Jun 25, 2018
When I was 9 I received a fly tying kit for
Christmas or my birthday and dabbled in the technique but
never had it fully introduced to me. As I grew up I was rebellious
and found drugs and alcohol as an escape. This led me to many years
of hardship and chaos. But there was always fishing, my dad
knew that if he fished with me I wouldn't do drugs or drink.
In high school, my nickname was catfish because I used to go to
keggers at the lake and would always bring my fishing
gear That all changed when I graduated high school and left
for an unsuccessful career n the marine corp. It was during
this time that my father was killed in an automobile crash. I
drank and smoked my way out of that career path. I picked up the
construction trades and fished and drank my adult life away. When I
was 38 I had had enough and found a group of people to help me
recover from my alcoholism. One of them suggested that I find a
hobby to take my mind off of drinking, something that the drinking
had taken away. I remember how fondly I was of fishing and
began to fish in earnest again. One day I saw a guy nymphing for
half pounders on the trinity river and I was
fascinated and hooked. I stopped spin fishing that day
and went and bought a fly rod and set up the next day. Soon
after I decided that I should tye my own flies and the rest is
history. It was soon after I became married and moved back to
central California, I found a fly fishing club in Tracy California
and was taught how to tie proper by some highly talented tyers. In
2010 my ex wife was offered a job in Idaho Falls. I jumped at the
chance to move to a place close to so many blue-ribbon streams!
After a few years there I was approached by the Fishing Poet and asked about
visiting east Idaho. that led to the now famous movie,"A Deliberate Life".
that movie changed so many peoples lives. I continued to fish
until late 2015. I was involved in a near fatal auto accident. I
have since recovered and am slowly getting back into
fishing and tying again.
Check
Out The Movie A Deliberate Life