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I Like the little Dead Kermit eyes on your popper.

I had a short notice getaway yesterday, and figured a figured a high lake scouting trip would go well with the projected heat wave. I knew the lower lake would be at least partially melted out, and have found in the past that fish in these circumstances can be concentrated and Hungry. The road...

I had a few hours to explore yesterday and checked out a few sections of Costco Creek in the suburbs. It's cool that there is something like this tucked in amongst the office buildings and shopping malls. I lost one that could have been almost twice this big!!

I have a Penn 450 SS that might see some use later this summer roping Pinks. It feels a bit tight and could probably use a good overhaul. Last time I looked inside I decided that was a job better left to someone else. Any recommendations for a person to do general reel service? Thanks.

I would love to get out with you sometime. Really, it wasn't a bit bad at 06:00. 'Depends on where you're coming from, of course.

No takers, so I went solo again. MTB is definitely the way to go for this lake; the uphill ride in is a bit of a grunt, but bombing out at the end of the day was awesome. Shrooms on the waytrail in. I fell and nearly impaled myself when a rotten log collapsed. Local ambiance. The loons...

Do they serve Crown at Sunfish? Happy Birthday Steve!

Made ya’ look. The open seat is in my Honda CRV. The plan is to leave W. Seattle around 6AM and head out highway 2, (can meet wherever,) mountain bike in around 2 miles and hike another half mile to a lake, fish until a reasonable hour, and then fight traffic back home. I can loan a small...

I plan to arrive sometime Friday early afternoon and leave either Saturday evening or early Sunday AM. I might just sleep in the back of my CRV and avoid the whole wet tent phenomenon. I will bring some firewood and something for potluck. Something.

I'm working on a floating dragonfly nymph pattern; this one is getting close. Fished on a fast sink line.

Oh yeah, it is getting to be lake season! I sort of consider this particular lake ‘a day at the office.’ The hike to the upper lake takes two hours if I hustle, and then another half hour of granite boulder hopping down to the lower lake. I typically only catch one or two fish here, but the...

I'm just not used to seeing them in WA at all, so it was a real treat.

When @Dave Westburg suggests a lake to me, I generally find it worthwhile considering his advice (never mind the two skunkings I've taken with him.) So, I got out to this westside lake earlier in the week. The weather was spectacular! One approaches on several miles of gated, well maintained...

The recent Foam Elk Hair Caddis thread inspired me, and kept me from falling prey to my usual tendency to over complicate everything. These things ought to float really well.

My TG series cameras kept dying, and I’m really not hard on my gear. I liked the waterproof feature, but wasn’t overly impressed with the image quality. Depending on your definition of reasonable cost, look at the Sony DSC RX100 VII. It has great optics with a wide zoom range, an excellent...

Is anyone planning to bring instruments and sit around the campfire banging out a few songs? If so, I’ll bring my bass and a little battery powered amp.

I might be parting with a nice spin/gear rod that I really don’t need. Probably some tying materials, maybe some camping stuff, fly line, surplus knives. I’d be interested to see what shows up in size 10 footwear.

I'll be there Friday through either Saturday evening or Sunday AM. 'Looking forward to seeing the gang!

I’m really not good at production tying, but sat down and cranked out a batch over two days. Lawd knows we don’t need anymore ant patterns, so I went with another classic, catches-trout-anywhere-anytime fly; the Pheasant Tail.