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    The Mountain Whitefish, aka Short Fin Grayling thread

    #14, body is simple chamois skin wrap, tiny tail 3 mm or so of skin is optional, dark sparse griz hackle, one wrap will do. Fish it through a deep hole and down through the tail out. Deep, if you're not loosing flies, probably missing fish. Tie some weighted and un weighted. Just a generic...
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    Fishing along the Alcan Highway

    Head net and broad brimmed hat to keep the mesh away from your face. Thin gloves to wear fishing. Thick wool or flannel shirts are a little more bug proof. 100 % DEET. A tire repair kit and small compressor. And more money.
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    Go-to Trout Lake Patterns

    My favorite Lake Trout fly is a simple white streamer usually a #6 with a bit of red thread for a gill. It's fished on a Teeny 300 gr? sink tip line, w/ a short stiff leader over boulder and coble rubble at 10 to 20 ft depth. Good fishing starts a week or so after ice out where a creek runs...
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    NFR Why do people in the country back in to park, and in the city they pull in?

    Real sportsmen back in so they can get their shotgun in play quicker when the grouse come to the parking lot to pick up grit.
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    9mm or .45acp?

    Sounds like you have all the equipment you need, a couple 1911s in .45 ACP, and if you'd feel more comfortable, get an extended magazine. Buffalo Bore Cartridge makes hard cast loads in different grain weights, velocity and ft lbs are listed on the website, about $40.00 / bx. Lived, worked and...
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    Topper Build

    Re: memory foam and cold weather camping. Some memory foam I used ( years back) turned into a rock when cold. Don't know if that's true or not with the newer memory foams.
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    Final Blow to Pebble Mine?

    Dams, mines, etc are zombie like. Those ideas never die, just go dormant until the next time. Example: "trial balloons" are being floated to test public reaction to adding more Colorado R. dams. The answer is use less. Case in point; in Phoenix and Tucson subdivisions are still being...
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    Jojo?

    You are not "terrible." It sounds like you're overloaded, frustrated, fed up, worn out and angry. It's understandable when you're caring for one person, and you're caring for two people. Skipping Mother's Day sounds like a fair way of caring for yourself. If keeping your distance works than...
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    Zodiac/inflatable for lake & bass fishing?

    Used a couple diferent Avon and Aire inflatables in rivers ( oar only) and lakes ( small outboard to 7 1/2 HP) for decades. Guided fly fishing from an Avon before drift boats were popular. Packed out elk with an Avon, ran whitewater, cast and blast for geese and trout, overnight trips, many...
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    Best practice for deeply hooked fish?

    Clip close and release. Or harvest. Your call. Both are ethical IMO.
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    Other Hobbies?

    Spent most of my growing up and adult years on water of some type. Lead a few canoe trips for vy low money as an undergrad. Raft guided WW and FF in a couple national parks and forests for 27 yrs until old age / L. back damage caught up. Floated WW on the Grand, Green, Salmon, with a bunch of...
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    GX 900 rod blanks questions:

    Came across a well done 9' 6/6 wt , 2 piece fly rod at an estate sale. It casts pretty well. Does anyone know who made the blank and where they were sold? At worst it'll be a brother in law loaner. Online search turned up a few old custom rod sales not much else. Thanks in advance. Whitewater
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