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I grew up in West Virginia, and have good memories of the spring warbler migration. Here in the PNW, we just don't have this. I can remember walking through an arboretum and hearing/seeing multiple dozens of warbler species. Merlin would have a data overload.

Heck, I was unsure if the OP was talking about older reels or older owners 👴

Which Hood Canal rivers have pink runs?

Do store-bought tapered leaders go “bad?” Does the material age? Get weaker, over time?

I'll say again, barracuda in Mexico are a blast.

Barracuda are a highly underrated fly rod fish

Some of us are only “going on 72.”

My $.02 … If you want to go to French Polynesia (Tahiti is an island in French Polynesia, just like Bora Bora, Moorea, and many others,) just go, and make it a great vacation … And don’t try to make it into a fishing trip. I realize this may be an unpopular opinion here, and here’s my logic...

More Terns from French Polynesia: These are White Terns, gracefully flitting about their roosting spot. There were three others outside of the frame. Pure white plumage.

We watched this Great Crested Tern fishing along the shore here in French Polynesia, without being able to positively identify it. One finally landed on our deck.

4.5" in 24 hours on the Fjord (Hood Canal)

To be clear, I had the locator service (811) done. I took photos of the marks created by the locator service so I would have a record. Then, it rained like crazy, and those marks had been washed away. So when the excavator guy showed up, he didn’t know where the marks had been. And he scraped...

OK, I had never tried it before. I was having some excavation done to prepare for building a shed. Excavator dude shows up, pulls out these two witching rods, found all of the electrical wires and the water line. WTF? He said, “Let’s see if you’ve got it.” I’ve apparently got it. Freaky. So, I’m...

Ascension Bay, somewhere around 10-12 years ago. Prologue: On the last day of six fishing days, late in the afternoon, I was with the guide, casting to a large mixed school of bonefish, jacks, and permit (none of them very large.) I hooked what we thought was a permit - it turned out to be a...

From last Wednesday … who knows the hole and the course?

OK, eggnog season is awesome … the eggnog itself? Not so much …

Definitely a Downy … it’s the bill …

I think Chum Salmon are the saltwater carp :unsure:

What time and what direction?

View from my front porch in Union