Where Did You Get Your Forum Name?

[HOGTIDE]

I've seen some interestingly strange names on this BB. Since it's the beginning of a new year, I though some of you might care to post, explaining the meaning behind your Username. I know some are very obvious, but some are very unique.

(I.e) Mine is rather simple with a triple meaning.1)Always caught the biggest Chinook at the head of an incoming tidal flow ...
2) Bought a boat that I couldn't afford ...
3) Have a wife and daughters with many different weekend plans that 'don't' include fishing... See... Hogtide/Hogtied

[4u2fish]

I'm kinda thinkin I have one of those self explanitory (SP) nics. just as long as I fish too http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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AKC H2O-K9

[Deleted User]

My last name is Stewart and I'm not exactly a small guy. I have been called bigstew for years at work.

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Bigstew-----
RT and I were separated at birth

[whitewaterbill]

The name of our boat. Chosen by my wife.....Don't you like a little mystery.... so you figure it out! It can be what ever you want it to be!

Bill

[Bait O' Eggs]

My favorite bait

[Fuzzybutt & Angel]

Fuzzybutt got his handle after a day out on the pier, when he had hooked three big king salmon, and lost all three! After that he gained the nickname Fuzzybutt http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I gained the handle Angel from being an Oncology Nurse (working with cancer patients)
My patients kept calling me an angel, and the name stuck! http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif I was Angel when I met Fuzzy in a chatroom, and I moved to the USA and we were married 11 months later http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Pilar]

The name of a famous man's boat (Ernest Hemingway), also the name of mine. The original wooden 'Wheeler' is treated as a shrine and preserved in a shed near Havana Cuba. My 'Pilar' is much smaller and made of fiberglass.

Both boats spent much of their useful lives in the Florida Keys. Different boats, same attitude.

The bend is your friend!

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[Fish4Fun]

"Outlaw" has been my radio name for about 25 years, when we are hunting. We used to have a lot of fun and this was kind of an earned name. we pushed the rules to the limits. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Now we have got the name on the water as the "Fish4Fun" guys that's the name of my sled.

[WheresMyBobber]

There's a story behind my username...

A few years ago I took one of my fishing partners bobber fishing in the Trask tidewater. He is an experienced salmon and steelhead fisherman, but he had never bobber fished for chinook before. After showing him how to rig up, change depths, and explaining the different types of "takes" he might see etc..., we started fishing.

It was one of those slow days, not a whole lot going on. I was working my bobber and bait in and around some pilings close to the boat, and he was working the deeper water out in the middle of the hole. Well, obviously my friend got bored and wasn't paying attention, because all of the sudden he yells "WHERE'S MY BOBBER?". http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif I looked over and followed his line down to the water, and saw that it was coming towards the boat with the bobber no where in sight! I said "you've got a fish on man, reel in your slack and set the friggin hook!".

Well, he got the fish, about a 27 pounder. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif But after that he never took his eyes off his bobber again!

Ever since then it's become kind of an ongoing joke that I have to remind him about from time to time. (that's what friends are for)



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[Hammer Bob]

I worked a lot of construction prior to moving to the west coast. I met some people who were building a cabin using fire-killed doug fir which had been milled years before...hard as all get out. When I met these folks they could only drive nails (without bending them) into the wood by placing two or three vice grips on the nail and removing the vice grips as they drove the nail in. They were all quite amazed that I could drive nails without bending them or using the vice grips. I got the name Hammer Bob that day and it has stuck ever since.

[Kwiky]

When I first got my driftboat a few years ago and started fishing on the S. Santiam, I really had no clue what I was doing. I had a little fishing hole that I stumbled into a fish or two out of, but nothing consistent. A very nice guide (who's name I no longer remember) clued me in to kwikfish and provided some friendly instruction on how and where to fish 'em, wrapping them, etc. Later that summer I was bagging springers with consistency, and that became his nickname for me. Each morning we ran into each other, it was "Hey Kwiky, got into any fish yet?" Thanks to him, more often than not the response was "Yah, got one in the boat."

Kwiky

Oops, the wife says she gave me this nickname, I just have it spelled wrong http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif


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[nivtup]

Simple,

Last name backwards.

[HOGTIDE]

This is fun. I knew you were an interesting bunch. But, 'SlutGoddess' still kinda worries me. Ahh, let me guess... you're always slippin' off from your wife with that seductive boat???

[Snagly]

So-named by my fishing buddies after snagging (somewhere other than in the mouth)four sockeye in a row, culminating in a 15 min battle with an 8lb hen that until the very end I didn't know I'd hooked in the tip of the tail. Not a lot of leverage on the fish when you hook them there . . . and it was captured on videotape as "Snagly has another one on the line . . . we haven't seen it but we're certain it's foul-hooked . . . here it comes into view for the first time!"(Hysterical laughter and a shaking camera as a TAIL comes up from the depths of the lake.) At that point you have to go with the flow, so Snagly it is.

