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There really is no row upstream to take out at the West Fork, not for years. Most of the flow now cuts through to the West Fork above the take out. This area has been tight for the last two years, especially during low flows. And the launch from Decker with an aluminum drift boat at low...

Appreciate all the advice and tips. I've got an order of flies coming early next week - I didn't have enough free time to tie anything up myself! Really looking forward to this trip.

Looks like we'll be driving by Parks' Fly Shop - I'll make sure to stop in. Mice are definitely terrestrial - I've got those covered.

Nabbed a week of camping along Slough Creek the first full week of August. Last time I fished in the Lamar Valley was 2008 and we crushed it on spinners, but I didn't fly fish at the time. Looks like a lot of hoppers, ants, and beetles are being recommended. Anyone have any terrestrial patterns...

I like a nice cold gin and tonic during the mid day siestas.

Garden related (sort of). Grew a bunch of grass - got the field baled yesterday and used the drift boat trailer to get up up into the barn.

Mother's day weekend I spent many hours edging the grass around the garden with a shovel. The next day my foot was a bit sore, I thought I'd bruised it. But it never got better. Finally got in to see a podiatrist Monday and I fractured a bone in my foot jumping on the shovel. Supposed to be in a...

Personally I'd grab a little bit of fiberglass cloth and some resin and run some on the inside and outside. Let it cure and re-drill the mounting holes. Shouldn't be more than $25 or so. Whatever you do make sure to drill out the crack at each end to stop it from spreading. Amazon fiberglass...

I would sleeve it, drill it and run a 3" stainless bolt all the way through it with a stainless lock nut. One on the lower portion and one on the upper. I wouldn't risk PVC, rivets, epoxy or self tapping screws. You're going to want a thicker wall than that aluminum above, looks like it's only...

Finally keeping up on the weeding this year, which means less fishing time. Got our first strawberries this last weekend. Been eating lettuce and asparagus for quite a while now, with the green house we can do lettuce for ~10 months out of the year. Spinach pretty much year round. I went through...

That's how we do it. Just work it into the rotation so all 5 wear evenly.

If I was running 1-2 rigs I would cast it, but for a 3 rig set-up even close to shore they are so easy to tangle. They guys I know doing it are spacing their rigs out 6-8 feet from each other so they are covering 20-30' of width for the travel lanes.

Take your inflatable down to the Columbia in Mid June and find a decent beach. Rig up a 3 rig plunking setup with a size 6 spin and glow with coon shrimp and use the inflatable to drop your weight (rock) out 40'-50' or so from the bank with a breakaway knot. Grab a beverage of choice and kick...

Assuming the video is of the Situk? I can't watch it. The Situk has two runs of steelhead, one that enter in the fall and overwinter in the lake, who then head back down to spawn in the spring and fresh spring fish who do not head to the lake and head up to spawn starting in April. A kelt is...

Haven't fished the Skagit but have heavily fished the Sandy for springers for years. Been running bait with a large bead dropper the last several years and it's right about 50/50 on if they'll take the bait or the bead. We're talking almost golf ball sized beads sometimes. Fish are stupid. Just...

I think I'm going to plan a trip into the Mowich area from Sunrise this summer. Should be able to do it without having to pull any permits if I overnight in the Mowich campground. It will be a 20+ mile hike in with a good amount of elevation but it would be fun to spend a couple days hiking the...

So I have about 15 years experience rowing, but have now only rowed the Yakima twice. Once from the KOA to Ringer (Is this the Farmlands stretch?) and now from Cle Elum to above the diversion dam. I have never rowed the canyon. There is one tight spot right below the boat launch where you have...

The ones I ate Friday seemed fine.

I floated from Cle Elum to the diversion dam Friday. Got a later start and only interacted with 1 other boat throughout the day which was nice. Lots of March Browns out and about but no luck on them. Picked up a couple on dries with Skawalas and Chubby Chernobyls, but missed more than I landed.

We were out there this weekend as well. I think we saw under 10 other boats during our day, but we did bunny hop quite a bit with a few of them. We talked to one boat who saw a different boat hook a fish, not one other person we saw or talked to had seen any action. Conditions were PRIME. We...