Why the alias?

[Hookmaker]

Many if not all of our fine brothers in UKCF use an alias. What?s the story of the alias (not necessarily who?s behind it)?

Ive been fly fishing for salmon and sea trout most of my life and for over 30 years I devoted my entire spare time on tying classic Atlantic salmon flies both for fishing and exhibition.
Half way into that career I finally realized that the perfect salmon iron had not yet been invented, so I started making my own (and a few for sale) salmon hooks from scratch wire. I spent 20 years doing this, and travelled all over at shows etc. to promote the making of your own hooks within that small exclusive community. As time passed I became know as the ?hookmaker?. The name stuck on everything and on all things. It became my alias or handle for fly fishing and tying forums, rc helicopter forums, paragliding forums and now cigarforums.

[geoffbot]

Mainly because my name is Geoff, and I'm a robot.

[ha_banos]

I think I have the most unimaginative handle. I'm a jolly chap most of the time and I do enjoy Havana cigars.

[puff o'wind]

Mine because many years ago I needed a handle for an airgun shooting forum. Seemed apposite for that and a shame to lose it afterwards. Ironically, as do many other folks hands, it sort of fits many other fora...

[sheppsea]

Nothing too exciting here - first five letters of my surname and the first three of my first name

It’s also the username we used on computers at school; most people’s looked weird but mine had a ring to it

[PeeJay]

Quite simply the initials of my christian names

[oskihen]

Boys names, Oscar and Henry

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[pigpen]

Pigpen was a nickname I picked up years ago. Named after a character in snoopy who had loads of flies buzzing about his head. I was at a rowing regatta and had just finished a race, sweating my socks off and had a load of midges flying about my head....one of my crew cane up with it and 35 years later people still use it.


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[glezga]

im from Glasgow where we say Glesga instead of Glasgow, the Z gives it a bit more zzz

[SHAMZ84]

Shorteren version of my name and birth year

[Haaltert]

Even worse and probably the most ridiculous: the name of the town I live in.


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[grumpybaldy]

Can't think

[mcdee]

Mine is a nickname that some of my friends have used for me for years; a sort of abbreviated version of my surname, McDonald.

[Kickback]

I came here to kick back and relax.

[Haaltert]

Can't think

And not too much hair? Lol


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