below. Follow Scott @captscottwalker or @intothebluetv You can learn more about Simrad Electronics by VISITING HERE. You can learn more about CMAP Reveal by VISITING HERE. Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body needs to thrive like collagen, protein, and amino acids.  Cooking your own is messy and time-consuming.  Go to Kettleandfire.com/waypoint to get you

As it gets further into summer and it gets hotter, I look for ways that I might be able to get workouts in cooler times of the day.  Another way to get a reprieve from the heat is to incorporate water into your workouts. Swimming is one of the best exercises that a human being can do but not everyone has a pool big enough to swim laps.  Some people find lap swimming really boring as well.  There are other ways to get a solid, legit workout in a pool.   We have discussed XPT Training before on the podcast.  This is Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece’ training program that basically mimics their lifestyle.  They use dumbbells in a pool to do some great exercises that really are effective for strength, explosiveness and athletic performance.  Another workout that I have tried recently is Bas Rutten’s Insane Pool workout.  This can be done in a very small pool and will definitely give you a great workout. Watch this episode on Waypoint- CLICK HERE. Links to videos seen in this video with all credit going to the owner

Ross Enamait is a professional boxing trainer who has also written several books.  Never Gymless and Infinite Intensity are, in my opinion, 2 of the best books on physical training ever written.  Ross has an old school simplistic approach that is incredibly effective.  He advocates a “Low Tech, High Effect” protocol that uses common implements, classic movements, and often homemade equipment.  Fitness does not have to be complicated or expensive.  Find Ross on all social media platforms.  His Instagram is @rosstraining and he is active on Facebook and Twitter. Watch this video on Waypoint by CLICKING HERE. You can learn more about Sharktec by visiting their website. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo an

Dr. Patrick H. Rice is currently the Chief Science & Research Officer (CSRO) and the Principal Investigator for Marine Research at Florida Keys Community College (FKCC).  Dr. Rice earned his Ph.D. (2008) in Marine Biology & Fisheries at the University of Miami.  His Ph.D. project was focused on reducing bycatch on longline boats.  With his business partner Dr. Eric Stroud they have worked on products to be used as chemical shark repellents. Capt Mike Puller is a 2nd generation charter fisherman from Miami.  Mike has been using the SharkTec Shark Repellent Chum that Dr. Rice has been working on and gives us a Fisherman’s perspective on the problem with sharks and this possible solution. You can learn more about Sharktec by visiting their website. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com

Capt Scott Walker joins us to answer a question about using Fish Icons and Alarms on the Simrad units.  How can an alarm or icon help you to catch more sailfish, marlin, and dolphin?  Scott tells us exactly how he sets up his units for maximum performance This podcast is available in both audio and video.  If you would like to see Scott go through his menu, scroll down, the video is below. Follow Scott @captscottwalker or @intothebluetv You can learn more about Simrad Electronics by VISITING HERE. You can learn more about CMAP Reveal by VISITING HERE. Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP at checkout Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrie

A callous is created as a beautiful response from your body to adapt to a stimulus.  You are doing something that is wearing off skin in a certain area like pullups, poling the boat, rowing the boat, lifting weights and your body develops a callus right at that spot.  It also develops a callous only as thick as the work you are doing with it.  So if you only do a little poling or lifting or a few pullups, you will have thin, small callouses.  If you do a medium amount you have medium callouses.  This is where the problem comes in.  When a callous tears it is usually because you are asking more from your body than normal.   Ripping a callous is really about friction. Friction pulls on the skin and you can usually take it.  If you go a little more than normal, your body produces a little more callous without tearing but when you ask a lot more than normal it can tear if other factors are present as well. Excess friction can be caused by more reps but you can also be aware of other ways that friction can become

Cameron Kirkconnell is one of the best spear fishermen in the World.  He has 18x spearfishing World Records, 30+ World records for clients on guided spearfishing trips, holds an Unlimited tonnage Master Mariner (ship captain), has been awarded the USCG SILVER LIFESAVING MEDAL, he has visited 90 countries including Antarctica and Arctic.  He runs the premier spearfishing guide service for international trips targeting the fish of a lifetime both Yacht and Land-Based. Cameron sits down for an Instagram Live podcast on the Tom Rowland Podcast where he tells his story and takes questions from Tom and the audience This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-fini