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  1. albula

    Cell Phone Pics

    Ah, lobster season in The Keys. In the old days some of the "conchs" used to construct "lobster condos"out of a sheet of corrugated roofing material wired to concrete construction blocks in the middle of one of the many deeper grass basins in the backcountry. Now it is illegal and frowned upon...
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    Reflections from the end of my first long term relationship

    I'm guessing this episode of PNWFF is being sponsored by a company that sells laundry detergent.
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    Anyone wanna go to Christmas island next winter?

    I have done more than 30 trips to Christmas and the first time Yvon went there was on a group trip out of the shop that I put together. He is an entertaining and enthusiastic travel partner. And the only one to show up at the plane with his fishing gear and his surfboard. It was hard to tell...
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    Reflections from the end of my first long term relationship

    "On the flip side if you have mood stuff going on and getting despondent, reach out to you providers, mood issues in the 20's can absolutely suck and seeking advice from a bunch of wise-ass fishermen is maybe not the greatest chorus to ask these questions...." Bingo. As a wiseman once said...
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    What are the 5 most important and most used materials in your flies?

    Maybe you need more of those. 😉
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    World Record (?) SMB in Lake Sammamish

    Heck of a fish and the guy certainly appears to know what he is doing but catching the same fish 3 times off the same spawning bed kinda makes me cringe.
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    2026 Gardening Growing Thread

    Due to marine environment here on the water, the cooling winds coming down the Strait and the fact that 70 degrees is a warm day here I can not grow tomatoes outside. Consequently I cobbled on a "sunroom" off the side of the house and grow them in Earth Boxes. It doesn't get the greatest sun but...
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    What Country Have You Visited and Want to go Back to?

    I have long said that if I had traveled to Norway or New Zealand before I had a young family, a business and employees, a mortgage and the miscellaneous strings that kept me from uprooting myself I would have found a way to permanently relocate to one of those two places. And now it is only...
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    What is Your Fondest Memory When Fishing?

    My 13 year old youngest son, out of breath and dripping with sweat after landing his 3rd Homosassa tarpon of the day in the heat of the noonday sun was asked "Will, what fly do you think we ought to tie on next?" "Dad, just put on anything other than that same orange one."
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    Suggestion needed

    I started tying flies over 50 years ago and through my fly shops had access to whatever tying materials were better than run of the mill choices. I now have two closets full of large plastic containers of various materials and hooks for trout flies, saltwater flies, steelhead flies and classic...
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    Bread Thread

    As always, a thing of beauty. I'm still waiting for one to look like that.
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    NFR Need vehicle opinions.

    This thread appears to be a prime example of "paralysis by analysis."
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    What Are You Eating?

    I know less than nothing about Indian food and perhaps this place is like the many cookie cutter chineseish restaurants but I did look at the other tables around me. The bowls of rice and the baskets of naan were easy to identify but the main dishes all appeared to be homogeneous globs of...
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    Speckled Sea Trout Trilogy

    Speckled trout were thick over the deeper seagrass beds near Homosassa and we had them for dinner at least every couple weeks. Filet, dip in beaten egg wash and roll in parmesan/Italian bread crumb mixture, fry on one side before flipping and adding some baby Swiss to melt on top. A squeeze of...
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    What Are You Eating?

    Well that was a mistake. I waited 45 minutes for what may have been the worst $30 meal I have ever been served. Stay away from the goat curry unless you like what appeared to be 4 day old bone and gristle in a sauce that had the consistency of oatmeal. The picture on their website looks good but...
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    What Are You Eating?

    It has a very unusual and creative name, "The Great Indian Cuisine" of all things. Don't know how that came up with that.
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    What Are You Eating?

    I know my way around Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese menus pretty well and prepare a lot of it at home but I have been tempted to try a new Indian restaurant in town. In looking at the meal choices available it sounds interesting but nothing is at all familiar. Does anyone have any go to choices...
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    OFFICIAL 2026 NFL SEASON DISCUSSION

    Ya but, ya but.
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    El Nino is definitely on its way

    Fortunately one can be ignored.
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    NFR World Cup

    As was said on the Belgian social media feed, "Overturn This."
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