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I can't think of the last time I used a leader shorter than ten feet in freshwater. So the idea of getting a bend in the leader an annoyance is a mystery to me. Feel free to enlighten me. In the salt my leader runs about 5 feet off the end of a polyleader. In lakes I run 12 to 25 or more for...

I just took my new Echo EPR from the tube to line up for some bucktailing and see that yet again there's no keeper provided. This is now getting to be the norm with rod companies. Why is one more half inch wrap and a piece of bent wire so much to ask for?

I have lost coho and pinks and have seen others loose them by believing they had to be fought on the reel. It's easier to gain ground by stripping than reeling. Just have to watch for knots as a fish takes off. I've lost fish then too.

To clarify my comment. For coho on the beach rarely do I use any drag other than to maintain enough resistance when I pull to feed some line off the reel. I palm the reel when a fish runs.

It's not so much the drag to worry about but the bearing. An exposed roller bearing will rust out pretty quick even if you do rinse religiously. Saltaway draws salt from surfaces contaminated by salt. It's not perfect but better than water alone. I also carry a garden tank sprayer that has...

This.

The sweet girl with the nasty voice. Also like Tongue Tied. She would have been really great to see. Would be great to travel back to the late 50s and see her then. So many from the early days are forgotten. I was hatched in 59 but had older sisters and glad they were into the music my parents...

The Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson and Jack White.

It's important to report these incidents and better to let those responsible for enforcement deal with it. Assholes like these guys feel entitled to do what they want and you won't convince them otherwise and worse you could get hurt. True some could say what's the use in reporting it as no one...

It caught this. Tap for best view. 27" Pennask.

Shake whatchyer momma gave ya!

Some mayflies on a Tiemco 200R #16. Tail is a brown stripped hackle stem touched with a brown felt pen. Body is bleached and dyed brown peacock counter-ribbed with xs olive UTC wire. Thorax is olive dyed Wapsi squirrel dubbing with a wingcase in matte black cut from a chip bag.

I'm not talking about leaving the indicator on for trolling. I just often use the long leader, minus the indicator because I find it more effective than a wet line. I have on many occassions dragged the same leech behind me on the dry and long leader set up on one line and a type III sink...

Actually not all sinking lines sink in a straight line. And in the BC interior when fishing chironomids long leaders like this are pretty common and not difficult once you have a few feet of the fly line outside the tip.

I fish from a pontoon boat and while searching for chironomid shucks, a hatch or fish on the bottom I kicktroll with a couple of lines out and find it productive. What I don't do is use a wet line. I use my chironomid set up minus the indicators with leaders up to 28 feet and sometimes more...

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Other than a six month period followed by another two months, I did for 7 years. It's not easy but it's manageable when no other options are out there. I did have electricity for winter at a friend's house and use of a shower, but when I was fishing it was all dry camping for 6 to 8 months a...

I spent 35 years in fisheries enforcement and resource management. It's no cakewalk to do things with ease. I experienced two problems as I approached retirement. One was that there was little to no transfer of knowledge, and you can pencil in the words common sense there, from oldsters to...

Agree completely. Once it gets to the point of successfully reproducing it's probably too late. The species I named are examples of how a species can become dominant in a new environment regardless of whether they were brought here purposefully or accidentally.

Yes, they've got their finest people working on it now. Consultations, roundtables, focus groups, studies, reports to select government standing committees are coming soon. We should all feel better now.