was a stellar year for me also.; biggar and badder every year! spent tons of time on new waters and like rusty said wonder why i leave the bow... but i had tons of fun exploring and founda few spots i will be back nextyear forsure! did tons of camping wich i hadnt done the past few aswell.... learned the bow more on some new levels ive dabbled in the years previous.. realized the pros and cons too the spey cast and wether it be single or double handed i will always fish with a d-loop almost all the time, set a personal best for largest brown on the fly and became a pike addict of some sort... gots ta do a lot more exploring nextyear.. looking forward too some new challenges and achievements aswell! met tons of great people and had a blast on teh river with my good friends and clients! bring on 09!