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Love a good Napoleon Dynamite reference. Most people on here love a good bacon reference. Here's one of each.

Over the last few years I have come to find solitude so much more rewarding than when I was younger, to the point that I am fishing less but planning trips in a way that minimizes the amount of anglers I see (see attached photo). Yeah, courtesy goes a long way with avoiding conflicts, like...

If I were @cole_p I'd buy @Thomas Mitchell's extra boat. If you need the lighter and more compact breakdown frame, then we should do a 3-way deal in that I'll buy the frame from Thomas, you buy his boat, and we'll get you the breakdown frame. I reluctantly sold my deluxe Freestone frame earlier...

The analogs are the end product (maybe think of it like a hockey puck) of taking the carcass meal and adding a binder to keep it together so the nutrients can be leached into the streams over time. The advantages are they are pasteurized (disease free), easy to transport to the streams (light...

I have an example of how convenience and economics trumped using surplus hatchery carcasses for stream nutrient enhancement. Priest Rapids hatchery is operated by WDFW. When I worked there before the turn of the century, the surplus carcasses not used for spawning were frozen and placed in...

Thanks. This is a good idea and one I would never have thought of...sounds a bit like arts and crafts and whenever that came up in school, I was usually running outside to play kickball. I'll take a look at those Buzzy, thanks. I posted a Kenai trip report on our FB page; if I recall, you...

Just got back from our annual trip to the Kenai. Lots of nice fish and bears...good trip overall. But that is not the point of my post. I have used (for a number of years) small, compact clear plastic tackle boxes to keep hooks, split shot, beads, swivels, and other small items. I start out...

Even though the two major college football teams in WA state will have no influence at the national championship level, both teams are doing better than what I (and probably most people) thought going into the season. There's a lot of football left in this season but so far, it looks like the...

They didn't work for Chevy Chase when he tried going after Christy Brinkley.

Yeah, I don't know what this means but whatever.

This line really hit home with me, with my youngest being a senior this year in school. Well stated.

For Sale: 10.5' self bailing raft with drop stitch floor and 3-person NRS fishing frame, anchor system, Cataract oars, rod holders, and other features as shown. Everything is new, currently located in Ellensburg, WA. $3750. Can be shipped if needed for extra. Correspondence will be slower than...

While I'm glad WSU received more votes than ND, it's a little indicative of program history when your excited just to be listed among "Others receiving votes".

Went to the Skeena earlier this month for salmon. I was really hoping the steelhead returns would more match the Columbia and Skeena sockeye this year but it ain't happening so far. I really want to go again but may decide to just fish the middle/upper Fraser tributaries instead of steelhead on...

Not trying to discount caution and respect for bears and I know some have a real fear of them but I wonder how much of it is in our heads? I'd be curious as to the statistics of bear attacks on people sleeping inside their tents if properly storing their food and maintaining a clean camp? And...

Kudos to Meadow Fish Camp for showing our boys a great time. If any of you have ever opened a map of the Caribou/Chilcotin/Kamloops area or went to gofishbc.com and checked the stocking reports, there are literally hundreds and hundreds of lakes that either get natural spawning recruitment or...

Great photos and write up. I look forward to hearing more. One question I have, which I don't think is giving anything away...I have fished a few public lakes in that area (there are SO many) but never a private lake. Was there much of a difference between the private lake and the public lakes...

I better look into Vista Outdoors. Maybe I can sell them an inflatable boat business. I'd settle for $25 like Homer, so I could buy a haircut, car wash, or hammer.

When working in a fly shop years ago, I'd often hear the expression "if the flies don't work can I bring them back for a refund"? It was funny the first hundred times...then I forced myself to chuckle, then after awhile, I had to work hard to keep from rolling my eyes.