[Richy B]

My first memory of fishing was when my Father re-married my Mom when I was eight years old. It was a Birthday Picnic with all my friends. My parents drove us in the back of my Fathers Rack Body dump truck from Ohio into W. Va. to fish in a stream. I don't remember catching fish, but I do remember when we got there I was so excited that I started to climb over one of the racks when we were pulling up near the stream, my Father hit a bump in the field, I fell back into the truck bed, and let's just say I'm glad I was able to have kid's later in life! LOL
I had one great day of fishing soon after that where my parents and I went to a farmers pond and caught boo-koo small mouth bass. We ran out of bait and were catching grasshoppers to put on the hook so we could keep catching fish.
I also fished Rahway river for trout in my teen years. then once my friends and I got to driving age, fished the Flat Brook, Steven's State Forest, New York fly fishing for trout, and catfish. We also fished allot in Round Valley and Spruce run by boat.
My neighbor got all of my buddies and I into Saltwater fishing when I was about 14. Mostly fishing for Blues and Mackerel.
I now strictly fish Saltwater and have given up on the Sweet Water unless it's a special trip for salmon.