I am proud to announce that Rod Smith of CH Marine will be joining Troutprostore as a contributor and we anticipate some interesting blogs of stories or news from Rod in the coming days. Rod is presently the Managing Director of the C H Smith Marine Company, 16 Langridge St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia. Rod is also the former president of the Boating Industry Association and he has a passion for boating and fishing. Rod is willing to share his passion as well as his mastefful expertise with our visitors at Troutprostore. Although Rod is more inclined to fish for many species of fish, and not necessarily trout, his wisdom will be more than welcom here. In addition, it is always interesting to see what is happening and what is new "Down Under". For those of you in Austrailia, you may want to stop by C H Smith Marine and say hello to Rod.