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While I was out in MA 7 I found a 5" floating Tomic plug. My usual M.O. when I find gear is that I have to fish it however I wasn't sure what to do with the thing. I don't have downriggers, can I set one of these plugs back 5'-6' from the biggest Deep Six diver and will it function well. I...

I have had plenty of good experiences at Schwab but feel the same after an experience at the Twisp Les Schwab. My wife took her Mom's car into the Twisp Les Schwab to swap from snows to summers and was told the tires were too worn to be swapped but they could sell her new ones for $1200. She...

My wife and I had an absolutely great time at Glovers in ~2018. The cabins were pretty rustic, but we were ok with that. The key piece of gear we brought was a 10'x10' sil nylon tarp to pitch low over our beds for some of the thunderstorms we got. They were thatched cabins so not entirely...

My Belize trip made me buy a 6 weight just in case I went back to Belize. I haven't been back to Belize but I've sure used the heck out of it on trout.

This is my favorite photo that's been posted on this and the old site. For anyone that doesn't know surf perch are viviparous. Meaning they give live birth.

As a fellow smart monkey I say that is a rite of passage.

It also depends on the length of your float. If you are just checking out a hole or two that is one thing compared to a 3 mile long gentle downstream float. I've mostly used a drysuit for work and just picked up a ~4mm wetsuit for the summer snorkels I rarely do. No real reports yet though.

In 2024 there were ~24000 Coded Wire Tag only(unclipped) released into the Twisp River. From 2022-2023 it was about 40-50k that were not clipped. This can be looked up here. https://www.cbr.washington.edu/dart/query/hatch

One other trick you can do to filter your results down is to develop a tag list of adults that have been detected at ladders & adult fish facilities at Bonneville & The Dalles and then run that list against LMR and MRC. It would likely result in a similar output but that has always been my...

Holy cow, that article mentions finding 400 urchins per square meter in former kelp forests. That almost sounds like a type of location where sea urchins prefer to gather. Maybe analogous to a sea urchin...parking lot?

Hey Jim, sorry to jump on you about this but what you're writing does not make biological sense. I'm sure otters have an impact on abalone and other sea life similar to any other predator/prey relationship but they are far from culpable at causing some of the widespread impacts you are...

The California population of sea otters was down to an estimate of ~50 in 1938. Oregon's last sea otter was estimated to have been killed in 1906. World wide sea otter populations were estimated to be 1,000 to 2,000 in 1910 after plummeting from around 200k in the 1700s. All of those seem to...

HI all, this is a Simms Contender coat that has been lightly used over the last 6-7 years. I've realized I live on the dry side of the state and really don't need this lurking in my closet. This has been well taken care off, has zero leaks and I'd be happy to keep it for hiking & hunting if it...

Nice Billy. I got a bear last weekend and am thinking about picking up another tag. I don't think I'll make it out for the high hunt so otherwise it'll be waiting for modern for deer and elk. Plus a winter of futile cougar calling. If my performance last winter is any indication.

Thanks for the great TR and I wish you the best with your health! A 19kg anadromous salmonid in Norway would be the fish of a lifetime! Do folks fish gear or is it fly only?

I tied some Avalon crab flies a few years ago and caught a bonefish on one. Did it work better than weighted Crazy Charlies I don't know but there ya go.

Thanks Evan. I think the Gomexus SX450 is probably the best bet for my buddy. Would you spool it up with 50lb braid?

Would a 400 be a better bet once he gets out of albacore range and into the wahoo and amberjack of Baja and beyond? It seems like that might be the case to me.

I've got a buddy who is headed off on a sailing trip destinations unknown but the general plan is WA>BC>Baja>South Pacific? I'm looking to get him some sort of going a way present with some buddies. What is a recommendation on either an appropriate spinning reel or level wind that would be a...

Man, as a fish biologist that works in habitat restoration I'd highly dispute that river habitat is anywhere close to damn decent in the PNW. There are some exceptions but not many in the area I work.