County boy in the city

[mhall02]

Well, here I am in the St. Louis area. Grew up near Monett/Freistatt area, caught my first trout at Roaring River around 6-7 years old and was 'hooked' ever since. Fished surrounding streams like upper Flat Creek, Capps Creek, Shoal Creek, Spring River, Roaring River, Benett Spring, Taneycomo, loved it. Started college at C of O in Branson in Fall of '88 till Spring of '91 and grew to love the trout right below Tablerock Dam. Biggest was a 28 inch rainbow, what a blast!! Then moved to Columbia to finish school with a fisheries and wildlife degree. Finished in the fall of '93 and worked with Bill Pflieger and Mike Kruse on various odds and ends as an hourly employee. Summer of '94 worked for MU as a reseach tech but realized the hope of finding a saleried position w/ MDC was futile. Got married, moved to the St. Louis area and became an environmental consultant, but still love to fish. Enjoy some winter trout fishing out at Busch Wildlife area and still and occassional trip to Roaring River or Benett, but really busy now raising a 4 year old daughter (who enjoys fishing) and 6 month old boy!! Hope to one day soon introduce both to trout fishing and the joys it brings. Well, that is me in a nut shell.