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I was probably reading more into what you were saying than you meant, but a common statement whenever we talk about newer safety features for whatever is "It's amazing any of us survived to this age." My point was many of us didn't survive. But you are right, it's hard to say that the newer...

Since 1970, the death rate due to motor vehicle accidents per 100,000 people has been cut in half......

Yep, that makes great sense and well explained. I hadn't thought about it like this before. And as Eastside stated earlier, 10 pound test is not the leader for a big salmon. I'm not really fishing for salmon, I do catch an occasional coho, but they are the same size as the steelhead I'm...

funny, this is how I feel on the golf course, I never put a ball in my bag that I found. I figure if it wants to be lost, let it free. And I typically don’t fret losing fish on a lake when I’m catching 20 of them for the day. But when you’re steelhead fishing and get one bump/ hookup for the day….

I tied this knot yesterday afternoon in the comfort of my living room. So I feel it was well tied, lubricated and seated well. And I was wearing my readers when I tied it. I know I’m not nearly as good when I’m in the water fishing.

I've been a perfection knot user, don't recall ever having one fail, until today. Hooked up on something big, think it may have been a chinook, but it took off like a train engine. I finally got him to stop and he rolled up on the water, seemed like he was two counties over already at that...

That's just not right. I go to a couple fisheries where the only thing I can catch fish on is a booby. It just feels so dirty, like putting PowerBait on the end of a wooly bugger.

Fished for about 4 hours today. Tied all those nice flies last week, hooked up on one of them for about 15 seconds before he left me in the weeds. No love on 4 other flies. Finally did one last pass through the run with my usual go-to fly, and hooked up and landed on my fifth cast. Hooked...

I have fly fished with two people out of a 10ft Walker Bay, a 10ft Spring Creek and now a 12 ft Koffler whitewater pram. They are all very doable as long as you pay attention to the other person and don't cast at the same time.

Quite a few central Washington lakes close September 30th. I believe it’s to protect migratory birds. Oh and we saw a rattlesnake at the launch of a lake this past Sunday.

Decide how you like to fish. If you like moving, fish sinking lines, big fly like a leech followed by something smaller like a hares ear. Throw it out, let it sink, then strip it back varying the speed. If you like sitting then use an indicator. Put a bloodworm a foot off the bottom, much...

I catch about 90% of my steelhead with a fly called the Kilowatt, a black and blue fly tied on a jig hook. The fly is so good, I use it about 90% of the time of course.

Steelhead season here starts October 1st.

Having bought a couple of Super Fat Cats in the past couple years (don't ask why but barbed wire was involved once) I can tell you that they have changed their stripping aprons recently. The newer ones have only the 2 front legs (instead of 4 legs) and the back is held by magnets on the back of...

Made a regular sourdough loaf again today. I’ve been working on making sandwich bread (not sourdough) the last few times. I did learn that if you are going to use a bread pan, get a metal one. I tried making the sandwich loaf in a ceramic pan a couple times but the bottom of the bread just...

Squirrel and herl bugger has been working well for me on lakes.

Good point.

I've been trending to using lighter roasts lately. I just finished a bag of light roast Ethiopian beans from a local roaster. Interestingly I started the bag after I returned from a short out of town trip where I drank only Starbucks. (My wife really likes their chai tea lattes.) I use a...

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. I do agree that it takes less effort to land a big fish with a thick, less-bendy rod. And don't forget that it is the angler applying pressure on the fish as well as the fish applying pressure on the rod. And while we are talking the ability to apply...