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My earnest effort when fly tying is whipping up something that catches fish. I think euro nymphing introduced a lot of the fly styles you are referencing. Love it or hate it, it’s effective. Besides, what’s more earnest. A nymph with a giant oversized tungsten bead or a traditional unweighted...

I think dolphins/porpoises have long spinous processes like that if I recall correctly from my forensic anthropology classes in college. Maybe a harbor porpoise? Some pinnipeds have the same too I believe.

Hit the sound with @Kfish this morning for a shortish outing. It was a balmy 27 degrees when we launched at 7:15 this morning, at least according to my vehicle. I’m not sure how accurate that is. Regardless, it wasn’t t-shirt weather. It was much nicer when we got back to the ramp a little after...

Just watched this. Ended 10 minutes ago. If you liked the 2007 movie The Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, you’ll enjoy this movie. Very similar stylistically. If you have not seen either, I’d start with The Assassination of Jesse James first before going to this. Both are...

It would be great if he showed and it was the same guy from his avatar, with that personality for real. A tornado ripping through the swap and shop claiming his grill skills dominate Jerry’s and clarkman tiger fishing capabilities are far inferior to his. Inserting himself into, and taking over...

Fly fishing boards biggest mystery. The identity of Travers. If he commits to showing, there might be close to a 100% participation rate.

Could be. This general style pattern has worked the best. Maybe they think it’s a cluster, or maybe just something they cannot resist checking out. I’ve fished this pattern a lot the last 2-3 years and have found that in general, the takes on it are less aggressive then takes on baitfish...

In my experience, it’s really situation dependent. Sometimes the sippers won’t touch anything you throw at them but little stuff. Sometimes anything will work. Most times, I cycle through a bunch of stuff and eventually something works. Not sure what drives it. My guess is the amount of food in...

Do you have first hand experience with these? I am trying to get my wife more comfortable with firearms and have considered getting one of these for her. From the videos I’ve watched, I feel like it has enough power to stop an angry teen throwing a tantrum with ill intent but not an angry...

The old @Stonedfish inspired flashy clouser got some fish during a short outing on a put and take this afternoon. Chasing some more native finned friends tomorrow.

It’s gonna be slow going today….

Some more for the SRC box…

Stay strong brother…perfection loops for life! I do the same as Brian but sometimes use 10. For no reason outside of it’s the first thing I grab out of my bag. For flies, I mainly use baitfish, shrimp and marine worm patterns…aka buggers of various colors but mostly olive. SRC are fun though in...

I get it on occasion during coho season. Not sure why some seasons I get it and some not. One or two outings with bad mechanics? More casting than usual due to fishing being slow? Something is bound to happen occasionally making 15k plus doubles hauls as far as you can over a 2.5 month period...

Even with a boat, it’s tough finding rezzies in numbers these days. I’ve covered a lot of the south sound in the boat the last few winters and have one spot where we find them in numbers consistently. Big pods of fish chasing bait. Chum fry really get them going. With fish boiling on the surface...

Fished the sludge with @Kfish yesterday from daybreak to about noon. Hooked 7, landed 4. Pretty slow fishing all around. Used a classic @Stonedfish style flashy clouser a good bit and hooked a few. Switched over to a small Dalli Llama to target browns for a good chunk and only got two dark...

We did see a single jumper in there. No luck enticing anything from that spot though. Never fished it before that day but it looked like it was worth a stop based on a Google map search of SRC spots near where we were squidding earlier.

I used to fish down to 7x frequently. Prior to WA, I lived in a few places that were tail water heavy. When I first started off, I broke off way too many fish on the hook set than I care to remember. I used to know some guys that fished down to 8x. Especially on a particular, slow stretch of a...

A belated sound report from a couple days ago. Put in about 4-5 hours over a a half dozen beaches or so. It’s been pretty spotty the last few trips out. That can happen this time of year. Still nice to be out on the water fishing uncrowded conditions, launching from empty boat ramps…. Comparing...

Some smallish shrimp type stuff for SRC. Something to throw at picky sippers when I come across them. Taking inspiration from some of the beautiful classic flies some of you are posting here.