i am from chino hills, california. that is in southern cal. i fish many of the local and often underated streams of the san gabriel mountains. i also fish salt when i visit my parents who live on catalina island. my favorite salt water quary is the bonito. so much fun on a fly rod. occasionally i hit the lower owens in the eastern sierras near bishop california. that is a winter venue for me. we pretty much can fish for wild trout year round here. some of your streams are remote and you have to work to get to them.

I'm in Albany, NY.
Generally I'll fish local streams within 1 1/2-2 hrs. away. I'm a psychologist, so to stay sane myself I try and fish most Fridays from April until about now(got skunked on the Battenkill this afternoon). Favorite streams lately have been the Battankill, W.Canada Creek and the W. Branch of the Ausable in the Adirondacks. My wife's from Colorado, so I'm out on the Western Slope generally 1-2 times per year, often fishing some small streams I've found out there, as well as the Gunnison and Frying Pan when I can. One of my sons just moved to Portland, OR, so hopefully I'll get up there next Spring.
Made my first bamboo rod this past year, but I love the fiberglass rods I've acquired in the last 2 years, esp. a wonderful 5 wt.Wojnicki, a sweet 7' 4 wt. honey Lamiglas, and the 8.5' 4 wt. Diamondglass. I love this Board.
-Steve

I live in Ann Arbor, MI (go blue). My home water is the Huron river which flows through south eastern Michigan. I fish for small mouth bass and carp in my local water. I also make many trips to the famous Au Sable river for trout which is about 3 hours away. If anyone is ever in my area, the best time to fish the Huron is during August. We have a huge hatch of Hexagenia Limbata and Hexagenia Atrocaudata that lasts the whole month. There is a small mouth feeding frenzy every night.

The best time to fish the Au Sable is anytime from the opener until early July. Many hatches. I usually spend 4 weeks spread out between late April and early July on the Au Sable.
Paul Christensen

I'm in Ft. Worth TX. I fish SE Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and SW Colorado. I'd like to fish the Texas Hill Country but every time I get down there I end up at a party. I'm a die hard Steffen fan though I just ordered a Macfarland 4wt. I also like Scott glass. Hook 'em Horns.

I'm in Libby MT, which is in the very north west corner of the state. I have an amazing amount of water within an hours drive, all varieties of trout, large and small mouth bass, pike. The Kootenai river is the local "famous" river, it has lots of trout and whitefish, the occasional 20lb plus rainbow, and quite a few huge bull trout.
Have to drive three hours to find any carp to fish for, yet I do that a LOT in the summer.
Keith

i'm from kansas city, mo. fish a lot of local conservation areas for bluegill, crappie and bass and have been surprised by the occasional catfish. for trout, i go to taneycomo or the white river in arkansas. also have relatives that live in the driftless area in wisconsin.

Originally, I'm from the Boston suburbs. But I now live just southwest of Kansas City where I fish the local ponds for bass and panfish.

I intend to travel and trout fish more in the future. I met up with Andymanyankee a few weeks ago on the Farmington River in Connecticut. I had a great time. If not for this board, I would have been fishing alone.

If I could move to a dream location, it would be Outer Cape Cod. Alec, I'm seriously jealous.

Tom

I grew up in Michigan ... married and moved to Colorado for a year and a half ... and then my Southern Bride was ready to move closer to home ... and we've been in the Columbia, S.C. area for the past six years or so. Her family has a private 100 acre pond with some BIG bass (somebody caught a 13 plus pound bass this summer), and all the other warm water species.

I spend a lot of time up in North Carolina on the slender and tree covered trout streams there.

And we usually take quite a few trips each year which somehow involve fly fishing. We'll be out in Seattle/Forks, WA the first week in December (anyone have any good info for there?), out West (Colorado or Utah) this winter to ski and I hope to take at least a half day somewhere, Michigan this summer to see the family, and Maine on a guy trip next fall for a week (RFMcD ... check your inbox please).

Anyone heading this way let me know ... I have a pretty flexable work schedule most of the time.

I live in Atlanta (Decatur). Fish mostly the mountains of north GA and western NC, more smaller streams than tailwaters. Still have family in FL, primarily Gainesville where I grew up, but some coastal too. But probably haven't averaged more than once a year in FL, etither fresh or salt.

A friend bought a house in Bozeman for retirement, and I've been getting out there for a week or so for the last few years. And I'm working a guy who is set to retire south of Missoula in a couple of years.

Bob

P.S. I've got "Georgia" in my profile, and often check what's in there for other posters when a post talks about "here" or "locally," but most don't have the info. Never looking for secret spots, but I enjoy it when I know whether I'm reading about (or seeing) a stream in Michigan or Oregon.

I'm in central IN now, up from KY. Just moved in the last year or so, and I'm looking around for smallmouth streams. When I lived in KY I could go out almost on the spur of the moment. Here, I have to plan the trips, so they come fewer and farther between. Sigh.

I grew up in Pasadena, CA, and about yearly make the pilgrimage back to So Cal to fish for trout in the San Gabriel Mtns. . . lpirrone(!). . . oh, and to take my son to see the grandparents! I grew up going to Mammoth Lakes in the High Sierra for our yearly vacations. I learned to fish there. Every once in a long while we get to go back. . .

Fish on!
-Peter

Originally, I'm from St. Louis (Chesterfield), Mo and for 25 plus years I enjoyed fishing the state parks; streams; rivers and creeks in Missouri and Northern Arkansas.

One provision of my plea bargain (it was only a box of papers clips and a few No. 2 lead pencils) was that the company could send me to any city in our network regardless of the living conditions. I've been in Houston now for the past 20 years. I like to affectionately refer to it as the a_ _hole of Texas. THERE IS NO FISHING HERE!

Good post. I've enjoyed reading about the more fortunate.

Depressed,
ed

I'm from westerm Massachusetts, very near where the corners of VT and NH touch MA. I fish all over these three states at every possible chance i get, but my favorite types of water are wadeable rivers, small ponds where i can take my kayak or canoe, and seceret brook trout streams. Always enjoy fishing with new people, does anyone else live near me?