HetchLitman
New member
Hey fellow anglers,
I’ve been coming here for a year now and just lurking. This place is just a wealth of information. I finally decided to create an account and introduce myself now that I finally bought a decent set up.
A little about me is that I’ve been a spinner guy my whole life until last fall when i had a chance to go to my fishing grounds (the sierras in California) with a buddy of mine that was getting into fly fishing. I figured I would give it a shot. I went and bought a Redington combo system for less than 80.00 on sale but really to be honest had no idea what I was doing that summer. I lucked into a couple nice hook ups and even landed one or two but always went back to my spinning combo.
Fast forward to this spring I headed back as is my custom and decided to stick to the fly . After spending many hours here and on youtube and practicing my casting in the yard for a few months my casts were better and smoother. I leaned the double haul and the roll cast. They are still ugly as sin but I can usually get the line to go where I want haha. My buddy again showed up but this time he had a new St Croix Legend Elite and I couldn’t believe the difference (well I mean I expect it to be better but wow I didn’t really get it) I decided right then and there to do all the research and get a nice set up for myself.
THis brings me to yesterday. I’m getting ready to go to the kern river for a week coming up the week after next and another 2 weeks in Bridgeport later this year and after that we are moving from California to the Idaho Panhandle. The boss said I could spend about 600.00. IT was quite the conversation when I said how bout 1000? Lol. She finally agreed. I decided to go ahead and buy myself a G Loomis NRX LP 5-weight 9’ rod and a Ross Cimarron II reel with some SA MPX Mastery Stealth line. According to the tracking number they will be here in the morning! I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve. Not sure I’ll even be able to sleep tonight. Haha.
Anyway, I just wanted to finally create an account and thank you guys for all the conversations youve been having on this fine forum and introduce myself.
I’m glad to be a part of the community. I’ll post a picture tomorrow of the set up.
I’ve been coming here for a year now and just lurking. This place is just a wealth of information. I finally decided to create an account and introduce myself now that I finally bought a decent set up.
A little about me is that I’ve been a spinner guy my whole life until last fall when i had a chance to go to my fishing grounds (the sierras in California) with a buddy of mine that was getting into fly fishing. I figured I would give it a shot. I went and bought a Redington combo system for less than 80.00 on sale but really to be honest had no idea what I was doing that summer. I lucked into a couple nice hook ups and even landed one or two but always went back to my spinning combo.
Fast forward to this spring I headed back as is my custom and decided to stick to the fly . After spending many hours here and on youtube and practicing my casting in the yard for a few months my casts were better and smoother. I leaned the double haul and the roll cast. They are still ugly as sin but I can usually get the line to go where I want haha. My buddy again showed up but this time he had a new St Croix Legend Elite and I couldn’t believe the difference (well I mean I expect it to be better but wow I didn’t really get it) I decided right then and there to do all the research and get a nice set up for myself.
THis brings me to yesterday. I’m getting ready to go to the kern river for a week coming up the week after next and another 2 weeks in Bridgeport later this year and after that we are moving from California to the Idaho Panhandle. The boss said I could spend about 600.00. IT was quite the conversation when I said how bout 1000? Lol. She finally agreed. I decided to go ahead and buy myself a G Loomis NRX LP 5-weight 9’ rod and a Ross Cimarron II reel with some SA MPX Mastery Stealth line. According to the tracking number they will be here in the morning! I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve. Not sure I’ll even be able to sleep tonight. Haha.
Anyway, I just wanted to finally create an account and thank you guys for all the conversations youve been having on this fine forum and introduce myself.
I’m glad to be a part of the community. I’ll post a picture tomorrow of the set up.
