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Hi Everyone, great thread. I’ve been reading all your bios (I’m @ page 2 so far), and it strikes me as interesting that most of you are quite a bit more ‘experienced’ than myself, but also residing in the US.
My name is Ryan Treneer, I’m 30 years old, and I live in Squamish, BC. I am fortunate enough to live within walking distance of more than one great river, and have taken the last couple years to explore my local waterways. I flyfished a little when I was younger, amongst many years of gear fishing for bass, walleye and pike, but have recently come back to flyfishing in an unintended but interesting way. I broke most of my leg (tibia,fibia and talus) in a mountainbiking accident, and was non-weight bearing for several months. Being an active outdoor person the cabin fever set in quickly. A friend re-introduced me to fly fishing, this time for salmon, as the bouyancy of the water was the only way I could get around without my crutches. I would wade into the river until I could comfortably stand, then throw my crutches back onto the beach. As I was unable to work at the time I managed quite a few great days on the river, a sanity saver for sure.
Since recovering from that injury I have been flyfishing and tying as much as I can between various guiding and rope access jobs. I am self employed, which gives me lots of days on the water between contracts. I also travel for work, and hope that this will give me the chance to experience lots of different fishing and water.
I have a great girlfriend who is currently in nursing school in Vancouver, BC, a welcome excuse to visit the city and explore some fabled, albeit new water to me. Her time spent studying and in the hospitals allows me lots of freedom, and a second home.
I’m recovering this week from having one of the bars removed from my leg, now one year since the original accident. This recovery should be a lot quicker, and hopefully I’ll be back in the river soon, for the same reasons that got me flyfishing again.
As lots of you have mentioned, it’s great to have a bit of a bio to match all the info here on the board. I’m always eager to see what other folks are trying and having success with, and the trip reports are good medicine for my downtime. I built my first flyrod last year, and am already looking for a new project for the rainy season that is now upon us.
I also found the board through the podcast, and always look forward to the audio trip to somewhere new.
Great threads and contributions, keep it up.I’ve also found some other interesting internet flyfishing resources to while away the recovery time, here they are if anyone is interested. I have no affiliastion with these pages, but found them to be be very entertaining. Enjoy!
