When you started talking about being in a band I immediately thought "Enter Sandman", the song released by Metallica I believe it was in 1991.  I though for sure that was where your response was going to end up but noooo, instead it's a homemade horror movie? 

Anyway, my name "sixshooter" is just like it sounds, the infamous handgun also know as a snake charmer since it has came in handy a time or two when crossing patchs with a rattlesnake. 

I've actually had a rattler strike the bottom of my hiking boot while walking through a prairie dog town.  Before that, I was walkin' through some very tall weeds by some old homesteads and heard a rattle so I got the heck out of dodge only to come back and notice about a 4 foot rattler headin' down into a well.  These two occasions happened to me at a young age between the age of 10 and 12 years old.

The rattles from the snake in the dog town came home with me as we had rifles with us since we were shootin' some dogs that day but the other time we were not armed. 

I have had several other instances where I crossed paths with a rattlesnake and always seem to have that false sense of security with a sixshooter strapped to my side no matter if it's a .22 caliber or a Colt 45. 

Of course the use of the gun is rarely necessary since a rattlesnake is usually good about giving fair warning prior to striking unless of course you are about ready to step on it while not paying attention to where you are walking which I am not sure how one does not walking through a prairie dog town but some how I managed to pull that one off.

Anyway, the name sixshooter seems to be a very appropriate name since I love the outdoors and hunting & a sixshooter definitely has a lot of history in my neck of the woods.

That's awesome Sandman, I thought there had to be some connection......

Yes sir gllenn57, I'm from Willmar. I don't know where the old camp ground is east of New London.

That's just me. In the fifth grade we had two Richards in the class and the teacher asked who wanted to be called Dick so the confusion would lesson. Even at that age nobody was going to call me a DICK! True story!!

bettin he's called ya worse!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got mine shortly after I bought my first fly rods(6wt and 10wt). I practiced on some grayling, then I decided to try to catch some northerns. First cast bam, 25 in. Third cast, bam, 24 in. Next weekend I had a float tube kicking all over the lake catching northerns right and left. I took home 5 to eat and released 12. Now, I even give northern reports to sportsman's warehouse up here. I also tie all the flies my buddies and I use for them. Also, I just started fly fishing last May.