I have spent quite a bit of time studying philosophy. I am also quite interested in "International Politics," history, and travel. I play some tennis, used to love golf (fly fishing the addiction du jour). I do some hunting with ethical anxieties. I was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area. I am married to a beautiful woman from Guyana and I have three children. I am a Francophile and Anglophile at the same time. Despite the fact that I live on a Choptank tributary my fly fishing has been limited to trout. I need cold water. I do plan on trying steelhead and LL salmon in the near future. I fly fished quite a bit in the Sierras from age 13-18(one rod a fiberglass 8' 6wt). College and the pursuit of more urban interests put an end to my fishing until I got married at 32. I was living in San Francisco then so I hung out at the casting pools in GG park and started fishing again in Northern California. Now 47, my interest in fly fishing has gone way up the last 4 to 5 years. For 12 years I had just two rods, an 8' 6wt and a 7'6" 4wt (both Superfines). I then switched to Winston and in 2007 simply sold everything (almost, my sons need rods) and switched to bamboo. I have A LOT to learn about both fly fishing and bamboo, but I don't mind hazarding a cautious opinion (I might learn from its being corrected ).