Where did you go to high school? Year graduated?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

My staff tease me about this because I ask many people this question daily.

I went to Christian Brother High School and then to Bishop Armstrong High School, both in Sacramento, California.

Class of 1963.................am I the oldest one here?

[Ned Morris]

Acalanes High School
Lafayette, CA
Class of 1991

[Jaybinder]

Santa Teresa High '91.

GO SAINTS!

[Dave Neal]

Oakmont High School, Roseville CA, class 1991.

[jcsesica]

Woodland High School, 1977. (Was that really so long ago??)

[Jay]

Alamosa, Colorado, 2003

[flygolf]

South Lake Tahoe High, 1982

[SHigSpeed]

Del Campo HS, Fair Oaks, '89.

I used to repair reels at Bel Lange's Outdoorsman/Wilderness Exchange back in those days. Remember that place? :)

_SHig

[Steve Dinardi]

Edison High School, Stockton, CA. 1967.

[jbird]

Newport Harbor High School.
Newport Beach Ca.
1986

[Rick J]

Brent School - Baguio, Philippines, 1968 - born and raised in the Philippines - my dad went out there in 1927 and graduated from the same school!

Bill- so far you are still the oldest!! But also the wisest!!!!!!

[CHT]

Bill...This is my first post, great forum. Mt Diablo High School
Concord, CA
Class of 1961.

[huntindog]

Paradise High School 89

[Darian]

Inglewood High School (SoCal) - Class of '58

[Tracy Chimenti]

1978; Oakmont Highschool, Roseville, CA.

[Troutstalker55B]

Class of 84 - Paradise, CA

JB

[Bryan Morgan]

Del Campo High. Fair Oaks Ca. Clas of 77.

[michaeln]

Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA Class of 1968.

Old fart.

[bonneville54]

Covina High,

Covina, CA

Class of 1972

[DFrink]

Golden Sierra H.S., Garden Valley CA. Class of 1997.

[Bob Scheidt]

Fresno High School, class of 73.

Bob

[Mike O]

Morro Bay High School in Be-yu-ti-ful Morro Bay, CA

class of 88

[Larry S]

Just woke up from the afternoon nap! Petoskey (Mi) class of '56. Were there ever
better looking cars than '56 Chevys and Fords? Those steel fishing rods did leave
a bit to be desired, though. Still remember the "new" Adams dry fly created on the
banks of the AuSable.
Cheers,
Larry S
San Diego

[jim p]

King City High in 1980, kind of. Tested out and started JC down in Huntington Beach.:D

Hey Bob - Had two kids graduate from Fresno High\\:D/

[BobVP]

Tomales High
Tomales, CA
'71 And I happen to be looking for classmates for our coming 40th reunion...

[koffler]

Pinewood High School
Los Altos Hills, CA
1991

[Dan H.]

Chico High. Chico, Ca. class of '74'

[stever]

Upland High School
Upland, Ca
1974

Almost the oldest.

[Xnjb707X]

Sem-Yeto 1998 Fairfield, Ca.

[Rifflerat]

Acalanes High
Lafayette, Ca.
1986

[joshfish]

Will. C. Wood high vacaville ca class of 97 1/2. lol. had to go to summer school to graduate.

[TaylerW]

sprague high school in salem, oregon. class of 2008 power to the young guns

[jrib]

Placer High School 76, Auburn Ca

[Mrs.Finsallaround]

Sophomore - Rock Springs High - Rock Springs, WY
Junior - Washington Park High - Racine, WI
Senior - Hiram W Johnson High West Campus - Sacramento, CA

Class of '91 \\:D/

[Black Cloud]

Davis High school, Houston Texas, Class of '66

[timmosazz]

Capital Christian Class of 88. And yes I do remember Bell langs outdoorsman, That was the first T.V show that I gave up Saturday morning cartoons for. I think it was on channel 13 at 5:00 on saturdays??? I know I am close. My uncle Bud Pratt was on there many times with Bass wins frome Shasta and from time to time some duck hunting tips.

[rtb215]

James W Marshall High School, West Sacramento, 1964

[mems]

New Trier East, Winnetka Il. Class of 1977

[dpentoney]

Eureka High School 1973
I went to school when I wasn't on the Eel, Van Duzen, Mad, or Smith........

[jayclarkflyfishing]

Loyalton High School,class of 1988

[NCL]

Mercy High School, Red Bluff 1968

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Bill...This is my first post, great forum. Mt Diablo High School
Concord, CA
Class of 1961.

