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Very glad Kalen and Ryan will be sticking around… Appreciate the Tide’s grit and ability to bounce back from their many eff ups. That was missing last year. Roll Tide!

I just noticed a bunch of bulbs peeking through at our place too and had a similar reaction.

For your bobber rod, think hard about the water you'll fish. If you're fishing in some current and don't need to make really long casts to not spook fish, I find bait casters to work much better. If you're fishing spooky fish in big slow tanks and making long casts, a spinning rod can work...

Agreed but corrected one word for you. As Salmo also noted, I've caught a double digits of kelts and well colored bucks the first week of January in the upper reaches of the Quilleute system. And... have caught super bright, seas-lice covered steelhead in June fas bycatch while fishing for...

A little spicy on the Sol DUc but seems like the north coast didn't get hit as hard this time. Calawah already crested at 13.9K and it looks like the Sol Duc will crest soon at less than 28'. I've been watching the camera on the back deck and talking to my neighbor to make sure I didn't need to...

More photography than fishing lately. Here's one from a favorite spot.

The actual emergency rules on the WDFW site show the (new) normal rules, open through March as I wistfully remember awesome April fishing... https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/emergency-rules/north-coastolympic-peninsula-rivers-and-tributaries-steelhead-and-trout-rules-update-2025-11 Sol...

I went out on my home water last weekend hoping for a last decent hen to bank some springer bait for the next year. Hooked two big fire trucks and decided to call it a season too.

The neighborhood pond. Click for higher rez. Peterson Lake at dawn

Yes, that's it. Easier to see on the satellite view where it narrows and pushes towards the bank. I don't know the Sandy but the SF Calawah including "hell's half mile" is waaay more difficult and 20x longer than the Ice Box rapid on the Bogachiel.

Quick cell snap outside my office helped by a spider web. 20251103-1.jpg

Better than me. Squeezed in 45 min in the backyard and 0-1. Deluge has arrived so might be minute before I get back out. At least it’ll wash away the dead fish the damn dog keeps eating.

Yes, I was just at the Forks hospital talking to the CEO about a fundraiser and she mentioned the accident, noting it happened in Ice Box. Gave me flashbacks from when I found the deceased angler in the Sol Duc a couple years ago. Tragic. Rowing these rivers feels simple until all of a sudden...

Sol Duc is 3 adults, 4 total (so add a Jack). 1 wild fish can be retained, chinook or coho. Sockeye have to be released.

Bernard and Cuevas following Kalen to Bama was sooo clutch for this team. Especially Bernard, dependable and does everything. Every Bama fan on the planet was worried about a let down game after beating four straight ranked teams and that's exactly what we go from the offense. What a...

Resurrecting an older post because 'tis the season for salmon poisoning. We've been waiting for it to happen ever since we bought our house on the Sol Duc and this was the year. We're just downstream of the hatchery so lots of rotting fish around. Last weekend, I was cleaning the gutter and...

A trib of a trib in the Quileute system. I'm pretty sure doesn't look like this today... Click for higher rez. _DSC0627

Thank you Bama and Kalen because WE HATE TENNESSEE…

We did well on my coastal home water last weekend. Harvested our limit of hatchery fish and caught well into the teens. Some very big coho around this year. Landed one buck that was springer sized and lost two others that looked similar. Water levels were dropping fast though. Fishing...

I guess Kalen can stay after all… I told myself at halftime that I don’t even care if we lose to Georgia. I was just so happy to see some imagination on offense for the first time since Sark. Screen pass the left tackle. Excellent! Roll Tide!