Recent content by Matt B

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Fish, wildlife and people *will* be impacted by the snowpack deficit, if not already. Where is Cliff's analysis of soil moisture and aquifer levels? How about streamflows, which are also low low low? https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/rt edit: heck, even...

How does this date compare to past years? I appreciate your annual reports, btw! Now if only we could grow more of the fish up there to be big enough to choke one of those monster bugs down...I know there's a few...it'd be neat if there were a few more.

Yeah, big vinegar fan here, too. Dad's side of the family is German. I make quick-pickled eggs pretty frequently to take fishing. Take a couple peeled hard-boiled eggs, put 'em in a jar and cover with a liberal amount of salt, then a whole bunch of hot sauce, and two kinds is better than one...

I went out with a girl named after this song. It was South Carolina after all, and the Allmans love runs deep and wide down there. She was a little wild and we had fun for a summer.

"If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love."

Nice work. I’d call that a callibaetis spinner based on the info and image. Hope you feel better soon, Tom!

Nice bass. Apparently the Rock can relate to lactic acid buildup, which he has a lot of concern about in his beloved fish, but it’s tougher to grasp the whole “fish can’t breathe air” thing.

The biggest driver of scary wildfire conditions on the west side of the Cascades is actually none of the above, but wind. The most frequent source of ignition is people.

Let’s not equate drought and wildfire risk, though. They are related, but there’s so much more that goes into wildfire risk beyond a statewide drought status. That being said, it does look like some areas got a good flush of early growth which is going to likely dry out. In some cases it...

We’ve been in a water deficit since 2015. There have been some good years and lot of average or lean years. The aquifers can’t catch up, and low flows are getting lower and lower.

Well heck, I’ll weigh in with my opinion too, since I value it very much. Travers was funnier a long time ago, but if Travers posts (not knowing Travers’s’s pronouns I’m trying to be respectful here, as Travers demands) between about 1:30 am and 3 am it’s usually at least a little funny. Travers...

Or tuna. Tempting!

Great photos! That last one shows a two-tone abdomen--dark dorsal and lighter ventral! Hard to tie that. That's where a marker might be handy.

Interesting. The duns I see are lighter-bodied and have speckled wings, but I've never seen speckled wings on a spinner, and the spinners are always dark-bodied.

Are the callibaetis spinners around you that paler tan color? I have not caught this hatch too often, but the callibaetis spinners I have seen in Washington have all had a dark gray body.