Recent content by BassBarbell

Carved out an extra day to fish on a work trip in central Idaho. Took the 5wt and a small box of dries looking for cutthroat and had this chunky bull trout eat a chubby while it was skating over a deep pool.

For Ocean Trips I do the best with the Non-drowsy Dramamine but I think the dosage recommendations aren’t accurate. I load up 2x what the package says when I wake up and am good to go.

How about Peamouth? This one got tangled up on an intruder and the 14’ 9 weight may be a little overpowered.

In a car did a spontaneous road trip to BC a few years ago and had a 14 hour solo drive from Idaho to Sacramento to make work the next day. Flew redeye California to New York, then to Johannesburg, then a small flight to Mossel Bay, South Africa to look at the great whites.

A little background I’m fairly tall and have always hated wearing boots. If I go hiking I will choose running shoes over any sort of hiking boot. The flyweight style has been good for me. I just retired a pair of Simms Flyweights I picked up in 2022. I started them off wet wading but quickly...

Oh ya that helps explain what’s happening. Do you think you will alternate the big motor more to make sure the solo battery charges?

On boats freshwater boats I used to run (90hp+ outboards) the electronics were wired so the motor only charged the cranking battery, and there was a second battery for electronics. The second battery would run down through normal use each day and need to be charged at home. Were you putting...

You should definitely check out the OP even ifs not known for great trout fishing. This was a resident fish from in early September that was mixed in with the coastal cutts.

If you are trying to avoid the crowds the rocky points are some of the most crowded areas of the lake in the spring. And if you google most popular beaches to fish and drive around the shoreline you will see these are all wall to wall with people in spring. There are plenty of less crowded...

It sounds like you moved to several spots during each day? A lot of the regulars don’t move at all during the day and grind out the slow periods, with the idea that they are fishing when the fish move through not driving.

That’s a great trip, especially in those conditions! Winter storms really turn the bite on as long as you can still fish in the waves.

I grew up in Sacramento and we used to take day trips to the mountains to fly fish for trout as a kid. Then it turned into fly fishing the American River for steelhead and shad with an old 6 weight. One of the things about living near warm water lakes is there’s always bass to catch, and I...

I agree every time I see this posted my first thought is “half-pounder”.

Another vote for getting a shorter 7weight since you already like your short 6 weight. Echo also makes the compact Spey which are 12’ but definitely feel short. I started with the 7130 when I lived in NorCal but wouldn’t recommend a 13’ to someone not sold on the length.

Checked the river out yesterday and there was traffic control on Hwy 530 between Darrington and Rockport. Saw a couple jets on the middle Skagit so they were getting in somewhere. Always nice when your line goes tight.