Lost skills BD.gave my stepson i small hammer i made in shop class all by hand with files.Not allowed to move on to power tools until we could make this hammer by hand to pretty tight specs.I am another big fan of your posts,along with others here ,sent down the right path on many occasions .

This is probably your own fault for taking such great pictures.
Joking aside, I’ll add my thanks for many great posts and even a few very helpful phone conversations a while back when I had some fairly important Phillipson Rod decisions to make.

I just saw this and would like to say thanks have pm’d him in the past with question and he was very helpful.......Aurelio

Ron is not just helpful and a wealth of information, but patient with the uninformed, too... I know that from experience. I think if I could go back to my high school days and start life again, I might pursue an education in engineering of some sort. Such is the impression his knowledge has made on me...

Guys like him add an incredible value to what is already a fun forum to check in on. Thank you sir!

Thank You Bulldog !!

I understand... I know I'm not the proper personality type and it was more of a daydream.

I once went on a moose hunting trip in northern Quebec with an uncle who was a retired engineer. Regulations at the time required two tags on a moose. We were like the odd couple, but armed with big game rifles and big knives. It may have been very lucky that I killed a small bull on the second day and shortened the trip... otherwise, one of us may have eventually driven home with the carcass of the other in the back of the truck.

I’ll echo what many have said previously … Ron has been very patient and helpful to me in a short amount of time and has improved all aspects of my fly fishing. The thing that impresses me most about Bulldog is that he never belittles a new member or tries to intimidate them. I’ve read a lot of Ron’s posts and he has answered many questions from members 15 times but you would never know that by reading his responses … patience of Job!

Kelly, you definitely ran with the ball.

Though I have been interested in fly reels for quite a long while, I'm just a duffer when it comes to the mechanical bits.
I mainly surf the Classic Fly Reels sub-forum. Any time I see Bulldog's post, I take a look. I usually learn something new.
Thank you Ron.

I want to add my thanks to this post. My joy in this collecting thing would not be as great without Bulldogs posts and other form of assistance when needed.

The words just flew out of my mouth - again " I learned so much from bulldog. "
Speaking with a pal about which fly reels I admire and why.

How you've been such a great big help for so many people just like me. Thank you.

My thanks to you as well!