Fishing Guide to Trapline: Going Full Time Outdoors

From The Wild Ways Podcast · 16:07

Show by Lyman Miller

Most of us live the outdoor life on weekends and holidays. This episode is about finally making the jump.I go back to where it started, a fishing trip with my dad when I was six, and to growing up when there was no easy button: if you got stuck, you got yourself unstuck. Then why I finally stepped off the "work hard, retire at 65" track, what a summer of fishing guiding taught me about the gap between the fantasy and the reality, and my plan for this winter: trapping from November through February, a long way from any help.In this episode:My earliest outdoor memory, and my dad's rule: go where nobody else isStreet smarts from a childhood with no cell phones and no StarlinkWhy it took half my life to go full time outdoorsThe fishing guide season as the first real stepThe fantasy vs the reality: how sore and exhausted you get doing it for a livingWinter trapline plans, and using the whole animalLiving with the seasons: fish, hunt, trap, repeatThe real challenges: motivation, catching fur, gear that won't break, being alone far from helpDiscipline, and my advice if you're thinking about chasing a life of adventureCan you actually make a living out here?Chapters00:00 Cold open00:29 Welcome00:47 Where it started: fishing with Dad02:50 No easy button03:59 Why go outdoors full time05:03 Guiding: the first real step05:35 The fantasy vs the reality05:53 Winter on the trapline08:17 Living with the seasons09:13 The challenges10:38 Discipline11:09 Advice: chase the life of adventure13:38 Making a living from it14:42 The Wild Ways website & Trapline Report15:35 Wrap-up📬 Sign up for the Trapline Report (one email a week): https://www.thewildways.ca/community🎥 Watch the adventures on YouTube: Lyman's Wild WaysMusic: original track generated for Wild Ways (royalty-free).

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