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With depressed fish runs amplified by WDS reducing fishing opportunity, I require rose colored glasses these days to keep severe depression at bay.

My concern is that Nippon will just do the minimum required clean up, close up shop, and leave instead of repairing and reopening to resume paper manufacturing.

Nice rod!

Once in a while I'll just drive to Blue Creek to walk and wade fish there. I use a boat for 95% of my Cowlitz fishing mainly because walk and wade access is very poor.

Washington Department of Salmon hypocrisy. WDFW opened the lower Skagit River to fishing for spring Chinook salmon in early May. Then they opened the upper Skagit (Rockport to Marblemount) to spring Chinook salmon fishing while acknowledging that ESA listed native steelhead were actively...

A former fly shop printed a booklet for fishing a river S of Oly, sometimes referred to as the "little D." Ah, found it right away on my bookshelf. It's got maps and descriptions and a list of way more fly patterns than I've ever tried. And I've only ever used parachute Adams and EHC in sizes...

Seems like a couple years ago there was a thread where it was mentioned that certain treaty tribal representatives expressed an informal objective of ending non-treaty fishing in anadromous waters. It looks like WDFW is trying to help them out in achieving that objective.

No mentor here either. Self taught, mainly learning how to do it the right way by first doing it all the wrong way. It's a long road, but very effective when you know what doesn't work. As an adult angler I gathered hints and tips from more experienced anglers, and still do to this day. Over...

Was a fun weekend. Didn't sell any rods or gear; it's hard to compete with guys just giving shit away. Did return home with a lot less whiskey than I started out with, however. Thanks for helping! So good to see all of you, and especially Jerry (and Sherman) again.

Oh come on! Have you ever been to a restaurant? With a menu of food choices? I bet you picked one and didn't go hungry. Same with rod blanks and components. It ain't rocket science.

Happy birthday! 77 is a good year; I been wearing it since November.

I'm not a scofflaw by nature, but sometimes I stop, and sometimes I don't. My Watermaster is cleaned and dried when I put it in its dry bag. Honestly, I ain't gonna' bother pulling it out for an inspector. My raft is rolled up and sitting on the rowing frame on the trailer on the way to MT...

Is the "liquor" being referred to in the story sulphite waste liquor? That liquid is prominent in paper making and a hellish liquid.

I was gonna' say "I don't see it." And then, oh there it is!

No wire brush used on my grill. Metal scraper only. If you saw my grill, you might not want to eat anything cooked on it. I rely on heat to kill any bacteria. And scrape the tops of the grill bars - the part that food actually touches. The sides and undersides look sorta' gross. Been that...

My sympathy to all those affected by the blast. A cautionary reminder that all these refineries, mills, and industries with large storage tanks are not inherently safe. Even when the risk is low, it never goes away.

Here at Backhoes R Us, I stopped using a bike lock. Instead I aim a laser gun sight a couple feet above my bike's top tube. A sticker on the bike announces that the person standing there with a red dot on them is in harm's way. They tend not to linger.

Timely reminder! I hadn't checked my trap for a while. It's up to 8 queens now. Early season trapping makes August and September so much more pleasant for having dinner on the deck.

You would be most welcome at the swap & shop or any other get together and whip up that meal! That meal hits it outa' the park!

So true. Meat eater Salmo understands and appreciates the importance of vegetables, but draws the line at cauliflower and brussels sprouts.