FP,
Go to our website and send me an e-mail and I'll send you a free tape with our steelhead series on it. All it will cost you is a post here later to let people know what you thought of them compared to Billy Bob bass shows. However, we'd appreciate it if you didn't send it on to others. We very much appreciate your interest in the show, however, we are attempting to be a business. Actually, we WANT to be a business and to this point we are very much on the negative side as we have been a charity for the most part. It's been a very "interesting" learning experience to try to get people excited about fishing again in this state, in hopes that we can galvanize the energies of all the sportsanglers here and try to make some positive changes by showing some of the GREAT STORIES that still exist.

Except for a very small number of companies in this state (see http://www.fishermansheaven.com/sponsors.htm), everyone in Washington seems to love the idea of having a fishing show which highlights "real fish" like salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and trout but nobody is willing to invest anything in it. Companies in the fishing business complain that their industry is heading downhill and underpublicized, but when approached with a show that can put some hope and energy back into their sport, they all claim poverty.

Even the local television stations that have expressed interest (like Fox Sports NW) want us to pay to be on the screen (unfortunately, infomercials have made life hard for EVERYONE these days and TV stations expect shows to PAY their way on). For Billy Bob's bass shows, that might be understandable (they all look alike don't they?) because the production value is near zero, but we have spent a lot of time and money to create a superior product. Shows like Outdoor Journal and Flyfish pay FSN each week to air their shows and we will not stoop to that level. KONG-TV in Seattle doesn't have room for outdoor shows, but they air about 9 hours of infomercials per day.

We even approached the Washington Dept. of Tourism at one point and their director told us "we would never sponsor a fishing show in this state because ALL fish in this state are on the endangered species list and nobody would ever come here to fish." Isn't that scary that the person who makes the budget decisions for our state's tourist dollars is so uninformed? WDFW pleaded poverty also and then spent a bunch of money on a CD-ROM about Washington fisheries that nobody buys.

OK, so I'm done ranting and I'll answer your question: For those who are not in an area that carries our shows, all our episodes are for sale at http://www.fishermansheaven.com/onstore.htm

Thanks,

Kevin
Fisherman's Heaven http://www.fishermansheaven.com