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My Name is Scott Gaines. Thank you for visiting GetStartedFishing.com.

I just wanted to take a minute and give you a little background about my fishing experience.

I grew up in St. Louis fishing for Bass until I was teenager. Then I found other interests and stopped fishing.

After I first got married, I went out a few times, but never found the passion for it like I once had. I didn't pick it up again till a few years ago when a friend of mine Troy, asked me to go on a fly in fishing trip to Northern Ontario for Pike and Walleye.

In preparing for the trip, I read various websites, books, and talked to my friend Troy. I wanted to learn as much as I could. I got frustrated with many of the websites out there because everyone assumes you know something about fishing. I read a few books and learned a ton! But I learned the most from Troy. I found myself asking him all the questions that I asked when I fishing as a youngster. Such things like what rod and reel to use, superline Vs. Mono, tactics etc. We spent hours discussing fishing. Not only did I listen to Troy's advice, but I researched things on my own. The reseach I'd done spawned more questions and converstations about fishing. It is out of those conversations that getstartedfishing.com was born.

There are many good sites out there about fishing. I want to say that I also learned an awful lot from Steve Huber of Outdoorfrontiers.com. He was and still is a great help! He is able to answer all my questions. I feel I've gotten to know Steve and can't thank him enough for all his help!

This website is a summary of the conversations with Troy, research I've done and my own personal experience.

I hope you enjoy the site! If you have any comments, I invite you to send a feedback!

Thank you again,

 

Scott Gaines

Founder of GetStartedFishing.com
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