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I'm from Dallas, Tx and a new member to the forum. I have been fishing glass for about 20 years now. It all started when I read an article in Flyfisherman magazine by Ed Shenk, "Jewel of the Headwaters" (I later found out this was chapter 10 in his book, Fly Rod Trouting). Ed wrote about fishing with a one pc. 5' fiberglass fly rod and I was absolutely enthralled. I was in 8th grade at the time. I asked for a flyrod the following Christmas, and the rest is history. I am originally from Amarillo, Tx. The mountains of New Mexico is where I learned to fly fish. Mostly in the Pecos Wilderness for wild cutthroat and brookies. My first love is fly fishing small streams for wild trout. The problem is, there aren't too many wild trout streams in the Dallas area. However, you would be surprised at the number of streams running through Dallas proper that hold nice bass and bluegill. My favorite places to fish in my area: Dangerfield State Park - beautiful scenery and plenty of chain pickerel, The Paluxy River, The Brazos River, White Rock creek and I make the occasional trip to the Texas hill country and Texas coast for reds and specs. My weapon of choice is a Steffen 8', 4 wt. I fish this rod to a fault when I probably should be using a heavier rod, but dang, that rod is a lot of fun. I have truly enjoyed reading the posts on this site and look forward to getting to meet some of you guys who share my passion for glass rods.