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How many teenagers do we have out there? just curious.

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 09:35 PM

I have just been curious as to how many people my age there are on this forum. I am 16 and have been fly fishing since I was 14 and tying since I was 15. Do you guys have any friends who fly fish/tie? I can't seem to get any of my friends interested. I have a lot that bait fish *gasp* but only like one that fly fishes.
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 09:41 PM

Exactly same story here im 16 been fly fishing since 14 and tying since 14, I got plenty of friends that are bait fisherman bugeyes.gif . I have 2 friends that also fly fish, but they have slowed down with their fly fishing.
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 09:51 PM

I just turned 20 so I'm just right out of teenage years, but I started fly fishing at 18 and fly tying about 7 months ago. I do not have any friends who fly fish haha. I have been big in bass fishing for about 8+ years and and I guess I'm one of them artificial bait fishers on spinning gear haha but was given a fly rod and love fly fishing just as much as spin fishing now. (Maybe even fly fishing a little more wink.gif but don't tell my bass fishing friends) I have several friends who I bass fish with and sometimes when we go fishing I use my fly rod and they by no means want to try haha. All through high school and even at college I have not met another fly fisher, but have met tons of people who bass fish and usually when I go out with them I take my fly rod and catch a few on it. They don't mind and I still enjoy being around them. The only down side to not having anyone to go fly fishing with is the fact that I don't have some one to critic me in my fly fishing since I am a beginner, but I make up with that with fly fishing books and practice. Hope this helps a little.

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 09:58 PM

But being a teenager does have it's really good perks with my local TU chapter. Every meeting there are two raffles a teenager one for those 16 and younger, and the regular one. So since im the only one 16 years and younger i get to take my pick. I've gotten 1 fly rod, a pair of waders, and probably 100 flies from the raffle. And then since i was the only one they stopped the raffles... mad.gif
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 10:04 AM

Yeah, I have been looking into getting involved in my local TU chapter, but I rarely have time to go trout fishing anymore with all of my football practices and stuff. I have tried to teach a few of my friends and they are cool with it for like two tries and then they just kind of forget about it and nothing comes out of it.
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