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Always. Everything else is by-catch.

It's from a spool of Rio standard backing I've had for years. I think you're on to something though. There's a lot of posts saying the backing is loose/twisted, but this reel has never touched a fish, and most certainly never had the backing off the reel since being filled up. It's been used...

Worst I had ever had as well. Fresh gelspun backing and a new 500gr sinking line has been installed.

I kept cutting backing until things freed up. Had a pile of backing pieces at my feet. How and why I had to cut like 100ft of backing off when there was still 50ft of running line on the reel is beyond me. I'm convinced there's a new and unstudied branch of quantum physics that exclusively...

Been spending about the last thirty minutes trying to get this line off a reel. Only thing this line has been used for is casting to and not catching coho on the Columbia River. Hasn't seen anything strong that'd dig it into itself. No super fast runs from a pissed off fish that would backlash...

Rams I get.... But Bills and Ravens? Maybe just an attractive bet but no way either of those teams pulls it off. I still think we're in a very NFC-dominant situation.

If my scenery recognition is on point, I believe that photo was taken right down the street from me ;)

Not so much a rumor. They absolutely made Patagonia. Last I heard, Patagonia was moving away from them though. I believe Patagonia waders are now made in Vietnam, but I don't have all the details.

Very true - I had a day last year where I had an almost full box of fish, so went to casting for them with the fly rod. I'd have the other two jig rods with fish on, and the fish were just swiping at my fly and not committing. Troll - it may be the most effective thing in the spread.

40 trips a year for 3yrs on a pair of budget waders is actually really good.

Didn't even know they made waders

I personally haven't purchased a new set of waders in almost 10yrs. Given my fishing tends to be more boat-centric, and less in the winter every year, I just haven't had the need to have my ear to the ground since my G4z pair, despite being nearly a decade old, still keeps me dry. But who...

FWD isn't much easier.

Just putting them all in one post since it's not fly gear and I don't want to pollute the classifieds with all my dirtbag listings ;) Package deal discounts available and encouraged. I can ship for $20 extra - I'll likely have to go get PVC or something similar to cut into a tube, so there's...

It's loaded with them. My old boss lives right on the lake so I made many attempts to try, but visibility in there is so abysmal that it makes sight fishing almost impossible.

I'm sure @G_Smolt could have some input

It's moreso that if you lose the fish, it'll take the school with it when it takes off.

Pavement Princesses and Brodozers being the main names they go by.

You do lose a few, yeah. As much as you test your knots and keep things fresh, things happen. I also tend to grab coltsnipers when I'm on the bottomfish reefs as well, so that eats a few. I did forget to mention the connection of the main line to the leader. I use 30lb fluorocarbon as my...

The Shimano Trevala is an incredible rod. Super lightweight, but I've never found their limit. I even have an L action one that's lighter than the one in the photo, and have pulled on 30lb tuna as hard as I could putting it in a U shape, no problem. It's crazy how hard you can pull on them...