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In the midst of an Australian family vacation. There is, however, fish to be had. I booked a trip on the 7th with a well known fly fishing guide in Sydney. We were initially worried about the rains that dumped a fair bit the week prior. The morning of, we were greeted with beautifully clear...

$73.43 pick-up in the PDX area. I will not ship. Size medium is 50L. Great shape. I bought it some 12-15 years ago (I literally have no idea) and have used it exactly once the summer I bought it....It's just been in the garage ever since.

no, not THIS kind of bass player.... These two.... I did manage to hook 3 or 4 others who decided not to make it to my net. I didn't mark very many, but the one's I did were right where they were supposed to be at this location. Water temp was 50 on the dot. saw these two...

I had some time this morning to kill, so what better way to spend it prior to the family waking up than checking out some potential early season carp spots. 1st spot = bust. Too high (and cold). 2nd spot = bust. Also too high (also too cold)....nearly got taken out by several logs. 3rd...

say what? take your pick, short-fin grayling, mountain bonefish, whitefish....whatever, they're pretty damn fun. so are the redsides...

@PhilR decided to join me on a mostly futile coastal fishing excursion yesterday....mostly in that we didn't touch any finned creatures, but saw a bunch of elk and he saw a big otter. road over the pass was decent..... the access road, was a touch deeper than I typically feel comfortable in...

Saw a few cool things...lots of deer, Bob the bobcat who wasn't feeling super photogenic on the access road, a pile of fish, nothing really big but one super tiny 4" whitey, one broken euro rod (totally my fault, not what you think, but still totally my fault), super nice day.....There's always...

Seems as though some cool stuff is coming out of the former employer of one of our fearless leaders. Anyone gotten their hands on one yet? One rod I regret getting rid of was my Echo 11' 7wt glass switch...that thing was just buttery smooth. I like the look of the 12' 7wt here... Fiberglass...

Always seems to replenish the soul... Found a bunch of these (plus a few redsides and a couple of steelhead who climbed on, then climbed off) I suppose if you're gonna use a bobber on a fly rod, may as well get the color right... Finished up here...

I absolutely LOVE my orange Stren Catfish mono, but they've stopped making it and I seem to have lost my spool that had probably 100' left on it. I was using the 30lb for my SH 8wts with Commando (and similar) heads--tried the 20lb and it kinked a little too much for my liking. Anyway, looking...

Found myself out in a CO canyon today.... Visited an old friend...iykyk. And made a new friend... Also found a decent number of fish willing to participate. Thanks @PhilR for the company.... 🍻

....and I found some: last thing little critters see....just big ole rubber lips. I found an overzealous friend back at the car... 🍻

...for their wet wading purposes? inquiring minds want to know. To me, they look incredibly interesting...provided the sole is at least as sticky as my current Simms Challenger shoes (would be nice to have a little more ankle support with an ultra light wading shoe). interested in thoughts of...

Had a fun CO extra long weekend trip to Sunriver for an extended family get together. I managed to fish most days. First day, a friend took me to a Cascade lake that held some pretty nice fish. We both caught, lost and broke off some very nice trout (sorry no great pics there). Each of the...

Does anyone else just see fly tying materials there? https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/07/11/mammoth-fossil-genome/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Found a decent number total with about 6 or 7 that were in that 15"+ range...just enough to keep things interesting. No true giants, but plenty fun-sized ones. 🍻

....flies. Almost all of these are tied by me (minus the crease/poppers & some of the shrimpy stuff). box one of two. Although, there are several @SilverFly squid flies buried somewhere in there too....I spy several that came from a swap a while back as well. The other box has mostly...

I repeat, do NOT trout set. I DID strip set nicely into a couple of sticks. Tally for the morning: 4 follows, 1 eat, 1 trout set. 😬 A VERY nice fish about 2 rod lengths away. Sorry, no pics....because you know, I trout set.

I try not to post too many whining posts, but I don't recall seeing a price jump like this for a fly line... And here I was just getting used to $99 as being the standard for "top of the line" lines...

Ok, so I grabbed one of these for really cheap while I was at the fly tying expo in Albany early March. Really for the one or two times a winter I fish rivers/runs large enough I can't effectively fish with my SH swinging setups. It's got a rather large grain window according to the charts...