- Dad started me with bait when I was a kid fishin' for perch
- hardware when I could afford to buy my own, Dad got tired of throwing his money away. Tea spoons and table spoons worked just fine. Cut the handle off drill a couple of holes for split rings add swivel and a hook, your in business.
- spent a lot of time fishin' in bars for other things
- saved!! after meeting Joy, my wife of soon to be 25 years (May 22)
- father of three, Heather, Shane and Julianna
- fly fishing since early 70's, fly tying started a few years later
- work for Canadian National Railways as a Locomotive Engineer ("Born to Fish, Forced to Work") right now I'm in the process of starting a guiding service for Athabasca rainbows and grayling "Bigstone Guiding." Bought a 22 ft river boat last summer to explore farther afield.
- began reading anything about fly fishing right from the start of my addiction and the library just grew (450+ books)
- founding member of the Yellowhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited
- lifetime member of Trout Unlimited Canada
- have taught local kids and adults fly tying. Kids are great, ya know you've made an impression when they won't go home.
- Tye commercially going on six years now, only about 100 doz. a year as any more would become work and then I'd have to quit. Just enough to buy some toys.
- published in "Flies for Alberta" by Ian Denny, Roy Ramdeen and Reg Denny copyright 1998.
- published a couple of times in Spawner magazine. Another article coming in this years spring issue.
That brings me to here and now planning my next fishing trip. Season opener April 1.