Taught myself dry fly trout fishing in high school thru book 'Trout' by Ray Bergman. Many trips to Coon Valley, WI and Timber Coulee and other wonderful streams around La Crosse with buddies. Then Art Ayelsworth, my 6 year mentor in Montana in Ronan and the Clarksfork were amazing memories from 1989 to 1995 ... then a long drought. Finally got wise and gave up golf (5 hrs on a trout stream is 5 minutes!) and in 2010 dialed up my trout memories as I traveled MN and WI by car with many stops on countless streams finding serenity. Sharing passion with several new friends who have become hooked and this adds a whole new joy to this wonderful pastime.