What is This Blog About?

The focus of this blog is on fishing the easy way, using low cost equipment and practical fishing methods. This blog is intended to provide information to the novice and intermediate anglers. Questions and comments are welcome.
-Mike

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About

My Fishing Blog

Hello, my name is Mike and I love to fish.  That sounds like an intro at a AA meeting but it is true I do love fishing.  I started fishing when I was about nine with a friend that I spent summers with.  My first fish was caught using a barrowed rod and reel.  It was about 18 inches and I proudly carried it through the camp ground.  When I got to the cleaning tables I asked a click to enlargeguy “what kind of fish is this?”  He said “that’s a carp and it isn’t worth cleaning”.  Well that fish put up a real fight and I was still proud,  and I was hooked for life.

Over the years I have had many careers.  Starting with counter sales in a camera shop, Copy Machine Repairman, Auto Mechanic, Lab Technician, Electronic Technician, and ending as an Senior R/D Engineer.  I retired about 10 years ago.  My wife and I retired to Northern California to a little valley tucked into the Sierra Nevada Range.  Now I am 63 my two kid are grown and out of the house.

During my whole working life I had little time to go fishing.  But I would fish on vacations and sometimes a long weekend.  My fishing knowledge progressed little.  After I retired I had plenty of time to study fishing and many other interests I had neglected.  I started this blog to pass on information that I have learned and  how to enjoy fishing with a minimum of equipment and expense.

Please feel free to comment or ask questions .  Use the form on the  “Contact Me” page.

Mike