Interview with Patrick Ryan
Todays interview is with Patrick Ryan, aka @DeepWaterDreamin live from Bali. Having gained a reputation as the ultimate vagabond spearo, he is nothing short of pure inspiration when it comes to travel spearfishing. Having spearfished all over the world, including the rivers of the Amazon rainforest, he’s picked up loads of great stories, tips and memorable fish along his adventures. Get behind the scenes insight on travel spearing, how to plan, where to go and where to avoid. + some bonus stories on his time spearfishing with Daniel Mann! From shooting Kingies in NZ to the Amazon, Patrick embodies the spearfishing lifestyle to the extreme!
Important times
- 00:00 Intro
- 09:40 Welcome Patrick! Where is that accent from?
- 13:10 Travelling is not what you think
- 17:55 Spearfishing in the Amazon!
- 24:15 Cooking trash fish
- 26:15 Viz in the Amazon and travelling with big timber spearguns
- 33:50 Travel spearfishing lifestyle
- 29:25 Dentex in Albania vs the Med, stories with Daniel Mann
- 49:00 Filming, timber spearguns and spear shafts
- 52:50 Starting spearfishing, cycling 5000 miles with the Noob Spearo Podcast and military service
- 01:03:55 Spearfishing massive Yellowtail Kingfish in Auckland city
- 01:12:30 Joints Spearfishing Spearguns
- 01:16:35 Freediving and spearfishing in Bali
- 01:20:45 How to plan a successful spearfishing trip
- 01:24:45 Tools to help predict good dive conditions
- 01:29:00 Financial planning and the easiest countries to go spearfishing in
- 01:32:40 Scariest stories
- 01:35:00 Noob Spearo Podcast
- 01:40:40 Top target species and bucket list spearfishing countries
- 01:43:25 Worst countries to go spearfishing
- 01:45:15 Spearo Q&A
- 01:47:00 Outro
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