[Jeffhead]

Well my name is Jeff Whitehead and was tagged with the nickname Jeffhead by a good friend about 20 years ago. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[shureskunk]

I've been fishing for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon for over 20 yrs now and have yet to catch one. In fact no one has ever caught one near or in the same boat as me. In the late 80's I started a guide service thinking that would do it but nope, nothing.
Anyone got an extra seat for tomorrow?
SS

[Salmonator]

Used salmonator for an e-mail name a few years back. Named the new sled Salmonator, but after this year thinking about changing to troutinator or carpinator... http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Navigator]

My CB Handle from the mid-1970's when my neighbor and I would tow his boat up to Campbell River, British Columbia, for some excellent summer salmon fishing. I rode shotgun and was the navigator.

[Deleted User]

RT from Reel Truth. Because I have never told a fishing lie. Ever! I'm the only honest guy on this BB. I tell it like it is. ... Oh, ooouuch! My nose is hurting again. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif ....

Hey, SureSkunk Guide Service, now that is a little too honest; don't ya think? The 80's? It kinda rings a bell.

[Tanner]

Tanner,
It's my name.
Tanner

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Work is for people who have an expensive fishing habit to support.

[shureskunk]

No, it's the truth RT. I have used your's and others, tips and tech reports and still, no fish. I bring them with me in a big back pack and refer to them while I'm fishing/guiding. Well, this is a new year and who knows, maybe it will happen. Do you still sell that banana scent Jen? I'm almost out.
SS
Know fish or have lots of good jokes

[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

Too easy. When speaking to a group, I usually start it out with hey y'all, so I am not dead yet so I haven't ended that greeting with "watch this" http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif That's pretty much what a buddy (familiar face on the river) called me last year and after running into him this year, that's how he remembered me. I would hook a fish at the Barrier Dam and get ready to walk it down and say "Hey Y'all move your @sses, fish on and coming down." The accent really put this name over. Accent slowly fades away. Great topic/post. I still love Tanner's signature line because It's True, Oh It's True.

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[Phish_on]

"fish_on" was taken. If you don't know who Phish is, go phigure.

[rags]

Caught my first 20# Steelhead on a rag and have it mounted with one hanging from it's mouth in my office. After that, "they call me Mr. Rags."

[Jellyhead]

Mine's not fishing related, it comes from turkey hunting. When you call a big ol' tom within 10yds. and let loose on him with 2oz. load of #5 lead shot, well, you "Jellyhead" him. I used this name on other BB's and just keep using it wherever I go.

Aaron

[Deleted User]

ShureSkunk obviously needs some help guys. Any ideas to help this pathetic fishermen - not that there is anything wrong with that http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif . And no, I did not put up this moniker to joke around; as I often do on the chat room on Wednesday's. It is someone else. ...

First, chuck the banana scent SSK! I didn't really think fish were that adverse to it, until I heard your sad story. If nothing else I have to admire your perseverance!!! Geez, no fish in 20 years and you keep getting off the mat, dust yourself off, and get right back on the bull. Cool. You have my respect! The next thing is chuck using my posted techs; they're all hog wash. You really think I would give away my A-game secrets?!? ...

OK, just kidding about that. My techs are good. Not a single fish in 20 years of trying though. WOW! I've heard of guys that fish that long and keep after it even though they catch a fish about every other year. But man, this is pathetic! HELP this guy fishers. ...

Let's see ... ah, have you seen any fish caught where you are fishing? If not, are you fishing for salmon and steelhead and sturgeon in a small pond or lake by any chance? The first thing you have to do is fish WHERE THE FISH ARE. And do you get out more than once a year? ... Excuse me for yelling, I'm losing my patience here. Will someone give this guy a clue. Thanks. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Know fish or no fish. - RT

[winterkill]

Winterkill is a excellent book about what I like to do best: Elk hunting.

[SpinnerMan]

My name was given to me by my fishing buddy. We have been fishing together since the sixties!

I usually use spinners and he has seen me catch a lot of fish.

One time we were trying some other lures for steelhead. After fishing for most of the day and catching no fish, seeing no fish, hearing of no fish, I put on a spinner and caught a nice steelie on the first cast.

When I got the fish in my friend said "way to go SpinnerMan".

And I have been SpinnerMan ever since.

[cureless1]

cureless, I love the science of egg cures and how the topic of egg cures can be a fishermans best kept secret. hence clueless,cureless. Hey RT ever use chili powder?

[drifter]

Mine is easy. I love drift fishing. Yes, I have used bobbers, spoons and spinners, even pulled a plug or two (even used a luhr jensen side planner once) but always come back to drift fishing.

It's that split second when you think its a fish, but don't know for sure, then it is a fish. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif It's the greatest sensation known to man (apologies to my wife)

Happy New Year to All, Drifter

[Gregotis98]

My name's Greg and my dog's name is Otis, and on AOL Gregotis00 & 99 were taken so I took 98.I hope to go OVERSIZE fishing as soon as the wind dies down, and would'nt mind onther rod in the boat so I'll keep you guys posted.

[Scarecrow]

Mine is from way back, in the late 60's, as my CB handle. I was really overweight at the time and it surprized a lot of folks to see a fat scarecrow.


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Bob G.

