# 948 | Inside Thomas & Thomas: Connor Quigley on Fly Rod Design and Innovation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation.md Podcast: [Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913) Published: 2026-07-10T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.wetflyswing.com/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation/ Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/70ab0918-60b9-4cc8-9cd8-9d803a921de0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913/episodes/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation Duration seconds: 3694 ## Resource 948 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/948 Presented By: FishHound Expeditions, Golden Fly Shop, Fly Fish with me Utah, TroutRoutes In this episode, Connor shares the history of Thomas & Thomas, explains what gives a fly rod its "soul," and offers practical tips for choosing the right rod for trout, stripers, Atlantic salmon, pike, and more. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/948 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913/episodes/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wet-fly-swing-fly-fishing-podcast-513913/948-inside-thomas-thomas-connor-quigley-on-fly-rod-design-and-innovation.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.