Kiene's Forum will be shut down permanently on April 1, 2019

[Mark Kranhold]

Wow, this is no fun! Thanks for great times and great stories over the years Bill. To everyone else on the board thank you for all your support and help with questions, answers, stories and experiences over the years too. This is what made this forum family regardless of the occasional arguments and disagreements, all in all you’re all a great group of friends! Tight lines all and fish on!! Hope to see you on the water. Early April fools joke🤔

[Terry Thomas]

Another end to a legacy. It’s been a great ride.

[TahoeJoe]

I too am sad that it's going. This site is one of my favorite places on the internet to visit. I probably won't follow much on facebook, I don't like it much.

Thanks for all the stories, advice, photos of cool flies and great trip reports everyone! I'll miss the classifieds too.

--Joe

[EricO]

Not a FB'er either. I hope Kiene's rethinks this...there are so many people who do
not do FB at all.

And the trend is people leaving FB, not joining. No Bueno.

EricO

[k.hanley]

Bummed to see this. Not much of a fan for FB.
Thanks Bill and crew for such a great platform over the years.
Cheers, Ken

[Larry S]

Bill;
Sorry to learn about this, but, I understand the economics.
Will the store still have a web site?
Not a Facebook member and won't be one.
Thanks for your time, patience, and efforts over the years.
Best to all,
Larry S
Sun Diego

[L Kenney]

Sorry to hear that. I don't have nor do I want a Facebook account.
Larry Kenney

[mems]

April 1st, you are a funny guy, Mems

[Larry S]

mems,
Some years ago, around the Fools Day, he announced the sale of the shop to Scott V.
Do you suppose? Have never met Scott, but we joined forces in a small fund raising
effort for the family of beloved Kiene member Shig. Why do so many of
our truly good ones have a meteoric existence? RIP, Shig!
Best to all,
Larry S
Sun Diego

[BumpBailey]

Sorry to hear about this transition. This has been my go to site for all things fly fishing. I've learned so much from all of you on this board, I have even been inspired by more than a few and entertained by many. I hope I have added a little to the discussions and I wish you all well.

For what it is worth, I am on FB but I am actually moving away from it more and more. Just too many idiots out there. I like it to keep up with friends that don't live locally and I don't get to see regularly. That aspect of the book is great. But, I don't see myself going to Facebook to search out Kiene's.

The biggest bummer for me is that there are so many times when I go back to glean some information from older posts. It's sad to me that this resource will be no more.

Good luck all and tight lines.

Jay K. "Bump" Bailey