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This is sad as I always enjoyed his posts and how he was a top water cutthroat fisherman. RIP

I checked the thrift store location and it no longer exists, so hopefully you find your lost gear.

Yes I scallop the butt section and mid sections to reduce weight. I started using hardwood lower handles to help with the balance. I started basing my taper from a Bob Clay rod and have made adjustments as I go. So far I have built a couple 12ft 9 inch 7/8 and a 12ft 9 inch 6 weight which i...

I live in Bellevue and I can check the thrift stores if you need help. I know we’re the shop is and will check tomorrow.

This rod is going to be 13ft to 14 ft and 5 sided. I continue to learn and these rods are getting easier. And this is my first rod were I made the reel seat insert and lower handle which was a learning experience.

That’s awesome Steve, it looks like the handle is less than straight. That would have been fun to wrap the guides and how did you turn the cork?

This is my 5th rod Spey rod and learned a lot. I started playing around with hardwood components and definitely need more work on this. This rod is for GOTY and the rod is 12ft 9 inch 3 piece spliced rod for a 6 wght. I used the Quinchat milling tool for the tip section and also used the...

I was at an outdoor reggae show last night and fortunately I was in a covered area. About half the crowd wasn’t and the show was cancelled. Getting out of White River venue sucked but did get to see lots of lightning, getting to the car with my wife was crazy. We made it home safe but the amount...

I have fly fished this fishery on the Oregon coast for at least the last 15 years. It’s amazing that your fish finder will be solid fish and not hook a fish. Each year is unique as there is a vast variety of food sources. It can vary a lot with crab spawn, jellyfish, a hole variety of bait fish...

There’s some cool stuff they sell for aquarium’s also.

I grew up on the sound and was a deck hand and worked on some commercial boats in the sound mainly working the straits. We had a seven gill shark sink our gill net targeting sockeye and it filled the back of a full size truck. Not familiar with the soup fin sharks but seven gill are not unusual...

There has been a ton of baitfish around and the widow rockfish smelt work also. And the stand closer minnows will work. And don't forget poppers as when the fish are up top it's a blast.

I just got back from the Oregon coast fished 5 days. I would highly recommend going out with dory boats as you can run a combo of crab and rockfish and salmon fishing has been good. Pacific city which is just south of Tillamook is what I would recommend. Send me a pm if this area is with in range.

Nice job Steve, I may have to jump down this rabbit hole and give it a go. I’ve been turning lower handles out of hardwoods for my Spey rods and I may try this for some reel seats. What rod are you going to put the seat on?

I’m working on my 5th Spey rod and trying to get my tooling dialed in. I had used the baginski style beveler which I had tough time with the larger diameter materials required for Spey rod. It worked great for the tip sections but mid and butt not so much. I did some searching around and bought...

Happy birthday and enjoy this day and tight lines.

I’m going to have a conflict that just came up, I enjoyed this last year and will definitely miss going to this.

A few of my latest Redfish treats