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A rough graphite and colored pencil study for an albacore painting I've been thinking about.

Thinking you'd need a 14wt to fish PNW rivers a few million years ago: https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/giant-prehistoric-salmon-had-tusk-like-teeth-just-like-a-warthogs

Already on the Saltwater Dirtbag forum but the cooking content is too good to not post here. Anyway I found these gear/spear and cook channels after a short stint on swing shift let me catch up on fishing vids. Mostly based in Key West, but I believe fishing is fishing, and a lot of what these...

Got a chance to catch up on fishing vids after a short stint on swing shift. Found 2 channels that are loaded with great fishing and cooking content. Mostly based in Key West, but I believe fishing is fishing, and a lot of what these guys are doing can be applied to PNW saltwater. Especially...

NFR, but maybe we need a "cool shit" forum for stuff like this. At the very least this seems like a must watch for anyone that appreciates commitment to excellence in "craftsmanship". A term that falls far short of the true discipline, ingenuity, and science that goes into making a traditional...

Roughly 4 months til tuner season ... Looks like we're in for La Nina conditions this year. https://research.noaa.gov/2023/11/07/recent-triple-dip-la-nina-upends-current-understanding-of-enso/

The short story is if you have GAP insurance, you need to report an accident to your primary insurance within 5 days. If not, you could have your GAP claim denied, even though your primary insurance still covers the claim: Looking for advice, insights, and if nothing else, posting as a PSA...

Found this Youtube channel playing at a local sushi spot. In a nutshell, this young girl lives on a rural Sichuan farm with her grandma. She (and I'm sure a large/unseen support staff) grow a huge variety of crops and livestock. She also forages for wild foods, firewood, and anything useful...

Visited the Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum in Hood River this week: WAAAM . Amazing collection of beautifully restored aircraft, cars, and military equipment. The surprise was a display of antique fishing tackle, mostly Luhr Jensen (Hood River based). I remember fishing some of...

So while I've been having some success with migrating chinook and coho in some nasty pocket water lately, I'm definitely open to suggestions on how to improve on it. Basically I see this as scaled up high stick trout nymphing, just in extremely turbulent water ... and really large "trout". I've...

Hit a falling SWW river this morning hoping hatchery coho would be on the move, and they were. Same pocket water I fished a couple weeks ago for Tule fall chinook. Water was significantly higher though. Due to the white water I fished a 12wt with floater and long leader. I don't like using...

... Or maybe the "Carp" of PNW Salmon; because they eat flies and fight hard, even though they are stinky and inedible. Anyway, with two tuna trips canceled due to weather and a full week off, I switched to plan B: Fall chinook and coho. This turned out to be "dark chinook week", mostly Tule...

... Or maybe the "Carp" of PNW Salmon; because they eat flies and fight hard, even though they are stinky and inedible. Anyway, with two tuna trips canceled due to weather and a full week off, I switched to plan B: Fall chinook and coho. This turned out to be "dark chinook week", mostly Tule...

Day One: Pleasant drive up the CR Gorge with a stop at North Bonneville to drool over URB (Up River Bright) chinook and B-run summer steelhead. Plenty of chinook, a few steelhead and even a couple hefty coho. This place is addictive and was tough paring down to the 4 shots posted. Upriver...

My wife and I enjoyed our Getaway to the area back in April so much, we're headed back for a couple nights next week. April was great, but a bit early with many of the higher areas still closed. Guessing options not a problem now. I want to do some fishing but kinda torn between...

Every year my in laws set up a family vacation. I have little to do with it outside the initial group query on the location; Is it near water? ... "It's at the beach" ... then, YES! This year, I was only told "Ocean Shores". Great, haven't been to that stretch of WA coast in decades, but no...

Being stuck on the tuna sidelines for a few more weeks, all I can do is read reports and look at SST/chloro charts. I'd be interested to hear thoughts on what color breaks on this unusual shot look good. To me the obvious spot is the break at the 46 corners. But also wondering about the inside...

I've been mostly out of the river gear-fishing loop for a couple decades now, and haven't given jig twitching for coho a proper try. I've had some success with weighted flies in frog water and in deep pools, but seems to me there must be some similarities with twitching jigs. What I've heard...

These have proven very useful for tying squid patterns, and can also be used for baitfish as a means of durably attaching eyes, adding color, and flash materials. MATERIALS: UV resin (Solarez Thin here), rubbing alcohol, eyes of choice (FTD 12mm in silver ), and translucent craft ribbon (no...

Been kinda preoccupied with non-fishing stuff this year, so (shocker) I haven't given tuna much thought ... yet. That said, the first sport caught 2023 PNW Albacore should hit the decks within the next week or three. Time to start discussing trip plans, gear, fly patterns, field tuna newbie...