Ep. 163: Hank Shaw on Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

06/12/20 • 83 min

Hank Shaw is a celebrated chef, author and outdoorsman who runs the award-winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. In this episode of Anchored, Hank and I walk through his timeline, stopping along the way to discuss how we age game-birds, our favourite edible weeds, dandelion wine and more.

This episode of Anchored is brought to you by Great Fishing Adventures of Australia.

Outline of This Episode

[9:15] Ancillary information makes you a good angler, but also a good hunter
[15:22] His Master’s in History
[22:02] Hunting is about more than just the meat
[34:37] Do you have to let all meat age a while to actually taste it?
[38:30] His newspaper career taught him restraint
[45:44] He made the transition to running the website fulltime in 2010
[51:03] Does he want to take it to the next level?
[52:55] He is a seasonal eater
[1:03:33] Dandelion wine is all about the aroma
[1:12:54] Be a conscious harvester

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This episode of Anchored is brought to you by Great Fishing Adventures of Australia.

Outline of This Episode

[9:15] Ancillary information makes you a good angler, but also a good hunter
[15:22] His Master’s in History
[22:02] Hunting is about more than just the meat
[34:37] Do you have to let all meat age a while to actually taste it?
[38:30] His newspaper career taught him restraint
[45:44] He made the transition to running the website fulltime in 2010
[51:03] Does he want to take it to the next level?
[52:55] He is a seasonal eater
[1:03:33] Dandelion wine is all about the aroma
[1:12:54] Be a conscious harvester

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Ep. 162: Jay Johnson On A Passion For The Outdoors

Jay Johnson has a mission of instilling a passion for the outdoors in others. You may have seen Jay Johnson on the Trout Bums diaries, Geo Bass, or most recently, the Fisher Guy series on Animal Planet. Jay had a challenging background that molded him into the multifaceted person that he is today. In this episode of Anchored, you’ll hear about Jay’s early life, how he got into fishing, and why he thinks it’s so important to foster a love of the outdoors in others. You won’t want to miss a minute of Jay’s story so grab your headphones and press play now.

This episode is brought to you by Cross Current Insurance Company.

Outline of This Episode

[3:15] Jay had a heavy childhood
[7:00] When did he start fishing
[14:22] Jay studied string bass in college on a scholarship
[17:25] How did he get started fly fishing?
[25:12] He got out of the music business
[27:44] When did he get into the business of fly fishing
[36:25] What is Pig Farm Ink all about?
[41:08] How did he get into film
[50:24] He’s a farmer too
[55:56] He just wants to spread his message

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Ep. 164: John Dietsch Graced By Waters

John Dietsch is perhaps best known in fly fishing circles for supervising all of the fly fishing scenes on the OSCAR winning film "A River Runs Through It", where he also conceived and executed the famous final fishing scene doubling for actor Brad Pitt by swimming a rapid while playing a fish. In this episode of Anchored we discuss John’s new book "Graced by Waters" and the healing properties of immersing ourselves in the outdoors, as well as John’s personal journey through loss, scenes in "A River Runs Through It" and more.

This episode of Anchored is brought to you by Norvise!

Outline of This Episode