Was born and raised in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains till I hit my teens and then it was out to Tennessee and North Carolina. Been fishing since I was 9 where I started spin fishing at a 3 month summer trip to the Boundary Waters area of Minnesota. Fished everything I could from then on until my late teens and got distracted, you could say. Started casting flies for the first time when I was about 13, but I was using my spin rod and it wasn't very effective on those Smokey mountain fish.
Fast forward through college to my senior year and I dove back into fishing pretty deep. I started fishing every day, in the morning before class, or in the evening after work, on my lunch break from work. One day, after getting off work I was fishing a little pond in raleigh, nc and met a guy who was fly fishing and just having a blast catching bream. He asked if I wanted to try, I said yes, and that was it...I was hooked. So I have been fly fishing for about three years now and been back in CA for almost one and it is certainly an addiction although I think I have it under control
I like to bushwhack in the local mountains and wherever I can find a healthy combination of solitude from the madness of this world and wild trout.
I've tied a few flies but haven't built rods or anything awesome like that...yet.
Hoping to get out and fish with other flyfishers more this year, so look forward to meeting/seeing you all on the stream.
This forum seems to be the best collection of knowledge, positive attitude, and overall vibe I have seen on any of the fly fishing forums and I look forward to learning and sharing with everybody going forward.
, um, I think I'd pass.