Class of 1961......................I think I just got beat here......welcome to our forum CHT

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

James W Marshall High School, West Sacramento, 1964

Hi rtb,

I use to work at the bait-n-tackle shop, West Capitol Rod & Gun next to the Tower Club in West Sac back in the 1970s.

[lynnwhite44]

Monte Vista High School, Danville 1982

[Rodney D.]

Delta High School in downtown Clarksburg, CA near the heart of the Delta, Class of 1981

[590Mike]

Anderson High 76'

[Steelhead Guide]

I went to Santa Teresa 96,97 and Graduated South Salem 98,99.
Bill my wife Graduted from Christian Brothers in 1998

[Pound]

Silver Creek High School
San Jose, Ca
Class of '92

[Jet]

Columbus High School, Bronx NY
Lodi High School Class of 81
Lodi, CA

[Frank R. Pisciotta]

Oh well I guess I'm one of the grey-beards....

San Francisco's Sacred Heart High School...1962
University of San Francisco*...................1966

*not to be confused with San Francisco State University.

I'm presuming there are a lot of "native" Californians on this board. I thought there were more east coast "transplants" on this BB.

Frank R. Pisciotta

[Steve R]

'62 was a good year, San Rafael high School

[SteveP]

Graduated as the class of zeros in 2000 in good old small town Savannah MO.

Steve

[Pound]

"I'm presuming there are a lot of "native" Californians on this board. I thought there were more east coast "transplants" on this BB.

Frank R. Pisciotta"

You're probably more right then the question asks. I was born and raised (read: learned how to tie a fly on a tippet) in Pittsburgh, PA. But graduated H.S. in California.

[PMD]

Class of '93 Winters High. Winters, CA.............Putah Creek............

[IronMtn]

El Dorado High School class of '99.

[Pelly]

Santa Ana High, class of '61. Born and raised in CA, but took way too many years off in other parts of the country; back home again!
Frank S - I do remember those '56 Fords:)

John P.

[Spicytuna1]

St. Mary's

Stockton

1998

[Ben Kobrin]

St. Mary's of Stockton...1995.

Tuna, it looks like we roamed the same halls a lifetime ago!

[jwholmesjr]

Woodside HS, Woodside CA 1962

[Larry S]

joshfish:
At least you didn't attend that state institution in Vacaville. Congrats on sticking with
it and getting that diploma. Patience and determination have probably made you
a terrific fisherman too.
Larry S

[Digger38]

Roger B Chaffee High School
USNAS Bermuda
1987

[Tiger]

Rio Americano 1974

[Gulicemo]

Foothill High
Pleasaton, CA
2005

[joshfish]

larry s, it wasnt that bad. i had enough credits to graduate just couldnt seem to pass my english class. i guess you can say it was a lack of determination that landed me in summer school.

[bob pauli]

OMG !

Bellarmine 1958

[TomV]

Granada High
Livermore 1973

[fishngy]

'79 Kaiserslautern American High School, Germany
Thanks dad for being in the Air Force and hauling us all over the world!

[flyguy1]

El Camino High School, Sacramento-1978

[midger]

Borah High School, Boise, Idaho 1968

[Paul B.]

LaPorte (Texas) High 1978

[Seamus]

Enterprise High school Redding Ca. Class of 1988. I remember fishing eggs in the fall on the lower sac before school :razz: Stellar trout days before class.

[Matt Frey]

Jesuit High School 1995, Carmichael, CA

[Steelie-Stalker]

Monte Vista High School, Danville 1982


Good stuff!

Monte Vista High School, Danville Class of 2012

[Mike Churchill]

La Canada (needs a tilde over the "n") High School, La Canada-Flintridge, CA
Class of '86.

[rtb215]

Bill, I spent a few bucks in that store buying bait, tackle and just about anything else I needed. The guys behind the counter always had up to date info and were more than willing to share. Kind of like your shop, you always get a straight answer.

[Cal]

Los Altos High School

Class of '70

[pgw]

San Leandro High, '68

[Ron B]

North Salinas High class of 1968

[gene goss]

San Juan High School 1964

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Bill, I spent a few bucks in that store buying bait, tackle and just about anything else I needed. The guys behind the counter always had up to date info and were more than willing to share. Kind of like your shop, you always get a straight answer.

That's very cool..........I really enjoyed working in that bait-n-tackle shop as a youngster.

