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For knife-making and other DIY projects, I've bought a lot of steel from Online Metals: https://www.onlinemetals.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=6502026653&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhIzn_afWkAMVxR-tBh3SYwLcEAAYASAAEgIPGPD_BwE You can sort by size, shape, alloy etc... they usually have what I need...

Sorry to hear that Steve. Hope things go as well as they possibly can from here forward.

Nice job! That is a heck of a blacktail!

Loving that last one!

Congrats man, nice work!

That’s really cool. What are the framed dimensions? Edit: was asking the price but then saw the category it’s listed in. If I were closer I’d take it!

Do you need to worry about CO buildup, using it in an enclosed space? Or maybe you already have a CO detector in the Casita?

McMaster-Carr is another option: https://www.mcmaster.com/ https://www.mcmaster.com/91294A126/

👍Congrats Steve! Keep going it gets easier… 😃

Also you can do a big inventory exercise once and document each and every rod in an excel spreadsheet. Then you can look in the file and see exactly what you have. I ended up doing that because I got to the point that I couldn’t keep a mental inventory anymore, especially for reels, extra...

I had a tough battle with a squirrel that took up residence in the engine bay of my truck this summer. I would clean out his nests and he would rebuild them, and he was big enough to rob the peanut butter off the traps without getting caught. Finally after remembering Ive’s advice about...

I just saw an XP 691 on the auction site for a cool $588 plus $35 shipping. It's one of the ones in Japan, so I don't know if one would have to pay a tariff in addition.

Mine is a two piece as well. It was the first or second rod I built myself, probably around 1992 or so. And my first "nice" fly rod ever. I'll go check that one out. For $50 it might be worth getting just to "have". Like I need another rod... Edit: it's up to $85 now. It looks like a...

You're right, it was Redmond! I think I was conflating them with the whole Sage / Redington / Farbank roll up. I'm not sure if Sage actually acquired them, but I know Waterworks had a reel design licensed to be built by Sage at some point. And Waterworks (Boise ID) bought Lamson in 1998.

Lamson used to be on Bainbridge Island but with the Waterworks acquisition I don’t think they make anything here anymore.

I’ve got @adamcu280 ’s Predator now and would agree it’s a bit stiff and more tiring than some my other rods. (I bought it as a backup so I’m not complaining Adam 🙂). I’ve never tried the Vice. I did like the CPX 9664 S that predates them. The Sage TCX, now that’s a workout. Right now...

Fantastic report- nice work!

I just ran through a mental inventory of rods I’ve accumulated as “PS Beach” rods over the last 25 or so years, here’s what I came up with: Loomis IMX 1207-2 (7wt / 10') Redington CPX 9664 S Sage TCX 697-4 (6wt / 9'6") Sage xi2 690-4 Beulah Platinum G2 696-4 Echo Ion XL 7100-4 Sage Z-Axis...

I like 9’6” or 10’, six and seven weights. My first beach rod was an older 7wt 10’ IMX. Since then I’ve collected a plethora of fast action 6 and 7’s from a variety of manufacturers. My go to currently is a Beulah G2 Platinum 6wt 9’6”. Love it, but am also tempted by that 696 IMX Pro on the...

I used to hit the Cowlitz often in September, hoping for a summer steelhead but happily settling for the much more cooperative SRC. I always hit the run directly above the Blue Creek boat launch and would use small wets that covered both the steelie and SRC spectrum. Mike Sturza showed me...