Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

[flytier07]

Was out last Sunday-first outing since the FFF meet-Barnsfold once again. Sh1tty day, chilly, blustery winds, but everyone caught fish and I had my first brownie since 1972 and biggest-3 lbs 3 ozs. Loads and loads of tugs and pulls, but only connected with two and was broken off by something I never even saw. The weather has remained mild in the uk so far so hope to get out once or twice more before it changes for the worst.

[stevekiley]

hi all ,im from west linn,or.long time fly fisherman and full time bamboo rod maker,just found this site and it looked like a good place to hang out and learn some new stuff,thanks,steve

[WanderingBlues]

hi all ,im from west linn,or.long time fly fisherman and full time bamboo rod maker,just found this site and it looked like a good place to hang out and learn some new stuff,thanks,steve

Steve, welcome aboard. make sure you check out our rod buidling section. There are several talented folks in there. Look forward to seeing some of your work and some reports from your neck of the woods.

[beachbum]

Welcome to the board, Steve! We like bamboo here too.

[stevekiley]

heres one,Or. walnut grip and reel seat with nickel silver wire inlay with ammonia tempered blanks,thanks steve

[stanbery]

Steve

Welcome aboard the rod looks awesome.

Jon

[Pete]

Hi Steve,

Welcome aboard. I'm Rod O Rama on the RBF. Show these guys a picture of your inlaid seat caps . They are flat out art on a rod.

Pete

[stevekiley]

thanks pete,here are some reel seats , oregon walnut with turquois mosaic inlays,

[briansII]

Welcome. Wow!!

briansII

[Autodave]

heres one,Or. walnut grip and reel seat with nickel silver wire inlay with ammonia tempered blanks,thanks steve

Steve -Great stuff!!! What do you mean by "ammonia tempered"? I have done a few projects with white oak that I fumed with ammonia to darken the wood,is it similar?

[stevekiley]

same idea,fumed under heat and presure,somewhat the same as granger did,by the way fumed oak is cool stuff,steve

[dray]

Welcome, your rods are beautiful.

[Reyne]

Hi everyone and happy new year.
I'm new to the site and just feeling my way around. The start of my fishing journey was as a kid in Legg Lake and Puddingstone. My dad would drop me off, ussually alone, on the way to work. I would pack a lunch or buy a burger and soda at the snack bar, and fish from morning to evening. Soon after, I started spending a couple of weeks during summer vacation in Long Beach with my great uncle fishing Belmont Pier. My parents didn't get my budding obsession, but did the best they could to understand; even today, some forty years later! My fishing went from bait and lures to strickly lures. I fished mostly local (so cal) waters until I got my drivers licsence. Soon after, the Sierras and beyond was my escape.
I bought my first flyrod at Faye"s flyshop in no cal and was hooked back in the eighties. I was living in Reno at the time and cut my teeth in places like Manzanita Lake, Truckee River, Pyramid Lake, Davis and Frenchmans Lakes. I built my first rod at the Reno Flyshop, an 8wt RPL for Pyramid. Those were the days...
Form Reno, I moved to Anchorage and things got reelly wild. Silvers in the surf, Kings in the sloughs, Rainbows on big streamers down to tiny glo bugs.
A short stay in S Carolina I occassionally fished for all warmwater critters.
About five or six years(maybe more) has passed and I did very little of anything, and I moved back to so cal (2003)and left all my fly gear in storage except for a 5wt. St Croix my 1st ex wife had built for me, and I began to reconnect with the sport (passion?). Needless to say that flyfishing and being "out there" fills that void like never before.
Looking forward to another great year!
Regards,
Rey

[dray]

Welcome, nice intro Rey.

[stanbery]

Rey

Welcome aboard.

Jon