00:00How would I describe Miko?
00:09Fishing.
00:10I would say that this guy loves me.
00:13Dreamed about fishing.
00:17In the upper echelon of anglers around the world, Miko is there.
00:23You know, he's at the top.
00:25I always knew and felt like I would have been a good guy
00:28because my grandfather is David Sr.
00:31David Pender Sr.'s impact on the sport of bonefishing is immeasurable.
00:37Without the bonefish, this place wouldn't be here.
00:41One of the coolest things about this profession is the people you meet.
00:45You do reconnect with the earth.
00:48You're so connected to Mother Nature
00:50because you rely so much on her resources and her mood.
00:55You know, Doreen destroyed everything I owned, everything I had.
00:58Hurricane Doreen, Category 5 Storm.
01:02Those who refused to evacuate.
01:04Hitting the Bahamas tonight.
01:05Place themselves in great danger.
01:07At least catastrophic.
01:10From this very powerful and potentially life-threatening hurricane.
01:16You can imagine how long it felt.
01:17Three days felt like it was three months.
01:20I remember during it, there were like 10, 15 people inside my house.
01:24Just a bunch of terrified people.
01:26If you're only 10 or 15 feet above sea level
01:28and there's 10 or 15 or 20 feet of tidal surge during a big storm,
01:32you have nowhere to run.
01:33When you lost everything and, you know, you go through Rock and Doreen and COVID
01:38and when you go through all of that,
01:41you tend to find out what's really, really, really important.
01:45I've always felt a level of responsibility
01:48to keep this fly fishing legacy going.
01:51Hope you guys enjoyed it.
01:53Yay!
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