Introduce yourself

[Greg Harris]

I live in Star, ID (about 10 miles outside Boise)
-Greg

Just don’t tell them about that one river and that other river in the other state.

I consider the other river in the other state my home water.

[Cameron Mortenson]

OK…my turn.

[Jeff Morasco]

I’m Jeff Morasco (Nom de keyboard is Loopy). I am retiring this fall. I live in north Missouri and plan on spending about half the year on Grand Bahama. Actually I am looking to get away and try some trout fishing next summer as I have almost no experience doing that. I also have been playing with two handed rods and might try my luck next fall going for steelies.

[Simon Chu]

I live in New Zealand and am surrounded by water so count my self lucky.
Luckier still I have an understanding (Tolerant?? :-?) wife who accepts my addiction and a son who loves to fish (7)
I’m in cahoots with a good friend Mat, to assist people to make their destination dreams come true. In honesty it came about because we could not stop dreaming about those places ourselves!
I am a school teacher by trade and now teach at the local University.

A total gear junkie, I’ve recently discovered saltwaterfly and have realised I am doomed. :-[

I love to eat and my waistline reflects my passion. I’m coming over to the US next week to attend a wedding of a guy I met on the river 8 years ago. Perhaps thats one of the reasons why I fish. 🙂

[Richard Bernabe]

I am Richard Bernabe, 42/m from South Carolina. I am an outdoor photographer and dabble in writing as well, married with a 6-year old daughter.

I used to travel a lot, but I’ve learned to find and enjoy the unexplored places close to home now. My latest project is a 250-mile solo canoe trek from the NC foothills across SC to the ocean (while filming the trip for SCETV) and most everything I encounter will be new to me.

http://www.riverventurejournal.blogspot.com

Travel is a bug that can bite hard, but don’t forget about those places close to home.

[Robert Warren]

This is very cool…so here’s my deal

I live in Anacortes, WA with an exceptionally open-minded wife and sixteen year old daughter.

[Matt Tucker]

My names Matt Tucker.  I just turned 30 and am married to a saint for 10 years this August.  We have two daughters (11 and 5) who are also saints.  Like another guy that posted, I am fortunate enought to have a wife that knows the outdoors resets me and is pushing me out the door when she senses I need a reset.  I live in High Ridge, Missouri which is about 30 miles southwest of the St. Louis Arch on the Mississippi River and am a partner in a small commercial steel fabrication comapny located in Sauget, Illinois (i look out my office and see the Arch) where I answer to just about any name / title.  Our company of 25 employees fabricates steel for commercial buildings under 5 stories.

[anonymous]

I am a 52 year-old native Arkansan, and have lived most of my life in Northwest Arkansas but also Toledo and Dallas. Have traveled a fair amount–about 30 states. Drove to and from Alaska in 2004. Fished the triangle–interior around Fairbanks, the Russian and Quartz Creek near the Kenai, and the Clearwater River at Delta Junction. Have never fished in Montana, but have fished Wyoming and Colorado quite a bit.

Formally educated in vocal and choral performance (U of A) and a graduate degree in theology and biblical languages (Dallas Theological Seminary). For fun, this year I have been teaching a few students beginning biblical Hebrew. However, I have always enjoyed and been draw to the outdoors as well. Started fly fishing in the 70s with my dad’s J.C. Higgins fiberglass rod and popping bugs.

In 1996 I built my first drift boat and started a full-time drift boat fly-fishing guide service on the White River tailwaters. Been doing some outdoor writing and photography for the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas since 2000.

My interests are: photography (first camera was a Brownie Bullet; 1st 35mm a Konica FD and Pentax K; presently use Canon bodies and lenses); computing (first computer a Timex Sinclair with 2K of Ram, BD=before DOS; presently use a Dell XPS with Windows Vista and older IBM thinkpad); building drift boats; teaching Bible studies (beginning an extended exposition in January through the Bible) and of course fly-fishing. Want to build a wooden teardrop trailer to travel with my wife some before we are too old to climb in and out of it–but at the present ratio or irons to the fire, it’s not happening.

