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Pavement Princesses and Brodozers being the main names they go by.

You do lose a few, yeah. As much as you test your knots and keep things fresh, things happen. I also tend to grab coltsnipers when I'm on the bottomfish reefs as well, so that eats a few. I did forget to mention the connection of the main line to the leader. I use 30lb fluorocarbon as my...

The Shimano Trevala is an incredible rod. Super lightweight, but I've never found their limit. I even have an L action one that's lighter than the one in the photo, and have pulled on 30lb tuna as hard as I could putting it in a U shape, no problem. It's crazy how hard you can pull on them...

Been asked by a few folks what I use for jigging tuna. I have stated a few times that it's my favorite way to fish for them on my boat, specifically on stops or when we spot jumpers/feeding activity. I'll also tag in @Tuna Ball as he's the guy who first turned me onto this back in I think...

Much like these "off road machines" modified and sold at the dealer down the street from me (I get to drive by this place daily)

Yeah, that's one of my main gripes with doing the fly thing. One of the reasons I went to great lengths to get a custom rod made - fiberglass and 7'6" so I can really pull on them. My jig rods are Shimano Trevala M action rods. If you grabbed one, it'd feel like a trout rod. They're not...

Jigging just really opens up a lot more water to you - depth and distance. Flies, you need fish going at the boat, and that really just doesn't happen that often (especially if you don't have live baits, which is most sport boats). I'm bad at articulating how and why it's fun though, but I...

Don't be afraid to toss a spinning rod with a metal jig. By far my favorite way to fish for tuna. Definitely go with the intention of making it happen on the fly, but when an opportunity presents itself, grab the jig rod if they have one.

Capt. @Nick Clayton is the guy who has been working to popularize this fishery. He's with a new outfit this year and been working a lot. He's with Mutineer Charters now and they'll start their tuna trips in August. https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/members/nick-clayton.6/ (he hasn't been on in...

Nissan is notorious for this.

120k is nothing on modern cars.

I actually saw one recently in a parking lot here in Gresham. It was pretty sweet. Was a little over the top with a snorkel on the air intake and all that, but it was a really cool, kitted out car that you wouldn't expect from a Prius. Definitely thinking outside the box. As someone who's...

AWD Prius with lift kit. Best of all worlds.

This type of tactic and mindset is often what leads to acquiring that level of wealth in the first place. The number of people who can both buy an NFL team and who won't make us loathe them in some way are almost nonexistent. Hopefully he's closer to Paul Allen than Jerry Jones, Woody Johnson...

Oh I like that. If anyone needs an excuse to tie a few, I could exchange money for some.

Speaking of metal jigs... this is how we run the hooks on those. Not often getting short struck. May lose a few after the initial run, but this hook configuration works. The only jigs you really see run from the rear are the ones that flutter down vs being retrieved horizontal or vertical...

Considering how metal jigs work, a spinning fly wouldn't even begin to bother me.

I've learned to not make blanket statements about brands as the fit/feel changes from model to model, and even between generations of the same model. Sometimes significantly. The bloody feet pic in the first post was my Adidas Adios Pro 3 actually - that's my most aggressive shoe.

I actually thinned my roster down a little bit last month. Just down to these now. Seems perfectly reasonable.

Yeah I should've wore my tempo shoes. More comfy, less agressive, and I've run much longer distances in them. So would've been the right happy medium. Anyone who thinks they have a problem with too many fly rods should talk to serious runners 😆