Recent content by Bugmeister

Summer construction delays - ugh. Arlee area won’t impact me unless I want to do a side trip though; I will probably jump on the 200 in St Regis and then cut over to the 28 near Plains. My parents house is on the lake a bit east of Dayton but west of Rollins, so the 28 is nice - if not on fire -...

I’m driving out to Flathead Thursday to check on my folks and sit in the lake. The forecast looks warm, but not scorching. I’m just crossing fingers that the fire season doesn’t flare up too much. The scotch I buy for the old man will be the only liquid I have in the Landcruiser with which to...

That is the inflator I use. I like it. Also doubles as a handy inflator for my truck tires if I need to deflate them for off-road, then reinflate.

Ok folks - how about catnip? Keeps the skeeters away, and might attract a friendly interaction with a mountain lion or bobcat: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/07/catnip-lotion-as-effective-as-deet-at-repelling-mosquitoes-study-finds

Few others off top of head… I prefer the book to the movie in all of these but: -The Road (ok depressing as hell but still) -River Runs Through It -Sometimes a Great Notion Couple more: -Road to Perdition -Father of the Bride -Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Oh I know this one - carp :) (At least that’s how I feel most of time time when targeting them with flies)

Could just be the photo, but the tail looks odd. FWIW def looks like a sturgeon at a glance though.

I have a 2 piece Z Axis 9’0 5 wt that I reach for a lot.

caught this guy and 30 or so of his buddies yesterday on Lake WA. Topwater was kind of slow (I didn’t get on lake until 11:30 or so) but the hungered for my bluegill special (small bugger with chartreuse body). One of those days where I caught a fish on my first cast….then it just kept going...

I just bought one for someone as a wedding gift (the couple that casts together lasts together you dig?). Might be out of stock but at least as of last month not discontinued

Just in case we want to pat ourselves on the back for the novelty of using parabolas to focus solar energy I give you….Archimedes’ heat ray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_heat_ray If true, it suggests this was first operationalized a few 1000 years ago. Rather than heating...

Your G-Land call out is spot on. I haven’t been back since the mid 90s; on my first trip I was with some buddies after dark and we heard what the locals claimed was a tiger making some crazy noise out in the jungle adjacent to camp. One of my favorite waves! I’m unsure whether I will ever get...

Anyone read this and get an odd sense of parallels with nuclear weapon proliferation, or arms races more generally? I mean sure if everyone stopped or at least paused to reflect there is a strong inkling it would be better for all concerned, but the lack of trust among the players and the...

I heard a terrible rumor that had me seeing ghosts out there…apparently Aaron Donald made some statement implying he hasn’t ruled out coming out of retirement. I can only hope his wife and kids convince him to stay retired. Imagine, if you will, some combo of Braden Fiske, Aaron Donald, Myles...

Don’t want to hijack the thread but when fishing leech+midge what kind of line are people finding themselves using majority of time? A midge tip/sink tip, or an intermediate, or ? Short sink tip? Long sink tip? My current default stillwater setup includes a floater and a full sink. I keep...