dcabarle
Administrator
I never thought this site would grow to over 500 (491) registered users when I slapped it up a few years ago. When I initially put the site up, it was a horror show rather than an informational portal for fly fishermen. People from another site would critisize my efforts and tell me how worthless this site was. I guess I couldn't really argue with them (but I did). The site was pretty ugly and the content was blah. Today on the other hand, well I suppose this sort of site isn't for everybody, but only a select few who choose to use it for what it's worth. Good for you, I'm glad you've found a place online in which you can come and share your idea's or maybe gather a few from others. For me, this site offers something a little different.
What makes me happy about running this site other than meeting new people, is when someone attempts to contact me because a friend told them about a photo they saw on the site which contained him/her within the photo, with another friend (did you get that ok?). Ok, big deal... But then there's a story about the people in the photo and you were there to capture the moment.
The other day I had the opportunity to fish with 3 great people I met online. Andre... The first time I met Andre was in the Beaverkill Angler. He referred to me as, "The guy everyone loved to hate." but then followed up with, 'You wanna get a room?'
Pretty funny, but we fished that day then shared a room at the Riverside (Seperate beds, just in case you needed to know.) He didn't try to get fresh with me either. True gentleman! Then Tryg / MNTrout. I picked tryg up one morning, he lives not too far from me. I warned him about my driving, but he said he wouldn't mind driving up with me that day. Well, he never mentioned anything about the ride, but I think I had his heart pumping pretty good. I wouldn't be surprised if he was checked for hight blood pressure either. And finally within this bunch, we've got DTW aka HydeLowRyder... Quite a character with a warped sense of humour and an alter ego to boot. Yeah, I'll save that one for another day. Dennis is always looking to row me down the stream and will never hand the controls over to me. He's like a personal Jeeves who's job is to see you catch the most fish possible in 1 day. I just wish you were with BJ Miller and I when the river opened up and the water was boiling with rising trout. Wow.... time to fish, Dennis. Of course I can't leave out Bruce. Bruce asked me to float with him a few times last year, but there was always some type of conflicting schedule. We finally set sail this year on the 'Brucester'. That's the name I'll give his ship for now. It turned out that I had my best fishing day ever. The fishing was incredible; better than I've ever seen it. I met up with Fly Tyer about 3 weeks ago (possibly a month) for the first time, and he went out of his way to find a pontoon boat for me. This is a guy I've never met before who did this. Some of you guys are incredible.
Andre mentioned the other day that he's never met a guy who he wouldn't fish with again. I think I'm on that same ship. Everyone I've met turned out to be great people.
I never realized that Mayflies have eyelids until the Macro-Photography shots I've taken. Yeah, I've still got a lot to learn, but I find myself a bit disabled when it comes to learning. I have an extremely short attention span. Some may say, "who the hell cares if Mayflies have eyelids." Maybe you're right, but you probably just learned something new.
Anyway, another thing that I get a kick out of is new material. For an example... The NEFF Magazine cover! I had a great time making that thing. So great that it actually gave me an idea today. I checked my voice mail on my way home and apparently, one of my fishing pals also thought of a similar idea. Damn Andre, you fit perfect on that cover, like Catskill said, you look like you belong there. Maybe down the line, a few of us can work as a team to start something up. I think it would be a great place for unbiased information regarding the rivers we fish.
You tend to learn quite a bit about people running a site like this. Not necessarily people as individuals, but online personalities vs. in person personalities. Ohhh, completely different. How many of you thought I was a real dork before you met me... Turns out I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread, right? hello? Anyone still here? helllooooooo? Yeah... Yeah... yeah... you can come back now, I'm done. You get the picture!
So much engery filled with knowledge flows through here on a daily basis. I actually feel as if I've learned much more than I've ever needed to know.
Different people from different walks of life holding different opinions stroll on through every day. Some to post what's new while others to see what's new. Fly fishermen from all over the world come here, even if only once, just to see what's happening on the other side of the planet. Seeing folks from Figi <sp> drop on by is always pretty kewl. Now if someone from Figi would drop by, that would be pretty kewl.... Ok, I've seen people from Japan, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, London, and the list goes on. We even have our house foreigner on here. He is Chris Chin. You're thinking China, aren't you. Well, Chris is from Canada! A quick funny story. I used to work with this guy Richard Chin who just happens to be a black Jamaican. I also worked with an Asian guy named, Kenny Cheung. The 3 of us sat pretty close to each other. People would come to visit Rich and walk to Kenny's desk and ask if he was Rich? Kenny would always reply with, "If I were 'Rich', I wouldn't be sitting here talking with you."
