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I like swinging flies with my single hander as well. Definitely a lot more challenging to tail a fish with a spey rod. I'm just in the mindset of trying to be a well rounded angler at this point in my fishing journey. Also, this river was challenging to wade and I can only imagine my fly would...

After trout fishing for the last two years, I finally decided I needed to give Spey casting for steelhead a shot and learn some new skills. Fly fishing for Steelhead was always the goal when I started fly fishing two years ago but I was intimated by two handed casting. I had this idea in my...

I found that interesting to read and your new adventure sounds similar to what I plan on doing! Do you have family in the Netherlands or do they have good foreigner visa programs? What's the story there if you don't mind me asking? @J Watrous

^Was going to say that. Also, Farlex reels.

Look under the articles tab on Skagit Bull Trout. I think most of the bulls are about to spawn right about now at least in the places I've been able to target them so might not be the best idea. You need to be able to cover a lot of water to find them. We're about to get our first big week of...

After my trip last year to Slovenia chasing Marble Trout, I started doing some more research on other native Salmonid species in Europe. I’m lucky having a large portion of my wife’s family living in the Peloponnese region in Greece, which we visit once a year, so making trips to other...

Thanks for the report Phil! Always enjoy your posts 👍

Sending you a message 👍🏻

One clouserized Echo boost blue when I first started fly fishing last humpy run. The replacement tip broke on the first cast so I’m blaming the factory on that one. Bushwhacking tumble to a Winston Alpha+. Ran over a Sage Foundation and a mystery bottom butt section snappage double hauling...

I was speaking with a Burkheimer employee on the phone about my reel and he gave me a kind tongue lashing for wanting a LH retrieve on my two hander because that was my setup on my single handers. Apparently, the reel I chose (new Hardy Perfect) could supposedly come apart if a huge fish were to...

Cool looking boat!

Just here to echo what everyone else said. I’ve found it too much of a pain to be bothered. I bring an extra reel with a streamer line on it and will swap out reels if I really need to. If I’m out for a long time though or overnighter I’ll strap a second rod to my backpack, in a tube, just in...

That's interesting and makes sense.

Can't add a whole lot since this is only my second Pink run but the beaches near me in the Southern part of 9 and 8-2 didn't get going until the last week of August. Was hot until September 12th or so based on my notes.

My friend was hating on my affinity for the whitey. He lives in Idaho though so he's used to better trout fishing. Only thing I don't particularly enjoy is removing the fly from their little pea shooter mouths. It was a cuttbow! I'd really like to know why they get so big in comparison to a...

Not really a report but got out and fished a few hours around sunset last night and got into a healthy specimen. Shot upstream across the heavy current and ripped my index finger from peeling line. Chased him down for 30 yards or so. Surface take in heavy current. Definitely got the blood...

Any jigged tungsten nymph for me. Duracell, frenchie, perdigons, Spanish bullet, etc. they just get down quickly and work. Everywhere I’ve fished, it hasn’t seemed to matter so much which one I use.

What a cool looking spot, great wildlife shots. Blessed to have friends with special places like that.

Very well maintained surprisingly! There were three easy blowdown all in a row nothing too big. I'm sure it depends on the state but in WA most of the high lakes, a lot of low lakes as well, are stocked by the WA Trailblazers club which I joined. I think there's a few other clubs/sportsmen...

That's what I thought but wasn't sure, Cascade Frog right near it. Thanks!