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Twitching jigs and spinners. Pretty foolproof.

Is the Clack that hot now? Did the numbers jump way up? A couple shops seem to be pushing it more on social media these days. If you're a guide and you NEED to claim a run or even a bucket/spot for your program and need to keep everyone else out because you don't have other tricks up your...

Another vote for steering towards Airflo (haven't used SA). I have Rio T-11 tips made from bulk that started looking haggard after a year. I have airflo t-tips (from the custom cut) that have been around for years with little to no marks. Oddly, my Rio MOW tips are still in pretty good shape...

It feels overly complicated because it is overly complicated. There are a bunch of factors on whether you have access rights or not. The answer to "Can i fish here?" is usually "it depends...". Wild and scenic rivers, or larger rivers with boat traffic are more obvious. On public land, go...

Sorry, but I wouldn't trust this thing against a German Brown trout.

What kind of streamer fishing are you wanting to do? Are you throwing weighted micro streamers, or 6" articulated stuff with deer hair to bucknasty browns? Swinging a sculpzilla? A euro rod can absolutely handle small jig streamers (key word is "small"), and fish them well, I do it frequently...

Pike and trout seem like different ends of the spectrum. I have the 8wt boost beach. I use it to throw clousers with outbound short/sniper type lines. I have not thrown any chicken sized flies. The echo rods are true to weight, a 8wt takes a single hand 8wt line. The Beulah rods have more...

This caught me a fish yesterday at the local. If I am fishing gear, this is my preferred setup, Sage 3113mb and a bushing Milner Kingfisher. Threaded worm with a dave's tangle free barely ticking bottom.

Doesn't desalination end up with a bunch of brine? Where does that go? We're probably going to end up with a buch of desal plants while we're still watering almond groves.

Another vote for an older subaru forester, one that has had the head gasket replaced, or a high mileage one that seems to not have had an issue. Also avoid the turbo, more stuff to break, and can cost more to fix (since we're jamming econo here). I think there are more "problematic" years to...

Cricket powder is probably good feed for crickets!

If we are going to have that discussion, we should also have a discussion on where our stored water is going. Irrigating alfalfa fields for cattle feed? Golf courses? Tap water?

I'm looking for a skagit head for my ARW 12'6" 6wt. I'd like to stick with airflo, and I see some G2's around for sale still, and the Driver is Airflo's only "normal" length skagit head currently being offered. I have a hard time finding much info on people's experience with the Driver...

CP is superior in length of drift and distance of cast, allowing you to cover more water. Otherwise I'm going with Euro, it's why I dropped using the bobber on the fly rod if I'm fishing closer in. Most stuff here is higher gradient than the great lakes, meaning if you can ditch the bobber...

Before the invention of the spinning reel, your options were baitcaster, fly rod, or centerpin reel. I bet a major reason for the silex/other centerpin reels falling out of favor besides price is the slow retrieval rate. This guy throws spoons on a centerpin rig up on Vancouver Island...

Reactions to UV epoxy are possible with all brands, but Solarez seems to be the most common one people react to. I seem to get a reaction to rabbit dubbing, itchy nose. Rabbit strips are fine though.

As discussed in the other thread, if I'm fishing with a bobber (fly, bead, bait, or worm), I'm using a centerpin. I have two rigs, one is a ball bearing with a lighter faster rod, and the other is a "classic" heavier sage pin rod with a Milner bushing reel. I use mono on both. I've tried a...

If you've already got a spinning rod or a short spey/switch rod, that will work. The reel is the most expensive part of the equation. Buy a cheaper one like an Okuma (used can save you some money), and put fancy ball bearings in it. String it up with a little bit of backing, 15lb mono (easier...

I got the 13' 8wt. I like it, but I don't have other long rods to compare it to. There's some discussion on speypages about it, I'd take a look at that.

I have a couple centerpin setups. If I decide to bobber fish, It's what I use. I throw worms, jigs, and beads, but I fish beads less these days because I'm sick of lugging around all the related shit since I fish on foot. You can cover way more water than nymphing with a fly rod. I think it's...