I couldn’t tell if that was an R8 or a Sonic. He
may have said what rod it was but I didn’t catch it.
I wasn’t aware of his own line of rods. I have seen a handful of his videos and he is always using a sage tcr or vt2. This one was a new rod for him and it was a Sage. R8 or Sonic. Thing just fell apart on him.Didn't watch the video, but I know he sells his own line of rods so on the surface I'd guess it was one of those.
That guy is a douche bag, he justifies using a trout spey on the OP during spring Steelhead season because that 5wt casts the same grain weight as a 7/8 single hander.
I called him out on it and got a nasty email back, I never responded as theres no point to argue as his ego would never admit hes wrong.
Automatic weapons? Should be easy to track down who it was. Very rare and very expensive permits are required for such arms.Just guessing, but if Flyfish Dan ever has the reel seat of one of his own rods fall off you wouldn't be watching it happen on a YouTube video. I've had a number of firearm related issues while fishing and know how he felt. Had some dudes open up with automatic weapons shooting into the Skagit river (and toward the South Skagit Hwy) about 20yds in front of me as I was walking out of a steelhead run a couple years ago. Quite a shock, going from utter silence to armageddon. Stray bullets have also hit trees near me in years past. I knew the jokers on the Skagit hadn't seen me, but in the other cases you always wonder if it's a psycho shooting at you or just a stray/careless shot. Nothing against responsible hunters, but there are also a lot of nutjobs with guns running around out there. And IMO they're far more prevalent and dangerous than Grizzly will ever be - at least in WA.
Did you fish the run?Automatic weapons? Should be easy to track down who it was. Very rare and very expensive permits are required for such arms.
I had something similar of the Grand Ronde years ago but it was just an ar-15 and it was done deliberately to keep us from fishing the run.
One of the neighboring land owners who threatened me with a gun while surveying in the woods later became someone who granted me access to several miles of river without having to ask to cross, and actually kind of a friend. Weird how those things work out.I've been shot at once...I could hear the bullet wizz by my ear, this was about 40 years ago on the east end of Molokai. The guy who shot at me became a good fishing friend later on...
No kidding…. I was at Kamalo pier and watching a school of mullet; I laid a piece of gill net out and proceeded to push the fish towards the net, which Hawaiians call pai pai, splashing the water to head the fish into a net…apparently I should not have fished there. Six months later, we are drinking beers and fishing out of his boat../One of the neighboring land owners who threatened me with a gun while surveying in the woods later became someone who granted me access to several miles of river without having to ask to cross, and actually kind of a friend. Weird how those things work out.
Criminals don’t buy permits…Automatic weapons? Should be easy to track down who it was. Very rare and very expensive permits are required for such arms.
I had something similar of the Grand Ronde years ago but it was just an ar-15 and it was done deliberately to keep us from fishing the run.