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Re: Introductions
Hi,
I'm Andy Baird, living on the North coast of Co. Antrim, N. Ireland for the last ten or so years... I'm a short rod, light line, small fly enthusiast. I found smallstreams first time round when searching for small fly patterns and Roy Christie material.
There was always great small fly action here... and I hope there's more to come.
I fish small streams, burns and the tinyest of brooks for wild, brown trout. The landscape here is a vast matrix of small water, the trout are free-rising and there's miles of lightly fished streams if you get out and explore a little... the trout in these streams tend to average 6-12", I'll see a couple to 14" each season... there's bigger trout out there, but they can be tricky to tempt on a #24 paradun... :geek: The hatches can be sporadic, and lighter than most but this is a magical landscape to explore and fish, the trout are some of the most beautiful in the world and hard fighting.
I'm a big fan of the stream reports section here, so much amazing water and trout from across the globe.
Andy offline and out...
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smallstreams.com plankowner
Re: Introductions
Hi everyone.
I was a member of the "old" forum and also posted a couple of reports from my corner of the world. I'm from Denmark, and recently moved to the main part of the country, close to the best trout streams in the country, and I have a couple of pictures and reports to post that I prepared during the down-time of the site.
Will be back soon, just this quick hello so that Gus won't delete my account due to zero post activity :)
It's great to have this community back!
Cheers
Martin
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smallstreams.com plankowner
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Re: Introductions
Ernest here, one of the old guys.
I'm living large in the Upper Midwest, with a house more than 20 miles from the 4 lane, and closer than that to my home waters of Catscratch, and Cripe-O-Mitey, and Little Prickerbush Creeks.
I hold an assistant lecturer position at the Jed Clampett School of Fly Tackle Manufacture, carving fly rods out of house siding, and hardware store dowels, and sticks I cut out of the maples and hickories on our land. I'm not a purist; I fish with bamboo sometimes, and occasionally plastic.
I'm down to tying 40-50 dozen flies a year, and enjoying it more than I did when I was pressed to tie for others.
I won't be contributing to some of the threads. Eats on the stream, with tablecloths and wine lists? Last week I went out for a day of fishing on the brook trout ponds in the county forest, and I forgot to bring a sandwich. I did have a 20 oz. Diet Mountain Dew back at the truck.
You're not likely to see photos from me. I stopped taking them on fishing trips. I have a lot of old pictures of trout and trees and creeks. I don't need any more of them.
Sometimes I tell stories.
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Parr
Re: Introductions
sometimes tells stories? Ernest you've got some of the best I've ever read.
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smallstreams.com
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To each their own, as long as we're civil.
Eats? Like I posted, it's granola/energy bars for me. Others have different ideas, not better or worse.
I fish bamboo, plastic and fiberglass, but the thing that matters is that I fish.
I live a mile from my home stream, which runs dead smack through the middle of town. It is unfished and overlooked, as remote as many I've been at miles from pavement... My home pond is a block away... with more panfish and bass than most.
Since I left Oregon, the only salmonids within eight hours of me are planted in an artificial tailwater.
We are all small streams of information...
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Smallstreams Founder
Re: Introductions
Originally Posted by
gstrand
To each their own, as long as we're civil.
Agreed.
Ernest writes excellent stories, I wish that was all he did here.
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Member
Re: Introductions
My name is Fred. I'm from northern Colorado. I fish small streams , Big Thompson alot, Frying pan and others. I visited the other small streams site frequently but I never posted, not real computor savy.( but learning ) I've learned alot from you guys over the years. I found this web site thru other links here and there. I'm starting to get interested in bamboo rods. I actually just ordered a blank tonight a 8' 5wt. garrison taper. Looking foward to building the handle and reel seat and finishing the rod and fishing this winter yet or come spring.
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