10 things I really like

[parsond]

In no particular order and for no particular reason...

1. Gore-Tex
2. Sage XP's. It never really got much better.
3. My Jeep Wrangler. It will go about anywhere I need to and lots of places I shouldn't.
4. Fishing Tattoos.
5. Sleeping near the sound of rapids.
6. Drinking hot coffee on a cold morning in my boat.
7. Rising trout.
8. Mudding carp.
9. Thunderstorms.
10. A thick drake hatch.

---------- Post added at 03:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:39 PM ----------

Let me add one more...

A hot tattooed brunette, drinking coffee on a cold morning near rapids in my boat, wearing Gore-Tex, who rode with me in my Jeep and is deciding which to toss flies at, the mudding carp to the left or the rising trout to the right, using a Sage XP.

 

[Rip Tide]

1. Sight fishing in the surf
2. Having the prime Hendrickson pool to myself
3. Observing the wildlife
4. Cooking with wood
5. Vintage tackle
6. figuring out the hatch
7. fishing where no one else bothers
8. camp fires
9. Spring
10. a bluefish blitz

 

[Ard]

A good light show right over the house


When the Mountains are showing on my way to the cabin


Knowing it's warm in there when returning from a snowshoe trip


Being home


A clean boat


Getting there safe and being able to stay a while


Boss, I like boss a lot


Nancy the bush water skier


Going after sockeye with both of them, it don't get much better.


Most of all I like being alive and doing all this stuff.

 

[el jefe]

1. Re-discovering the great rods from a few years ago, for a fraction of the cost of a new one.

2. An Abel nipper thread (should that be first?).

3. Crystal clear rivers.

4. Gore-Tex, seconding the OP. Short of air travel, this might be the best invention of the 20th century.

5. Re-discovering fiberglass fly rods.

6. Watching my daughters pull enormous fish out of tiny streams on flies that were cast-offs from my box because I never could produce with them.

7. My daughters asking when I can take them fishing again. (Buy your own darn flies!)

8. Building a fly rod with my own personal preferences and touches.

9. An outgoing click.

10. Seeing the sun rise on my drive to the river.

 

[dakotakid]

1) My tolerant wife - my best friend
2) Crystal clear water
3) Catching fish with poppers or dry flies
4) My Native Slayer kayak
5) My road bike
6) Being home
7) Sunrise on water flat as glass
8) Sharing with and learning from other fishermen (especially NAFFF members)
9) Getting a deal
10) A great IPA

 

[ia_trouter]

1. Northern Minnesota lakes, fishing and just hanging out with my family
2. Birch and spruce trees, and pine trees, and aspen trees, I really do like growing trees
3. Vintage pickup trucks
4. The satisfaction of helping with charity functions more regularly now
5. Fly fishing the Driftless with friends, especially those new enough I can actually teach
6. Restoring old stuff, most anything, just old and broken
7. Building furniture in my wood working shop
8. Building fly rods I don’t really need
9. Tying flies I don’t really need
10. Catching Northern Pike

 

[comeonavs]

1- My wife
2- My Boss
3- My dogs
4- Working out at 5:30 AM 6 days a week
5- Rocky Mt Park
6- Size 18 Parachuted Adams in August
7- My mom
8- Black Coffee
9- Chipotle
10 - Any day on the river

 

[mcnerney]

Dan: What a great thread!

Here are mine:
1. Not seeing my name on the front door at the P.O. (obituaries)
2. Meeting and fly fishing/camping with NAFFF members each summer
3. Still being on my two feet and enjoying the outdoors
4. Being able to tie flies and donate to my favorite charities: PHW and CFR
5. Privileged to fish with my friends from PHW
6. Camping on a remote lake and enjoying the sunrise/sunset
7. Spending time with my grandsons and teaching them how to fish
8. Exploring new water
9. Tasting new micro-brews or Cabs
10. Learning new fly fishing techniques, this year I'm going to tackle casting a two hand rod.

 

[scotty macfly]

1. Forum rules will not allow me to say it. And it aint dirty, so stop it.
2. Being loved by those I love.
3. A fly rod that that fits me.
4. Being alone in a stream far from the worldly issues.
5. Catching fish on flies I tied.
6. Forgiveness.
7. A smile on a childs face.
8. Rott puppies.
9. Watching my son reel in that big one.
10. Soft toilet paper.

 

[el jefe]

1- My wife
2- My Boss
3- My dogs
4- Working out at 5:30 AM 6 days a week
5- Rocky Mt Park
6- Size 18 Parachuted Adams in August
7- My mom
8- Black Coffee
9- Chipotle
10 - Any day on the river

You only have 9. Splitting the first one into two parts doesn't make it 10.

