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This is the dance. The end result of who fishes is exactly the same as if no words were spoken, minus the bitterness.

I don’t know the years, but I believe that some of the “rebadging” was more like sharing components … e.g., Merc buying Yamaha blocks, and building them out.

Mercs have earned their reputation for poorer reliability, but the current bigger blocks of 90hp+ (150 hp released in 2011, 90/115 released 2014) have proven excellent reliability. Any “high performance” motors (Yamaha SHO, Merc ProXS) that squeeze out extra hp will be more trouble prone

With any luck will get to stretch this with a popper for ocean coho, thanks!

TC would wear a lace bra on top of the pfd if it meant getting tuna. I’ll supply the bra if you’ll snap the photo

The Forester is one of the few small-mid vehicles with ground clearance that fits my tall frame. Our 2001 (named “Martina” after Martina Navratilova, who was peddling them 25 years ago) has gone amazing places with great reliability, besides the known head gasket flaw. Now at 220K she burns...

a tribute of sorts …

I’m looking forward to a non-dynastic remainder of the season

I use the same marine-grade grease as on my boat trailer.

I’ve had trouble with sinking lines. I guess the tungsten coils look scary in the scanner. I now carry my reels but check my lines.

I never went electronic in Oregon. A bunch of my friends regret doing so and now need to go into an ODFW office to revert to paper. One glitch is the e-system uses GPS to autofill your location when tagging fish. When fishing a river mouth to the ocean, the autofill gets it wrong every time...

This is false. Alsea winter steelhead release numbers are not dwindling … they have increased since the late 1990s, consistent with guidance in the 2014 CMP, which raised smolt releases from 120K to 140K while increasing the proportion of broodstock (see data below). Also false: smolt to...

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That could be either a proto or very early release before they went to the more common green reel seat. Contact Dec? I think he’s on instaglam

That’s the full series. Like all rods, the specs were above the cork grip, but the epoxy they used tended to peel. I rewrapped the guides on my 1307

The rep was clearly wrong - just as you note, the lines behaved differently. Pure Fishing bought both Berkley and Stren, added orange dye to their Big Game line, and discontinued the Stren Catfish formulation.

Untrue, definitely not in 40 lbs. The color is identical, handling is not. I could tell instantly from stiffness and coils (from 4 rods rigged in the boat) when I grabbed the one rod strung with orange Big Game. Tossed it at the end of salmon season. I’d gladly give away what’s left of the...

wimpy metal is common in some of the newer budget priced hook brands

I have fished all over Chile without a guide. However, in Torres del Paine, I was too distracted by the scenery and annoyed by the wind shredding my tent to bother with fishing.

Entering a La Nina, which can lead to cold water pooling in the NE Pacific, though it is expected to weaken by early summer.