drgreen1021

Thanks for the welcome. I checked out Kendo on Youtube, it looks somewhat similar to Sabre but the lack of a straight strip makes me think the footwork is even harder. Also the equipment seems more robust so probably is a bit pricier. By the way is the fish market still in Paradise? I believe it was on the north side of town on the way to Tahquamenon. it had the best fried whitefish I have ever had. I once dabbled in chain link but right now I am fencing Epee and Foil, My eldest has been competing in Epee for 3+ years so we own a surplus of equipment. I will try to dig up some pictures of a couple of the rods I built and maybe some of the recent flies I tied and post them soon. --Doug

Hello, my name is Doug and I live in Belding in Mid Michigan. I tried tying about 15 years ago but it didn't work out as I had no dedicated tying spot. We moved and now I have a hobby room. I just set it up for fly tying with plans to add a work bench for fly rod building which I have been doing off and on for about 6 years. I am currently focusing on small nymphs and midges to work on proportions and thread control. I am looking forward to learning more about tying dry fly's and also fly's for panfish and smallmouth bass. I have been married for 19 years and we have two sons. The oldest is in the middle of applying to college so I am faced with a future of more time and less money. Outside of fishing and hunting I also recently started Fencing, both of my sons Fence and I decided to give it a go as it is a great workout. Hopefully I will learn some great things here and maybe eventually be able to add some input myself.