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I think that applies to most fly clubs. I believe the 80s was the peak of fly fishing popularity and it’s only been going down since then. Millennials onward are mostly indoor humans.

I’m from Australia… We have something like 6 of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world. I think USA has zero. 🤣 I am more scared of ticks than snakes, bears or cougars. I feel like with most wildlife you have some element of control, whereas ticks will F you up and you won’t even know...

The whole Lyme disease thing really puts me off ever wanting to live out east. If it weren’t for that, we would be considering it. My wife is from NJ.

Already starting to see people flood into trades. The more white collar jobs become defunct, the more plumbers there will be and the less plumbers will get paid. No one will be unaffected by all this. At some point capitalism will cease to work entirely, but hopefully not in my lifetime. I have...

What we are facing is unprecedented. There’s however many tens or hundreds of thousands in my position, in WA. If the profession winds down, there’s going to be a lot of people trying to pivot into something else, all at the same time. Many other professions will be impacted too. I have many...

Where I’m from in Australia is the family friendly utopia I seek, on paper. The only problem is I left for a reason - it is insanely boring and I have no idea what I would do all day. The closest good fly fishing is a 15h drive.

Bellingham has come up in conversation more than once. It’s not particularly affordable though! The general consensus every time this topic comes up is that there’s many cheaper places to live, but you don’t want to actually live in many of them. School is a big one. If we have to pay for...

I don’t actually know. I’ve only lived in Adelaide (Australia), Tampa and Seattle. I’m just curious what the obvious options are. This is mostly theoretical, but it is a common discussion topic at work, because AI is an existential threat to our profession.

Imagine you were forced into early retirement, you have two young kids, and you don’t quite have enough money to retire (comfortably) in the Seattle area. Where would you move to? Consider schools, safety, things to do with your time (fishing), etc.

Explored the canyon yesterday. Got a bunch of 8-12in fish on BWOs again. Lots of small fish rising. Wind was crazy today. Gave up on BWOs and used a sculpzilla all day. Only got 2 fish, but they were larger, so I was OK with it. 12-15in range, I think. Today was the last day of our trip. Back...

Late to the thread. Jake graciously let me borrow his canoe for a few weeks, to figure out if my oldest kid is canoe compatible (she is not). Two things that really helped with loading/unloading are a “4 wheel canoe cart” and a “hitch mount truck extender”. I figure these items might be of...

Monday was above, just outside Cle Elum. Tuesday was below, just outside Ellensburg. I have limited experience out here so think of the two most pimped out spots and that’s where we were. Today was RFC for the first time. Got a couple on BWO dry dropper. Lost a big one, probably in the...

Fished around Cle Elum for an hour or so on Monday night. One 8-10” and one 16-18”, both on a wooly bugger type streamer. Fished around Ellensburg for maybe 4h yesterday. Two in the 8-12” range on the wooly bugger above. Another 6 of the same size on a #16 perdigon. Hooked a nice 16-18” fish on...

I’m planning to take my dad over to RFC, in the first week of November. Every thread I read, about RFC, mentions snakes and ticks. I assume they’re not a concern in November, but can anyone confirm that? I don’t mind wearing gaiters or doing a permethrin spray, but I would rather avoid the...

My dad brought home a Macintosh Classic, from work, when I was about 6. I was glued to it. Now I make iPhone apps for one of the big 5. I’m very lucky to have known what I wanted to do, from a young age. My parents nearly talked me out of it though. I was applying for university when the dot...

I can’t really remember. It was years ago that I used it. I think I didn’t like that you can’t really swap sides. With my rod down my waders, I push it to the left if I am casting normally and I push it to the right if I am casting cross body. There was also something they changed and they...

If I want to fish hard, I carry a second rod down the front of my waders. I usually take two 10ft 3wt rods. The rod is fully assembled, because the whole point is to be able to quickly change technique. For example, I would cover every section with dry dropper followed by a nymph, or a nymph...

Better late than never. 😇 I’m happy with the top two panels and the tool caddy at the bottom right. The other two need to change. Not sure what to use them for yet though. The one on the left is an iPad holder, but I never use my iPad. The T track in the middle was for mounting my camera, but I...

No boats, unfortunately. My old man is scared of them. I’m working on getting him into a float tube, on small urban lakes, but even that is proving to be a challenge. That’s why I had to resort to posting on here and it’s not the first time. My dad has… requirements… 🤣 He was OK on the...

Thanks for the suggestion. However, Yakima is one place my dad specifically didn’t enjoy wading, although I’m sure there are stretches that are easier than where we were. I’m looking for rivers where the bottom is mostly sand and small pebbles, rather than rocks and boulders.