Segment 3, August 5th, 2023

It’s always fun to watch a project grow.  Over here at the Carolina Outdoors program, we’ve had the opportunity to visit with, learn from, & be entertained by a wide grouping of people. One of those people heads up Wild Bearings, is the author of a popular book at Jesse Brown’s, Fly Fishing the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC Section.

From that book came lectures, webcasts, and now a new undertaking, a new TV show on The Country Network – Wild Bearings Outdoors. Season one is in the books and season two is being planned now – first episode to be shot on the Biltmore Estate private waters. A discussion of how the book turned into a TV series. https://wildbearings.com/pages/webinars-points-of-interest with Sam Johnson.

Johnson’s YouTube presentations were noticed by management at the The Country Network which led to six episodes for the first season & has now been picked up for a second season.

We’ll learn how lighting, the setting, & the cooperation of the fish is a part of making a show.  Plus, Sam’s show has a focus beyond just fishing.  A lot talks about the history of the watershed, the ecosystem, & the people & organizations that are a part of it.  He also talks about some of his favorite places not just to fish but to film & story tell a show.

We’ll find out about something that is required via digital and video programs:  Bloopers

Learn Sam Johnson’s answer when he’s asked about the famed professional Bass fisherman & television angler Bill Dance bloopers that still air.  We’ll find out if Wild Bearings Outdoors has any of those?

The host of the Carolina Outdoors wardrobe was provided by the daypacks in Charlotte & online discount code BTS20 for a twenty-percent off savings at Jesse Brown’s.