[stevie steelhead]

Lexington High School, Lexington Massachusetts 1971

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

San Juan High School 1964

Gene,

You probably came into Sports Unlimited on Arden Way and the Tower of Sports on Howe Avenue back in the 1960s and 70s when I worked there.

[KD]

Los Altos High '73(early grad)

[mikel]

can't remember...oh, yeah....North High, Bakersfield '67

Go Stars!

Coolest car ever ---> 1956 Chevy

[Rich Leonetti]

Merced High School
Class of '91

[mike borba]

Another North High (Bakersfield) grad, although MUCH younger. 1972

[El Rey]

Mt Diablo High, 1959, in Concord.

Bellermine '58 has me beat by a year.

Someone else from Mt Diablo, 1961. Who are you? My brother was '61.

I'm El Rey on the Board,
Harlan King in real life.

[oldtrout]

San Mateo High School, 1976.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

This is a really cool thread..........thanks everyone

[Bob O.]

Freshman-G. W. High-Guam
Sophomore-Central High-Grand Forks, N. D.
Junior-first semester-Red River High-Grand Forks
Junior-second semester-Moreno Valley High-Sunnymead, Ca.
Graduated-Narimasu High-Tokyo, Japan 1969

And no it wasn't fun in the least.

[gene goss]

Bill....As a native Sacramento.....i check out a lot of the fishing stores....my favorite fishing store back then was the Saving Center on the corner of Arden way, and Howe....i think thats the right address.

[SHigSpeed]

Bill....As a native Sacramento.....i check out a lot of the fishing stores....my favorite fishing store back then was the Saving Center on the corner of Arden way, and Howe....i think thats the right address.

That's on Watt. Though they've been out of business for 15-20 years, the building and signage is still there!! (Though now that I think about it, there may have been more than one...)

Vida's...

_SHig

[gene goss]

Shig...the first one was on Arden....then they moved to Watt.

[Hairstacker]

Sophomore - Central High, Grand Forks, North Dakoka
Graduated - Bellevue East Senior High, Bellevue, Nebraska 1978

Bob O. -- I suspect your father was in the Air Force as well?

[Tony Buzolich]

I have to go along with Gene about the original being on the corner of Arden and Howe. My dad and I spent a lot of time in there. I think that's where we used to pick up our shad darts before I started tying.

Here's another one I can't remember the name of. On the corner of Arden and ? Morse there was another sporting goods store. It faced Arden. ? Maybe Arden Sports Unlimited?

[Frank Alessio]

I think my original shad darts came from Ed's.... I believe it was a Liquor store....

[Ted S.]

Cupertino High School, Class of 1973.....

[Bruce Slightom]

Woodland High Class of 1968

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I think my original shad darts came from Ed's.... I believe it was a Liquor store....

Frank

That was "Ed's TV, Liquor & Sporting Goods".....It was down near the river more.

[Pimpinmeat]

Argonaut High School Class of 89, in beautiful Jackson, CA. I lived Ione though.

[Cmcculloch]

Round Valley High School, Covelo, Calif 1967.

[Mumbles]

This is an odd thread for a fly fishing forum...oh, what the heck.
Central Noble High School, Albion, IN home of the Cougars. 1986

[pgw]

Frank

That was "Ed's TV, Liquor & Sporting Goods".....It was down near the river more.

What about Romeo's Bait Shop, I stopped in there a couble of times when I was at the CHP Academy for trainig between 1975 and 84...I always suspected that place had an off-off-off track betting opperation going on in the back room.

Paul

[SHigSpeed]

If we're talking old school shops, anyone know when Fran and Eddie's shut down?

_SHig

[RenoLipRipper]

Canyon H.S., 1987, Anaheim, CA

[dryflychico]

Cool thread, I'll play.

San Lorenzo Valley HS - 1989 - Felton, CA - Santa Cruz Mountains

[flyfishinwoman]

Mesa High School, Mesa, AZ Yep...I'm a transplant.
Class of 72...

[FoothillFlyFisher]

Mountain View High School 1983
Mountain View, Cal.

[sgr]

Awalt High - Los Altos, CA '73

FoothillFlyFisher - Was Mountain View High still near downtown in '83, or had they moved it onto the Awalt campus by then?

[bclem81]

Ilion Jr Sr High School Ilion New York '99

[Ffdoc]

San Juan high school. Citrus heights. class of '76.


Ffdoc

[mr. 3 wt.]

Capuchino High in San Bruno Class of 81

[Ned Morris]

Acalanes High
Lafayette, Ca.
1986

Dons represent!

