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Orcas Island sunset...

I'm fine with wolves, having encountered them 'up close and personal' in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. They pose no significant threat to humans. I believe that if we made losses for livestock loss compensation rapid, equitable and requiring a less onerous application process we'd find...

Resurrection of the Kingdome.

A return (and expansion) of funding for scientific research of all types.

When trolling from my Hobie kayak I'm in reverse mode and watching the line trail out...and if the water is clear (and it generally is where I fish) I can see the orange marker sections of the sinking line, which is a valuable reference point in terms of replicating a successful line depth for...

Up next....the obligatory wolf hysteria!

My interest in flyfishing has waxed and waned numerous times over the past 65 years. The only constant has been my interest in being out in the sticks enjoying nature...and my other interests have always revolved around that fundamental need. I have found, however, that I'm no longer...

For Pete's sake don't start fishing from a small watercraft that makes trolling flies around a lake effortless (like a pedal kayak)...you'll find that having an assortment of different lines and a fishfinder will completely stunt your development of a wide flyfishing skillset...but will not...

I don't much care for it, but I've caught some pretty decent fish doing so. I generally get bored, find myself watching anything but the indicator and end up missing strikes Today on a NE WA lake I was doing quite well on a wide variety of flies and decided to hang a small black snowcone...

It's best (if possible) to diversify one's outdoor recreational interests to reduce the impact of short seasons, climate change, regulatory modifications, and access. Nothing sadder than building an entire life around a few weeks of deer hunting season or a few months of fishing season. Lots of...

Be happy that you're needed, and know that will not always be the case.

Exactly! Unless you're foolish enough to simply replace it with another massive time waster!

Ya always gotta consider consequences; piss off a boss or client and it could have real consequences....but piss off a forum moderator and very worst case you get banned...which means you actually may find a better real-world use of your time!

One's tolerance for utter bullshit rapidly declines once you're free to express one's true opinion. People with jobs often still possess finely honed sucking-up skillz!

Not only is it now common for journalists to report on complex subjects for which they completely lack even a rudimentary understanding, most newspapers/news organizations have long been cutting any investigative journalism staff they once may have employed. Quick fluff pieces are simply...

Why am I not surprised....we've decisively demonstrated, at so many levels, that laws, regulations, treaties, convention, and decency.....just don't mean anything anymore.

Or just buy a big fat butterball of a domestic turkey that tastes much better. Now cue up the responses...."you just don't know how to prepare it" and/or "it has a wonderful nutty wild natural flavor" (described by non-wild turkey devotees as "nasty gamey tasting meat with a texture similar to...

Had a hunting buddy in high school who was shot by a member of his own family while deer hunting. Was wearing hunter orange vest and hat. Collapsed lung that required emergency surgery. The ER physicians considered it a miracle he survived and partially credited it to the fact that he was shot...