My wife Sharon and I have been married 30 years. One grown son (more or less) and a stout Yorkshire terrier, useless cat and Betta fish.

Glad to get acquainted with so many talented flyfishers across the globe.

P.S. Also glad to see several of you involved professionally in conservation organizations and efforts.

Just saw your note Matt. It was great taking you and Brent out on the tailwaters and hope to see you on the river in your newly refurbished Hyde soon. We’ll be at Rim September 15th floating with another wooden boat from Springfield and perhaps Drifter (here on this board) if he can make it. Would love to see you too if you could find the time.

[bret]

OK, so I live in Michigan 2.5 hours from the Manistee, Au Sable, Pere Marquette, Muskegon & several other rivers to many to mention but the above 4 are pretty awesome.

[barry evans]

My name is Barry Evans.
I was born and raised in South Florida and the Keys.
I light tackle guided out of Key West for about 15 years back in the late 60’s and 70’s. Sold my business back in the early 80’s and moved to Alaska to work up on the Slope (my background training was electrical). I left AK and returned to S. Fl to work at a Nuclear Plant (Turkey Point) south of Miami.  When that gig ended I boomed all over this country and offshore working as a contract Electrical Start-up Tech. I ended up settling here in North Texas (about 40 miles SW of FT Worth).
I retired 5 years ago, and spend most of my time building Custom Rods and fishing.  So…between the fly-fishing, kayak paddling and photography, I didn’t have any time left to work!
I’m still single, so destination fishing is still an option, which I take advantage of every chance I get (mostly on the TX coast and the FL Keys).
I started fly fishing out of a Kayak 8 or 9 years ago, which I found almost addictive as the rod building and fly-fishing. Another one of my passions is Photography.  

[steve gallas]

Seafood– there’s more water to fish in Pa. than you can get to in a lifetime,so don’t despair.I grew up in Pa. but moved to SE virginia after grad school.I’m a school psychologist and have a very relaxed summer which allows annual trips to the Yellowstone area,which I’ve been doing since the early 90’s. I also take at least one annual trip to Canada,and have been since 1981, where

[Gary Grossman]

Greetings from a relatively new member.

[Abe Mathews]

I’m Abe Mathews, and unlike Zach I spell my last name correctly.

I’m 35, an engineer who recently took the path of the “Dark Side” into management.

[Morsie]

Great thread – some of you guys are so young!!!!

Peter Morse – 53 (damn that’s hard to write). I live in the Blue Mountains about 1.5 hours west of Sydney – that’s Australia. I have 2 wonderful sons, one 25 (military, bow hunter and fisherman) and one 22 (a chef, sometime fisherman but becoming more interested) and a step-son who’s a wine maker and a great fishing mate. I have some lovely trout streams an hour west and bass water half an hour east. I work full time as a fishing writer/photographer and “consultant” and travel constantly. I’m also a member of Team Sage. I have been full time in fly fishing since 1989 and inherited my first fly rod in 1973 so its been a long road to here with many tough years. I had a very successful 26 part televison series called “Wildfish” (prime time and shown in 30 countries world wide) and have written two books and also work as a DVD presenter for “The Fishing DVD”, a quarterly DVD  magazine  www.fishingdvd.com.au

My wife loves me to go fishing because she knows after 3 weeks at home I start to get stir crazy. Advise from an old hand, start acting crazy so she wants you to go fishing then when you come home from fishing be really nice, establish a pattern (No fishing = shitty – come home from fishing = great loving guy). Listen to your wife as much as you can, encourage her to talk about whatever she wants to talk about BUT listen to her even if its with just one ear, bring her flowers, let her know you think about her “all the time” – “happy wife – happy life”.

I have no particularly favourite fish or fishing situation, I love them all, whether I’m in New Zealand chasing trout or one of our western rivers chasing carp, hunting bonefish, or on a marlin boat – “I’m yet to catch a bad fish”.

