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Some times I try to remember how I ever fixed/repaired/replaced anything around the house or on a vehicle/boat prior to YT, but my brain goes blank. Id be paying so many more professionals if not for that wonderful site.

Yes, this will happen with the plastic Scotty spools, especially if you fish heavy balls and deep on the wire. They aren't designed with braid in mind. There's a guy down here in Westport that makes and sells metal spools that are the absolute cats meow. Spendy, but oh so worth it. Why...

I am squarely in the braid camp. Less blow back and I just find everything about it easier to deal with. Wire has caught plenty of fish, so not sure Id run out and make the switch unless I needed to respool a rigger, but when it came time I'd highly recommend giving braid a shot. Also, I...

Nice job. Rockfish on the fly are sooo much fun. One of my favorite things to do. Black rockfish in particular can be some of the most finicky fish you'll ever encounter. They can get super keyed in on one particular food source and can't be bothered to even look at anything else. Of...

My bet is Stimson is right, very likely the carb As far as breaking that bolt loose, try soaking it with the juice from a jar of pickled eggs. Thatll dissolve that SOB in no time

I have a feeling some of you folks would have a mild heart attack if you were to inspect one of my leaders at any given point over a summer sound season lol

15 lb Ultragreen for me. I confidently fish wind knots and never have fish break off. Honestly I won't fish any leader in any saltwater scenario that I can't confidently fish with a wind knot or three, or a little fray from a shark or other scenario. No finesse required in this fishery...

This pic is a perfect example of what I was poorly attempting to describe in my earlier post. By not bringing the lower half of the rod any higher than Randy has it here one can fight the fish with the butt of the rod where all the strength is, and avoid risking a snapped tip. Not only is...

Going north is never our preference, just due to the angle running that way, but we do it a fair amount. In 2021 we ran north quite a bit, including a handful of fly trips. We typically only go that direction when fishing dictates it's the best, or only real option. As you guys saw...

Mako is probably the best "fish" I've eaten from the PNW. I've never heard of a yellowfin caught up here. At least out of WA. Seen a few Opah brought back to the dock though, and there's always the miniscule chance of a stripey. I like yellowtail quite a bit, but it has never blown me...

I've never broke a rod on a tuna. When fighting them it's important to never lift the rod much higher than ones chest. Getting the tip high at any point is what tends to cause unexpected grenades. To me fighting an albacore on a fly rod is much more of a whole body process rather than using...

Super fun day. I truly needed it. Ride out got a annoying in the morning, but that was expected given our direction. Turned out to be a beautiful day. Flies were leading the charge out there today. Everyone was finding some fish but we found something a lot better. Both our other 29...

Well, first fly trip of the season today. We caught no yellowtail.....them pesky tuna kept getting to our flies first. Oh well, maybe next time.

Yeah, couple days ago one of our boats made a stop at a weather buoy. Trolled by it and hooked a YT, then ended up picking 7 more on bait.

After the last several days of absolutely wide open albacore fishing, today things were a bit goofy. Started around where we'd been lighting them up, but soon all our boats were super spread out looking. Finally zeroed in on an area that had a ton of working birds and small jumper patches but...

Terns (North Pacific Tuna Eagles) are king. Hands down. Many a day has been saved for me by spotting a single tern acting suspiciously. We refer to such things as SBA.....Suspicious Bird Activity. Shearwaters (Black Duck) are next, but tend to be present when we are fishing water a bit more...

Shake and Bake is a cool boat and they have been doing very well recently. Should be a great time.

Things are getting weird out here. Caught all our fish 23 miles from Westport today in just over 400' of water. Never had to worry about hanging tuna troll gear on crab pots before

If the motor checked out that's a pretty sweet boat for the price. I friggen loved mine. Super capable boat. That power is a bit older, but the price is pretty solid if the motor was taken care of. We paid that same price for mine about 8 years ago or so. With the boat market the way it...

Coho are absolute magicians. I've never met a fish better at spitting a hook. Losing fish is just going to happen, even when you do everything right. That said, IMO, the best thing to do with coho is land them as quickly as you can. The longer they are on the line the higher the chance...