Well,I guess I"ll take this opportunity to introduce myself.My name is Ray Livesey alias rayhill190.I am new to fly fishing,tying and hopefully furling and rod building.I am a disabled Viet Nam vet.I tell you that not for sympathy but who i am.I have been lurking now for a little over a year.Though i hate that term.Denotes something devious,that i am not.As a Vet,sometimes,I am skeptical of people.I have come to love the comradery of FAOL.The true brotherhood,I have missed that.Thank you my friends.I had a counselor say,"Oh fly fishing is a hobby".No,it is much more,it has nothing to with fishing.It is solitude,it is the cast,the drift,the comtemplation.FAOL has helped me so much in my new found life.Thank you.As for subscription,living on a fixed income,i would give up something to still be part of your family.Means much more to allot of us.