Episode 84: Lloyd Wruble - Gatekeeper of the Glades

Dr. Lloyd Wruble is a successful, retired oral and facial surgeon
by trade, and one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet. He’s a
soft spoken man with a passion for fishing, not just fishing, but
backcountry, Everglades fishing in South Florida. He has fished the
nooks and crannies of the Everglades for decades. It’s a
labyrinthine waterway of creeks, black mangroves, bays, cypress
trees, pines and sable palms that weave in and out and around
forever and ever. Inside its world of salt and brackish water swim
snook, redfish, tarpon, bass and a multitude of other species. It’s
beautiful and pristine, a sacred sanctuary! This is where Lloyd has
given his soul. His relationship with the glades was initially
cemented with the late pioneer, Herman Lucerne. He took Wruble
deeper into the unknown and became Lloyd’s mentor and great friend.
Herman showed him this remote country like only Herman could, as he
knew it better than anyone else... When Herman died in hurricane
Andrew, Lloyd was crushed. He’d lost a brother, then devoted much
of his time to preserving the life that Herman lived. On today’s
podcast, Lloyd Wruble speaks of many things few people has ever
seen or know about.