Just wanted to say hello before I started posting, My name is Ryon. I was introduced to fishing by my dad when I was around 4-5 yrs old and never stopped. My first fishing memories are fishing from a 15' Gregor with my dad in Upper Twin out of Bridgeport. As I got older, living in SoCal allowed me to explore fishing our offshore banks and traveling down into Baja but my heart has always been up in the mountains. Fishing in the Saltwater is great, very exciting but is never relaxing for me. I actually am in the process of selling my boat and moving on which actually in a round about way is what lead me to this forum. My new boat is in the form of a backpack. My plan is to take my twin sons backpacking into the Sierra this summer before they go off to college.
Anyhow my wife and I (9yrs ago)decided we wanted to try fly fishing.....got a 1/2 day trip with a guide in mammoth who took us to a park before we hit the water to just learn how to cast. Gotta say my wife got it way before me lol! We had a blast that day but kinda dropped the ball on continuing for a couple of years. Finally I bought both of us a couple of start up set from bass pro about 6 yrs ago. I went home and practiced almost everyday for 6 months........and well let's just say (as many of you know how it goes) I have acquired a lot more rods and reels