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we have a 2009 Forrester with the boxer engine. We bought it about 7 years ago for something like 10k with 100k miles on it. It has 160k now and runs like a sewing machine. Idling in gear at a stop light you'd think that the engine had turned off like our hybrid Camry does. Only problem is that...

one benefit, I'm learning how to grip a fly rod handle with just enough pressure, not enough to crack a walnut. It's amazing how little pressure it takes.

as in https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/trigger-finger/symptoms-causes/syc-20365100 Lots of soreness in the right hand, and the ring finger locks pretty bad if I don't splint at night.. Been dealing with it for a couple weeks. Started taking nsaids and doing some tendon gliding...

Here's the home page I was taken to from a Facebook link... gotta say I was almost willing to suspend dis-belief when I was the prices.

probably because I suck at dead-drifting a fly :)

Fishing was really good for those warm days we had last week. We don't get epic hatches on the N. Umpqua, but the stones and salmon flies do get the fish wound up and throwing caution to the wind. I think they're mostly gorging on the bugs that are migrating to shore cuz there's not a lot of...

Thought I had a small steelhead on at the take. Exploded on a Brett's Klamath.. So much fun right now with salmon flies marching to the shore all the trouts are throwing caution to the wind.

quite the series with the M's and the A's right now; some great baseball going on. Pretty strong statement if the M's can win the series with Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Ryan Bliss, Victor Robles, and Luke Raley all out with injuries.

I've had to do penance for all the foul language I used last year whenever 'crazy eyes' Jorge Palanco came up to the plate. This guy is absolutely owning the dish right now. Anything can happen, but this is a different team than last year. Their hitting approach is so much better; preferring...

Called Nautilus, it's $45 plus shipping one way to have the reel rebuilt. Gonna go with that option on this rig. Takes 10-15 business days for them to process and I can live w/o this reel that long. I do have a 'dirt bag level wind' that 'a friend' of mine uses for pulling plugs with the same...

I've filled out their web form twice now, last week and again just now. Will call them if I don't get an email.

Seems like running a rubbing alcohol soaked que-tip to remove the built up residue would be pretty innocuous and probably fix the problem right?

Reel is a Nautilus X-frame that I bought new about 4 years ago. Issue is that the drag doesn't work at all while the reel is full. After stripping about 50ft of line it kicks in and works (albeit kind of herky-jerky) until the next time. I soak the reel in dish-soap about once a year, but...

I'm fishing the 15' tapered tips that come with the line system, they're really part of the lines taper. I gravitate towards these systems for anything other than full float heads. Super happy with the EMT. I probably will go back to a less aggressive tapered Scandi or short belly spey line for...

I've never used anything but T-material behind a skagit head. How is the energy transfer, does the tip roll out nicely? One of the issues I had with my Gaelforce EMT was hinging at the head to tip connection -- I found that backing off the power a git solved it. I was using 90ft of energy for a...

If I had a whale harpoon gun and a really strong winch I could make some decent money salvaging and selling the timber floating by my place. There's something awesome and ominous about a 30' Doug Fir log floating by at what must be 30mph, dead silent with branches sticking straight up.

not really a shop, more of a fly tying and other vices man-cave so the noise is a bit of an issue. But I'll look into the Emerson unit, might be a simpler less expensive alternative. Thanks

I saw stone flies and mayflies hatching last weekend on the river between my place and the dam. The trout I caught had fat bellies, looked and felt like they'd eaten a whole bag of gummies. Ya, they will be hugging rocks for a while.

I have a 10x20 shed. It's about 12' tall and has a barn style roof with lofts on either end. I'm insulating and sheet rocking it. Seriously considering installing a mini-split. I'm doing research and just wondering if anyone here has installed one or had one installed. I'm looking at something...

North Umpqua predicted to hit ~23' at Winchester today. I live on the river about 8mi upstream from the dam. We're heading to my daughter's place for an early dinner. Hope to be back and take pics during the zenith. I've been here 8 years and I don't think I've seen anything even up to 20'. My...