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I grew up in downstate Illinois. The cows laying down meant it was going to rain in the next couple days. But supposedly that is when the fishing (at least bass) is good.

Haha! I did the exact same thing on Sunday, three casts in a row, 4 inch bluegill, 4 inch bass, 3 inch perch. After two hours of non-productive casting for bigger bass, I sized down and started killing the bluegills. Better than the skunk.

Funny, but that was the first thing that came to my mind while reading this article. Unless this study was funded by Big Otter…… Our family has done a yearly vacation to Cannon Beach, and went several years without seeing any stars, it’s been great seeing them back in big numbers the past...

My main complaint with the air seats for the SFC is trying to reach the inflation valve for those, seems like it should be easier. I've gone through a couple of SFCs lately and bought the one with foam seats since I already have the air seats from my other exploding boats and can use them...

On my FB feed this morning there was drone footage of a guide in a driftboat going through some rapids and he said one of his clients had brought a drone along and it gave him some cool footage. But all I could think about was the client in the boat riding through rapids in a driftboat but...

Well, you did get a Discover Pass, which is not a fishing license. Currently just a freshwater fishing license is only $27. Saltwater and 2-pole endorsements add in as well. It's still a hell of lot cheaper than going to a Mariners game, or a concert, or a Disneyland, or .....

https://www.helfrichoutfitter.com/helfrich-rogue-river-steelhead-fishing-and-lodging-trips/ I've done this.

I have the Scotty triple mount system. I don’t use it often but it has worked well when I have and the rods stay separated well. So you would need only one mount to the boat with this. https://scotty.com/product/257-triple-mounting-system/

Best oven spring and ear that I’ve had in awhile.

It works well, but it does take me two hands to use it because of it’s placement on the bench, but a couple of these were on the boat when I got it and so it was easily available.

The one I added to the bench is actually plastic...

Went looking for bass yesterday, found several dozen bluegills instead. Caught a couple on top with dragonfly pattern, most were on a damsel nymph dropper. They really believe in inhaling the fly, and chewed it up, though it was still catching fish. I did watch one bass hit my dragonfly but he...

I have a Koffler whitewater pram, basically a small drift boat. I have an anchor at the front and back. I did add another rope cleat so I could drop my front anchor without stepping over the front bench seat. Makes life somewhat easier. I have a 14 pound anchor in back and ten pounds in front...

I've been making coffee in a Chemex for the past couple years and decided to try something different. I bought a Clever Dripper and have been using that for a little over a week now. I follow James Hoffman's recipe for the Clever Dripper, easy to find on YouTube. Instead of straight...

So I’m playing tennis in a couple weeks in Spokane and the team has rented a house for a couple nights on Newman Lake, with backyard access to the lake. WDFW makes it sound like a warm water fishery mostly. Trying to decide if it would be worthwhile to take some gear up, or is your water still...

I used a old Rio intermediate line off and on yesterday that was terribly coiled coming off the reel, but it reacted wonderfully to stretching and never tangled, unlike my Rio type 6 line. When I put back on the reel to move places, I had to stretch it again as I took it off the reel. Was good...

I would but in California with one of my grand minnows.

If you were to do the re-cover of epoxy, you should scuff up the epoxy with some fine sand paper first I would think. And don't forget that you will be making your threadwraps thicker by adding more epoxy. But you should go for it and show us before and after pics.

Well done Pat! I left a rod in one of the hike in lakes a couple years ago. I think it is in about 12 feet of water. Can you find that one for me, please?

EHC's are my go-to on rivers, though I really don't fish moving water much. I like that at the end of the drift, you let them drag under and swing and I seem to catch as many or more fish that way.