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I love that river, and the people that fish it. You definitely earn your stripes there, but the reward is worth it. I miss fishing it. Thanks for posting about somebody's lost gear.

I've always preferred "natural" condoms. What does this mean for me?

Sometimes, you need to reconnect with your inner hunter gatherer self, and give one a rock shampoo. I prefer steelhead dry brined and smoked with alder. I also relish the look on fellow fly flippers faces when I come crawling up the back carrying a steelhead by the gills. Oh the horror!

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Ribeye from the sky!

Pretty sure cats are responsible for about 0% of eagle, falcon, and hawk deaths globally.

Bats, climate change, wind power, fracking, and abortion. Luv these threads.

Huh?

I wash mine in a mild solution of hot water and lemon dish soap, rinse well and dry in the sun. After that treat the leather binding with leather conditioner.

A steelhead, fellatio, and a Rams win on any given Sunday.

Years of guiding taught me that whities love a "drift free drag". So finding success swing a bead head ain't no surprise. Try a bead head Prince for the ultimate in Spey for whitefish.

I've had the same Amadou patch for 40 years now. It and a bottle of Gink is all you need.

Cattle on a drift boat trip?

DEET only attacks PVC fly lines. Many of us switched to Airflo (urethane) lines long ago for that very reason.

I've never done a trip with them, but I've heard great things. Did the float years ago on our own in a driftboat. Late summer is prime time for fishing. https://www.helfrichoutfitter.com/

Thinking of Gore Tex and Marmot, my first Gore Tex stuff was from Marmot Mountain Works In Grand Junction, Colorado. I scrimped all summer, and in the fall I visited their facility. Walked out of there with a Gore Tex tent, 2- Gore Tex down sleeping bags, and Gore Tex pants and jacket for...

If you are a serious fly tyer, you have to be a bit of an outlaw. Pro tip: Don't try to sell anything.

Kanektok for kings is pretty hard to beat. There are also big rainbows, dollies, grayling, and maybe some chrome chums available, but once you hook a big king on a swung fly, it's pretty hard not to keep fishing for them.

What specific fishing features do you need? The simplicity and Gore Tex Paclite fabric is what I like.

More so than getting a ticket, would be having my gear confiscated by an overzealous LEO, and being stored in an evidence locker somewhere. I doubt it would be returned in the same condition as when it was taken, if at all. I would just find an open piece of water to practice on.