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With my current quiver I can’t justify getting one but man that looks like a fun boat! I agree the price is pretty amazing.

Don’t have the 96 but I have a Hyside MiniMax (10’5) with a DRE a frame and also a Clearwater. I too live on the OP. The MM is a great little boat for the OP. No problem running anything on the Sol Duc including Bear Ck, mostly. The exception being when you get 2 folks in the raft. Even the MM...

Just scrolled through the wdfw creel reports https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/reports/creel/north-coast-surveys. Ugh Are there no fish left? Are there no survey takers left?

Look close on the second pic and you can see my leader next to the cork. It’s wrapped around the reel seat with the fly hooked on a guide up in the conduit.

These are for use on the raft. The rod is fully rigged and ready. Insert the rod til in the long slot and push it forward until the back of the reel seat can hook inside the back end. The bend on mine is pretty radical because I have a small raft and use longer rods. The bend follows the curve...

Bogachiel aka Bogi. RIP good ole boy

More antidotes. Several yeas back I was on my own in my little raft on the Calawah at the height of the hatchery run. Dropped at least 50 yds (more but I’m giving the benefit here) below a drift boat with a guy rowing and and two gentleman sitting up front with rods in rod holders. I was casting...

Sol Duc too. That’s a hard river to bank or swing without boat access. The good swing spots a few and far apart. During the no fishing from the boat rule was in place I witnessed far less pressure. Quick story: I was out one day when there’s this guide boat just downstream. Guy in the boat is...

Here’s a response I posted to a question on the other forum. I thought someone may be interested. So here ya go. These are certainly not as esthetic or well finished as the professionally made ones but they’ve worked for me. Use any length/diameter conduit based on your rod. I used a heat gun...

Ditto It’s a great shop and has got to be getting hit by all the OP problems.

This is the type of feedback I was hoping for. Thanks

I’ve talked to guides who support the idea but I don’t know if there has been any real discussion. The more sport anglers and the Tribes work together the better. The tribes have real federal clout. Us not so much.

“Garmin posts”??

Nov 29 a few years ago then 1 week later. Had an amazing STH year that year. Dismal since…

So Billy, how do you recommend searching out where to drop you line?

Any comments on the paying not to fish in my previous post?

Tribal fishing does impact especially steelhead. We see local fish regularly show up on local menus and in our local grocery stores that specialize in more whole foods. Farmers are paid not to grow crops. The tribal fisherpeole I have talked to are reasonable and intelligent. I’d pay a subsidy...

Habitat is a topic that interests me. I’m not convinced that watershed degradation is a big factor on the OP. Logging environmental practices are light years ahead of the cut and run of the late 70s when the end of old growth harvest was driving massive clear cuts on the west end. The OP in...

For fun compare to last years creel count.

I spent some time talking to the person taking the creel report numbers last week when I was out and got no fish. She said folks were just deciding to stay away due to the lack of fish. Only 3 guide boats out, on the Sol Duc, at the height of the Coho season. This is their livelihood! If the...