Current species tally stands at 274.

Morsie

[Darrin Terry]

Hello (again). Figured I should re-introduce myself.

My name is Darrin Terry. I am 38 and single, meaning I answer only to myself (I still don’t get to destination fish:(). I graduated from CSU Fresno in Fall 1993, where I still live. I have worked for the same company since 1994. Twelve and one half years as a graphic artist and the last two as a prepress tech.

I just started fly fishing this year. I would definitely have to say I’m addicted. I hope there’s no 12-step programs out there for this. I caught my first fish on a fly (a small Brookie) my first day out. Two days later, on the same trip, I caught the biggest trout I’ve caught yet: a gorgeous 14-inch ‘Bow. Yeah, yeah, I know that’s not very big, but it’ll do for now.:) 😉

Oh yeah, this week I took a casting class at the Kern River Troutfitters Fly Shop in Kernville. Wow, what an improvement. I need lots more help, but that was a lot of fun & money well spent.:)

Future plans: more time on the water, more/better rods, better casting & catching, rod building & fly tying. In whatever order they find me.

Darrin

[Roger Stouff]

I’m Roger Stouff, 42, a journalist for 26 years currently with the small town sheet in Franklin, La. I’m also an author of two books, and a member of the Chitimacha Nation of Louisiana, the Rez of which I’ve lived on all my life.

Divorced 10 years ago, two boys 15 and 19, engaged to Susan, second time’s the charm!

Home waters are the Atchafalaya River Basin in southern central Louisiana, where the river meets the Gulf of Mexico.

[Frank E. Sangiorgio]

:)Frank E. Sangiorgio. I’m “The Old One” 75, fishing since fish hooks were made of bone. 😉 I’m a retired Doc of 2 years and have practiced medicine in Italy, Saudi Arabia and New York and wound up in Altoona, PA. Great steams and I’m trying to fish them all. Great wife who encourages fishing. Even when I was in practice and she saw me getting irritated, told me you need to fish, “go!”. Got irritated alot. Fished in alot of overseas places with a good friend. Next trip, Patagonia. Only 23 miles from the famous Little J and hit that stream at least 2 to 3 times a week. 😀 I’ve kind of been following Zach’s career since he was on another forum and then started his own. Totally ignorant about making an avitar and posting pictures, but will learn.

[none]

Hello, my name is Jay Lee. Living in The Netherlands. 39 years old, educated as a real estate engineer, now working as a property  developer. I just started my own business in property development & consultancy.

I started fly fishing when I was around 14.
My favourite destinations in Europe are (southern) Germany and Austria. This area in the Alps is just right for gin clear streams/rivers and great scenery.
I love the Rocky Mountains area (Montana & Alberta) too. I’ve visited this area about 6 times so far.

I like to visit forums where the owner is active, open minded.
Zach is also a nice guy too so it’s fun to hang around here.

Jay

[Eric Weller]

Hey Frank, you are a lucky man to be able to go to the Little J 2-3 times a week!

[Neal Osborn]

I have enjoyed meeting everyone ;D

I am 34 years old.  My college degree was environmental science with a specialty in global pollution.  However, I ended up going to medical school, got a masters degree in clinical research and then specialized in gastroenterology.  I am currently practicing in the Atlanta area.  I have a wonderful wife of 5 years now and a 15 pound American Lamalese dog.

I grew up in the midwest and fishing was a part of life.  Bass fishing that is.  My father had a small lure tying business on the side and that is how my brother and I learned how to tie and rig up.  I didn’t start fly fishing until relatively recently and now that is my main interest; particularly fly tying.  I have fished some of the rivers in north Georgia, North Carolina, and Minnesota.  I will be going on a few destination trips in the near future, but that is a story for another day.

I have also been involved in breeding fish since age 14 and at one time had over 40 tanks in the house and hundreds of African Cichlids.  Currently I am “tankless” but dream of setting up a 700 gallon saltwater tank; that will probably never happen.  Other interests include SCUBA diving and photography.

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