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The good news is that as of this January 1st, Washington’s minimum wage is $16.66. So you get to start on the high end of the scale of minimum wage.

So true. My dad was ski patrol and dragged me out of school on ski trips all the time and we went all over the place and I couldn’t be more turned off from the ski town mountain scene at this point. I will say I was always into the truly natural landscapes and moving through them slowly and...

I have a young boy who is driving me bonkers and I am jealous of the daughters my friends have that seem like angels. I hear the whole thing switches around the teenage years. Sounds like your experience backs that up.

If aliens are here they know someone will fire a large bullet their way no matter how peaceful they are.

Hasn’t WDFW been spreading propaganda from the beginning? I mean, the fish were here first right? But now it’s like we wouldn’t have any opportunity to fish without the agency. Even wild fish fisheries require all this monitoring. We can’t have any fishing without the agency, so thank you so...

I did alright. I didn’t rush and I always started tiny and sacrificial to learn the tools and materials. I didn’t buy a bunch of stuff until I knew.

And that is why I say just go fishing. If you are in western WA, then October is your main river coho month and the rain storms are the primary driver of their arrival. If I could fish every day, maybe I’d get more into the nuts and bolts of this, but generally I’d put a lot more stake in...

Hatchery reports mean nothing. Just go fishing. I have never found a reliable correlation between good hatchery reports and good fishing. Many years the fishing is terrible despite great hatchery returns. I wasted a lot of time following these over the years.

I am approaching 44 and all of a sudden feel stiff as a board in the mornings. Those heated seats help loosen me up before fishing. I love them.

Holy shit, a 2MANY sighting on this forum…Figures you would show up for a bitch session like this. ;)

I hear you Evan but that kind of request from a fly club is exactly why I don’t like fly clubs and generally don’t like fly fishers. So much “special”.

No we aren’t. Moral licensing and privilege is something that drives me fucking nuts. I’ve dedicated my life to removing fish barriers and planting trees on streams and am not the most financially stable because of that and I am not asking for any special favors. I know how fly clubs work and I...

Those chartreuse “coho spankers” are basically a fly style I came to over the years trial and error. I found that with flashy synthetics, the more the better for salmon in most situations as long as they are small and jiggly with the bead head and the way they are dressed. I tie those exact...

HMMMM I might be coming down with steelhead fever…. I went into that epic 2010 Methow season planning on just fishing dries. I quit fishing dries after a couple of hours because I wanted to try something different since I was hooking steelhead on dries easily…

When I was 10, Ken Griffey Jr was a Golden God, and the Sonics were a legit playoff team while the Seahawks were a dumpster fire. I never would have imagined it would be the Seahawks to win a championship, and now that was 10 years ago and their first SB appearance is nearly 20 years ago. Fuck I...

Damn Astros are 9/1 out of the last 10. I strongly dislike the Astros. Cheaters…

Sometimes getting bites isn’t enough. Fish don’t have hands and do a lot of things with their mouths besides eat. I have had plenty of times where they were biting but couldn’t get a hook in them and then same setup next weekend landed everything. Sometimes we get a lot of “bites” but no “eats”.

I know the details and the legal jargon. I have to point out that what you just posted is not about the fish at all. It’s about the Tribes right to catch and sell fish.

I haven’t seen enough to confidently claim an average size. I’d put them in the 2lbs range so pretty typical for a humpy in my experience.

You are correct about poetic justice. I’ve worked for the tribes and am critical of them and have been called a racist for it but I am not criticizing them for their differences and traditions, my criticism is about the similarities. This isn’t about customs and traditions so much as money IMO...