First of all, thank you all very much for your interest in helping me get this started.
A little about me... I'm from Missouri. I went to college in Branson and wish I had known about fly fishing at the time (Lake Taneycomo... Awesome). I have lived in the Jefferson City area and now live in northern MO. I love to fish, hunt, camp, and pretty much anything outdoors. I've been fly fishing for about 4 years and really started seriously tying about 3 years ago while I was in Afghanistan. I have a great girlfriend that I taught to fly fish last summer which was a terrible idea. I was stuck bass fishing all summer because she ALWAYS had my fly rod.
The only time you can fish for trout in northern MO, is in the winter when the conservation department stocks some small lakes. I love getting down to Lake Taneycomo, Roaring River, and Bennet Springs. When I can't do that, most days I prefer to fly fish for bluegill or small bass over bass fishing. I deer, rabbit, and squirrel hunt and save the hair and furs for tying. Here's a tip, a great place to get a lot of random stuff is to talk to hunters, you never know what they might be throwing away that you can use. A lot of it isn't very good quality, but it beats buying it from the store. For me it's one more step... I caught a fish on the fly i made from the deer I harvested last fall. Sorry, I got off track. I have wanted to catch a smallmouth bass on a flyrod but haven't had the chance. When I get home I plan on a nice long fishing trip and getting to do somethings I haven't taken the time to do yet.
As I stated before, I am a in the MO National Guard. I am a military police soldier deployed to the middle east. I would rather not post my APO on the internet because I have no way of controlling who sees it. At least if someone emails me and asks for it there is a record of who has it. Please understand.
Again, thank you all very much for your interest in helping me get this started.
Phil Bonnel
P.S. If you send something, please write a small note and include your name and address so a "thank you" can be sent. If there is anything else you would like to know, please ask. I will answer it if I can. Also, if anyone is interested in doing some fishing when I get home, I'm always eager to learn what I can from people who have been doing it longer than I have.
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