[Meridian]

I happened to run out of beer the night I signed up for Ifish and needed to pick a username. Well, we didn't run out of wine and there was a bottle called Meridian I happened to be drinking. OK, I cannot tell a lie. I was sucking it down like a fish.

[elkpacker]

got the name by packing out the husbands deer. now he says he is going to teach me to pack elk.

[Okiedrifter]

Okie--from Oklahoma
Drifter--Love to drift fish


Okiedrifter

[fishoman]

When I first started on computers I needed a password for something or other, and fisherman was taken, so I just switched a letter, and here I am. By the way it is a great place to be after work. But hark I here a honey do calling my name.

[Tinman]

Name of the little 15 foot aluminum skiff that has served me so well for over a decade. Though the name is not actually stenciled on the boat, I use it on the VHF. I've also been searching the yellow brick road for a brain, but no luck yet.

[whitewaterbill]

Hogtide
Actually my wife loves to fish and boat and really loves the SLUTGODDESS also. We do threesomes all the time. The mystery is working!!!!! I like your attempt at figuring it out!!! The name kind of covers the whole spectrum of women doesn't it....From bad to good..... They are all in there someplace....Just pick the one you want!

Bill

[kingofbacklash]

Originally I used fearsnofish, but couldn't get back on the BB with it. This name was one I came up with three years ago because I had a tuff year of salmon fishing and needed a name that would get my attitude right.
As for kingofbacklash I got this nickname when I started casting from the bank Sturgeon fishing. I could bird's-nest a reel back then like you wouldn't believe. It got to where the line was costing me everytime I cut down into the spool to free the backlash. So I got to where I could undo any backlash no matter how bad they were. I got so good at undoing them that all my fishing buddies would give me their reels to undo too. The friend that taught me how to sturgeon fish named me kingofbacklash.

fearsnofish

[WaterDog]

I have no idea. I think is was a six-pack talkin and it sounded cool at the time. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Oh and it wasnt used already.

[Crusty]

Larry Jones of elk call fame named me. I have written for years and was the hunting editor of a traditional bow magazine titled "The Longbow" (now defunct). I had written a series of spoofs bordering on risque and Larry, a very sincere "born again" Christian, got hold of the proofs and chided me. "John, this isn't you. You're not that crusty"

Well, actually I was/am, so I used "Crusty" as a nom de plume for that series of articles and it stuck. I've gotten worse as old age has set in and I have seen with my own eyes "Lord, what fools these mortals be." [Did you know that was stolen by Willy from Seneca (8BC - AD 65)?]

Crusty

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal from many is research.

[Net Boy]

My name came from some friends during a slow year of salmon fishing. I went the whole year without catching one fish, although I netted at least 25 on various trips, therefore the name netboy kind of stuck.

[steelyhornhntr]

Well, my two passions are fishing and hunting. I only fish for Salmon and Steelhead. I hunt for horns both shed and on the skull. Therefore, Steelyhrnhntr....

[Fishin Magician]

My dad gave me the nickname when I started out-fishing him . He couldn't figure out how I was catching all the fish on all that "Magic" new stuff, Thus I was renamed the "Fishin Magician"-John

[Deleted User]

No real deep meaning, just my prefered way to catch Chinook.

[FEAR NO FISH!]

I picked the name of my boat. If it swims, I chase it. Bass, Crappie, Perch, Walleye, Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon. I aint afraid of any of em! Except Crabs.

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FEAR NO FISH!

[Steelheadman]

I started posting on piscatorialpursuits a couple of years ago before Bob changed the format. Everybody was posting about salmon fishing that fall. I was hooked into steelhead fishing by this time and just starting to salmon fish.

[Big Willie]

Well...uh...hmmm. Ok, I row a Willie and I'm 6'5" and around 245. The mystery is gone...I know what you all were thinking! http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[RW]

LMAO Big Willie!!!!! RW

[Deleted User]

http://welcome.to/fobb

[Pilar]

Hey RT, are you shure that shureskunk isn't Larry Schoenborn? Maybe then I could believe the 'no fish in 20 years'. BTW the fish are always biting at Albertsons. $20 bill will bag a beauty everytime. Or trade a case of beer and a $20 for a springer when they start selling them out of the back of a truck in Cascade Locks this spring.

The bend is your friend!

[smilesforu]

http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif Needed a consistant name for Mplayer and just carried it over to the Bulletin Boards. Besides woman will talk to a guy with a friendly non threatening name http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
Tight Lines

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Marty M
Steelheader.net (http://www.steelheader.net/)

[shureskunk]

Thanks for the e-mail RT and special advice for ending my 20 yr skunk. It's really nice when someone as busy as you can take time to reach out and help a lone fishless guy like me. A couple more questions if you can take the time: regarding the low-clear water steelhead tech you sent me, where is a good place to purchase the lemon-yellow rainsuit and big white cowboy hat you recommend? And regarding the sturgeon fishing tips, was that regular unleaded or super that you recommend for smelt brine?
Thanks for your help buddy. Hey what kind of car do you drive? I'll come looking for ya and fish with ya sometime.
Shureskunk guide service, aka, straight rod
Know fish or Know jokes

[Deleted User]

No, no, no 'skunk. When I wrote "'Yall fishes the gin clear water with a bright yellow rain coat and big white cowboy hat", I was refering to our BB member "Hey_Yall"; not a suggestion of what you should do. My point was to NEVER copy that guy! And are you talking about gasoline? No, no, NO. You aren't reading my stuff right 'skunk! I wrote for you to use a super smelt brine. I don't want to post that recipe on the BB, so you are just going to have to decipher the instructinos, then soak your smelt in it overnight before you go out fishing. Sturgeon fishing! As for my car, look for a red Suburu wagon parked alongside coastal rivers around the Tillamook area http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif . If I'm not there for some reason, just do as the song says "If ya can't be with the one you want, fish the one your with". (jk) ...

