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Love my M/H Trevala casting rod. Not the ideal "jig" rod per se, but it works and I like it for other uses like bottom fishing. Definitely need to add a proper jig rod to the tuna arsenal. One that also covered river applications would be great.

Good point about the baitcaster. Yes, at one time I was pretty adept using them for probably 90% of my fishing. My old Abu Garcia still works, but I'm sure a museum artifact by comparison to modern reels. Other than liking the few Shimano products I have, I'm pretty clueless as to the myriad...

Think we set a new date record yesterday here in SWW. About when my wife took these Down a bit tiday but still ripping.. Picnic steelhead possible (in theory) at a local park!

Went down to check the river this AM (thankfully dropping a little) when some funny sounding geese flew directly overhead.

Um, I sure hope not!

4+ inches forecast at our place in the next 3 days. 12+ in parts of the upper watershed. Good chance we'll lose a tree or two to the crick this week.

Egrets aren't exactly common here in SWW, but not rare either. Saw the first one from our place last week flying downriver. Not that I expect to find any but I suppose egret feathers are illegal to pick up, let alone tie with - hypothetically speaking of course.

Took me a minute to process that. Yeah, TV's are cool BIRDS.

No, I'm not throwing in the towel on fly fishing ... BUT, I do like to eat hatchery salmon/steelhead. Also since moving we're now 20 min farther from my favorite hatchery river and only 25 from a larger, more productive river. Unfortunately one with very limited bank access. So, I figure if I...

This ^. Same small/buggy fly approach works in the CR Gorge trib mouth fisheries a hundred + miles from the ocean. I'd have a hard time believing ocean fresh steelhead wouldn't be at least as receptive, and likely far more aggressive. Per flies, a total hunch on my part but I would lean...

I did not know that ... or maybe I never made the connection that cat box burial was a pre-domesticaton behavior holdover. So scat isnt gonna tell me if there's a big kitty down there... great. Good info. Thanks.

Still a month early for unicorns, but might go down the hill one more time for the exercise if nothing else. Also a slim chance for a chummy to keep things interesting.

Um, that would be across the road from us. Dilapidated and in foreclosure. They're not causing us any problems though. In fact, I thank them for scaring everyone else off so we could buy riverfront property in our price range. If you ever come out, just be prepared for the banjos to start...

Doubt there any any elk within 10 miles of us. Good to know that both deer and elk can make patties. There have been occasional reports of bear in the general area. Not really worried about Yogi though. Cougar are another matter entirely, but this doesn't look like any cat poop I've ever seen.

Mine too actually, if very briefly. That's cold man. Think ya know a guy. ;)

I can see the headline: "Man devoured by unknown predator and fishing buddies laugh it up". ;)

Shows what I know about deer poop (not much.) Definitely a blacktail hangout there.

Posting here since no help from from a comedian friend on the Backyard Wildlife thread. I'm assuming some kind of carnivore left this in the woods below our place.

Thanks Brian. Yeah, but what if I go down there and get eaten by an actual manbearpig?! Won't be so funny then will it?! 😜 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/giant-north-american-hell-pigs-could-crunch-bones-like-lions-30-million-years-ago-tooth-analysis-reveals

Any poopologists here care to take a guess as to what left this?