WFS 407 – David Gravette on Western Fly Fishing, Professional Skateboarding and Thrasher

Show Notes: wetflyswing.com/407 

Presented By: Mavrk, Range Meal Bars, Stonefly Nets, Trxstle

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Pro skateboarder and fly angler, David Gravette, takes us into his world of broken bones and what keeps him going strong.

We hear about my connection to skateboarding back as a youth and how I first connected with David and where our connection in fly fishing in the northwest comes from. We also find out how he dealt with a toxic storage mess under his house.

Western Fly Fishing Show Notes with David Gravette

4:22 – David shares a story about his major shoulder surgery in 2017 and his hip dislocation and how fly fishing helped him recover from that and his depression.

13:13 – I ask him about his target species.

14:52 – He mentions KC Badger, angler and BMXer, who is one of the first dudes he ever fished with.

15:10 – He talks about his first Redington setup and his first rod which was his dad’s old fly fishing rod. He gives a tip on getting a good line for your setup.

17:50 – I tell about that time in grade school when I tried skateboarding. He shares his first memories of skating and his first time in a skate park when he was just 10 years old.

20:41 – We talk about the film A River Runs Through It. We had John Dietsch who was the stuntman for Brad Pitt in the movie in episode 135. 

23:20 – He shares his perspective on skateboarding now versus that time before the internet became a huge thing which he considers the golden years of skateboarding.

25:38 – He says how fishing keeps him sane every time he recovers from an injury.

28:49 – He talks about that time when he went out to fly fish while having a pin sticking out of his foot.

33:09 – I ask him what fly fishing trips he wants to do.

35:06 – He shares his opinion about how skateboarding now became more focused on one’s ability and skills to market himself on social media.

38:00 – He talks about some skateboarding tricks.

40:07 – He mentions some fellow fly anglers whom he learned fly fishing from like KC Badger and Kayla Lockhart.

42:35 – He tells his preferred waters to fish in. We also talk about his steelhead trip in Seward, Alaska which he considers his best day of fishing.

00:50:09 – We talk about The Nine Club skateboarding podcast.

00:50:37 – I ask him if he’s going to pursue fly fishing as a career or stick with skateboarding.

00:52:45 – He talks about his childhood and his dad who is also a fly fisher and an athlete back then.

00:55:39 – He shares the story of when he was a toddler and got lost out in a forest while they were camping.

00:58:07 – I ask him about his techniques in stillwater fishing.

00:59:26 – He tells one of his least favorite things about fly fishing.

00:59:58 – We share our encounters with rude fly fishers.

01:10:17 – He talks about scootering.

01:12:02 – He takes us to that time when he became a professional skateboarder.

01:15:00 – He talks about Creature Skateboards.

01:16:27 – He talks about the brand which kicked him off their company and the struggles and risks as he travels to skate.

01:23:39 – He talks about the dead crash. He also mentions some big names in the sport like Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek.

01:26:28 – I ask him about tropical fly fishing.

01:28:09 – I give him a tip on gloves. I recommend the Fox gloves from REI.

01:29:48 – I asked him about his plan for the next five years, and he shared this funny clip with The Illusion in Tosh.0.

01:32:35 – He tells the story of the oil spillage in their house which took four years to be fixed. It was the biggest residential contamination in Portland City history.

01:35:42 – I ask him about his skateboard tricks. He shares his trick that became his most significant mark on skateboarding.

01:38:18 – I ask about Thrasher Magazine. He tells his kayak of choice which is from Dagger.

01:39:55 – He tells his choice of weed. He gives a shout-out to his rolling paper company called Parachute Papers.

01:42:12 – He shares what he’s looking out for this year that gets him excited.

01:46:50 – We talk about his social media presence. He mentions his skateboards in Creature that feature fish graphics which include the Gravette Lures Pro Creature Skateboard Deck.

1:48:41 – I mention our episode with Kris Bare on urban carp.

Show Notes: wetflyswing.com/407