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Steve, You never fail to amaze me. Great work. I love your sense of “Life”

On a real local lake today…I fished both Stiks….devirginized II with 43 on a wet line and 5 on the other with a “new” style indicator...

. what I like about this is not just your ingenuity but skill. It simply goes to show it it doesn’t take a $1-2,000 to catch fish

You wouldn’t believe how well these funky crooked stiks cast! I used a type III sink and can cast 40’-50’ easily! Even less effort with...

Ugly Stik II might even be a better casting stik than #1……I lawn cast it this morning, I guess for real results I’ll have to try several...

Glad to hear you are having fun making rods, you should try to make it ti the bamboo Fling in June. I'd like to see your rods.

Glorious Mike! I should catch up with you Mike and show you some of the bamboo rods I have made. All because of your initial mentoring...

Unless someone needs a stick to toast some marshmallows...

Steve let me cast the new stick the other day. Took a few casts to figure out the basic timing and was completely amazed at how well it...

Cool idea ! I also like that it has built-in theft protection...(Bet you can leave it leaning against your vehicle all night...and it'll...

A friend and I hit a small lake north of Snoqualmie for a few hours on Friday. The wind was shifting when we got there, and the water...

Thanks for sharing Dave, your ties are beautiful and adventures inspiring. Keep them coming.

Took my 9' 6 weight Wright and McGill WaterSeal bamboo rod to a western washington lake Friday. Last year when Greg Armstrong and I...

Took my annual trip to the eastern washington desert. Brought a 9' spliced Sharpes and a Sharpes 88. Both 6 weights. The rainbows...

If there's one photo I try to get of fish, it's a tail shot. Especially on a sunny day.