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While I'll be the first to admit I don't mind spending money on nicer stuff, fly rods remind me of rifles/bows. You've got a bunch of guys who buy into nicer weapons either for the "status" symbol, somewhere in the back of their mind marketing has gotten to them and there's some correlation...

Agreed.

Mine are 1.5(son) and 6(daughter). I trust my daughter enough that she probably wouldn't mess with them... but this is also the kid whose first words at 13 months were "what's that", didn't need the house childproofed, and potty trained herself at 2.5. My son is the polar opposite, and would...

That makes sense. I think its me having small kids that makes me so cautious about it. Maybe in 10 years or so I'll feel differently :ROFLMAO:

I'm surprised at all the rods outside of the tubes... but I guess that's because I have small kids. I have a closet dedicated to "gear" that includes rods and reels which helps... but in all honesty, I don't think the SOs pay THAT much attention. As long as you have more than 3 or 4 and the...

According to sources online, it seems the section up near Little Lava down to around wickiup. I’m a smaller water junky. This doesn’t mean I wouldn’t check out areas further downstream while I was up there.

Oh absolutely. It would be my wife, me, my daughter(who’s 6) and my son which will be 2 then so yeah, definitely understand that. As far as locations - I’m not against traveling out of state. I have three out of state trips planned for the summer(Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) so I’ve got zero...

I’m not necessarily looking for exact areas, but some general ideas. I’m already getting cabin fever and while I’m getting out when and where I can, I know by March I’m gonna be champing at the bit to get out and do something more than just hit local waters. My initial thought is the upper...

Due to insurance issues my wife got that issue fixed after he was born as well so yeah there won't be a third lol

Glad to see someone else doesn't mind dragging their young daughter along on adventures. We had ours out backpacking into lakes at that age as well! She's 6 now, I think she might finally get a fly rod for Christmas. I'll never forget a couple years ago me and the wife took her bear hunting...

Regarding starting on a cheaper rod - I've given it thought... my only issue is that I have a fairly full quiver as it is(I mean is it ever really full? but I digress). I don't want to build a rod that I'm gonna fish once or twice and then it sits. I've done enough of buying lower end stuff...

That’s just what I wanted to know. I knew some of the cost savings is obviously in labor and parts(blank vs built rod), but I incorrectly assumed that it also wouldn’t include a warranty.

I've decided I'd like to build a rod. Most of the steps and techniques are covered online in multiple places... however, there is a question I have I haven't seen mentioned. With rod blanks - are spare tips available for order from some manufacturers? I was considering buying a nice Sage blank...

I'm pretty weight conscious, but there's some areas I don't worry about it... one of those areas is my quilt/pad/pillow. I could certainly shed close to a pound probably on my sleeping pad(Exped Ultra 7R MW), and could also shed weight on the pillow(Nemo Fillo Deluxe or whatever) but I actually...

I think for tubes I'm gonna give the old florescent light covers a try. I seen someone post about it years ago on BPL and it seems like it would be sturdy enough to keep the rods safe as well as being fairly lightweight. With them strapped to the sides of my pack, I can't imagine them getting...

Most of the “hike in” fishing I’ve done so far has comprised of day hikes, where I hike in, bust my rod out and fish, then take it all down and hike out. This coming season as per my other post, I’m gonna try for at least a few multi day excursions where I’d like to try and figure out some...

Dude, I'd pay to find some whitefish around here! I've heard they're not bad eating either. Save for the occasional brookie I don't eat trout, but I'd at least try a whitefish or two to see if I liked it.

Thanks for the welcome guys, and the info. I’m not usually one for posting my stuff online, but maybe I’ll make a big trip report during this upcoming season. My work is very liberal with time off, and my wife and family are understanding and accompany me when appropriate(only so far a 6yo and...

That sounds like a blast!

Hello all! So now it makes sense why the conversation had been declining on the other website - I had no idea that it had changed hands and this new one was started. I'm pretty sure this was my username over there... but in any case, my name is Jeff and I currently live in Roy, WA. I've been...