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Long ago I swam across the Queets one not so warm February morning. I was attemping to cross a tailout with about a foot of visability and reached the point of no return. While contemplating my next move, a drift boat came down and rescued my ass. They were like "how did you get over there?" I'd...

I hooked bull trout on the east and west side of the cascades one day. Also some cutties on the east side. The bigger cutties seemed to be in the deeper pools, but smaller ones could be taken on hoppers in suprisingly skinny water. A little shade helped.

4 Pflueger Medalists’ 1495 1/2 DA with 3 spare spools. All are in good condition. One is missing a screw. One has a stainless steel drag plate made by One Pfoot. As as far as I know they all function just fine. I fished the crap out of the one with the upgraded drag plate over the years. Local...

Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothin' That line from Powderfinger always sticks in my head for some reason.

Bad shoulder?

I love having all the windows in the house open from pretty much June-September. The fresh air and bird songs are awesome. It did get a little chilly the other night so we shut the windows and stoked the wood stove. Not something I can remember doing in July before.

I regularly catch 20# steelhead on 20 year old 20# ultra green:) Seriously, I’ve got some pretty old ultra green and I‘m not sure I’ve ever thrown any away because I thought it went bad. Ultra green has always been my go to material from Chinook to chironomids.

Ted’s in Lynnwood. John’s in Everett. It’s where you bought your gear in Sno. County before the internet.

Our house always has random feathers and crystal flash floating around. The other day I gave my wife a heads up about a #16 hook that flew out of my vise and landed who knows where. They usually show up in the bottom of someone’s foot:)

I've been listening to Ghost's latest album "Impera" a ton. I haven't discovered music like this in a long time. It's like Sabbath, Def Leppard, BOC, Deep Purple and ABBA all rolled into one big spleef.

I was Razor clam digging in Ocean Shores.

I've got Duke losing to Kansas in the final. Hopefully that won't be out the window after today.

I played around with Tear Mender on some jerkbait patterns this weekend. It lets you adjust the eyes and get them just right before messing with epoxy. It also allows you to really saturate the material so you don't have to use as much epoxy on the final coat. The head on this fly is mountain...

This is my first crack at a jerkbait pattern. It's all Congo hair and a little crystal flash. Head was done using Tear Mender and epoxy. I'm curious as to how it will swim in the water.

Cool. I love music. Blasting some Triumphant in my office now.

Living just a few minutes from the NF Stilly, Sauk and the Oso Slide, I feel totally safe!

Plenty of folks out fishing illegally on my local streams. Nobody will notice. Also, I think the NF Stilly is still open around Fortson until the 15th.