Troutnut.com User Red_green_h (Ryan Norris )
Real Name | Ryan Norris |
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Location | New Mexico |
Biography & Thoughts | I started fly fishing as a way to quit smoking. Every time I felt like smoking I would go outside and practice casting. I actually didn't start fishing with a fly rod until about 5 years after I quit smoking. The first fish I caught was an 18 inch Rainbow on a 4wt 8 foot Redington combo using a Royal Wulff. I've been hooked (pun intended) ever since. As an avid fisher growing up in Iowa I've caught some decent large mouth in and around the ponds and old gravel pits I lived around. But living in New Mexico I've come addicted to backpacking or hiking up to small mountain streams and lakes and fishing for small native cutthroats or browns. What I've come to appreciate about fly fishing is the strategy involved and having to think things through if I want to catch anything. This is especially true on small streams which one needs to employ stealth to be able to catch the spooked ones. I love how I have had to adapt and evolve fishing techniques in order to catch fish and I feel more as if I am part of nature as opposed to something that is invading it. |
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"a day not catching anything is better than a day not fishing at all" |
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Latest Posts By Red_green_h
Title | Replies | Last Reply |
Re: Hardy reels for 1&4 wt TXL In Gear Talk by MFFR | 7 | Jul 30, 2021 by Red_green_h |
Texas Gulf Coast set up In Gear Talk by Red_green_h | 2 | Jul 30, 2021 by Tarponfly |
Re: Valles Caldera: East fork Jemez River and San Antonio Creek (2 more) In Fishing Reports by Red_green_h | 2 | Jul 30, 2021 by Martinlf |
Re: First time out this year In Fishing Reports by Partsman | 5 | Mar 6, 2021 by Jmd123 |
Re: My latest work project: fish & bugs (15 more) In the Photography Board by Jmd123 | 1 | Mar 2, 2021 by Red_green_h |
Re: Scissors In Fly Tying by PESCATORE | 15 | Feb 16, 2021 by Martinlf |
Re: Howdy! In the Photography Board by PikeStrike | 14 | Feb 14, 2021 by Troutnut |
Re: Fishing rod sensitivity! In Gear Talk by Grayson | 3 | Jan 25, 2021 by OliverJames |
Re: Best Streamer Rod In Gear Talk by Dschmaier | 8 | Jan 16, 2021 by Wbranch |
My first fly In Fly Tying by Red_green_h | 3 | Jan 16, 2021 by Martinlf |
Re: Fly tying help In Fly Tying by Red_green_h | 7 | Jan 6, 2021 by Coha |
What do I have, what do I need? In Fly Tying by Red_green_h | 4 | Dec 1, 2020 by Wbranch |
Re: Tippet for Doug In Gear Talk by Martinlf | 6 | Nov 30, 2020 by Red_green_h |
Re: Happy Thanksgiving In General Discussion by Martinlf | 2 | Nov 26, 2020 by Partsman |
Re: I got the scope Jason recommended and here are some pics through it! In the Photography Board by Jmd123 | 5 | Nov 20, 2020 by Creno |
Re: Dinking around on a small stream In Site Updates by Troutnut | 6 | Nov 17, 2020 by Wbranch |
Re: Mop flies, would you use them? In General Discussion by Red_green_h | 6 | Nov 17, 2020 by Wbranch |
Re: Fun with new entomology toys, and catching up on bug IDs In General Discussion by Troutnut | 9 | Nov 16, 2020 by Creno |
Iowa fall colors (4 more) In the Photography Board by Red_green_h | 0 | |
Re: Getting skunked on the East Fork of the Jemez River In the Photography Board by Red_green_h | 4 | Nov 6, 2020 by Martinlf |
Re: Need advice on fly line. In Gear Talk by Montanafish | 4 | Sep 24, 2020 by Red_green_h |
Re: Fly Fishing Rookie In Gear Talk by Tor | 4 | Sep 24, 2020 by Red_green_h |
Re: Beautiful fish of the South Fork In Fishing Reports by Squarehog1 | 2 | Sep 18, 2020 by Red_green_h |
Re: Rod length dilemmas... 10ft vs 9ft - 8ft vs 6ft In Gear Talk by Barbaube | 5 | Jul 25, 2020 by Red_green_h |
Re: Optics for fly fisherman (1 more) In the Photography Board by Jmd123 | 10 | Jul 10, 2020 by Jmd123 |