Who Was Your 1st FAOL Contact?

[Dot Man]

I came to FAOL in 2002 through Ronn Lucas. I had seen his Salmon flies featured in an issue of Fly Tyer magazine. I saw those beautiful flies and immediately wanted some of his wonderful work on my Dots. I emailed him and told him about the Dots and what I wanted to do. He agreed to allow me to use his Salmon flies; then he told me about FAOL and suggested I contact Deanna and Jim about becoming a Sponsor. I did and I am about to start my 7th year as a Sponsor. I am tickled pink to say how pleased I am about how things have turned out as a result.

Thanks Ronn, Deanna and Jim!

Jerry

[Uncle Barry]

Good morning,
That person, he was 'that' Rick Z many years ago, then I say back and consumed this site, then thought, thats not nice to take without giving back something in return, and from there joined.

Thanks Rick.

Kindest regards,
UB

[Backcastwards]

I was living in Southern California and purchased my retirement home on the banks of the N. Umpqua river in Roseburg, Oregon. I noticed a post with a member who had Winchester, Oregon as his location. It was Montana Moose. Winchester is on the other side of the river from me so I PMed him.He told me that he was in fact on the other side of the river and that when I came up the next time I should let him know. Well, he has been very helpful to a very overwhelmed big river novice. He is always ready to go fishing and he and his wife have become good friends to my wife and I.
We moved to Roseburg about 16 months ago. George is a Keeper. Here he is fishing the famous Steamboat section of the N. Umpqua

Gary

[Donat]

In Jan 2008 I inquired about fishing in the Paducah,Ky area while my wife was at the quilt show there end of April. Mark K answered the call and offered to meet and fish Casey Creek with him. Sorry to say we had to cancel trip because of things beyond our control. I'm sure I missed a good time with a fellow FAOL member. Thanks again Mark,

[anglerdave]

My profile says I joined 12/31/02. I think I may have switched computers so it might have been earlier, but no matter. Like most I received a welcome from Deanna. But my first contact from a fellow FAOLer was D Micus. Infact, Dave and I along with a few others got kind of rowdy on the Saltwater board. So much so, that JC told me at one point to "not let the door hit me" on the way out. But I am still here and a bit more mellow. Arrrgh!

[Clay]

Spinner told me about this board. I have been fortunate to share some of my best days on the water with a man that I find both knowledgable and very generous with his time, experience and fishing locations. We have developed into good friends and I wish more could be as helpful to new people just starting out. It's truly a wonderful thing to have a mentor in the hobby. I can only hope that I can help some more newer people in my area.

FOAL has been good to me. Yes, there are those with different opinions here, but it isn't about politics as much as I have found some other boards to be about. If you have a genuine desire to learn there are people here that will share with you. The internet is a wonderful thing.

Rick

[FishnDave]

Rick Z was my first contact, as I recall! Gives endlessly to this site, and I enjoy reading about all his fishing adventures.

Another thing that drew me to this site initially was the fly patterns and excellent tutorials for beginning fly tyers. GREAT GREAT resource!

[Rick Z]

Some folks talked about this site on one of the email boards. I looked at it and it seemed to be very interesting.
I hope that I help make this site helpful to others as I have gotten so much from it.
Thanks to JC and LF for all the work it takes to kep this beast up, alive and kicking.

Rick

[drolfson]

It was either Rick Z, Al Campbell, or Jim Hatch.

I asked a couple of questions about WW fishing and tying since I had moved from Utah to Nebraska, and they were more than kind enough to answer and help me catch the warm water bug!!

[spinner1]

Al Campbell was my second contact. He and I shared the same trout fishing streams in our youth. Al fished them about a decade before me. Al spent some of his younger years in southwestern wisconsin. His family lived 2 miles from us.