Well, I'd like to keep writing, but it's now 2am and I've gotta get some sleep. I have to wake up early tomorrow, I've got a site to moderate thanks to you.
What makes me happy about running this site other than meeting new people, is when someone attempts to contact me because a friend told them about a photo they saw on the site which contained him/her within the photo, with another friend (did you get that ok?). Ok, big deal... But then there's a story about the people in the photo and you were there to capture the moment.
The other day I had the opportunity to fish with 3 great people I met online. Andre... The first time I met Andre was in the Beaverkill Angler. He referred to me as, "The guy everyone loved to hate." but then followed up with, 'You wanna get a room?'
Pretty funny, but we fished that day then shared a room at the Riverside (Seperate beds, just in case you needed to know.) He didn't try to get fresh with me either. True gentleman! Then Tryg / MNTrout. I picked tryg up one morning, he lives not too far from me. I warned him about my driving, but he said he wouldn't mind driving up with me that day. Well, he never mentioned anything about the ride, but I think I had his heart pumping pretty good. I wouldn't be surprised if he was checked for hight blood pressure either. And finally within this bunch, we've got DTW aka HydeLowRyder... Quite a character with a warped sense of humour and an alter ego to boot. Yeah, I'll save that one for another day. Dennis is always looking to row me down the stream and will never hand the controls over to me. He's like a personal Jeeves who's job is to see you catch the most fish possible in 1 day. I just wish you were with BJ Miller and I when the river opened up and the water was boiling with rising trout. Wow.... time to fish, Dennis. Of course I can't leave out Bruce. Bruce asked me to float with him a few times last year, but there was always some type of conflicting schedule. We finally set sail this year on the 'Brucester'. That's the name I'll give his ship for now. It turned out that I had my best fishing day ever. The fishing was incredible; better than I've ever seen it. I met up with Fly Tyer about 3 weeks ago (possibly a month) for the first time, and he went out of his way to find a pontoon boat for me. This is a guy I've never met before who did this. Some of you guys are incredible.Andre mentioned the other day that he's never met a guy who he wouldn't fish with again. I think I'm on that same ship. Everyone I've met turned out to be great people.
I never realized that Mayflies have eyelids until the Macro-Photography shots I've taken. Yeah, I've still got a lot to learn, but I find myself a bit disabled when it comes to learning. I have an extremely short attention span. Some may say, "who the hell cares if Mayflies have eyelids." Maybe you're right, but you probably just learned something new.
Anyway, another thing that I get a kick out of is new material. For an example... The NEFF Magazine cover! I had a great time making that thing. So great that it actually gave me an idea today. I checked my voice mail on my way home and apparently, one of my fishing pals also thought of a similar idea. Damn Andre, you fit perfect on that cover, like Catskill said, you look like you belong there. Maybe down the line, a few of us can work as a team to start something up. I think it would be a great place for unbiased information regarding the rivers we fish.
You tend to learn quite a bit about people running a site like this. Not necessarily people as individuals, but online personalities vs. in person personalities. Ohhh, completely different. How many of you thought I was a real dork before you met me... Turns out I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread, right? hello? Anyone still here? helllooooooo? Yeah... Yeah... yeah... you can come back now, I'm done. You get the picture!
So much engery filled with knowledge flows through here on a daily basis. I actually feel as if I've learned much more than I've ever needed to know.
Different people from different walks of life holding different opinions stroll on through every day. Some to post what's new while others to see what's new. Fly fishermen from all over the world come here, even if only once, just to see what's happening on the other side of the planet. Seeing folks from Figi <sp> drop on by is always pretty kewl. Now if someone from Figi would drop by, that would be pretty kewl.... Ok, I've seen people from Japan, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, London, and the list goes on. We even have our house foreigner on here. He is Chris Chin. You're thinking China, aren't you. Well, Chris is from Canada! A quick funny story. I used to work with this guy Richard Chin who just happens to be a black Jamaican. I also worked with an Asian guy named, Kenny Cheung. The 3 of us sat pretty close to each other. People would come to visit Rich and walk to Kenny's desk and ask if he was Rich? Kenny would always reply with, "If I were 'Rich', I wouldn't be sitting here talking with you."
Well, I'd like to keep writing, but it's now 2am and I've gotta get some sleep. I have to wake up early tomorrow, I've got a site to moderate thanks to you.
