Thanks Mike!

It was kind of a day of retribution, for when I was there in mid-July, on my first ever guided trip. That day, my casting and hook-sets were off, and although I landed my first wild brown that day, I missed more takes and bombed more casts than I care to remember. I swore I'd go back and pay the fish back for mocking me ... especially the big one that broke me off (the guide estimated him at about 16 inches, based on a couple of jumps). So I worked on the things that the guide suggested, and went back to even the score.

I started fly fishing in June '04, and until this year targeted mostly SMB, but this has been the year of the trout for me. I think I hooked on trout ... on dries!

And thanks for the welcome aboard. I've been lurking for a long time, mostly just reading and trying to learn. Something happened to my old login, so I had to re-join recently.

BTW, the 16+ fish, that I caught on the last trip, came from the same lie as the one that broke me off a month earlier.

Thanks again!

Dave.