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To be honest, I never get too excited about a particular fly pattern (i.e., the details of materials, how it's tied, etc.) without understanding what about it seemed to appeal more to the fish. In this case, @SurfnFish , what were you using that wasn't working as well? Comparing what was...

A dog goes into a butcher shop with a little bag around his neck and a note in his mouth. The butcher reads the note: "4 pork chops, 1 lb of bacon, money in the bag". The butcher takes the money and gives the dog a package with the meat in it. The dog puts the package in his mouth and leaves...

I must be part dog (in fact my wife does compare my sense of smell to a dog's) because the food pics in this thread look great to me. For the regular and occasional posters - keep 'em coming!

Is it me or does this seem like it might have been influenced by this (similar riff): Starting around the 27-second mark in the track that @Nick Clayton posted. The percussive instrument in that one sounds like a cowbell to me, though it could be something else, but that was what triggered...

And now back to our regular programming..... A guy is driving around the back woods and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: "Talking Dog For Sale". He knocks on the door and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and...

Seems like every month, another performer from my childhood passes away. One of the first records I remember hearing was "Puff the Magic Dragon". This one's geared a little more to adult tastes. RIP, Peter Yarrow.

A couple of tunes (one cover, one original) from an obscure 1960s garage rock band: Oh yeah, two of the band members went on to do much bigger and better things, though I really like the simplicity of these early gems.........

RIP, Phil. While I'm not really a Deadhead, I do enjoy a lot of their stuff from the early years. Listen to Phil's bass on this jam:

Explain Travers? Travers is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, (think “Turducken”, jumbo-sized). He is what all of us secretly wish we were, but dare not to express. There’s a little part of Travers in each of us, and a little bit of each of us in Travers. I’m out of cliches here...

Instead of a beer-themed reel, how about a reel-themed beer (or brewery)? This place (on the Jersey shore) brews a lot of the "milkshake"-style IPAs, which I won't drink, but this looks good: Owner/brewer is a big-game angler, and the brewery décor reflects that.

For a while, I was visiting Ireland for work a couple times a year. On one trip, I was going to be there over a weekend in June/July and made arrangements to fish near Dublin. Back about 20 years ago, Ireland was promoting its fly fishing opportunities and there were always a couple of booths...

We're currently getting our first accumulating snow this season, so it seemed like a good time to pull some wild raspberries (gathered from our backyard) out of the freezer: Turned them into a cobbler, which is a good way to enjoy a little taste of summer in the dead of winter:

Reading this, it struck me that "Pineapple on Pizza" makes a better band name than culinary idea.....;)

Since today is the first full day of winter..... Two bass fisherman from down South had been hearing for years how much fun ice fishing was, and decided to head up to Michigan to give it a try. They stopped at a bait shop near a large frozen lake and went in to get some supplies. The clerk was...

This hypothesis may have little support, but new evidence suggests that the "missing link" may still live among us: ;)

Don't know the area at all, except that they get A LOT of snow, even by northeast US standards, due to the lake effect. I'd imagine it would be an even more dramatic difference for someone coming from the wet side of WA.

A native east coaster (like me :)):

I really enjoy seeing the pics that are posted in the Puget Sound thread, and thought it would make sense to have a similar thread showcasing the big blue lake that's just a little further west. My wife and I spent a week on the Oregon coast in September (with a brief foray into WA), so I'll...

There was a man in Anacortes named Jim Whose gal told him his wood was too slim. He discovered fatwood And lit her fire so good That she now thinks he’s bursting with vim. Sorry, just couldn't stop myself...... ;)

Ha, ha - you're kidding, right? ;) Classic scene from one of my favorite movies (ironically, not a comedy):