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The answer is yes. This is the lesson of the past ten years. When people say it can’t be worse and then make decisions that clearly make it worse because “it can’t be worse”

I think there's definitily a difference in gear vs. fly when it comes to this debate. At a 5% mortality (which I believe is high for non-netted fly caught coho) you can release 40 fish before killing 2 fish. It would be an interesting experiment to have WDFW biologists run quota numbers based...

I doubt you'd fit my definition of dirt bag. Certainly not for gear fishing. I don't enjoy it as much but have done a ton of it. I just figure there's space between a perceived resource issue regarding c&r of saltwater coho and being forced to retain fish I might not otherwise harvest. We've...

I have to ask in all honesty though, is it really impacting the resource as much as everyone feels it is. I remember really short seasons and closures prior to wild release. The season length has dramatically increased and the fishing since the regulation change has been nothing short of...

Trailer a boat to the coast, run 15-20 miles offshore, and fish for twenty minutes. Sounds fun.

Always surprised me too, but I understand it a little more now. Might have something to do with needing a boat and the price of access for fly fishing guides (charter licenses, short ass seasons at times, smaller parties) and also the infrastructure in the ports themselves (specific from sekiu...

I get leaving Neah if you want in tuna, but imo coho fishing peaks last week of July through third week of August. The fish do get bigger the later in the season too. All that krill to coho is …

I don't recall the pattern at all, I was too busy watching the National Geographic special and unhooking coho.

-Kiteboard -Surf -Run -Fat bike on the beach ... and lots of cocaine

Try this. You’ll really finish the day strong

I once came back to the marina after a relatively rough day out fishing and a friend looked at me sideways and couldn’t believe that I was out in that slop. I mentioned another charter I saw out there and he said, “but he’s crazy.” Just wanted to lay that out there so you know where my comfort...

I’ve rooted for the Hawks since 92’ and there have been some terrible years, but this offseason is the least hopeful I can remember ever being before a season begins. Looks like the team is just lining up to be in the running for high draft picks for a long time. They aren’t going to find...

I remember having a well known fly fishing author on the boat with a couple buddies. We were at Swiftsure on one of those incredible krill bloom days when not only is the fishing great but it's almost sensory overload with the humpback whales, birds, and coho all over the surface. The writer...

Suckers believing that they need extra electrolytes. Food industry laughing to the bank.

Good ol’ PT had a saying for this.

It's pretty easy to just break down your rods in half and quickly re-rig them. Reel in enough that your fly is attached to top section and use a couple velcro straps and you're set to go. The way I always travelled with rods because I wasn't cool enough to have the magnetic rod rack or rooftop...

As we are distracted talking about the latest Sage rods, nymph vs. swing, row vs. wade, or pretty much every discussion on this forum ;) There are healthier distractions than celebrity, but many of life's best things are distractions from the out of control shit sandwich the world can be.

Just got a fat tire bike and have been loving riding the soft sand on the local beaches, especially since they are allowed on the stretches of beach that vehicles are prohibited. Hopefully I'll get a chance this summer to get the real mountain bike up to the trails of Brevard.