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

[Scott V]

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

Thanks for all you did Larry! That prank by Bill was great, he didn't even warn me. I was getting messages left and right from people.

[Bill Markwood]

I too will miss this forum. I check it every day with my morning coffee. Please reconsider your decision. Perhaps even charge a nominal fee to participate. I WON'T be seeing you on Facebook.

[Vintage1953]

Sorry to hear the news. I’ve learned quite a bit on this local forum from some very knowledgeable fly fishers.

I have never and will never use Facebook.

Possibly a poor business decision for the fly shop. Only time will tell.

Take care and best of luck to Kiene’s.

[Lew Riffle]

ditto that...facebook is a step in the wrong direction. been good having this forum

[Mark Kranhold]

18 posts before someone note “beginning April 1....”?
You guys are slooow today.
Well done Bill.

10 posts by the way!

[Jeff F]

Oh no! Horrible timing too. There might be a riot at Kiene's shop if they can't get Jeff's daily shad reports!

And on a serious note, I agree with all the above. I despise Facebook, never had an account and would never go there either, as echoed by the regulars on this board. Hope you reconsider. I look forward to logging into this board every single morning when I get to the office. It would be a shame to not have this board anymore.

~Jeff Fisher

[JasonB]

This board was a gold mine of information for me when I was a newbie, and I find that I continue to learn from the many fine anglers that make up this community. I don’t see Facebook facilitating the kind of community that you’ve built here, and for a whole slew of other issues Facebook will alienate a certain percentage of people. I can’t tell you how much I have appreciated this forum Bill, and I’ve been fortunate to have met some very good people through it. I imagine this wasn’t an easy decision, and I thank you for providing this platform for all of us over the years. I’d bet this made a pretty significant contribution to the local fly fishing community, and I think there will be quite a void that it will leave.

[Jeff F]

This board was a gold mine of information for me when I was a newbie, and I find that I continue to learn from the many fine anglers that make up this community. I don’t see Facebook facilitating the kind of community that you’ve built here, and for a whole slew of other issues Facebook will alienate a certain percentage of people. I can’t tell you how much I have appreciated this forum Bill, and I’ve been fortunate to have met some very good people through it. I imagine this wasn’t an easy decision, and I thank you for providing this platform for all of us over the years. I’d bet this made a pretty significant contribution to the local fly fishing community, and I think there will be quite a void that it will leave.

Exactly.......I just learned about "slapping a reel" yesterday on a post on this board! I had no idea what the hell that was and it led me to google it. Now I know. Although I don't know if my Galvan's are "slappable".

~Jeff

[Carl Blackledge]

Let hope that the powers that are shutting down this board are "slappable" LOL just kidding Bill

[Grassgrower]

That is a shame. Seems to me it would hurt business online and at the shop.

Sean