Recent content by PhilR

The immersion shock, gasp reflex, and loss of muscle control doesn’t care how good of a swimmer you are.

Darn. It was on my list this year as well.

Perfect, thanks. I think I have some casing lying around.

Pat (or anyone else), what do you use to cut the foam discs? I'm getting ready to fill my carp box, and want to tie a bunch of these. In another thread you mentioned some kind of punch. Thanks

Dang, were you in my backyard?

5 trips? Respect. But, how big is your freezer?

Two five pound weight discs. If they won’t hold, it’s too windy for a tube.

It's trespassing, and I do it as well. The fun part is hiking up the tracks in the predawn dark. Plenty of notice when a train is coming, but still have my head on a swivel. The only place I've heard of people getting in trouble is at South Junction on the Deschutes.

No advice, but looking forward to your report. We're going to do some DIY from the beach in May, so may have a report before you go.

I just keep the ones from the Rio tippet spools.

You guys are killing me. It’s only march and I’m already on a tuna stoke. 😀

I went on a major clean out and reorganization over the holidays. Threw out a lot of flies that were too poorly tied to donate. Got rid of all the musky flies I tied in my first two years chasing. I put a lot of PTs and prince nymphs in the storage box - I'll probably never fish a prince nymph...

I have a couple of laundry baskets full of rod tubes in my closet. Might give my wife the wrong idea if I used a trash can.

Seconding Gordy out of Hammond. He will do fly trips, but it’s not his thing like Nick. He can put you on fish, though. You didn’t ask, but I’d advise against trying to mix fly with gear fishing.

Back to the idea of wearing a pfd. The belt inflatables are convenient, but they need to be deployed and then put over your head. Easy on a sup in calm waters, much harder getting swept down river fully dressed. Either belt or horse collar , you end up with all the flotation in front of you...