Wish I could be using another moniker like you are ShureSkunk, for these fishing lessons. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Luvtofish]

Mine to is Self explanatory. I have always loved to fish. When I was young my dad would get angry cause I never wanted to stop when he took me fishing. My youngest son has been my best fishing partner, sometimes I think he loves it even more then me! Too much work lately and no fishing time. This is the most I get is to dream about others fishing adventures for right now. I'm hoping to have time in the next week or two. I have had fish on the line but haven't landed my first big one yet.

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[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

ya know if he's the kingofbacklash, then that makes me godofbacklash and that comes from my younger years (hey backoff, I'm 23 and old) when I would think the bigger bass were always out in the middle of the lake, so of course I always had to hail mary cast.

Ya know, I have been eyeing a yellow rainsuit and cowboy hat for some time now, hey payday is in 7 days. Sure beats wearing this body condom since I don't want to catch crabs with this rod. Can I take it off now since I'm not fishing? http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[SailCat]

Great thread! It's always interesting to get some insight on the ifish folks.

Mine is from an old Jonathan Winters monologue about slow kitties (I'd love to find a copy). The background is here: http://www.sailcat.com/meetsailcat.htm where you can scroll down to 'About that name' if you have some time to waste. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

~Michael T.

[Osprey]

I wanted to be associated with the best Fish catcher around .....Hershel the SeaLion just didn't fit http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

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Release all Wild Fish --<'))>><

[Phunybonz]

Thought it sounded a bit goofy. Fishing should be fun and that's the feeling I enjoy while playing a fish. The bend is my friend.

[blacktail]

Mine is for what I'm chasing during Deer season. I use it on a couple of Hunting boards, so just carried it here with me.

[steelie67]

I love fishing for steelhead and i was born in 1967 .

[dock rat]

Working the commercial fish docks in Newport as marine port biologist for past 26 years.

[STRIKE ZONE]

Mine is pretty easy also,When I bought my first sled and was learning the ropes my fishin partner would always say ya gotta be in the strike zone.So I spent many hours trying to find the strike zone and finally caught on.And we started catching lots of fish in the strike zone.It just stuck with me.It was hard finding the strike zone down in tillamook and nahalem bays but found them.
Good luck, STRIKE ZONE

[Hoosier Daddy]

I use "chnookie" for a lot of my online stuff. Came originally from the Ray Troll T-shirt 'ain't no nookie like chinookie'. When I lived in Idaho, I went for one of those egotistical personalized plates on my new truck. 'Spawn till you die' wouldn't fit, so I was just going to put "chnooky" on it, but they wouldn't let me because it said "nookie" in it. What can I say, moral majority and all.... Anyway, I had to settle for just "chnook" because "chinook" was of course already gone. So, when I went online, I went to 'chnookie' since I was already used to spelling chinook chnook.

[Deleted User]

Jen, that older small version of the Bronco you mentioned about above, with the 2 headlights on each side, sure is a nice ol' classic of a rig. And the pretty metalic grey paint with the burgandy strip is cool. They just don't make 'em like they used to! - RT

[hawgcatcher]

Mine comes from my Job that I retired from and the big fish that I just never caught enough of.

I was a Dog Control Officer for 23 years,hence the catcher and the Hawg for the bass that I caught over the years.

[Jennie@ifish]

Hey, by the way, if you ever see me parked on the coastal rivers, feel absolutely welcome to come on down to wherever I am, and throw a line in right next to me!
Look for a two tone maroon and gray bronco with Ifish stickers on it!
I love company!
Jen

[RichH]

Born with it....

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[Gus Orviston]

Geez, not sure I want to divulge that just yet. I was waiting for somebody to call me on it. ?

G.O.

[whitewaterbill]

I have fished with ShureSkunk guide service for many years and I just love the jokes and stuff...He is so funny and so far I have never had to take any of those slime covered things home. I really would reccomend him for a good time and no fish! It is so much fun to fish in that 10' car topper and bail water all day...gives you something to do when the fish don't bite.

Bill

[dummy]

aguh i am dum and cant spell or use proper english and am to lazy to change my post. so be it i am dummy. probably cant even spell that write.

[Deleted User]

Hey Bill, I think I know who "ShureSkunk" is and what's funny is that guy actually did run a cartopper up from Riverside Park (Safeway hole on the Clackamas River) up to the Coffee Hole past stunned jetsledders. True! Circa late 70's/early 80's. Not near low water of course, but pretty funny. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif Seems he still can't catch fish though http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[HUMPTIME]

My home river is the humptulips. When ever the river is in at work I say it is hump time. As in the humptulips is where I should be instead of working.

