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Fly Fishing, Gardening and the Northwest: Meet @thankful Jan 10, 2019 | By John, Volunteer Mentor (@johnbishop)Comment receiving replies
Golly, Jim @thankful. I'm glad I had the presence of mind to be a little helpful last Spring, and I'm glad to hear that your life is now revolving around Oregon's steelheads. Growing up in Northeast Iowa, my favorite fishing was for brook and rainbow and brown trout -- smaller in every case (but two) than the one in your picture here -- and smallmouth bass (the subject of my dissertation in Ecology in 1958). Now in Virginia, I have my choice of trout in mountain waters within 50 miles West and big rockfish within 50 miles East. If you find a reason to relax on this end of the continent, I'll be glad to show you some good holes! Thanks for your kind remarks! Martin
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@predictable- Martin, thank you and would love to wet a line with you some time. I was raised on Staten Island, NY and my farther often took us boys up to the Beaverkill or the Willowemoc upstate. I came to find out many years later that those two streams were fished by many of the early flyfishers and has a great history. To me & my brother, it was another fishing trip with our dad. We piled in to our 73 VW bus with the seats out so we could sleep. Fond memories!
BTW, We have 24" browns here in several of the rivers & lakes that literally attack your bait! Nothing likes hooking into one of those brownies!
Again, thank you for taking the time to put those questions together. They proved Invaluable! Jim @thankful