Finally! First two steelhead on the spey

[aaron]

college is a blast. Zero-point-zero. Live it up.

THis, it's the craziest fun time you'll have in life. Enjoy it and take your time. Nothing wrong with being a super senior!
Oh and nice fish!

[STEELIES/26c3]

HEY RYDER~

Thanks for thinking of me and calling with an OTW report... now I get to see what that quiver in your phone voice was all about...

DAMN, that's awesome!!

I know I've said it before... one of these days you'll be teaching me how to catch them damn things~

Just remember to keep balance in your life... 60% steelheading and chasing girls and 40% academics...

Brother Mark

[EricO]

Btw Steelie.....I think you're gonna love Humboldt State Univ.



EO

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

After 4-5 years at Humbolt State most are going to chase Steelhead for the rest of their lives.

I know a lot of folks who went there........they all enjoyed that part of California.

[pvsprme]

Wow! Nice!
I gotta say this, don't take it wrong: You're just going off to college & have a Hardy AND a CND?
F-me! You're way ahead of where I was; a Fenwick FF857 & a Pflueger Supreme.

[Ned Morris]

for Undergrad.... then just think you could go to OSU or UW for Grad school! Don't give in to corporate America like I did. Live your dream and everything else takes care of itself career wise. 4 years of UO and I made academic pro 2nd quarter in "A 1.6, Four C's and an F!" Got 90 days of Steelhead fishing in that Winter of 92/93' on Smith (OR) and Siuslaw and Alsea. I also recall filled 2 Steelhead Cards. A feat Never to be repeated. Have fun. Best time of your life and live it!

Well, after 3ish years it finally came together! On a trip to visit the school I'll spend the next 4 years of my life at, I spent a few days with the spey rod on a few different steelhead rivers, and finally landed my first 2 fish on the swing!

Needless to say it solidified my college choice!

and by the way....that Hardy was LOUDDD!

[aaron]

Did a Duck really just recommend OSU and UDub for grad school? What's this world coming too!?

[Ned Morris]

OSU is in top 5 in US and a no brainer. Many of my friends and co-workers are Pac-10 (or I guess 12 now) alumni and have either the Cal BS and the Stanford MBA or UCLA BS and the USC MBA etc..,- Now think for a minute..... what colors do you think they wear when they go to a football game? Don't read too much into the civil war from an academic position. It's about the piece of sheepskin and loyalties are always with undergrad school. I hate the beavs but I almost went there for Grad School and didn't think a thing of it.

[Ben J]

My steelhead obsession at HSU has caused me 1-2 extra semesters here in Arcata (Hard to be exact!)... Be careful, It's not just the weed and girls that can get you behind, the chromers can too!!!

[Steelie-Stalker]

No Humboldt State or Oregon or Oregon State for me.

It was a tough decision for me...but I passed on Cal Berkeley to pick Seattle University for the next four years as a Finance Major/ Economics Minor. I'm super pumped!!!

By the way...keep an eye out in the fall for a Washington chapter of Flies for Fins.
(In case you're unaware of F4F...its a really awesome fundraiser April Vokey has put on in BC www.flies4fins.com) I've been in contact with her for the past year, and this fall should be putting together a Seattle U club that will act as a United States/North West chapter, with the funds most likely going Western Rivers Conservancy on a project like the Hoh River or the Elwha.

Anyways...I'm sure I'll talk to Bill about posting something formal when it gets online...but I'd really appreciate people taking a look once it gets up.

-Ryder