11/14/2025
Many of you know me as the artist behind the fishing brand Wetlands. But few of you know what my average day looks like to keep this dream alive. I make my living floating cement, setting tile and stone and laboring harder than most anyone I know. But lately, work has become sporadic, the cost of owning and operating a second business is exponentiating and I often skip meals several times a week to ensure my bills are paid. Without a huge budget for advertising and marketing, I’m 100% dependent on grass roots support from my fellow American. However, Facebook has locked me out of my business account, instagram has me throttled and it’s nearly impossible to gain traction for my brand here, despite my best intentions. My passion is conservation, my products are 100% American made and I donate 10% of my net profits to roughly a dozen conservancies. The brand name Wetlands sums up my mission rather well. It’s more about the legacy you leave the world than what you can take from it while you’re here. So I’m reaching out to you all in the hopes of earning your patronage. Please consider taking a look at my online store, wetlandsusa.com, and making a small purchase for the holidays. I believe in the grace of my fellow citizen. Please share my brand with family and friends and feel free to drop a few words of encouragement in the replies. I certainly need them. Posting this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I feel very low in doing so. It would be much easier to surrender and give it all up than to pocket my pride and ask for your help. But here I am, humble and beaten with not many options. I want to thank everyone who has supported me in my journey thus far and I promise to keep toeing the line. God bless you all. -Rory