hello, i found this site last week. i do not get to fish as much as most of you. I wanted to register and introduce myself. i do not have much to contribute yet. hopefully this is ok? i may ask alot of dumb questions also. thank you.

Howdy Schwinn man ( ),

Welcome to the fray. Don't worry about asking stupid questions or making stupid statements, somebody will let you know, in a hurry . Just take it with a grain of salt and a bit of humor. Most folks are pretty nice.

Andy

Welcome Schwing Man,

I'm in the same boat as you. Lotta interest, little bit of knowledge. I'm looking forward to asking a few dumb questions myself....apparently a stupid question is received more warmly than a bad joke.
JMS

Hey Schwing, how do you do.
just ask any thing you want
and get out there and FISH

Hey Dogfish
How the Satsop doing this year
Have been up that way in a couple of years

Welcome on board Schwing Man! Good to see a friendly and courteous first poster. Don't let those other guys mislead you...we're real friendly to even stupid questions or jokes .
Me I wouldn't pick on a soul...even a lurker.

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Gooose

Welcome, but tell us how did you come up with the name "Schwing Man", never mind my kid just walked by and I asked him what it ment. This board is a lot of fun, and has a lot of good info.\

Fishhead5

my uncle lives in minnesota and works for a company called schwing america. they make concrete pumpers and stuff. also in germany. he sent me a company hat and its my favorite hat. so my friends call me schwing man. how do you make the smiley faces on here?

Welcome,I'm not very old here myself but am very happy with the charactor in this forrum.Good job introducing yourself, the gaurd dogs already barked.When you made your first post there were little smilly faces on the screen.......have fun

I'm new to this sport myself. Lived in Washington for a long time and never thought fo going steelhead fishing until this year. I was always told that the only dumb questions are the ones not asked, so here's my first question. Is there a dictionary of steelhead terms? I've been reading this forum for about a week and there are alot of terms being used I don't have a clue what they are, like "Lurker"

Schwing Man,

Welcome to the fray! Here's a few tips for exisitng here...

First, stupid questions are generally OK, and there are lots of very knowledgeable folks here that are happy to share their experience. However, be very careful about asking for specific spots to fish. Most guys (and gals) will tell you the brand and size of their underwear that they fish in, but wouldn't tell you the river they fished, much less the particular hole.

Second, stupid comments are less well-received, unless they are funny rather than just stupid. Try to bring anything to the table, even if it is just a bit of good-natured humor.

Unless you have lots of extra time and typing energy, stay out of the Ford vs. Chevy, Lamiglas vs. Loomis, balsa floats vs. foam floats, Izor vs. Maxima vs. Trilene vs. whatever line, and Schmidt vs. Pabst debates. While entertaining, they continually run in circles, eventually spiralling down to the same two or three folks that finished up the same argument last time. At least they usually provide some excellent humor, but not much in the way of useful information.

Lastly, spend some time reading posts, especially the longer ones, and you can get a feel for how it happens around here, and also for the personalities and idiosyncracies of the individual posters. This will help you to know just how much you can believe what a person is saying, and how to recognize their humor (or lack thereof). Also, any question or comment that is at least somehow related to an on-the-river experience seems to be better received than one from a "keyboard fisherman".

Have fun, as that should be at least as important, if not more important, than getting good info.

FishMute8,

I like your idea about a steelhead dictionary, especially since most of the terms are made up on the river and don't make it into books while they are all over places like this. I'll start a new thread with a call for more definitions.

Fish on...

Todd