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That Stonedfish grip is the real deal! That CPS (RIP) I bought from you looked about like that too.

Add me to the list of people mildly annoyed when a new rod doesn't have a keeper. I think @Matt B is right and it's just the vocal minority driving the change away from hook keepers.

Hoping so! Sat down to tie a couple coho flies and realized I kind of forgot how I had been tying this type of pattern. Through this together and I think it will fish!

Often newer and less experienced beach fly anglers find it intimidating to jump in with the crowd, and often for good reason (poor casting for a close neighbor). However, I've had quite a few mornings saved fishing well south of everyone else....

These regs and seasons are getting goofier and goofier. As always, I really wish there was an exception for shore fishing to many of these rules. They are being driven by chinook encounters I'm guessing and very few happen from shore (relative to boats). Hoping to get out tomorrow, but might...

It's a topic we go over and over in the saltwater forum. Hoping we can collect our thoughts on all our old favorites, the latest and greatest, what rods they work well with, clear or not, sink rates, taper and head length, grain weights and whether to upline or not, features we like or dislike...

Yeah I was wondering the same. Most of my local boxes are stuffed with stinger clousers which aren't great in foam and why I mainly use plano here. However the majority of my AK stuff is not articulated (some though).

Appreciate the tips. @clarkman @mcswny my buddy gets thick plastic zip top bags for his excess flies, then keeps a selection in a box. Which I might do, but I for sure want a big box or two to keep a selection handy and easily accessible while fishing and not having to rummage through a pile of...

Looking for recommendations for medium to large fly boxes to load up for a 7 day river float in AK. I have something like 200 flies tied up that need homes. The majority are decent size flies like #1 and #2 bunny strip leeches and similar. The boat bag I was planning to take isn't big enough for...

Some topwater coho stuff for AK.

Thank you for the vote of confidence. Am I going to want an 8wt? My online order smaller poppers cast ok on a 6wt but this seems big ha

Tied up my first bass popper tonight. Seems very timely since @Billy just posted an SBS but unfortunately I didn’t see it before tying this beast up. Size large double barrel popper head on a 2/0 Ahrex Light Predator hook. Seems gigantic. Thinking I’ll trim the rubber after seeing Billy’s SBS.

Wow Billy awesome SBS! Sure wish I would have checked the forum earlier before tying my first bass popper tonight! I just made it up from memory of yours and a couple I purchased in the past. I was actually kind of close but a few of your tips would have been helpful. I’ll post mine in the...

I am not an expert in the least and don't even own a sonar unit currently. However, as others are saying, the main useful information you are going to get is the depth of the water, structure of the bottom, and potentially the target depth fish are holding at. You likely won't use the unit to...

I have had lots of success casting flies from the boat in shallow water feeding grounds. Including during times the traditional methods of salmon fishing aren't very hot. I've always been surprised more gear anglers haven't targeted these areas. Seems that a cast or trolled cut plug herring...

Ok for the dirt-bag-curious among us, what is the difference (or advantage/disadvantage) of mooching vs jigging? The extent of my knowledge is mooching is using cut-plug herring vs jigging is with an artificial salmon jig. If I'm not mistaken both methods are simulating a dead or injured falling...

Thanks, would have taken you up on that before but I think I’m set for now after getting a bundle of lines from another forum member.

Spending some time fishing bass with traditional gear and someone who knows what they're doing with it can really help you understand how to target bass with a fly subsurface. And unfortunately in many cases (heavy cover), there's just not a good way to do it as effectively. Mostly if going...

Anyone holding an 8wt 40+ or Ambush?