Recent content by Fly-by

OP, hope you enjoy the new rifle. Given your height, a slip on limbsaver for your old 30-06 would probably make it fit better which will reduce felt recoil in and of itself. I would throw a 2-7 or 2-8x on it and keep it as a nostalgic complement to your new rifle.

Congratulations and great write up. Off leash pit bull and washing clothes in the river almost qualifies as hotspotting.

12/26/2021 I saw an adult female and two kittens along upper Tokul Creek. She lingered and stared for a moment. I've seen two other pairs of juveniles where mom presumably ran off the trail and the youngsters lingered. 3 separate sightings of single adults.

I keep a log of sightings and have seen a total of 10 cats on 5 separate occasions. All on the Snoqualmie tree farm.

Those do sound like Daphnia. I was at a west side lake yesterday that has a big population. Invisible until you stick a white paddle in the water and then they are clearly visible in large numbers. About the size of a poppy seed, purple in color, and they have a distinctive darting motion...

This afternoon, NF Snoqualmie.

This one landed on my window yesterday. NF Snoqualmie.

Close to home: 2006 TJ Unlimited aka "LJ". Extra 10" of wheelbase vs a regular TJ allows a 29er to fit in the bed, or an 11 foot Hobie inflatable rolled up. I no longer need a fast car because 65 mph feels like 130 mph in this thing. Far from home: 2001 F250 7.3L diesel

I've been lucky enough to see 8 total on 5 separate occasions over the last 20 years, all on the Snoqualmie tree farm. Mom and 2 kittens, 2 kittens (assume mom was nearby), and 3 singles. Was followed once while X-C skiing but did not see the animal, just the tracks on descent that weren't...

Don't let her catch you referring to her as "current GF".

And his big brother

Do short videos count?

Were you there around 6pm on the MF side of the small creek that splits the forks?

This guy just landed on the office window.

Not the biggest fish of the trip, but the best take. The water in the background is an unnamed meadow stream a few hundred yards in length connecting two lakes. The surrounding bog is super spongy and any movement will put down the fish. I crept around 70 feet upstream of the last rise and...