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Word. No better case in point than Toyota's catastrophic transition from the absolutely bombproof 5.7L naturally aspirated V8 to the current twin-turbo V6. It's been such a cluster that guys with low-mileage '21s (last production year) have been able to sell them for ~80-90%+ of what they paid...

Smart move to get tested for pneumonia with those symptoms!

I'd assume so. Doesn't seem like there's any effective way to prevent people from occupying the sites otherwise.

Agree about not harming the resource. Definitely harming the experience for non-guided anglers. It'd never go anywhere but in my private utopia we'd have a system where rivers were closed to guiding either every other day, or for a three-day block every week, and there was a fixed number of...

I hear you. I'm old enough that I'm starting to count the years that I can fish the way I enjoy (lots of deep wading, hiking, etc) I've got left if I'm lucky, and for me if it was a choice between paying that sort of a fee to fish or not fishing at all, I'd gladly fork over the money, but I...

FYI: https://nwsportsmanmag.com/dnr-could-close-campgrounds-near-popular-waters-woods-due-to-proposed-lands-budget-cuts/

Not that I want to give the state any ideas and not suggesting this as any kind of a serious policy proposal - but given what I pay in gas, lodging, out of state license, and shuttle fees to fish several hours away in other states I'd fork over $100/day to fish the Sauk/Skagit and consider it...

Was just telling my oldest daughter that the most out-there counter-cultural rebel of her age in 2026 would be an Eagle Scout that shows up at school in a 3-piece suit and a brief case, takes his education seriously, behaves respectfully towards his parents, his teachers (etc) and aspires to be...

I've always thought a great sci-fi sequel to "Ex Machina" would be a movie where AI uses social media to make the human population so demoralized, dysfunctional, and so (male vs female) alienated from one another that it doesn't have to 3d-print an army of Terminators, it just sits back, smokes...

Been super-handy for me. When I first got my boat I was incredibly naive/stupid and was like "It's the Puget Sound, not the open ocean. What's the big deal?" but quickly learned the error of my ways.

YMMV but I've launched there several times and taken a 13'6" Whaler with an 18hp engine (subsequently upgraded to a 30hp 2-stroke) both ways with no issue. If you're heading East all you need to do is take the normal precautions that you'd take anywhere else on the sound. If you're heading West...

Interesting thread. The first thing it makes me think about is the supposed benefits of moderate drinking, especially wine, which I never found particularly convincing because the statistical data was hopelessly confounded by the fact that your average wine drinker had at least half-a-dozen...

Here's the info I was looking for courtesy of the much-maligned ChatGPT - might save those interested a bit of Googling.... "Here’s what I’m seeing in the most recent official WDFW material about Reiter Ponds (Skykomish River) hatchery steelhead production and how it ties into the Quicksilver...

Done.

Also - there's a guy named Don that's been a professional raft guide for quite a long time that does inflatable repairs out of his home in Stanwood when he's not out on the river. When I had a couple of small bubbles show up between the inner and outer tube on a hypalon raft that I use for...

That's not how I'd do things unless I was in a similar predicament, either ( & FWIW I carry a full-bore repair kit w/patching materials, a spare valve, etc in a small pelican case on every float) - but if it's a "I'll give the fastest, easiest, cheapest fix with materials I've got on hand a shot...

I thought they were shutting down winter-steelhead production at Reiter and moving to a South-Fork-broodstock program for summer runs, and shifting production to the Wallace as of a couple of years ago? Is there a summary of what's going on at Reiter and/or the entire Snoho system somewhere...

There's lots of chatter about how long rafts will last, and the rough consensus I've heard is that with proper care hypalon boats can last forever, PVC boats with glued seams should last at least 10 years, and higher end/newer boats with welded seams up to 20 years - but those are...

One thing I've started working into my injury-prevention routine is balance training. Don't think there's any robust evidence to back it up, but I have to think that at least in principle regular balance training will help reduce falls when wading, etc.