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The bobber rod will be your main weapon for hatchery steelhead, look for a 9.5'-10.5' lightweight (think IMX) casting rod with a bait caster reel for sure. That's where I'd invest my $ The newer DC line control reels are amazing I've heard if your skills have degraded on line control. Use 40 lb...

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Up for sale are 10 of these high quality & detailed soft bound books on current and retired military aircraft. The issues were printed quarterly & mine range from 1991 till 1998. Each issue has a featured aircraft with a foldout of the plane includes cutaway views to see the interior...

Thanks for posting this up, looks like a really good winter fishery. I'm happy for you on scoring such nice fish. Amazing to me that big boy would take a small chronomid like that, I'd think he'd have transitioned onto larger sized protein c/22

Wow, now that's kinda amazing. Don't know what got me thinking about that old knife this morning, was just sitting by the fireplace drinking my morning coffee & thought I should go get Dads knife....

My Dad was a knife guy, he always had a pocket knife on him, he kept everything sharp including Mom's kitchen knifes. Guess it was instinctive as he was a machinist and sharp cutters, bits & drills work better. I still carry his old hunting knife during deer/elk season. It's a Western Cutlery...

My Dad was a knife guy, he always had a pocket knife on him, he kept everything sharp including Mom's kitchen knifes. Guess it was instinctive as he was a machinist and sharp cutters, bits & drills work better. I still carry his old hunting knife during deer/elk season. It's a Western Company...

He's got some Steelhead in him

That is an awkward looking knot.

I like ol Han's version of this SRC standard. But tie mine with a straight eyed Gamakatsu His narrative is kinda creepy, like a step by step with Dr Hannibal Lechner 😕 c/22

Interesting Dave Mid 80's l fished a streamer on the style hook @ Davis lake in Oregon during its hayday. All trout no bass days. This metallic red streamer we called the Bhagwan (if you know you know) would be swung over the weed tops in that shallow water fishery. I have to say that hook...

Looking at the old school streamer hooks with the down turning eye & 3X long shank, I always wondered do guys tie them like that because that's how it's always been done? Or Does that particular hook geometry actually empart a more realistic swimming effect for the fly? Then you have the...

Laphroaig & sprite?

I'm on Budweiser long necks today, just sucked down #3

Come on Panther's

Was looking at my January 2026 Trout of North American calendar and there is a beautiful Arctic char. That illustrator is so good at reproducing them in his artwork. Anyone ever get way up north to fish for these? c/22

Superb interception by Atlanta #31

I guess the best real-life example of my fictional scenario would be the the Elwha dam removal that happened 2011-2014. The long captive native adronimous steelhead trout in the genes of those up water fish was again free to express itself, while other types possibly came scouting in from the...

So some locally famous watersheds about 2-3 hours north of my little stronghold here in NW Montana hold some outstanding bulls. Some of the creeks feeding into the river generate the ice cold/clear water bull trout thrive in. While doing 2 months pre & 4 months post of physical therapy on a...

Costco rotisserie chicken today but I did mash my own russet potatoes 🥔 🤠