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I fish far too few trailing hook flies to have an opinion. That said such flies are illegal on the North Umpqua in the summer. Nowadays I think a person will do best while showing as many fish flies they actually notice. I think big flies get more grabs than small flies at least on...

Yesterday's finds from. Saddle Mts

In the Saddle mountains today in an area familiar with many here. Found lots of petrified wood mostly agatized. Steep country and the further up the hillside the better it got.... pictures of rocks tomorrow.. in Sunnyside having sushi.... should I be scared?

I wish we had more precious opal material around here. The common opal we are finding is cool but has no real value.

After the spawn larger smallmouth go into a little bit of a funk for a couple weeks. After that however they are generally aggressive feeders until November. During the summer many fish do go deep but not all of them. Though even for the shallower fish a boat makes it a lot easier as t some...

About this time next year I hope to be in Mexico seeing if bonefish, permit, snooker and baby Tarpon are worth it.

Right now the fish are in their deep winter spots. In a few weeks they'll move up into staging areas to feed on crayfish. This happens in high 40s low 50s water temps. Best wat to find staging areas is to work backwards from spawning areas until you find structure in 15-20 feet of water...

Here is a big piece near Rock Creek a tributary to the John Day river in Oregon. It's still there.. I got a smaller piece.

I was out the other day casting my 540 compact skagit the casting was so ugly and lacked power. I was wishing I had my windcutter back... never really paid attention before but skagit heads just kinda suck.

Most of my other rock hounding is just finding stuff randomly. I was hoping other people might contribute their knowledge as well.

Common Opal This is my first year finding this stuff but I have found that it is abundant and easy to find. I thought others might like to know about it. 1. It tends to be creamy green , yellow or brown. Though we have found dome pieces with red striping. 2. It's much like obsidian just...

My recommendation and this is pretty basic but go to a shop and try them on. I personally have issues every time I get away from Simms. But it's been a decade or more since I've tried anything else. My next waders will be Orvis because of where I work. Another thing to consider if...

Carp are absolutely everywhere near me. Maybe i should get my guides license. But I ain't touching one...:) I suppose I should try for them seems super easy to me unless they are picky. I think a day with Evan and Clarkman would be a much better investment than a guide trip

My employer wants me to host a trip somewhere, most likely be next winter i wanna go somewhere warm...l

Have not found geodes yet. We've found common opal, petrified wood, opalized wood agates running in seams in basalt along with all kinds of agate and jasper.. There's lots of material out there to collect. Last weekend we found a bunch between Antelope Oregon and Madras, just looking at...

We have worked, we've spend billions of dollars it didn't work because the problem is the ocean. You're right, no one complained back in the 60's 70's and 80's. You know why? Because at that time the ocean supported all those fish, now it doesn't. Oregon has better fishing, slightly...

On windy days my wife and I will be driving the canyons of klickitat County looking at road cuts for petrified wood, agate seams and opal .

In May I am taking a co worker up to merlin reservoir to try to get him a Tiger on a fly. More his adventure than mine but my boat. Montana in July.. no nymphs Lors of Smallie fishing on the Columbia be cool to see what works and what doesn't hoping for lots of 4 lbers Hope there are...

With ocean survival being our primary problem is don't see how pumping out more Smolts is any kind of answer.. that said I am not opposed to hatchery programs where NOS is kept below 10% . I am not a fan of Chambers creek fish but i do like their run timing both as an angler and the...

Blue Creek...