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Yup, I've seen them too. There usually surrounded by tall grass

Never got into the Toughskins, always wore the Levi 501. Think I got a few pairs of those high speed Keds sneakers at Sears thou...

Was the Amazon of its day. I grew up in Seattle and my Dad worked there as I was growing up, we were frequent visitors to the big store on 1st & Lander. Things I remember.....the wish book, a Christmas sales book that came out probably in September to get the kids all wound up. The fishing &...

That blonde kid started horse whipping that poor eel from side to side as soon as it cleared water the hook in its nose stayed put. He must have seen them in action before

Playing around with color combinations on a size 8 CZ Mini jig bead head soft hackle. Thinking a might be a decent searching pattern under an indicator on a windy day, or stripped on a sink tip

HA! Brings to mind a somewhat similar experience from years ago. Was on the big Island having a beach day, was swimming around in some rather large tide pools, the wife was lounging in the sand. Some long haired blonde kid calls out "Mr can you help me for a minute?" So I swim over to the...

Ever have a Anadromous fish try to extract a pound of flesh off you? I've seen a few examples in my years fishing, one spring Chinook one winter Steelhead. Now, how about you? c/22

That's insane on the 2x catches, but I think your reasoning on fish psychology is sound. As usual, I've got a story for you. This one is concerning a vengeful spring Chinook. I'll start my own thread on it as curious if others have had the same type reaction.

I remember walking into that REI, I can still smell the creosote

My Dad got it @ an Army surplus store back in his hiking days and used it many years before I started packing it in. I remember one trip in 1975 took it into Eightmile lake up off of the Icicle Creek Road Caught a lunker Mackinaw on a deep trolled red-headed triple teaser. And also caught a...

Back in the day I carried one of these WW2 survival rafts. Had a pair of waterproof ping pong paddles for propulsion. Total weight was 10.5 lbs. I'd imagine things have improved sense 1980.

Man that's gladiatorial thinking Stoner. That old sentimental stick is in semi retirement 😕

Have an old Lami G-1000 graphite baitcaster rod from the 90's. Was my 1st serious steelhead rod back in the day. Think it could take the strain on a downrigger?

No backpackers?

Just chugged one of these

They attacked my wife's Asters one spring, big mistake. She went after them with a flashlight & finished off a whole generation!

Your plants are safe now, the larva do all the damage

Cutworm is common here, this is the life cycle

Best guess it's a moth pupa, likely from a moth in the Noctuidae (owlet moths) or Sphingidae (sphinx moths) families.

Curious about a summer backpacking trip, anyone been up there in the last few years?