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  1. Ryan Smart

    Favorite bass rod weight, what you got?

    Like a lot of the other posts, I generally use an 7wt or 8wt for bass. Nearly all of my bass fishing is for smallmouth, and has mostly been in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario so the heavier rod is nice when a pike or musky decides to eat my bass fly.
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    Landscape Photos - Fishing Related (show us yours)

    I had to be in Colorado Springs this week for work, so traveled a day early and hit the Dream Stream on Saturday afternoon. It's still winter at 8500 feet!
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  4. Ryan Smart

    Snow Shred Season 23/24

    The Inland NW got hit pretty well this week too, Silver Mountain was fun today.
  5. Ryan Smart

    Five things I learned today from this "truck fell through the ice" article...

    As someone who grew up in Minnesota and had spent most of my life in the upper Midwest before moving west a few years ago, all the discussion of ice fishing and driving on ice is interesting. Obviously ice fishing is very popular there, and with 4-6 months of frozen water, the other...
  6. Ryan Smart

    Bass line question

    I had an 8wt Mojo Bass for several years and normally fished a bass/pike floating line on it. That said, when fishing from a boat, I pretty much always also had my 7wt streamer rod with a sink tip line available too so I could cover multiple depths of water. The Mojo Bass was great for making...
  7. Ryan Smart

    What are some of the fish you caught in 2023?

    A mix of PNW fish, Montana, Minnesota, and Ontario
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  16. Ryan Smart

    Your One Photo - 2023

    The photo itself is a bit blurry and distant, but definitely the fishing highlight of the year for me - my first PNW steelhead, this March in NE Oregon.
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    Landscape Photos - Fishing Related (show us yours)

    That's REALLY well done, beautiful photo.
  19. Ryan Smart

    Landscape Photos - Fishing Related (show us yours)

    I guess I'll have to keep posting scenery pics since the steelhead haven't been cooperating! I didn't get a decent picture showing it, but there was snow on you of the hills from last night, which makes the area even more beautiful. Southeastern WA
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