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What does one look for when looking at the used boats? Especially the whalers with their foam filled hulls?

Over the past few years my tally is 2. The first was a Reddington Claymore. I'd tied down my rod on my Watermaster, launching from Dodge Park on the Sandy. There is a rapid immediately after the launch and this was maybe the 3rd time I'd used the raft. Things did not go well and I ended up on...

He did get back to me this morning and said that he'd have the tip shipped out monday from Echo. I hope dealers get special access to tips because Echo lists the 7wt boost blue tip as Out of Stock currently

I sprung for a boost blue to replace my crappy sage foundation. Got home today from a trip all excited to fish it tomorrow . . . . except it didn't have the tip section. The joys of e-commerce. Of course Echo is also out of tips so can't even go that route as a shortcut. Sent an email to dirty...

Got out early (for me around 6:30) Sunday, missed the pinks by about 30 minutes judging by the guy who had a brace on a stringer. Only saw one landed after that, had a beach mostly full of fly folks which was nice. Gave up around 8:30 or so and drove home to take care of some stuff, then drove...

AAaaaan now I have a 7wt boost blue on the way.

With 8-1 being open I decided to hit up my local beach last night to see if there was anything going on. Wasn't expecting much and wasn't surprised, but just wanted to try and get a better understanding of the timings up here. What I did find was the joy of people who don't really get the...

When I can't get what I want at The Confluence (or I just don't want to drive an hour to Bellingham) Spawn is usually first on my list of places to check, although I do try to spread my love around different WA shops to some degree. I need to plan a trip down to Cape Disappointment and actually...

Yeah, theres been a bunch of good discussion in those threads. It'll be at least next year if not later for me. Need to drag my wife out to sailing lessons to see if she enjoys sailing enough to commit to that (outlook is cloudy there) and pay off the slide in truck camper finally. I'll use the...

Following along here. Although I'm in the north sound and have a big truck already so possibly looking at something pretty different. Either way looking forward to hearing the reasoning for different choices.

Then I don't know 🤣 I do think half the time by the time I get my head back out of the guides I could have just been false casting and hauling!

I tend to pull in pretty far, today on a 8wt F/H/I OBS I was going to the clear intermediate section was in the guides, the annoying part is getting the OBS (or whatever shooting head) back OUT of the guides to cast. I tend to single haul the line back out once, grab the running line as quick as...

Explored the west side beaches this weekend. Saw a couple jump, didn't see anyone catching anything (I only caught every piece of floating salad that came my way). Chatting with a guy this morning who was fly fishing a beach he also reported nothing really going on still. In other news I've...

I use the Fidelity credit card. Its 2% cash back on everything, the kicker is that it has to be direct deposited into an account at Fidelity. This is fine for me since thats where all my investments are, but I also like that it goes into a money market fund in one of my accounts where it earns a...

I was half tempted to take the Kayak out to Skagit Bay, drop some pots and fish for cuts on the points but decided to fish the beach instead. I did manage to net a crab but he was a little worse for wear and I threw him back. No fish but I did get to have a nice chat with a guy visiting from...

Got skunked on a skagit scouting trip earlier this week so decided to hit my local beach this morning. Lots of bait out as the tide turned and definitely some stuff chasing it around, but not a lot of action. Got a few grabs and enjoyed watching the little guys try and nibble on my fly. Was...

Great writeup. Makes me want to make some similar trip plans.

Whereabouts are you located?

I will 3rd(?) the chinook. I have one and wear it when I'm on my kayak regardless of the water and whenever I'm floating in my watermaster. Just wore it for an entire day on Mayfield and didn't even notice it was on. Last year floating the Sandy there were multiple days I just forgot to take off...

Didn't mention the kind of tow vehicle. But I'll chime in. I love my slide in camper. My 3/4 ton is a bit light for what it is, and lots are probably out of the price range but maybe some of the cheaper slide ins would work if you have a lighter truck. The Scout models look pretty nice and are a...