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I've been using about half that amount of tippet and found it to cast and fish well. Sometimes I use a floating Polyleader which does seem to need a longer tippet length, like 6' of #15 UG, to cast well with a Rage; do you have any tippet length recommendations for this line? By the way, a...

I'm not really sure how much tippet length makes a difference to the fish but I've never known for sure what others were using, thanks! By the way, I saw Tom fishing on the Lower Deschutes last week with a buddy. The "catching" wasn't great but not a real surprise either, with so many fish...

How much tippet are you using with your intermediate polyleader? I've tried using both floating and intermediate polyleaders with my rage and I don't know that I can tell the difference between the two. Thanks for the great advice!

Bummer for both of us!

Pyramid lead anchor (26 lbs.) in good condition. $60, local (Stanwood) pickup.

Really nice; thanks!

I like and use Peet's as well but for leather hiking boots that I don't want to dry out so quickly, I use these ("The Ronning"), which work pretty good, albeit slow.

I like Russ Chatham's books as well; "Dark Waters" and "The Angler's Coast" are definitely worth reading but may be somewhat hard to find. While growing up, we lived about 12 miles from Russ. My Dad used to love to flyfish for steelhead and I remember him fishing with Russ during the late 50's...

I see that the temp. is 45 this morning in Stevensville, and it's raining. It will be interesting to see how the Skwala hatch fishes this spring.

Sounds like a great adventure and very well written; thanks!