 

[kentuckysteve]

1.My Wife and best friend for the last 32yrs.
2.Waking up to enjoy another beautiful day.
3.Spending time with my grandkids doing anything.
4.Getting on the water as the sun is coming up.
5.Tying a new fly and then catching a fish with it.Even if its a dinky fish.
6.Spending a day with old friends.
7.Living just 10 miles from the only trophy bass lake in Kentucky.
8.Spring time planting season.I like gardening.
9.Fishing small streams.
10.Working on my old camaro.

 

[k_e_v]

Walking around the farm on a sunday morning with a cup of coffee and a dog
Steak
Hitting the bank with a hopper and having the water explode
The "hunt", in its many forms
Laughter
Good socks
A solid handshake
That look from my wife, you know that look
A thunderstorm
Freedom

 

[trout trekker]

1) My wife, 2) a roof over our heads, 3) food on the table, 4) our good health, 5) a little jingle in our pockets, 6) our friends, 7) family, 8) and the sense to know it's all a blessing.

9) A fast bike on an empty desert trail.
10) Fly fishing stuff....

Oh and you guys too...
Happy holidays, Dave

 

[mka]

1) Peace during the short side of my life
2) The beautiful smile my wife gives me each day...
3) Painting landscapes using watercolors...clean, bright, and fast
4) Rio Grande Cutthroat
5) Small streams running high in the mountains
6) A 7'6" 3wt fly rod
7) Exploring New Mexico landscapes
8) La Fonda: for Chilie Rellenos with a Cabernet Sauvignon
9) A winding road with the top down...happiness IS the corner, not around it
10)New Orleans: A big table full of crawfish to peel...with plenty of Corona

 

[rangerrich99]

1. The moment when I say "positive rate."
2. Every successful landing
3. Flying into the sunrise at 30,000 ft.
4. A big tiger trout slamming my hopper right where I knew he would
5. Black coffee
6. Hanging out with good friends having good conversations around the campfire
7. Another big brown slamming my mouse under the super moon
8. My Hennessy Hammock
9. Any time I can fish my Winston biiix 4 wt.
10. Hanging out with Mac, Muzzy, and crew in WY. Wishing there were fish in the river, but of course, there are no fish in WY.

Can't believe I forgot; any time the Chiefs beat the Broncos or the Raiders. Maybe I can switch that with successful landings or something . . .

 

[don_p]

#1. My significant other for the past 31 years, I really like her. I'd marry her but I don't want to rush into anything.
#2. Direct deposit retirement checks.
#3. Flyfishing for trout anywhere, but moreso cutthroat trout in Idaho. Wish it was closer.
#4. The smell of the forest when flyfishing for cutthroat trout in Idaho.
#5. 60 to 70 degree, 28% humidity weather.
#6. When the fly I'm tying turns out looking exactly like the one I'm copying.
#7. Grilled venison.
#8. Archery
#9. Remembering what I went in the next room to get.
#10. When whatever home project I'm working on goes off without a hitch.

 

[duker]

For this thread, at this point in my life, here are ten things I really like:

1. Catching a steelhead on the swing with a fly I tied myself.
2. Black coffee.
3. Good whiskey (or whisky).
4. Eating lunch on the river bank, followed by a beer that's been cooling in the river.
5. Fishing with friends.
6. Fishing a run by yourself.
7. Dogs (mine, yours, all of them).
8. Dark chocolate (any time, all the time).
9. Leaving a cold dark winter to fish in Belize.
10. Coming back from a fishing trip to the arms of my wife and telling her all about it.

Scott

 

[karstopo]

1. Spliting aspen and pinyon with an axe
2. Walking in fresh powder snow with snow shoes
3. A campfire shared with friends
4. Watching my kids catch a fish.
5. Seeing bears while hiking
6. Elk bugling
7. A flight of geese
8. Stalking redfish with a fly rod in hand
9. Ringing the Salvation Army bell at Christmas and seeing all the generous people.
10.Flying low and slow in a small airplane.

 

[wjl]

1. Campfire food breakfast lunch and dinner
2. Vacation
3. Fishing
4. First snow fall of the season
5. My golden retriever "Dallas"
6. Montana
7. Mountain fresh air
8. Fall colors
9. Forgetting and leaving the whole world behind when on the river
10. Stopping and soaking it all in. "Thinking just WOW"

 

[dean_mt]

This was a good exercise, thanks! Ten things I really like are:
A good snow storm.
Swing dancing with my wife on a Saturday night
Walking in the woods with my wife, kid, and dogs.
Long summer Sunday evenings, sitting outside playing guitar till its dark.
Rivers.
Raising a trout right where you knew it would take.
Making things with my hands.
Wilderness.
Snow covered peaks in autumn.
Sitting on the porch of the motel, smoking a cigar with a nice beer buzz while dissecting the day of fishing with Dan and Paul.