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Awesome link, thank you!

Awesome! What is that underbody made from?

I heard that my favorite access, Cinder Hill Campground, was closing last weekend unfortunately.

#12 beetle. Maybe add an emerger callibaetis as a dropper on top, or a small bloodworm a couple feet down. This brown wanted the beetle a couple weeks ago.

Absolutely! It's at the Maltby Grange, located about 1/2 mile north of Maltby Cafe. Very down to earth vibe. Great practice for playing by ear and by watching the chord changes used by others in the circle. Its pretty uneven quality, but some songs can really soar and some jammers are...

I've heard the Greenlakers moved their jam back indoors for the season. If you want a jam that's more bluegrassy, Maltby has their 1st Saturday of the month jam this coming Saturday. Gets rolling around 1:30pm, and I usually jam until 3:30 or 4pm. I think the jam rolls until 5pm, then they...

Cliff, I am still so very glad you were the one to pick up those two sweet casting rods. Things all worked out on my end too, the sales helped me justify canceling the consignment I had for my rare, amazing acoustic guitar. It is now back in my hands and making as good music as I'm capable of...

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I've collected a lot of gear over the years and it's time to find new homes for some of it. All the lines are either new in box or lawn cast a few times at most. All lines priced at $25, cash, picked up in Bothell/Mill Creek. Please add $15 for shipping and I'm happy to combine lines into a...

I was on East Lake three non-consecutive days during a 10 day visit to Central Oregon early Oct 2024. I caught good sized rainbows all three days, but only caught browns one day...the one day it was cloudy with threatening rain. That's just my one experience, but maybe something to think...

Ha! I think I will design my own beetle fly (as if I could actually make something original- not!) and will name it “Super Beetle” after my car from college days. It will be funky, cool and will get me where I want to go!

My son drove up and met me at Sunriver last week. We had a free hour and hit East Lake, but left the tubes in the car and walked along the shoreline up to the large rock cliff where we cast a couple beetles. No luck for me, but my son picked up a nice brown. Love those beetles!

Awesome trip, but I’m really really thankful to hear your griz encounter did not turn bad.

I’ve been fishing Central Oregon lakes for a few years now and am becoming a big fan of the beetle dry fly. I’d never fished a beetle in over 40 years of fly fishing and am on a learning curve. For those who fish beetles, what size do you prefer? And a follow up question, do you ties legs...

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately I drove back there the next morning and did talk to the campground host and he hadn’t seen it.

I left my tan fly fishing vest in the parking lot of the north boat ramp of Cinder Hill Campground, East Lake, Central OR. On Wed the 17th. Just in case someone found it and would be willing to return it. Ron

Cliff, If I was on the hunt for a cool reel to use with those rods, I might cast a wider net by posting in the Classic Rod Forum's classifieds section a "Want to Buy" describing what you are looking for, either specifically or generally. I've used that a couple times over the years and was...

FWIW, I’ve heard that hollowing the cane tends to make the rod feel faster and stiffer, and that a good hollow build will have a taper that offsets this effect. I once had a blank made by a well known budget maker from Oregon who gave me the option of having it hollow built but without any...

I have that exact same Iwana, it was my compensation for doing some photography for Shane Gray a couple years ago. I use it for my 4 weight line. The West Fork has a couple spots where it’s possible to pick up a cutt over 16” or longer. But access is somewhat challenging. On the East...

Does anyone on this board have experience with swapping Hardy pawls into other click and pawl fly reels? I have a couple Leland Co. Classic Drift fly reels, and they are very classic looking on my bamboo rods. I'd rate their construction quality about an 8 or 9 out of 10. They don't match the...