Hello,

I've been fly fishing for a couple of years now, but still consider myself very much a novice. I started out with my father-in-laws old 6wt rod and reel. He let me use it just so I "didn't go out and spend a lot of money and then find out you didn't like it." Well, that was about 3 years ago, and I like it. I've moved on to a lighter rod of my own making and fly fishing has taken me from there. From just generally getting out and fishing in beautiful places, tying my own flies, and building rods, there's so much in this hobby to keep me going and learning.

Probably like most of you, I've found I really like fishing small mountain and meadow streams best of all. I can't get enough of them. So far, I've had the pleasure of visiting some great streams in northern New Mexico (where I live) and Utah (family, and where I went to college). Here are a couple of pictures from my favorite stream here in NM.

I'm looking forward to being a part of the smallstreams community.