Fishing is great, but not when you’re in pain. Just look at Big Jim McLaughlin for a fantastic example of how physical fitness can turn things around. In my case, I turned to Ottawa-area Dr. Pierre Brunet and head trainer Craig Adams at Studio One Personal Training. These gentlemen made fishing fun again. I’ve since learned of Travis Perret, owner of Exercise Therapy of Kansas City, who specializes in working with many of North America’s top anglers to address their pain relief and fitness training goals.

Learn about common pain and fitness issues Travis encounters, how training helps, what anglers can do at home, and how perceptions of fitness in the sport of angling are changing on this week’s episode of Blue Fish Radio: