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Peyton00: "Self awareness, know your limits." The single most important aid to wading safety is our own good judgement. Backing off from a sketchy wade isn't a sign of weakness. It sometimes takes courage to recognize our limits.

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The grip is symetrical, so same fit on either side.

My holsters have arrived and am clearing the backorders now....will be able to handle some new orders. Thanks for your patience.

Ah yes..I know him well...and he knows what he's talking about.

I was referring more to, with a sh rod, being able to strip 1/2. or more, of a 30' head inside the top guide, then with a couple of aerial false casts, fire the whole works out again w/o disturbing the water. This is much more difficult with a two-hand rod. The most successful beach fishers in...

I would save the two-hander for the river. I don't like a two-hander on the beach, because, with it, you strip in only to the start of the head, leaving the head length and tip/leader outside the top guide....That's a lot of length left unfished, as coho will often follow a fly in almost to the...

No way of proving it, but I suspect most "serious incidents" on a river are preceeded by the thought that "I really shouldn't try this". If you hear warning bells telling you not to try it...listen to them.

After years of smoking salmon in my big chief, I decided to expand my efforts to different meats. I wanted to be able to control temp, timing, etc, so bought a Masterbuilt digital smoker. First attempt yesterday was turkey legs. The smoker was really easy to use. They turned out very well...

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* A note to all interested in ordering a staff: I am awaiting a shipment of holsters from my supplier in Vancouver, BC. I will post when I have them, hopefully, w/in a week or so...

I agree, a 6 wt is on the light side for coho (and definitely too light for chinook), but fine, with a few caveats: If not keeping fish, I would make sure I didn't "play them to death", meaning ; if they run too far downstream, break them off, rather than winching them all the way back up, only...

Again on the plus side: The older I get... the better I was.

On the plus side of getting older: A lifetime supply of anything doesn't need to be all that much stuff.

Any might work, but I would drop in to a local fly shop, find out whats' happening on the beach and buy some recommended flies from them.

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I use a Snowbee XS switch line with a 5' clear int sink tip, with 5' fluoro tippet. The 31' head has a more delicate tip than most "beach lines" Ive seen..which are designed to turn over bulkier flies. Ive gone away from using a switch rod on the beach, as I (and the coho) dont like the...

Totally agree. Here, feeders don't often come in close to shore, but boat fishers target them with the usual clousers/baitfish patterns. Most of our beach fishing seems to be for staging fish.