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If anyone ever mistakes my trip reports for AI, they’ve got a horrible eye for AI. Or do they… hi ChatGPT, can you create a picture of a coho on the beach…but, make sure the shot was taken at an awkward angle with sand and water on the lense. Make it out of focus, dark and nearly unrecognizable...

I was in your shoes a decade or so ago. Grew up in the northeast. Had done a lot of conventional and fly fishing and rivers and creeks back east and various places in the west I have lived. I can’t help you much up where you’re located. I’m down in Kitsap County. I will just say saltwater SRC...

Don’t love it…don’t hate it…don’t know how it will swim. That said, it’s going in the box. Jeez, tweak a knee, miss a couple weeks of SRC fishing and all of the sudden I’m ripping through bucktail like a poor man’s @clarkman jr. Well, a tiger would likely turn its nose up at this...

Another bass fly. The big eyed…whatever. I’m sure a hungry bass will find it appealing…

Been texting with the parents back in in New England dealing with blizzard warnings. Our wet, dreary, winters suck but nothing compared to a good, old fashioned, hard New England winter. The first one they’ve had in awhile. Meanwhile, back in the PNW on Bainbridge Island we’re definitely...

Some more smallie flies.

Starting to think about smallies. I’ll start by filling holes in the box with old stand by’s before moving onto some more fun stuff. That said, I still have not found anything that works better for me than an all chartreuse/yellow clouser…

I started fishing the sound about 10-11 years ago now. Finding the right line is as important, if not more than the rod IMO. It’s worth the time and money spent finding the right line for your rod. There is a whole thread here on beach lines that’s worth a read if you have not already...

I love AI imaging! Any man can convince the world of absolute truths with a single, simple prompt. Einstein! Da Vincian! Simply amazing…

Related to this. What was the first thing you ever caught with a fly rod. For me it was a chicken. My mom knew I loved fishing and bought me a fly rod/reel/line combo she found at a thrift store. I had no fucking idea how to rig it for fishing with no other fly fisherman in my family/friend...

I cannot recall ever not fishing. Some of my earliest memories are of fishing with my dad, grandfather and uncles, mostly for trout and panfish with worms. Even though I lived in close to very close proximity to one of the best trout rivers in New England growing up as well as having a brook...

Maybe use AI to help identify AI generated images. AI can’t lie, right? The Pluribus effect…

Some SRC and rezzies fell for this guy last weekend. I tie way to many shrimp variants in winter but damn I love this style pattern for winter SRC and rezzie fishing. Time to start thinking chum fry and springtime bass soon. Oh, I may or may not have caught a fish or two on this shrimp...

Another day with a solid mix of SRC and rezzies and new spots found. Fun to to get my first ever two angler triple :). Definitely a moist kind of day.

Yeah, bird feeders are a no go here unfortunately. Too many rodents in the neighborhood. We have had three types of owls visit though. Barred, Barn and Great Horned. Woodpecker species so far include the Northern Flicker, Pileated, Hairy, Downey and the Red Breasted Sapsucker. List to date...

Anyone here into backyard birding? I have not been but historically. I’ve enjoyed the Woodpeckers and Owls that we see on my property but have not paid much attention to other species that are around outside of an appreciation of their calls while out and about. Although I’ve used the Merlin app...

Probably not. My wife’s big hobby is wildlife photography so we’ll be doing a lot of that. I fish a good chunk of my time off from work so this will likely be a hang out with my wife and not touch a fly rod for 10 days type vacation. I have been looking at potential options for 1/2 outings...

I have seen some poisonous snakes. The one type of guided hike I had done a few times over multiple visits to Costa Rica and my one trip to Panama is night hikes. Those guides see things the average person would not. We have seen venomous snakes on those. Taken with from a safe distance with a...

I’ve spent a little bit of time there as a tourist. Boquete in particular. I enjoyed it. Friendly people, a decent number of ex pats around, etc. I prefer Costa Rica over Panama in that region for the stuff I like to do. I enjoyed my time in Panama though. This was about 10 years ago at this...

My last 4 from weekly Friday night ritual my wife have been doing for close to 20 years now. Conventional oven with a 12 yo stone. I am from the New England. My biggest pizza pet peeve is undercooked pizza. Others may disagree. Been on a mushroom and onion kick lately but will throw an...