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like @Mossback. Chromie, black, red, damsel. Early spring I usually go with a simple pine Squirrel gloater style leech a foot off the bottom. Been playing around with a green/red butt for a few season that's showed good promise. Blood worms move up the depth chart quickly when I see red in a...

I was 10 as well. What a sight that mushroom cloud was. My wife was driving up from Oregon with her famliy and was one of the last cars to cross the Toutle at I-5 before it was closed. I imagine her dad was white knuckling that drive.

My parents are in Redmond and I'm headed there middle of June to hit the lakes. In July I would spend a day at the D above Billy Chinook (rough hiking over the volcanic rock scree areas), Crooked, Met and Fall (super easy wading) rivers to see which one was fishing better. The little D between...

Public service on how to and not to hold a Ling. Obviously most of you already know this. I was informed on the proper grab but I have always been partial to learning things the hard way @Irafly Yes! @Yardus No!!! Notice the blood running down my left hand. It's not the Lings.

Thank you for your courage to discuss.

Spent Sunday in the Olympia area Sunday with @Irafly at a mixed bag lake. Had to really work form them. Most came on chironomids, Jig leaches and boobies. Bite was good first thing and had to work to scatch-em out the rest of the day. We each picked up a brood stock around 5#s. Here is some...

Portable, yes. single unit, no. you have the display, battery and transducer. Bought a 2nd transducer for the PT and float tube and a tiny nocqua battery to power it. The transducer and display mount via a strap that is easy to attach both. Battery sits in the tube pouch.

Billy talked me into a Garmin Striker 4 last year. Will never go back. The thing is far more accurate than the fishing buddy.

I had to replace the battery wiring on mine. The plastic was cracking and exposed the copper.

Clearly there is only one to test this :cool: (cue the footloose theme) Let's party! Ken

@Cabezon I like your thought process on how you set up your multi fly rigs. When nymphing rivers I have the same approach. Point fly gets you to the depth and the trailer(s) drift more naturally. On lakes though I usually go the with the opposite approach. Top fly(s) are mostly unweighted with...

Stayed at Horseshoe with a small group (5) a couple of times 20+ years ago. Fishing was good for rainbows to 6lbs and native brookies to 20”. It had a feeder on it at the time. Lodge is nice with a hot tub to soak sore arms. Used to be really inexpensive to stay there for a week...

"Pure insanity!"

Retirement = the every day spectacular expirence. Congrats!

Nice work! 🥳 Second the Hot Hands in a pinch. Cheap battery operated socks can make early season tubing much more enjoyable ($30-60). Don't get them wet though ;)

What a beautiful day Saturday was! Bright sun with a lite chop on the water. It's always a good time fishing with @Irafly and @troutpocket. Nothing like catching fish after fish all day and finishing a very distant 2nd place on the leader board. It can be a humbling sight watching those two...

Thinking the same thing.

Good to know. Rock Lake or bust 2028. That's a long drive for Steelhead I used to catch in my backyard :rolleyes:

Public service announcement - Get your eyes checked if you find indicator fishing boring.:cool: I'm sure this goes without saying, but being able to see distance clearly can make a huge difference. I've been fishing indicators for roughly 35 years, and it recently started to feel like it was...

Is it possible to divert the inflow around the pond? I would think you could pump it down, rent an excavator and hog the thing out in a couple of days. That way you could dig some deep runs on one side, contour some different subsurface areas and be done with it in a jiffy.