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I don't have an answer for this. My experience is more in line with your previous seasons. But I would think if increased pressure was causing this behavior, they would be more wary of the approach and bug out when they detected someone coming close. It is odd that the fly is what is causing...

I have not seen this behavior very often. I have seen refusals where they obviously see the fly and don’t eat, and sometimes I see cruisers that I don’t expect to eat act this way. But rarely have I seen feeding fish that run from a meal. That is weird. I can’t imagine that even with more...

I haven't noticed that the carp are that much spookier where I fish for them (I am guessing you are fishing the areas closer to PDX, and I am fishing out past Biggs), but the last couple of years have been tougher. Water levels and weeds have been presenting challenges, and I am seeing worn...

Washington changed their regs last year and now require a license for carp.

I have a Zoleo that I use for hiking in the back country and it works as advertised. Most of the functionality is through your smartphone, but you can send check-ins and SOS messages directly from the unit if your phone were to die. I just use the Basic plan which gives you 75 satellite messages...

This is true. Although I use a saltwater specific line when targeting bonefish in tropical locales (probably because the manufacturers convinced me I need one), my carp reel has a regular freshwater line, and it works just fine under basically the same conditions (minus the salt) around here in...

This is good advice. The fish in the spot you describe are likely bad targets. From my experience, if that is the case, you can change flies all day long, and you still won't catch them. Move on to a different area and look for fish with the posture Evan describes. Close to the bottom, heads...

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When our daughters were that age, we made a game of adding the words "dumb ass" (using our internal voice) to every sentence they said to us. Try it. It will make you feel better...... Example: Hey honey, what time is your soccer game tomorrow? It's at 2pm.... dumb ass.

A friend just sent me this book. I have only thumbed through it, but it appears to be a pretty thorough write up on the subject.

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I think this pretty much covers it. On our trip this past November ( my 15th? visit to the island) we had a similar experience. Some years several big GTs have been landed. This year no one landed one over 10lbs. But everyone saw a few of the big GTs, and most of us had some shots, but the...

This video might have some ideas that you can apply:

I got a report that the conventional guys were having success in Miller’s on opening day. I haven’t heard from any fly guys.

I agree, probably a poorly thought-out suggestion in the first place.

Your interpretation is correct.

WDFW was never going to set that kind of precedent. It was one line item on a list of about 8 bullet points of dialogue like 1) open up more river above Burma, 2) limit fishing from floating devices, etc. They have a relationship with WDFW from years of collaborative work in the valley. It was...

I agree that it was never going to fly, but "BEGGED WDFW" is not what happened. If anyone cares, when it became clear that the fish counts were going to be high enough to justify opening up the river for a Steelhead season, the Methow Fly Fishers, sent an email to the local WDFW biologist. In...

I got an Orvis Encounter package for my daughter, and it is a good set up. The rod casts better than expected for the price point.