Eric, congrats on finding Zhloe, she is a great source of scrips. Once you get to 70 you get yellow scrips as well. Two other clients can open up after "Return of the Bull" late in 4.1. But only 12 turnins / week total.
Most of my red scrips come from my squadron. Have you unlocked squadrons? If you haven't it will take you a few weeks to tune them for scrips.
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/S...der_(Maelstrom) The other GCs have the same quest.
NQ vendor gear and tools with materia melder NPC melds will get you to 70 no problem. But jewelry is not available from NPCs and the scrip jewelry is ... inferior to crafted with even one meld. Find a crafter and offer to trade gathered items for even minimally overmelded jewelry perhaps?
BTW, I have a fisher main alt. There are fish gated behind storyline even after the area is unlocked.