my name is mike and i live in oceanside, ca. when i first got on this web site i tried to post a bio. twice , when i hit submit they just went away, where, i have no clue. for all i know i sent them to some little old man in china and he's wondering , "who this duckdog , and why he think i care...

that's one nice fish. bummer he kept it, a few photo's and one of those fiberglass wall mounts[ i think they're made of fiberglass]would have been enough for me. plus, i'm just an old guy with a heart condition, so lugging out 8 extra pounds is not for me. the short story about the bodie gold mine [...

mr. castaway , i know what you mean, believe me , the last thing i want to see when i go fishing is a crowd.....well thats not really the last thing, the LAST THING i want to see when i go fishing is a mountain lion crouched in the grass 5 feet away from me. so crowds are maybe the second to last th...

i cringe when i see an article about an area that i fish or hunt. i don't like it , but it's going to happen , i can't control what other people say. most of my current best spots are a result of finding people in my former best spots. you make the best of the situation. hot spoting doesn't really g...

birddog, get a vice and start tying. some might say that flytying is a feather lined hole that you throw money into, but, you can tie what you want, when you want,how you want. there is so much information on the subject outthere, it has never been easier to learn . you'll be tying good flies in no ...

In a totally unrelated matter, I'm going to be rich! I just sent a few bucks, well, ok, my life's savings, to the widow of a Nigerian oil minister. In return, I'll make millions, I can't wait. . i want to be rich too, but all i have at the moment is thirty nine cents. do you think the good widow wo...

bob, your a good man.

i have been flyfishing since 1966 and had never hired a guide untill a month ago. it's not that i didn't think they worth hiring, it's just a lifetime of low budget trips.there were five of us being guided over two day's and our guide worked his butt of for us. we fished from 8 am till dark. i know ...

that's a beautyfull thing, another penguin slips off the ice and into healthy addiction. now get him to tye a few simple flies and set the hook deep.

hey benny, thanks for the welcome. my friend chuck told me about the site.i am new to computers [and typing], i always figured it would be a blackhole.but i finaly brokedown and got one. i was right , BLACKHOLE,i knew it knew it knew it! oh well, it's really not so bad here in the blackhole,it's onl...