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HUMPTIME

[shureskunk]

Come on! Humptime? Hey did you use to live at Oaklake Apts?, well maybe. Ok Slutman, if you would just start using the p-bucket you wouldn't have to bail so often. And you RT, yes, I used to run the Clack with a small prop boat. I knew some day I would graduate to a wheelstanding pram!
SSK

[Steelheader69]

Actually, mine is pretty self explanatory also. I'm a steelheader and was born in 1969. My big problem is I'm almost more of a salmon fisherman then a steelheader, but couldn't find a decent name that didn't sound snobbish. I've been called "King of Kings" by friends for my knack of nailing kings in rivers in the most unlikely places. I have more pics of me with kings then steelhead. I just wish my Dad and I took more pics when I was younger. We never thought that sizes and amounts of fish we used to catch would turn like it has. Well, I figured Steelheader69 sounded good and stuck with it.

Jerry

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You haven't lived til you've rowed a cataraft. Friends don't let friends run Outcasts.

[Deleted User]

OK, now I'm sure I know who SSK is. Maybe we should have a contest for guys to guess who this is. A clue is he catches a few more fish than he tried to convince us there! Hey, several guessed right about Superfly's rocker pic; but we don't have an early pic of ShureSkunk sitting around. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif Another clue, he actually does guide, and very well. (you can't guess Jen - and SSK has to reveal if you're right if he wants to http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif I'm not going to)



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[bathtub bob]

Got the name from gary lommis and tom white on the cowlitz in the early 70's My boat was a big white ski barge with a yellow water line around the boat thus bathtub bob! Fished lower cow before guides moved in!

[letsfish]

Because we love what we do with good company. So The Invitation is always open.Always looking for partners.

[KrystalFlash]

Well, It goes something like this:

I am an AVID Fisherman.
I love to Flyfish.
I was sitting down, tying some flies, trying to think of a witty name for the board, when it hit me......
No it REALLY hit me....My son threw a bag of Krystalflash at me....and so the story goes....
For those who don't know....KF is a bright, sparkly, tinsel-like fly tying material.

I'd rather be lucky than good.

[wiser]

After reading this board for a while I read a post by RT that suggested the fall chinook caught on the Columbia by anglers anchored off the mouth of the Sandy River were all dark Tules, I was forced to post a response letting him know I had fished the area for years and those fish were almost exclusively nice bright upriver fish. I chose the moniker Young Salt because I probably hadn't had as much experience as RT but I felt I knew what I was talking about. Actually, RT admitted he was just trying to stir things up a bit. Probably the only time he has ever done that.(not).

[Boxcar]

I earned mine! I rowed the Deschutes with my fishn' huntin' buddy. We traded white water at the oars. Guess what rapids I went through? He also earned a nickname as well (smokey). Whenever he's in camp, the smoke follows him.

[Grant Scheele]

I have always liked the scientific name of the Steelhead but I still can't spell it so I abbreviated.

I think Gus Orivston is the a character in the awesome book "The River Why" by David James Duncan. I think maybe he was the pipe smoking fly fisherman that befriended the main character of the book. I can't remember his name.

[Pilar]

This topic surfaces from time to time. And recently ********* asked about it. Did we miss anyone?

Fish on!

[fishhead5]

One night after a day of fishing we were sitting around the fire and doing goofy stuff, I went and grabbed one of the heads off a steelhead and tied it to the top of my head and wore it around for a while. So the nickname "Fishhead" stuck. Had to add the 5 here as someone allready had fishhead

Fishhead5

[D/F]

Well.. I couldnt think of one, so I just went with my name, Dustin images/icons/grin.gif

watch out Hog. If your fishin' to much and not mowin the lawn those girls are gonna get mad at ya images/icons/smile.gif

[ 06-30-2001: Message edited by: Dustin ]

[local_hooker]

My uncle used to wear this shirt that said "support your local hookers" It had fish hooks on it, I thought it was cool.

[Fish mojo]

I thought if Austin Powers uses his "mojo" to get the girl, baby! I could use my "Fish Mojo" to get the fish.........."oh, beehave!!

[FishinMission]

Mine's the name of my boat, and what I'm doing in it....well most of the time. images/icons/shocked.gif

[Firedog]

Just thought firedog was a good one for my ocupation. Use it for all my screen names.

[Pirate]

Used to be NorthriverB, but was too close to my bros NorthriverS (identity crisis) so switched to Pirate. Getting old, eyes going bad (patch), knee giving out (peg), grumpy, it fits images/icons/grin.gif

[sinker]

Last name is Swim. Had a drafting teacher in high school. One of those ex-military teachers that you'll never forget. He used to call me sinker. So here I am.
SINK'ER SWIM

[Pete]

Duh.

[brshooter]

I have been shooting competitively for almost thirty years. I have always used either Shooter or BRShooter as a screen name.

