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Published November 1st, 2019

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We sit down with Fishpond CEO Johnny Le Coq to talk about his background in photography, his product design process and a whole lot more. This one is a must-listen folks!

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About these Guests

Johnny Le Coq

Owner

Johnny Le Coq is the CEO of Fishpond, Inc. one of the very few B Corps in the outdoors category today. Johnny heads all product design at the company....

Chad Alderson

Podcast Co-Host

Chad is a partner at Barbless.co and hosts The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast with co-host Nick Hanna. Chad is an avid fly angler. He also owns and operates AMP.build - a web software and design company located in Chico, Ca....

Nick Hanna

Podcast Co-Host

Nick is a partner at Barbless.co and hosts The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast with co-host Chad Alderson. Considered by many to be one of Northern California's most elite anglers, Nick is an expert fly fisherman. He also runs a guide service ...

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