Grew up fishing as a kid. Watched Bill Dance & Roland Martin relgiously on Saturday afternoons. Would pour through catalogs, dreaming about having a tackle box full of lures, owning my own baitcast reel, a bass boat, et. al. Then puberty set in: started playing the bass guitar (that's bass with a LONG "a!"), went to college, traipsed through life, got married, got divorced, and have landed in my early 40's. After drifting about the last few months without a hobby, had a dream where I was fishing and it was a great dream. I got out an old Ugly Stick combo I bought at Wally world a few years back, bought my new girlfriend a simple Zebco starter setup, picked up some crickets and hit the ponds. We had a GREAT time, which was the most important thing.

 

Now I'm at a point in life when I can actually afford all those things I dreamt about as a kid. Not going to buy everything (like a bass boat) but plan to buy a couple of better rods & reels, as well as a decently stacked tackle box.

 

I do have a canoe, but adding a trolling motor to it creates a giant headache in N.C. (have to get it titled if it has a motor?) so I'm keeping it simple for now.

 

Will have lots of questions of getting a real "big boy" rod & reel setup, but will put those in the right forums.

 

Looking forward to hearing some helpful answers, meeting some new folks, and making some new friends.

 

Thanks all,

 

Tim

Hello Tim and Welcome to BR ~

 

A-Jay

Hi, Tim! Welcome aboard!

Greetings Tim and Welcome to the forums

Welcome from Morganton NC!

Welcome to the forums!

 

Jeff

Welcome home!