[SandyRiverFisher]

mine is self explanatory, although I fish other rivers as well. Actually, I probably fish the Clackamas system more, Im just heavily addicted to early season bobber fishing for springers on the Sandy. I get approximately four hours sleep per night from April through the middle of June.

[KilgoreTrout]

My favorite author is Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and he has a recurring character in his books named Kilgore Trout. Kilgore is a grumpy old science fiction writer. I am not from Kilgore although I do hail from Texas.

Dave

[MetalHead]

Well I would like to say that it comes from my love of steelhead fishing but in reality I got it one night several years ago when under the influence of some illegal chemicals and copious amounts of alcohol I did this little header from about eight feet onto a rock while snowskiing. When I got back up with only a small bump and no loss of blood my buddies decided that I must have a metal head (oh ya they said it was hollow to) images/icons/smile.gif

[salmonquest]

The name of my boat. Come up by my wife after a ride in it on a glass water day.

[CAGEY]

My first name starts with K and my last name starts with G so the name Cagey was born.

[SuperT]

Almost every username I have on the web is either SuperT or SuperT72 (T for Tony and 72 for when I was born). Just figured it was a little easier to use the same name than to try to remeber another one.

[4Salt]

I also started out over at P.P. It seemed that everyone's moniker had something to do with steelhead, So I figured since any steelhead over 30lbs probably spent 4 years at sea, it was kind of a cool steelhead-themed moniker images/icons/cool.gif

[Trick]

After a year of using my email adress as my name (tshickam), I have decided to kick it up a notch! images/icons/wink.gif I will now be known as Trick....no applause, please. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

Actually, Dan! had refered to me recently in an email as Trick, which is close to tshickam. It sounds catchy and it falls close to the truth. Getting out to fish anymore seems to be a trick at times...three little kids, job, wife, etc....ya know the drill.


Anyways....maybe in another year I'll change it again.

[bob b]

My Mom,she used other names when I was a teenager. Can I use them here?

[Wog]

When I was a kid my cousin always called me Pollywog, but as I got older (6'3 and 230lbs.Approx images/icons/wink.gif )he said he we had to drop the Polly and go with Wog. The nickname has been around for a while.

[Capt. Hook]

Well when I began my business in Alaska all the good names were taken and I could not come up with a clever name. there were lots of Captains, Captain Bob, Captain Bill,
so I just settled on Captain J. then for my logo I made the J into a shape of a hook. When I put it on my boat the name stuck. (no pun intended) Captain Hook. It became my Radio call sign also. AAARGGHH!!! Off with their heads mateys!!

[Wet Willie]

Mine isn't very creative. I have a 16x54 Willie drift boat and I love to take it out and get it wet.(When I get the chance to)

[fishchaser]

The guys @ my work nicknamed me that. After each weekend they would ask me if I chased any fish over the weekend. Hence the name fishchaser. Than when they set up my computer every time the word fish comes up so does my screen name "fishchaser" images/icons/rolleyes.gif images/icons/rolleyes.gif images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[Rubber Robin]

I've been in the rubber business for over twenty years. Extruding, molding and die cutting. It's been fun. Thus the handle was born! images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif

[scrod]

Scrod is a New England term for the catch of the day. Frequently in restaurants you are offered scrod instead of the long list. I grew up with lobstermen in Maine but I've been here for 25 years now. images/icons/grin.gif

[FM2]

Each time I fish it's a Mishin, also the name of my old boat. No relation to fishin mission....by the way what else happens in that boat since you brought it up images/icons/wink.gif

[AllThumz]

AllThumz? Pretty much sums it up for a newcomer to salmon/steelhead images/icons/grin.gif

John images/icons/smile.gif

[Fish4Fun]

Been fishing and hunting all of my life. Since fishing is supposed to be a fun sport and it is the name of the boat and the plates on my truck. Fish4Fun images/icons/cool.gif

[Fish Hunter]

Big game hunting is my other main thing.

This thread answers the question I forgot to ask **** Goddess Saturday when I met him at Fishermans. ....Actually still wondering.

[HT Buzzo]

HT- Obvious, my initials.
Buzzo- one of the craziest grunge-rockingest characters to come out of Seattle, leftover from my college days. Part of the Melvins trio. Sometimes we sing praises on slow days- "Slay a fish in the name of Buzzo!"

[fishbait]

In the early 80's I used to manufacturer and sell an egg cure that had a dye in it. It was called Fishbait's two part egg cure. The name came as you might expect from fish and bait. Unfortunately for me I treated it as a hobby and not a money making venture and by the mid/late 80's others were producing egg cures and doing a much better manufacturing and marketing job than I ever did so I shut down. When the time came for a board name this was the first thing that came to mind.

[birdhunter]

Well, I picked my name because fishing and hunting are my two greatest passions. Most people around here already had all the good fishing names, so I tried to think of one that had to do w/ hunting. Now as it stands I hunt and fish for just about everything Oregon has to offer, which thankfully is a lot. When I registered it was January and one of the only seasons still open was for waterfowl. Ergo, birdhunter was born.

[fish forever]

if i had my druthers i'd fish forever.

when i die, they're going to bury me at sea where i will fish forever.

