Meet Amanda

Although I have grown up fishing, my experience is different than most everyone else in this market. I've been fishing this tiny, tiny little lake up in the cascades between Waldo and Odell Lakes called Gold Lake. The lake prohibits motors of any kind and is barbless, fly fishing for trout only. The lake holds large native rainbow trout for catch & release as well. My parents carved our family's initials into a tree that fell into the lake about 40 years ago; it really is my little paradise on earth.

When Randy and I were newly dating, he introduced me to what I semi-affectionately refer to as "combat fishing". Frankly, you all terrify me when fishing off the bank. You're so close together and the water is moving so damn fast... I mean, I can barely keep my Ipod headphones from tangling up and I'm pretty sure that if I cast into that situation I'm going to create such a gigantic mess that I'll get shot. Probably my husband. Let me emphasize... I'm just along for the ride.

I'm technical support, bookkeeper, website administrator, shipping and receiving and sometimes the one that prevents him from accidentally tripping in the boat (the other time, I'm the one that causes it). I have a Masters in Psychology and work full time at Western Oregon University, then come home and start working all over for you all. If you actually read this, I'm really impressed... and just because, here's a code for a free sample bead pack if you enter the code in the notes at checkout : EASTEREGG

Thank you guys for all the support and encouragement; you're the reason we love doing this.