Recent content by Steve Vaughn

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Looking for advice on prescription sunglasses. Last time I needed new glasses I got a discount on a second pair so I got a pair of sunglasses. What I'd call 'regular glasses', which are fine for driving but not so great on the water due to glare coming in from the sides. So, I think I'm ready...

Slowly replacing the foam fly/hopper box I lost on the St. Joe. Chubbies, Half Chubbies, Amy's Ants, and GFA Hoppers.

Galloup's Silk Kitty Rear Hook: Gamakasu B10S #4 Tail: 2 stacked white marabou plums w/ pearl polar flash in between Body: pearl Ice Dub Wing: white marabou plus grizzly marabou over wing Lateral: grizzly neck hackle Connection 17 lb Surflon w/ 2 #6 red beads Front Connection cover: white...

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Since my trip to the St. Joe in September where I witnessed the trout taking what I originally called a Spruce Moth (actually the Fall Webworm Moth, essentially a white Spruce Moth), I have been playing with imitations for them. Mainly trying to capture the broad wings which would lay flat on...

Promised my mother I would go to college, but I was a very reluctant and marginal student. Made it half-way through my junior year when I made it through the draft lottery without a call, so off to Vermont to ski bum for a season. Back to school for a year and one half to somehow achieve a...

Done. Jerry, you are such a a giving person and inspiration to us all. Get well!

Yes, that would have been a good idea, but sadly no. I will however do that in the future.

By the way, if you are going up there soon, be sure you are packing spruce moth patterns.

A huge longshot, but want to give it a try... Just returned from a 4-day trip to the St. Joe. On Saturday I parked at the foot bridge above Tuner Flats and I'm pretty sure my box full of foam flies fell out of my vest as I was heading out. There were 3 or 4 other rigs parked there at the time...

Really like the looks of this when wet. Would you mind sharing the recipe?

I lied, actually I forgot. I broke the tip top off a Cabela's 8 wt about 20-25 years ago. Caught it on the siding while walking back to the house after yard casting it right after I got it. Was able to replace the tip top and only lost about an inch off the thing. Still 2 rods in a long...

Only one in over 50 years of fishing. A Sage LL 4711 tip carelessly putting it in the truck when it caught on the headliner trim. It was already an old rod and Sage replaced the tip section but said it was one of the last ones they had.

Looking at this for a trip next year with my daughter. What time of year did you go? Also, considering the Kootenai River. Thanks for the report.