hi, i just signed up as well. I am a new father and a carpenter by trade. I was searching for rod building sites to learn to tinker with rod building in my spare time ( oh,wait I don't have that any more) .I have wet a flyline since i was about six, now 31, with my father in the bitteroot region of Montana on summer trips from San Diego. Those long summer days of being on the river and thinking of nothing else than the placement of my next cast were the best. Until the next trip, whenever that shall be, i will check in with you all to get updated reminders that there are still those moments to be had. There is a lot to be said for a quiet stretch of river. Until then I daydream.