Well my name is Chris but all my friends have called me "Spiel" for as long as I can remember. Have also been fishing as long as I can remember.
My Dad, Grandfather and Uncle used to take me out fishing since I was knee high and I always used a fly rod, don't think I used anything else till I was about 15 years old.
Grampa was also teaching me to tie flies by the age of 6, many of his favourite patterns are still with me today, though I was told way back when that I couldn't show them to anyone.
At 15 I also started building my own rods which has grown far beyond anything I could have imagined at that age.
Been on this forum for gosh, 12 years or so and have met a great number of people, most of whom are now extremely close friends.