[jawbreaker]

I like candy.
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[FallRiverGuy]

Hmmm, lets see, first I am a guy, and second I live close to Fall River and fish it as much as possible. Hence my moniker. images/icons/cool.gif

[Hummingbird]

I guess I picked my monkier because I like a particular Nectar and have previously worked with a reknown ornitholigist several years back mist netting and banding these birds and many , many more. I also picked this because I was lurking here one day and Jennie wanted to know how those little bitty birds could fly all the way to South america non-stop. Well I wrote her and told her . I then took the name as my monkier images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/cool.gif images/icons/confused.gif

[ol tuna skipper]

High school buddy named me this for the land trolling I did in my promiscuous bachelor years. Never been on a tuna boat.

[Jennie@ifish]

Jennie @ifish... Let's see.... where did I get this name? Jennie@ifish...
I forget. It came to me one night, a long time ago when I could think better then I can right now.
Jen

[OR Coast Range]

Aw, skipper. You totally ruined my impression of you! images/icons/cool.gif

[Drifty]

Because my thoughts always drift back to fishing no matter what im doing.

[Crabby 2]

I've used this moniker in the past when corresponding with one of my good fishing buddies. Sometimes, when the wives are getting a bit cranky or someone whimpers about the fishing conditions,we'd call 'em the crabby ones. Hence, I became Crabby 2!Just kidding. I love to crab, and so does my family. images/icons/smile.gif

[Mr. Fisherman]

Well now,

Funny you should ask images/icons/smile.gif.

You see, I'm completely adicted to fishing. For me it is a way of life. Just check out my signature and you know I'm hopeless, "Live to fish, fish to live."

Well my finances can't keep up with my dependance on fishing to keep my keel even. As a result I have had several, er, discussions with my better half. After she listens to my half baked answer on why I spent so much money on the last fishing trip a common statement would be...."LISTEN HERE MR. FISHERMAN....." I think you get the idea here. Anyway, to emulate the pebble in the stream I decided to just go with it. No point in fighting a loosing battle. She still loves me though and thank God sh likes fish images/icons/grin.gif.

This is a great thread. I haven't had time to read it all but I will.

Tight lines to all....

Mr. F.

[Timber Man]

images/icons/grin.gif SAWDUST

[salmonroebait]

FISHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LOVE OF MINE, AS WELL AS MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM. FINDING A PERFECT BAIT WAS MY GRANDFATHERS MISSION IN LIFE. AFTER SEVERAL DIFFERANT ATTEMPTS, HE FINALLY CREATED A FLAWLESS (SO FAR) CURE FOR HIS EGGS AKA ROE. HE SHARED HIS SECRET RECIPE WITH HIS SON, HIS SON LATER PASSED THIS WONDERFUL RECIPE TO ME. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS RECIPE, SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE FISHING WORLD. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT POPS UP UNDER "SALMON ROE BAIT" ON THE SEARCH ENGINES. THAT IS HOW I GOT MY FORUM NAME.

HAPPY JACK images/icons/grin.gif

[ol tuna skipper]

Oregon Fish chaser, Sorry I shattered your image of me. I was afraid that might happen.
I'm not that old either. Mabey I should change my moniker to reestablish the mystery. images/icons/grin.gif

[Phish_on]

up to the top for fishhead...

[boater]

uhhh, i may violate i-fish rules if i told you the story behind this name.

[Jeffhead]

boater,
Why would you let that stop ya now??? images/icons/tongue.gif images/icons/grin.gif

[Nanook]

http://bestanimations.com/Animals/Mammals/Bears/PolarBear-02.gif

[BellBuoy]

Partly the make of my boat and also a reminder to watch my drift when playing a fish. Once having a partner say "don't let this buoy scare ya, we're gonna miss it" while I was playing a nice chinook. I turned and looked to see Buoy 11 a cats whisker from the side of my boat.

[Crusin]

Got the nick from my buddies from to many hey.there not bitin here...lets crusie down to.......

[Catch 22]

I just thought it was "Catchy". images/icons/rolleyes.gif Sorry.

[hawgcatcher]

Comes from all those "Hawgs" that I caught while bass fishing over the years and add that to my 22 years of employment with Washington County, thus "Hawgcatcher". images/icons/cool.gif

[Timber Man]

How about OLD GROWTH images/icons/rolleyes.gif SAWDUST

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[Fishhead]

My name comes from the buds that I fish with. We call any one who lives and breaths fishing a FISHHEAD. This is a name give to anyone who eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks about fishing with out even knowing he's doing it. Thus the name. See ya on the water..............Fishhead Vic images/icons/grin.gif

[ol tuna skipper]

KarenLee, name of my boat. Named after my wife. This way I can always say I'm spending quality time with her

[212hjet]

I was grinning a bunch til I got to Drifter's post.....now the tears are flowing so badly that I can hardly post. Drifter....you've out fishing too much (thought I couldn't utter those words)..you've forgotten that wives can (ocassionally) do more than kiss....find your way home again. I love fishing myself, but your situation is too sad. Go home. "if you fish, you will catch" how does the movie title go..."If you rebuild your bridge to home you will ____"!

