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Dreaming of warm summer lakes

I think I grabbed the last spot. Looking forward to it!

Sounds like fun.

I feel like I commented this on another thread, but I have a friend who deconstructed a shopping cart and put the basket on the back of his pontoon. So that’s an option

I found a spinning outfit on a coastal trib this weekend. Ping me with a location and description if it’s yours.

One must not even think about bananas, or you've lost the game. Along those lines, there's always a relevant xkcd.

TFO axiom 12 wt on sale at sierra. Good tuna rod https://www.sierra.com/temple-fork-outfitters-axiom-2-x-saltwater-fly-rod-with-case-12wt-9-4-piece~p~7wrrm/?filterString=fishing-rods~d~190%2F&merch=prod-rec-prod-prod7WRRM

#5 no cooler, no beer

I’m interested. Always wanted to try that lake I like this idea. There’s a lot of stress, but a lot of good in my life. After 30 years together, my wife and I had a dicy patch but we’re on the mend. Healthy grown kids who are a joy to be around. Job is challenging, but in a good way, and I work...

Good news Nick. Glad to hear it.

Drift boats are kind of the PNW jack of all trades, master of one. I like my drifter for moving water, but it’s definitely suboptimal for stillwater or tidewater. If your main use is not rivers, and it sounds like you have other options for that, I’d focus on something else. And, wooden...

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This is a good point about inflatables in moving water. They are Mae West style and will roll you onto your back. Its nearly impossible to get on your belly if you need to swim aggressively to avoid a strainer.

Just turned 60, and have a couple of strategies. - I use a thrift store ski pole for balance. - I keep a whistle on my waders in case I need to call for help. - I have collected a bunch of younger fishing buddies. I need to do more cardio and weight training, but I do keep dumbbells in my...

I have two of these boxes. One with nymphs and pre-strung dries. Another with lake flies, and pre-strung two- and three-chironomid rigs.

I hate trying to tie on a tiny fly in the midst of a hatch. I tie them on to like a foot of tippet at home with good light, and wrap it up on a page in a fly box for leaders like that. Then, just a double surgeon to tie the tippet to the existing leader.

Our lady of the blessed sump pump, hear us in the hour of our need

There’s a fix for the moving place to place tangles I picked up from troutbitten. Get some small o-rings at the hardware store and put a few on the rod where the dropper flies would sit. Use them as hook keepers for the droppers.

I’m so conditioned by my company’s immersive phishing tests that Im skeptical of anything that hits my inbox. Wonder if something similar can be done for this? The Butlerians may be onto something here