You might be a trout bum if......

[motroutbum]

nope

[UAK squirrelpie]

Two days ago, while driving home down my country road, I ran over a squirrel.

was it a headshot?

[John Berry]

If you have a tatoo of two brook trout spawning with the inscription "Catch And Release", you might be a trout bum.

[DD'sMC]

Sorry folks...I could not help reviving this thread...after reading these, I have come to the conclusion that I just might be a trout bum... I know I'm certainly married to one!!!

[KCRIVERRAT]

If you can't catch a smallmouth!

[trout fanatic]

If you carefully shoot squirrels in the head (to avoid damaging their tails) you might be a trout bum.

If you try to explain to the mrs that her fur coat is suffering from pre-mature balding-you might be a trout bum.

When your neighbor explains his concerns of the stock market fluctuations and you voice your concerns about marabou futures-you might be a trout bum

[Paola Cat]

If you've planned the remodel of your finished basement (with CAD drawings) to include a dedicated fly fishing/tying room complete with tying desk, computer station, hanging storage, rod tube rack etc. and actually followed through with it .... you might be a trout bum.

I love the one about .... if you actually think tying your own flies is cheaper ...... PC

[duckydoty]

You hire a front desk person and his main job is to check the tailwater generation schedules and notify you as soon as they are shut off

When someone mentions "Strip Club" you automatically think they are talking about night fishing with streamers

You have to move your bed away from the wall because you get tired of almost breaking your hand while vividly setting the hook in your dreams over and over again.

You take someone fishing and after 28 hrs they beg you to take them home. You take them home pick up another person and head right back down to the fishing hole. 22 hours later they are begging you to take them home, so you do, and pick up someone else and head back down to the fishing hole for another 19 hours, then you decide to take a little break

You find yourself fishing with a gortex rep one day and he tells you a story about how if you take a leak in your waders that your clothes will be almost dry after 8 hours of fishing. The fishing is so good you decide to test the theory

The stakes in all the "Texas Hold 'em" games you been in have been flies.

After fishing most of the night you decide to sleep in your waders so you can hit the water again as soon as you wake up in the morning.

You drive 12 hours in one direction to fish for 4 hours, then drive home

Once you get home, you drive 45 minutes and fish for 4 more hours.

Once you get home, tornado sirens and warnings keep you up all night, so once it gets daylight you go fishing again

Then after 6 hours of sleep your brother comes down to go duck hunting with you, you bring the flyrod for when the ducks aren't flying

[motroutbum]

Duane id say that all those would make you a troutbum, only because I was with you for several of them. HAHAHA

[duckydoty]

So Randy....I think that would qualify you as a "Trout Bum"