I'm April Voki and you are listening to Anchored.

My chance to speak with some of the most influential people involved in the outdoors today.

Join me as I sit down with my guests to learn more about their careers, opinions, history,

relationships, and life both indoors and out.

Marina Gibson is an ambassador for Orvis, the Angling Trust and the Atlantic Salmon Trust.

In June 2019, she launched the Northern Fishing School at Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire,

where her and her team teach fly fishing while connecting as many people as possible to the

great outdoors.

In this episode of Anchored, we discuss finding a home base, while working in fishing can

feel so exhausting, growing pains and more.

I was born in London and then when I was two years old we moved to a place called the

Cotsworts, which is sort of in the countryside, but two hours away from London.

Why the move?

I think my parents, I mean my dad, he always worked in London, but I think both of them were

originally from the countryside, they grew up there, and I think they were just ready

to move to the countryside, especially having young children as well.

Did fishing start with your parents?

Did they fish?

Yeah, so all my family are love fishing and we did it a lot when we were younger, but

it wasn't necessarily something that my brother and I were obsessed with, like some kids

I meet today and they're so obsessed, they've got social media channels and they're like

12 years old and yeah, maybe their parents run the channel for them, but they are so

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