Recent content by JayB

Here's a draft of a letter that I intent to send to the WDFW and I'd welcome any suggestions. I burned a lord knows how many tokens in a sustained dialogue with ChatGPT trying to understand the formal/written/quantitative basis for the WDFW's decision to close the Skykomish, skimmed the relevant...

Something tells me you're more likely to hook a native chinook on a #14 elk hair caddis in an upper Sky trib than you are to encounter anyone enforcing those closures up in that territory - even when there's not a funding crisis so severe the state can't even pay for creel checkers - so it's...

FWIW I sent the following inquiry to the WDFW: "I'm writing to inquire about the data the WDFW and co-managers referenced to justify the closure of the Skykomish river until November 1. Specifically, I would like to know: 1) what the return forecast is for natural-origin Skykomish Chinook this...

Haven't fished the Sky much in June, but the couple of times I have gone up to look around on opening day or a few days after it seemed like there were tons of guides hitting the Sky targeting hatchery chinook on the opener from Big-Eddy down, and the usual legions targeting hatchery steelhead...

Got some interesting info when I fed this prompt into ChatGPT: "The WDFW has just shut down fishing on the entire river system under the pretext that angling for other, more abundant species will pose too great of a threat to the wild fall chinook spawning in the Skykomish river, but I...

Anyone know if they publicly disclosed the forecasted abundance number for the Skykomish and Snoqualmie populations? I was able to find some historical/background info here: NOAA: Snohomish River Biological Opinion

Sturdy drawstring bag made of mesh material, some paracord or lighter cord, and some rocks.

I've always had more hobbies than time, and while I can never say I ever lost the desire to fly fish - I had a 10+ year period where I only went fly-fishing a handful of times, only because I was more into a different hobby at the time and had to prioritize. I never stopped thinking of myself as...

When it comes to open seats, one thing I was guilty of in the past before I actually owned a boat, was complete ignorance about how much time and effort goes into the trip before the boat shows up at the launch and afterwards. My only open seat trips were with in-laws, but it was only after I...

When I was climbing a lot, I had pretty good luck meeting new partners off of a message board, but would look up their posting history to exclude people that were displaying obvious red flags, and always started with low-risk "get to know you" climbs before trying moving onto anything more...

FWIW - here's ChatGPT's summary on what the redistributed revenue from KC pays for: "King County is a major net contributor to Washington’s state operating budget. In FY 2024 it generated about 38% of the state tax revenue measured in the OFM report and received about 23% of allocated...

I'm naturally a Debbie-Downer when it comes to this sort of thing, but I've been trying to talk myself into adopting the "serenity prayer" attitude and focusing on all of the fishing, camping, access, etc that I can still enjoy and trying to do so as much as possible. Works at least some of the...

I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable and engaging it was even though I've basically just dabbled in it now and then as an early-AM add-on to family vacations on the coast. The surf is such a dynamic, engaging environment that I found the fishing pretty all-consuming even though my success...

One advantage of the Garmin (and might turn into the only advantage once satellite capabilities become widespread on phones) is that if you find yourself in an emergency you just have to hit the SOS button to engage a global 24/7 emergency response center, and if you are a subscriber you can get...

I'd wait for early fall because 1) the fishing will be better 2) the crowds will be significantly lower and finding campsites will be a great deal easier. Also - not everyone's cup of tea, and would require adding a rod - but surf perch fishing can be a fun option if you're boatless.