alright, I gave it an hour, anyone got a good substitute. The main features that work for this font in this design at the drippy roughness and the motion implied. It will be used in a fly fishing design.

almost forgot, as usual, free is better as I have no budget...

I found
Jane Austen
http://www.dafont.com/jane-austen.font?text=Reservoir

so far.

anyone got a good substitute

Hi Casey,
have a look at:
P22 Cézanne
AVP Norwich
Secret Scrypt

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More alternatives:
George Gibson
P22 Hopper
P22 Monet
P22 Gauguin
P22 Vincent
P22 Declaration
Voluta Script
ITC Johann Sparkling
MVB Chanson d’Amour
MVB Sacre Bleu
FF Pepe
Staunton Scripts

I checked the Antique handwriting (Part 10) section in the Script Font ID Guide, and also checked MyFonts for ’old script’. I think Gauguin was the most similar to me. At least for these letters. I agree with Florian that Secret Scrypt is another similar style.

That suggests that this is either an amateur script ( the joins are rather poor), and/or a custom font, because it looks like a font (based on identical-looking duplicate letters).

- Mike Yanega

I realized that for all your work I never remember to thank you all for coming to my aid with my font IDs... thanks so much!

You’re welcome.