Anchored Podcast Ep. 214: Tim O’Neill on Norvise Vises and the Legacy of Norm Norlander

Anchored with April Vokey

Anchored Outdoors

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Tim O’Neill had big shoes to fill the day he took over Norvise Fly Tying Vises in 2018. A machinist by trade, he’d already worked with the company’s founder, Norm Norlander, for a decade prior to the takeover. An unfortunate illness would ultimately hinder decades of Norm’s hard work and passion, making Tim the company’s new CEO. In this episode of Anchored, Tim and April talk about Norm, the business transition, why Norvise is so unique, and more. This episode of Anchored is brought to you South Dakota and their incredible hunting opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tune in to Real Animals at 10.30 a.m. Eastern every Sunday during Waypoint TV's mornings on the flats,
0:06.7	presented by a Biz Battery. Power your pursuit. On Waypoint TV, the destination for out-to-entertainment.
0:14.1	I'm April Voki and you are listening to Anchored. My chance to speak with some of the most influential
0:34.5	people involved in the outdoors today. Join me as I sit down with my guests to learn more about their
0:39.6	careers, opinions, history, relationships, and life both indoors and out. Tim O'Neill had big shoes to
0:48.0	fill the day that he took over Norvis fly-tying vases in 2018. A machinist by trade, he'd already
0:54.6	worked with the company's founder, Norm Norlander, for a decade prior to the takeover. An unfortunate
1:00.8	illness would ultimately hinder decades of Norm's hard work and passion, deemed Tim the company's new CEO.
1:08.2	In this episode of Anchored, Tim and I talk about Norm, the business transition, why Norvis is so unique
1:14.4	and more. This episode of Anchored is brought to you by South Dakota and their incredible hunting
1:20.2	opportunities. In South Dakota, hunting is a shared legacy. Something everyone can be a part of.
1:26.5	That's why they're focused on making their fields a welcome place for everyone. See how at www.huntthegradeststd.com,
1:34.6	where you can hear stories from sports, men, and women and learn what makes South Dakota the world's
1:39.3	peasant capital. While you're there, check out public landmaps, hunting blogs, and seasonal
1:44.6	information for one unforgettable fall. Learn more at www.huntthegradeststd.com.
1:50.8	Cool. All right. So let's start where we start with everyone. So where were you born and raised?
2:05.4	So I was born in Delaware and I actually live, well, unfortunately both my parents have passed away,
2:13.8	but I live in the same town that I grew up in and my parents house, you can walk from my house to
2:21.2	my parents house in about five minutes. So I'd spent basically my entire life in the state of Delaware.
2:28.8	It's a great state, a little eddy bitty state, it's about that big. You can get from the top of
2:35.4	the state to the bottom of the state in a car literally in about an hour and a half. You can travel
2:39.6	the whole. Oh, really? Yeah, it's tiny. Yeah, and I have friends out west, they're like I can't
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