Recent content by Guy Gregory

Cliff generally is only concerned with water supply for Pugetopolis and irrigated agriculture. This year he notes, but generally sweeps past, the USBOR forecast in April for 62 percent of water for junior appropriators in the Yakima. Juniors are those with water rights having priority dates 1905...

Pretty much everything north of the Lochsa is below average. Fortunately we had a warm winter, with about normal precip, so we got a lot of recharge to the water table here in Eastern Washington. It's not super, but it beats the last 3 years which have been grim to disastrous. Lake levels are up...

Yeah, well, if you want a more complete look, here’s the April 1 snow index for BC, one of our most important neighbors to the north: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/river-forecast/2024_apr1.pdf Its gonna be smoky this summer everywhere in WA. My heart goes...

Does grabbing them in my driveway count?

Warm spring days, cold winter water: deadly combination.

Do many took a hit during Covid…it’s hard to tell you who’s alive or dead, coming back or slipping away. TU seems on life support, at least on the east side. Have you thought about Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, or the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership? They’re at least working to...

CalTopo works pretty good, and it's free.

I wonder if Nirvana picked Leland up. Most of their inventory seems to be Nirvana/Moonlit, which I think is mostly Korean. I bought a tying vise for travel from Moonlit last year, sub $90 shipped. It’s serviceable for that purpose with a couple of customizations to suit me. Current price point...

Why is your Nor-Vise overkill? Works great for me….

I got an Edge Archetype 9' 4wt. last year, yeah it took a while to get, but it was worth it. Nice rod, great fit and finish, casts and fishes nicely. Good price point.

One of the few memories I have of my old man is his description of his elation first casting a coated braded dacron line. He'd used silk for years, and the waxing, drying, stretching, etc. led he and his cronies to drop silk like a hot rock. I can't imagine a silk line living today from the...

My knowledge is all 40 years old and my favorite shops are long gone, but my memory is that any where you can access moving water there's fish to catch. Maybe some of the best blue-lining anywhere, but then I had some time and inclination then.

At the NWExpo, I sat with a gentleman tying truly wonderful flies out of common, but not necessarily common materials. Fascinating. One of the things he showed me was a very fine white fiber that fluoresced brightly when using his uv light. He had an interesting way of acquiring that fiber which...

Soft hackles, flymphs, wet flies without wings, sunken dries....Love 'em. I won a box of wonderful ties in a raffle at nwexpo this last weekend, and was lucky enough to sit down with the tyer William Lovelace, aka Roadkill on flymphforum.com. These are a great genre of flys, easy to tie, comfy...

It was well worth the drive for me, great show. I disavow responsibility for the demise of the monitor, but I was a witness in close proximity. Thanks.