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I use physical sunscreen (e.g. Zinc) on my hands because they bear the brunt of exposure. Since I'm rowing and fishing, I don't like chemical sunscreen on my hands because it's rough on gear, and I find that I can usually apply the physical sunscreen to the back of one hand, then successfully...

Thanks for sharing this. We've made a couple awkward u-turns with a drift boat because there's been no information about the status of the road. This is frustrating - and while I've not been thrilled about the increased popularity that Merrill has gained during the pandemic for paddle boarders...

Ginger Baker Trio - Ramblin' from Going Back Home

I read triggerfish and was confused.

I've cracked three line tips in the last 3 months and it's time to cut & reweld. I must be casting like an @$shole. :)

I just bought a South Bend mechanical reel at an antiques store for $5. Mostly for nostalgia since it's what I learned on. I'll eventually rig it up with my super-old Shakespeare rod for lake trolling. The whole outfit will cost me probably $13 because of the cost of new backing. Apparently the...

We did La Paz for Thanksgiving a few years back. It was amazing and if it weren't for damn family, I'd happily do that every year.

I love my Boost Blue 8wt. It's superior to the Thomas & Thomas Solar that I broke and replaced it with (repair would have cost more than the Boost Blue and taken several months). I use it for salt & rivers and it casts a full sink with weighted flies quite well.

Are there optimum/ideal levels for floating at each station?

Now we gotta see this fly.

Oh, yeah, I've figured it out. The boats came down the East Fork, which dumps in above the West Branch boat launch (but sometimes empties below the ramp when there's a lot of water).

Lake Billy Chinook is big and can get windy. That sounds like a good boat for it. Same for Simtustus. Heck, all the Cascade Lakes can get windy in a hurry.

Most definitely. If you do happen to get access to a boat, I've had some good days casting to the north bank of the Met Arm of the reservoir. Caught my first bully there.

It's been a while, but I used to fish lake Simtustus a lot. Both trout and smallmouth are available, but it really helps to have a boat. It can be fun to cruise the bank and chuck wooly buggers and stip.

My current favorite lines for casting are an SA heavy sink and Rio Tropical Outbound. I fell in love with trout hunter tippet for freshwater, but lost 6 $pools when they fell out of my pocket while releasing a fish on the Snake. I think I have a slight preference for SA tippet, but have started...