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I have never heard of this term … position fishing … and I’m not saying who is right or wrong, but if someone wanted to argue on the water about being anchored vs position fishing as an explanation for not moving, I’m thinking it’d be a pretty bad start to the conversation

contact Brian Styskal … his moniker on this site is “Styskal” … world class caster and easy going instructor, left or right hand up

Did you try a red fly, like the spinner color? I’ve had estuary coho days when pink flopped and red rocked. Sorry for the crappy photo and grass on mangled fly. Body is just Danville fluorescent red thread.

I mostly fish clouser minnows (chartreuse or pink) on the single hander and just my usual wiggly winter steelhead tube fly (in pink) on the two-hander. Where they overlap with summer steelhead in rivers, I’ve caught a bunch on top with big muddlers, waked and chugged.

Several studies have estimated climate impacts for different modes of travel on a per person-kilometer basis. It accounts for things like airplanes being full of many passengers vs single-driver pickup trucks. Or short vs long flights (shorter flights having more ascent per mile). Turns out...

I’m in the exact same situation … my wife/daughter use iphones and I’ve never been interested until now. But with a new phone just a few months back, it’ll be 5 years before I replace, unless lost.

I eat enough salmon seasonally that it helps to rotate a few different recipes. My cooked recipes are always on the grill, to keep the stink outside … never overcook. As above, I also use a wire fish basket to facilitate a single flip. 1) raw sashimi (frozen for 7 days at -4F or colder)...

Hubs with a zerk that adds new grease from back to front, displacing old with new, are super easy to maintain annually without the hassle of disassembly and repack

I have tried a couple of Dave’s rods and a couple dozen others. Modern bamboo is smooth and powerful and casts well. I learned on fiberglass and I don’t care for stiff rods. I really dislike the weight, though.

I have zero interest in bamboo, but Dave is a good guy and does nice work,

Extreme opinions that are shaped by tribalism are often closed to facts, but those extremes (which tend to have the loudest mouths and fewest facts) are not the vast middle. Likewise, many people don’t think much of it, and can certainly be influenced by facts when presented them. Finally...

If that’s thinly disguised, I wonder what blatant would look like …

Did you even read the Motor Trend article? It states that poor aerodynamics of the boxy trailers sapped range regardless of trailer weight, and that towing a boat would be better. Also no mention of ambient temps during towing, cold being notoriously bad for batteries. Our electric car has...

Most high quality rods meant for bigger flies and bigger fish, say 7 wt and up, haven’t used hook keepers for as long as I can remember. As it should be.

For me the main advantage is visual clarity. I have Bi-Mart $20 “Anglers Choice” glasses to very pricey stuff (check out Sierra Trading for discounts). The pricey stuff has dramatically better visual clarity, especially if you get glass lenses. Super noticeable. The glass resists scratches...

I use the low light ignitors all winter (forested streams), and during select dark times/places fall, spring, and even summer. Not for sun, more that the polarization helps with low light wading, where one bad step spells trouble. Other lenses that give a strong yellow cast are great in low...

I have briefly thrown the 4 wt and 9 wt. Both are stiff rods that require an aggressive casting stroke, but are not really powerful blanks down low, just stiff. As to the SA Titan 6 wt line being an 8 wt … not really. It has only a 33.5’ head, basically a shooting head taper (with integrated...

I grew up hating the Celtics more than any other professional sports team, certainly not biased for them … but Draymond gets away with absolute murder. Even the announcers were making this point last game. He’s expected to play rough and the refs give him leeway because of it. He has good...

If you look at the level of play since the all-star break, the Celtics are #1 or nearly so in a whole bunch of categories. They found their stride under Udoka and were on a tear towards the end of the season. Very physical, very skilled team play. The only question in my mind has been whether...

If you’re worried about access to plastic spools, I bet a phone call to a fly shop could get you a lifetime supply before they vanish. IMO this is a small but sensible change,