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This is how you ration healthcare when you don't have the desire to pay for it. Bring on the death panels...

We are already seeing the devaluation of the college degree. Many kids come out of school without jobs. There was a time the simple BS degree opened doors and got you jobs. A decade back or so there was an article that compared the elevator repair man to the college degree guy. It took...

I would fish my way down! Don't waste good water. Once you hit the SF bay area you got 2 choices. One is the I5. Along the I5 there is nothing good to eat between SF and LA. If anyone knows different post it up. The other choice is from SF bay going on 101 which is along the coast more...

My wife isn't on board yet, but when I retire soon I'd like to sell all my boat anchors and mostly have just what fits in my truck and a bunch of check books. We would just rent furnished houses for 1 year leases near good fishing so we could really get into an area. Maybe after 5 or 10 years...

That's amazing and sad! I have only fished in the pnw a few times as there is so much water in our country. I've been lucky in the pnw but it has been 10-15 years since I have been. I do an annual fall norcal trip and I am never shut out. This year my best day was 6 steel swinging a two...

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These guys look like a scam... https://www.troutwetflies.com/product-category/fly-rods/page/5/

Sad...a guide and son. That would imply not a novice.

Love it! You are hooked for life!

Get more bang for your buck fish obs heads over integrated lines. Also mono runner shoots farther. The bump head to runner can be smoothed out. You get used to the bump and don't even think about it. You can buy almost 2 heads for 1 integrated line. Mono runner does not really wear. Coated...

That’s the career my nephew at CU boulder wants!

Some would argue the 3M Lani Waller series opened the eyes of many would be steelheaders. All that was done with a single hand rod. Years later when the 2 handers got popular Waller was still a single hand steelheader. He has said in interviews where he isn't a fan of catching on speyrods and...

Addendum to my post. I met a friend last week to go fish. He was already camping up there for 3 days. Our wives are friends and talk. I just went up to fish for the day. My friend decides he is done too and heads home. Our wives had lunch today and his wife was saying how Mike came home...

I found the same thing. I started with 14+ft. speyrod then kept buying shorter and shorter. My steelhead rod is now 12'3", my overhead 7wt. beach rod is 11ft., my 5wt. trout spey/summer steelhead is 10'8", if the fish get smaller it's single hand spey with a 9ft. single hander. Not only is...

Don't worry. After a few decades she will be happy to hear you are leaving to go fishing.

More interesting is Chinook salmon fishing in California was allowed on June 7-8, 2025, and again from September 4-7, 2025, with additional dates in late July and August if the harvest guidelines were not met. The fishing season is closely monitored to ensure sustainability. Fishing is great...

Did you find the eho beach boost too soft? I was surprised at how soft this rod felt to me and I just could not get performance out of it. But some say I'm not letting the rod do the work. I tend to fish the way I race cars. I tell my car where I want it to go. For me that's a faster rod...

Not the answer the OP is looking for but his post to me is someone who is searching. I think short term goals are pretty easy like ski season is coming and I want to ski in Utah this year. Long term I don't want to work at all and want to have a comfortable retirement with a good body so I...

oct 22 I'm 90% going to be on the Trin doing some DIY for steel probably explore lewiston/douglass (I've only floated the trin with guides from weaverville) . I'll be on the sac and feather earlier in the week. I don't need too much encouragement to make the Trin a for sure. If you want to...

I don't think we will ever solve the problem of declining fish populations unless we look at real causes to go after. Is it really "climate change" the big boogie man? Yes we have the heat blob in the PNW a significant climate event but the fish are really under attack from all sides. We...