In a new web series titled “Junkfly,” two former Bushwick residents, Jack Kredell and Jamie Hefetz, play two dudes embarking on fishing expeditions. It sounds unremarkable until the next part: the two creators of the web series are fishing in New York City’s most polluted waterways. The first episode of “Junkfly” is available to watch on YouTube, and on March 16 at 6 p.m. the second episode will premiere at Starr Bar.

Episode 1 introduces Kredell and Hefetz as two guys between jobs, passing the time by angling for New York City fishing’s most sought-after prize: the striped bass. Kredell has fished his whole life, and he told Bushwick Daily, “No matter where I am I want to fish.” Then he added, “We can’t really get to anywhere else to fish, there’s no scenic rivers or byways around here. We just started fishing where we are.”

The two guys explained that the idea for the web series arose about a year ago when they’d seen what Kredell called “a bizarre father-son team” digging for bloodworms. Hefetz said that they were “raking through tons of mud for these worms,” and they’d reeled in the idea to create a show about NYC’s fishing subculture. Oftentimes, they eat what they catch. Hefetz joked, “You’re allowed to eat like three fish a month before you go sterile,” and Kredell added, “It’s shocking to people who get their fish at the shopping market who, ironically, really don’t know where their fish come from.”