Recent content by notaspeyguy

@Matt B Thank you for the real world experience, good to hear I made the right choice!

These tips seem to be the concensus...I have passed on the boat in favor of my original plan to save my pennies for a raft or pontoon...safer and purpose built...Thanks a bunch for the insight guys!!!

I'm on a coastal river in Oregon, so not too flat...thanks @PhilR, kinda what I was thinking

Hi guys I'm being offered a 10 ft boat similar to the one pictured for free and was wondering if anyone has ever used one as a drift boat or is there a reason it would not work. It's not this exact model but very similar. Thanks!!

Left full reconstruction (rotator cuff, cartilage, pectoral detachment, the works) 10 years ago after a car accident...decent amount of pain for 2 weeks, was back tying after 3...I tie right handed but my left is more useful than I thought, it was hard to hold my left elbow up to hold...

Heard of this one ^^^ glad to hear it's good, I feel like I'd stop reading about the time the 18th century came around as my interest wanes at about that time, save for the NA fur trade era....I just finished for the 3rd time now "Children of Ash and Elm" by Neil Price...an unapologetic and...

That's crazy! Never seen 'em so aggressive.. I've only gotten them to eat a fly while they're actively feeding/tailing... good on you!

OK...

Not the only reason we tie... it's an artistic extension of the fly fishing hobby...money's not everything

I may have missed it but did anyone mention Berkley Big Game? It comes in neon green, red, and clear (maybe other colors)...less than 8 bucks for a 330 yard spool...needs to to be stretched just as often as anything else, before the fishing day in summer, between runs in winter...IMHO Lazar line...

Try flytyingforum.com, many of those guys are great tiers, some commercial guys over there too

I've got one summer steelhead river within "worth it" driving distance to me, the Siletz, it's got dismal numbers just like the Wilson/Trask/Nestucca area

This may not go over well....brown trout are fun, get big, and can be sea run...just sayin'...

Yes!! To experience what you said, I'd sell some sh*t to pay for that...

Reckon why the poor return, ocean conditions? Commercial salmon by catch? I don't know much about this stuff, still learning...I'm on the central coast Oregon, not too many steelhead arpund...been fishing trout and salt just to get a tug