[blubeast]

Blubeast was the name I gave my tow vehicle 20 plus years ago. Its 454 has a VERY hefty appetite for the petrol,,, and is blue in color. Still giving reliable service with it's latest boat in tow.

[BUGLEMAN]

About 4 years ago I was getting confided with the mouth reeds so, I had to pick a moniker for Almost On Line. Anyway, Bugle was take, Bugleman was taken and the Girlfriend Suggests Bugleman to you. IE call me bugleman. It is mine for AOL, Yahoo and Ifish. And now my handle is Bugleman.

Back then it was unearned yet I have proven myself by taking a Huge 4pt near Saddle Mt. with my bow. He hung 450lbs in the cooler.

[Sliderite]

Well when I finally decided I was going to make a post last night...I thought of all the good names taken. I do have a DB and it is a relic sliderite so instead of coming up with a cutsy self-embellishing name I chose the **** boat name. Oh well..it hasn't let me down yet and it doesn't talk back in a very demeaning manner especially when it hits a submerged rock. I am the one who goes "OW..oo...OW". She does float topside better than most boats but somedays you just don't hit the shallow riffles like you should!!!! Oh well!!!

[Deepslayer]

When I first moved to Oregon about 8 years ago a technician at work asked me if I'd like to go bottom fishing. Of course I said yes. When I got to Newport the next morning at half past dark, I saw the ugliest hand painted bright orange "boat" I've ever seen. Behind the boat were two of the oldest 25hp motors in existence. There was one seat in it the pilot's seat. I got to sit on an old apple crate for the ride out to seal rock.
Needles to say the boat didn't make very good time and I fell fast asleep with my head leaning over the gunwhale. When we stopped to fish I immediately woke up.
He said I was the deepest sleeper he had ever seen. the waves splashing me in the face didn't even bother me.
We limited out that day and had a lot of good days fishing after that, with the same result. I would sleep all the way out and all the way backin, no matter what the weather or conditions were. So he started calling me deep sleeper.
I am! And the name stuck!

[Sliderite]

How can you now wake up so early to hit the water??
Need more coffee!!!!!

[Deepslayer]

Who said I wake up early? I just get up and worry about waking up when the fish are on. Coffee is not an option anymore. My last stint on graveyard shift drinking 20-25 cups a night killed my taste for coffee, not to mention my stomach. Do I know you? We are practically neighbors. images/icons/confused.gif

[Deleted User]

I picked this name because it's one of my favorite books and sometimes it actually seems like we are being constantly watched. Maybe my name should be Paranoid instead.

[212hjet]

This was the first BB I ever entered as a member and contributed to(debatable according to some....see the North River thread). Since it dealt with jet boats of, which I thought I knew something, I created the name from my Hamilton 212 pump, as most can tell. It was a great start with a lot of lively discussion and the ability to meet people like Angel, Boater, RT, Hogtide and others who have all been very helpful and interesting. There are a few of us over here in Idaho who participate on this board and we still offer any help we can give on whitewater jet boating and/or fishing in our neck of the woods, too. A great place...thanks to all.
P.S. thanks for letting all of those Snake?Salmon River fish through....we had a great season with some very bright and tasty kings.

[Capin' Dan]

Its Dan! for two reasons one my name is Danny and two my wifes initials are DAN. The explanation mark, well if you knew my wife you wouldn't ask. Seriously that is just what we have used for initials and email names ect. for years.

Dan!

[SAUKit2em]

My favorite river is the Sauk where I own and operate the Sauk River Steelhead Ranch so I had to incorporate Sauk into my name in one way or another. I also hold three different martial arts black belts, almost four now, and when I used to compete my folks used to say "go sock it to 'em, kid!!" sooooo....that's how my moniker became SAUKit2em. One of my other aliases is "Kid Sauk" although I'm not much of a kid anymore at 26, I used to listen to a rock star called Kid Rock and my buddies started calling me "Kid Sauk" which I am currently using on the Piscatorial Pursuits BB.

BTW, for those not familiar with the Sauk river it is pronounced like "sock" not "sow'k" as I have heard many times images/icons/rolleyes.gif

Peace

[new boat]

OK, about the time I finally decided to buy my new Thunderjet, a buddy turned me on to this BB. What did I see first, the NR thread and all the boat bashing. I still believed in my research and bought the TJ. That was several months ago and so for so good, except for a few issues with the Marine Power 454. Think we have finally solved them. Hence Proud TJ Driver in spite of the bashing!!! images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif

[ampersat]

unfortunately, mine has nothing to do with fishing. it's from an internet discussion from a few years ago. someone said, "if '&' is an ampersand, then '@' is an ampersat." actually, the '@' is called an amphora, just in case anyone was wondering. i use the name everywhere i go because it's never been taken. that way i don't forget which username i have on this or that website. i even bought the domain name for it but have yet to use it. domain name for sale: never used, still in box.

[hustlerrjim]

I have been a small time gambler all my life, in colledge, I hustled pool,after that poker,now it's the big bet on =1st fish, biggest fish,and whose wife will let somebody go fishing.
I have the kitchen walls plastered with money that people bet with me.
I'm starting on the living room next.