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This week, Rio fly designer and veteran guide, Brita Fordice, passes on GTs to perform triggerfish home invasions, we whip up some killer mantis shrimp and feed them to a life-sized Nut Cracker, get chased by creepers as we try to grab an endangered animal, and explain why the bugs you tied are just too special to lose so maybe try her patterns instead.

This week, bass historian, Ken Duke, connects the mob to the worst bass lure ever made, we compare ascots and aloha shirts, slip a sneaky snake into the ICAST show, and learn why nobody on Lake Biwa uses the helicopter lure. 

This week, "Book of Quint" author, Ryan Dacko, drops by to give whale and dolphin coloring books to your sister, we go to the end of the pulpit only to find a Hoagie and a "Jaws" shoe horn, write DiCaprio into a cinematic masterpiece featuring at least one toll booth scene, and learn our favorite hero's rot-gut moonshine recipe.

This week, Dan Donovan and Josh "BamBam" Smeltzer of the Musky Fools get all horned up about banging respectable water bears, we have a legal discussion on common law boat ownership and why it's a bad idea, reject any sorry excuse you've ever had for losing a fish, and really want to go home but refuse to be the ones to say that. 

This week, Joe's mom and Uncle Ron drop by to reminisce about growing up in a tackle shop and drinking with Popcorn The Clown, we reel in dolphin while sound asleep, steal a wooden striper during a frat hazing, and debunk near-death experiences while minnow trapping.

This week, artist Jake Keeler draws the angel of death cradling a steelhead and fondly remembers singing about yeast on the internet, we fish with rock stars and get raided by the police, learn why nature is not as metal as it was in the 90s, and step over a drunk guy at the tackle shop.

This week, Captain Eric Kerber, Matt Farrell, and "Neighbor" Steve McIntyre pile into the Bunker to tag last-minute sheep before the ball drops, we help children in need of looser drags, rebuild entire fuel lines during fishy Kodak moments, and pay for family therapy after an unexpected rabbit execution.

This week, Miles Nolte waves his tree flag at all the people matching the Christmas hatch, we buy dolls off a sniper after almost possibly going fishing, pit Pokemon against Gene Simmons during a hardwater meltdown, and unleash the thunderclap on unsuspecting children that cannot sing or handle guitar lessons.

This week, hardcore kayak angler Kevin Hughes loses his seat after putting on a sea trout clinic, we debate puck or ball as it relates to nearly capsizing in the icy depths of Virginian PCBs, make everyone else on the boat uncomfortable with how we choose to relieve ourselves, and get divorced over a lack of fire tiger. 

This week, guide Marty Yi eats a $26 potato after surviving an earthquake in steelhead country, we lose the Zippo of a lifetime because we refuse to stand up in the boat, buy a few clowned-up Dollies at the northernmost J.C. Penny, and open a remote lodge in a land with no Wendy's. 

This week, Zach "Hammer" Miller double hauls his way into a Karen altercation on the Jersey Turnpike, we trade a case of beer for stripers by the garbage dump, chase toothy sweetwater fish with totally clear sinuses, and take the edge off missing the cows with some salami snacks.

This week, Captain Frank Crescitelli and Quantum's Sam Zyack lose their shirts betting on two seagulls for striper action, we hook ourselves in the ankle and get stylish in a convenience store bathroom, cover miles of beach chasing massage opportunities, and invite the Situation over for a slice of meat lovers. 

This week, Captain Zach Flake and Mike Carr fail to lock a Temu Boga grip on the lips of a lifetime striper, we chew some putrid fat while snapping our brand new fly rods, spend a New York minute avoiding serious hand injuries, and hunt glide bait carp in a sea of forever chemicals. 

This week, Jimmy Fee slugs a gallon of chorizo grease and watches close friends wrangle blackfish of lifetimes, we stem the flow of blood by applying crab guts to the wound, give the worst rod to the group member that doesn't know good tackle anyway, and settle for just enough tuna scraps to top a frozen bar pie. 

This week, C&R listeners share their tales of alien probings and night nurses from hell, we'll betray our grandmas by divulging a grim family fishing secret, fend off a beast lurking in the golf course fog, use human flesh to bait in a pond stalker, and get terminated by cow-mutilating lasers.