[GreggH]

I went to Redwood to get high in the early 80's. Booted in 82', got my GED while incarcerated in Marin. Wouldn't change a thing.

[Grassgrower]

ST. Helena High class of '87'

[Mike McKenzie]

Nothin' on this board but a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears kids! Dang! Am I the oldest one here? I graduated from Oakland Tech. Jan. 1958

Mike

[Darian]

Mike,.... You missed mine, 1958, also. I think there's one at 1957, too. Us ol' farts rule.... :unibrow:

[PaulC]

St. Francis High School, Mountain View, CA class of '93.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Mike,.... You missed mine, 1958, also. I think there's one at 1957, too. Us ol' farts rule.... :unibrow:

I feel younger now...class of '63

[Mike McKenzie]

Mike,.... You missed mine, 1958, also. I think there's one at 1957, too. Us ol' farts rule.... :unibrow:

Hey Darian, That is what us ol' farts do isn't it?? Miss things sometimes?

[M_McGowan]

Casa Roble, Orangevale
1995

[Phil Synhorst]

Hiram Johnson, Sacramento. Class of '87.

[Scott V]

Santa Ana, CA - Horizon High "a school for bad kids" class of '86.

[Michael Baker]

Can't believe Norte Del Rio hasn't been represented! Class of '71. Grew up here in Sacramento. Lived behind Arden Fair, hung out at the Saving Center on Howe and Arden, used to play in the fields that are now Cal Expo, and swam in the American at Paradise beach. Used to hang ropes for tree swings right across from Paradise, kept getting cut down. We got smart and hung a chain and they cut down the limb! Oh well, good times.

Mike

[Charlie Gonzales]

Hey Shig....I want to say Fran and Eddies closed its doors for the final time around 1993. As you know they were originaly at Folsom and Zinfandel(where Wal Mart is) then moved to Folsom and Coloma(near Raleys) around 86. Im probly off on those years abit, I was living in So Cal when they closed. As a kid I would ride my bike there and hang out for hours.

How many people remember the original Wild Sports, not nearly the size that it is now.

Cordova High
Class of '89

On the banks of the American River since 1982

[beachjumper1]

1965 central union high school El Centro Ca summers in Bishop fishing the east side canal with live hoppers on a fg flyrod

[Tom Burton]

Dixon High School class of 1957

Go Rams...............

[Pat Roe]

G.M. Davis High School, Modesto,CA, 1973
Had a 1956 Ford PU with a wrap around back window. Very rare and cool now.
Used to hang out at Tuneys bait and boat shop and got my first fly fishing stuff at Laques Sporting Goods in downtown Modesto.

[pit]

Montgomery High 1995:eek:

[wineslob]

Mira Loma class of '77.

Yes Bill, you are our wise sage. :D

[Mr. Striper]

Oceana H.S. Pacifica, Ca
Class of "90"
GO SHARKS!!

[neonymph]

Highlands HS--'61

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Wow....it's up to over 130 posts.

[matt johnson]

I went to Camas high, Camas, Wa. Then Kirby High in Memphis, Tenn. Then Tomales High in Tomales, CA in Marin County. I dropped out spring of my junior year at Tomales to go salmon fishing with my uncle.... Would have graduated class of 89! Matt.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I went to Camas high, Camas, Wa. Then Kirby High in Memphis, Tenn. Then Tomales High in Tomales, CA in Marin County. I dropped out spring of my junior year at Tomales to go salmon fishing with my uncle.... Would have graduated class of 89! Matt.

You must have taken the GED because later you went to college for a fisheries degree?

__________________________________________________ _____________________

I think I have ADD, which was diagnosed as merely being 'dumb/slow' in the 1950s so I barely made it out of HS.

Then went too many years at Sacramento City College, which was like an extension of HS.

Got an AA degree and moved to Sacramento State College for a while studying to be a fisheries biologist but gave up and went full time into the fishing tackle business.

With a wife and kids needed to work full time.

No complaint here though.............

[Ty@Landpark]

Mira Costa H.S., Manhattan Beach CA (Class of 77). Go Mustangs!!!

[drifter]

Paonia High, Paonia Colorado 99'....Grew up fishing Black Canyon of the Gunnison

[Jimmie]

Geez, I guess I'm an old fart like Bill.... Vacaville Union High School, Class of 1965

[craigfalk]

Chico High School, 1979. My best friend was Mike Mercer. We started fishing in Chico Creek when I was about ten years old. He always caught twice as many fish as me!