Recent content by mr.badexample

Years ago I was at Bonneville with my 6 wt. shadding with the crowd who kept their catch on stringers and a not bigly sturgeon was investigating the scene and ate my fly right at my feet and it was like catching a vw bus, I couldn't stop it and finally just pointed my rod straight out and locked...

Blackfin tuna and hefty Jacks Glovers Reef Atoll, Belize .

Niue and Tierra Del Fuego and the Comoro Islands (to freedive and spear)

as one of my former attorneys said to me "you think like a criminal"

I agree, 30 years ago around the Hayes confluence down to Canyon camp there were some hogs.

the bonefish are for the most part smaller schooling fish and a 5 wt. is perfect and and having an 8 wt. as back up ...

sage 1290-3rplx and Tibor Riptide with second spool . almost new, light corrosion that Tibor said was caused by putting the reels away wet. Includes line and backing $800.00

Makah potatoes make the best mashed potatoes ever.... but why to you cover them ?

Years ago I was obsessed with catching bonefish on Caye Caulker and nearby Cayes and I never had to pay to use a dock but I learned to always ask permission ... if you had put in the time and money to construct a pier in front of your house/hotel you would be rightfully territorial and pissed...

boy that's an ugly problem, paper thin and terminal rust... I fabricate and have a tig welder and live out by the hood canal bridge... it won't be pretty but we(as in you and I) could probably jury rig a temporary fix.

the water is public, you can wade/fish right in front of a resort or a house and they may glare but they don't own it, docks are private and I learned to always ask permission having seen people get chased off a dock by someone waving a machete.

Glad you enjoyed it.... I first went to Caye Caulker 50 some years ago and had 17 lobster meals in a row, lots of people forgot to wear their clothes down at the cut...

I'm thinking day lily.

Thanks for that and I will, currently in Puerto Montt, giant breakfast ceviche including a barnacle the size of a baseball

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