Re: Micropterus salmoides floridanus, and thanks

[TurbineBlade]

Nice fish!  That's a pig!  

Gene

On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:59:52 PM UTC-4, jesse justice wrote:

Hi, all.  I've been fishing lakes, rivers, bays, gulfs, and oceans all my life, with only the slightest bit of bass popping when was a kid.  Recently, I was reading this group and getting psyched up to do some fly fishing, so I went to Orvis in Arlington with the intention of picking up an outfit to hunt LMB, stripers, blues, and other things in that size range around here and down in FL.  Dan Davala took really good care of me, rigging up a nice 9' 8wt with a floating line, setting me up with a extra spool with sinking line, tying up leader / tippet / etc. so I could repeat, giving me some great pointers to get (re-)started, telling me about the beer tie, classes, online resources, etc., and generally being a good guy to talk to.  I wanted to post my appreciation for that and for the posts of this group, and show one of the results.  This fish killed a frog pattern in a lake near my parents' house in FL...

Thanks, everyone, and see you around!

[jesse justice]

Thanks, Gene!

[Aden]

I had a similar experience.  It is really neat to see how many lives Dan has touched in such a positive way!