Hey Brier -- great introduction. Welcome. We do try real hard to make people feel welcome, and we try real hard to provide accurate advice. Your background should be a real asset, so keep coming back.
And, as you may have noticed, we don't always give advice. Sometimes we just have fun. If you've been reading the forum for a while, you may have seen that we are sending a box of lures all over the world for forum members to fish with in their ponds (
Fellowship of the Traveling Lures) before sending it to another Pond Boss member. Well, now it will be my turn. A good Pond Boss friend, Todd3138, is driving about 3 hours over the mountain to deliver them. We'll fish a few ponds and maybe have a fish fry.
I guess what I'm trying to say with lots of words is that this is a good place to make great friends who love fish and ponds.
Again, welcome!
Ken