My dad did not fish so I also really don't know how I got started fishing. I know that I got serious about it in high school when I started Fly fishing. Growing up in Idaho, all we needed was a tank of gas and we were off !! Mostly float tubing and trips to the Henrys fork and Silver cr every year. In 1981, I caught a steelhead in the Salmon river with the fly rod and was hopeless after that. My idea of "nice fish" really changed... hard to be happy with a 18 inch cutt after you have steelhead on the brain. Decided that it was "big fish only" for me and started fishing all over the west. As stupid as it may sound, we spent thousands of hours fly fishing in Pyramid lake near Reno. Caught a lot of big Lahotans there ( over 10 lbs) Standing on a ladder off the beach. Picked up a drift boat in 1987, and started fishing the Clearwater.. about the same time that I figured out that you can fish without a fly rod and still have fun. Started going up to Canada every fall in the early 90's..

Funny thing is my dad still does not fish, never has.. he plays golf and has gotten me into it also. Sad to say that hitting a 5 iron stiff 185 yards pin high feels " almost" as good as a 90 ft boomer cast with a single handed fly rod....

Caught everything I ever hoped to catch.. except a 17 inch crappie... God I want one of those.. pretty sad dream for a fly fisherman