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  1. GAT

    Bend Oregon / Cascade Lakes area

    Good grief. The Fall is normally the best time (it can change from year to year) to fish Crane, Lava, Little Lava, Hosmer, Wick, Gold, East and Davis (if there's any water).
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    $3 toolbar

    Good choice of thread ...
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    Float trip heat

    For our trip to Baja we wore PFG shirts and pants and boy am I glad we did. We had to stop each day by noon because it became too hot. Otherwise, what you have lined up is very close to our approach. I still use the PFG shirts during hot days in the PNW.
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    Why do killer whales keep handing us fish?

    Sheeesh. I don't think Flipper ever offered fish to his human buddies. I haven't heard of Orcas attacking humans as do sharks. There is no way I'd accept a fish gift from a shark..... (or a bear, mountain lion, rattle snake and especially a tick)
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    NFR College Football 2025

    Any team you want can play football in the Pac ... as long as the name of the team ends in "state". Well good. The Pac-2 was a little sparse.
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    New shirts and stuff

    Well hell, gott'a support the team ! 😬
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    The bead question?

    A friend of mine was able to catch cutts with a bare hook at Mann Lake in Oregon. He was a hell of a fly angler and we joked that he could probably catch the trout with just a fly hook. Just for the heck of it he gave it a try and did catch fish. Seems to me if something is at the correct...
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    Anyone ever swapped out a tip section from a different rod?

    If the pieces fit, chances are the mutant rod will cast and fight just fine .... unless one of the rods is an Ugly Stick 😱
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    SFR Mt St Helens - 45 Year Anniversary

    We were visiting my Wife's Grandmother in Olympia when the mountain blew. I-5 was closed so we had to take a very long trip down 101 to Astoria. The bridge at Astoria was a traffic jam so it took about an hour just to get across the bridge. While driving from Astoria to Portland we rounded...
  10. GAT

    What the heck is this?

    it's an atlantic salmon That's what it looks like to me.... 😁
  11. GAT

    The 2025 NFL Season Discussion

    Well ... there ya go... hard to argue with a divine statistic.
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    ID request from floating shucks

    Caddis nymphs will use whatever is handy to make their cases. The sand and pebbles seem to make round cases. Pine needles and the like end up as squared off cases. If you put the larva in a habitat that only has aluminum foil for use to make cases, they'll use the foil. If you give...
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    ID request from floating shucks

    I'd say tkww is on the right track. Depending where you were fishing (as in the Mckenzie River) it may have been a hatch of "Mckenzie Caddis". Personally, I've never seen a hatch of the Mckenzie Caddis (aka Mother's Day Caddis) but I fish more below Eugene then above it...
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    ID request from floating shucks

    As far as a caddis emerger pattern to use goes, there are many, many different patterns to choose from. In theory, a traditional soft hackle in the color of your choice is supposed to imitate a caddis emerger but as usual, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I've actually had fairly...
  15. GAT

    Survey on fly fishing consumer preferences

    I agree with Evan.
  16. GAT

    When life throws you a curve ball

    Cancer treatment has become better and better so I have the highest hopes for your complete recovery.
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    SFR The Real ID Requirements Are Just Around The Corner

    I carry a wallet size passport so until it expires, I figure it should be good enough for ID.
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    Why in the world does WA still have paper-only fishing licenses?

    Well, I'm shocked. Of the three states, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, I just assumed you guys had digital licenses before we did in Idaho and Oregon. Shocked, I tell you, shocked. 😲 (To be perfectly honest, I don't always carry my phone when fishing so I printed a copy of my Oregon...
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    Passing of author Steve Probasco

    Oh man, I'm sorry to read this. Steve was the one who called me when he was the original editor of NW Flyfishing Magazine and wanted me to produce cartoons for the publication. I always got along great with Steve. He was a great guy. RIP
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