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Was just telling my oldest daughter that the most out-there counter-cultural rebel of her age in 2026 would be an Eagle Scout that shows up at school in a 3-piece suit and a brief case, takes his education seriously, behaves respectfully towards his parents, his teachers (etc) and aspires to be...

I've always thought a great sci-fi sequel to "Ex Machina" would be a movie where AI uses social media to make the human population so demoralized, dysfunctional, and so (male vs female) alienated from one another that it doesn't have to 3d-print an army of Terminators, it just sits back, smokes...

Been super-handy for me. When I first got my boat I was incredibly naive/stupid and was like "It's the Puget Sound, not the open ocean. What's the big deal?" but quickly learned the error of my ways.

YMMV but I've launched there several times and taken a 13'6" Whaler with an 18hp engine (subsequently upgraded to a 30hp 2-stroke) both ways with no issue. If you're heading East all you need to do is take the normal precautions that you'd take anywhere else on the sound. If you're heading West...

Interesting thread. The first thing it makes me think about is the supposed benefits of moderate drinking, especially wine, which I never found particularly convincing because the statistical data was hopelessly confounded by the fact that your average wine drinker had at least half-a-dozen...

Here's the info I was looking for courtesy of the much-maligned ChatGPT - might save those interested a bit of Googling.... "Here’s what I’m seeing in the most recent official WDFW material about Reiter Ponds (Skykomish River) hatchery steelhead production and how it ties into the Quicksilver...

Done.

Also - there's a guy named Don that's been a professional raft guide for quite a long time that does inflatable repairs out of his home in Stanwood when he's not out on the river. When I had a couple of small bubbles show up between the inner and outer tube on a hypalon raft that I use for...

That's not how I'd do things unless I was in a similar predicament, either ( & FWIW I carry a full-bore repair kit w/patching materials, a spare valve, etc in a small pelican case on every float) - but if it's a "I'll give the fastest, easiest, cheapest fix with materials I've got on hand a shot...

I thought they were shutting down winter-steelhead production at Reiter and moving to a South-Fork-broodstock program for summer runs, and shifting production to the Wallace as of a couple of years ago? Is there a summary of what's going on at Reiter and/or the entire Snoho system somewhere...

There's lots of chatter about how long rafts will last, and the rough consensus I've heard is that with proper care hypalon boats can last forever, PVC boats with glued seams should last at least 10 years, and higher end/newer boats with welded seams up to 20 years - but those are...

One thing I've started working into my injury-prevention routine is balance training. Don't think there's any robust evidence to back it up, but I have to think that at least in principle regular balance training will help reduce falls when wading, etc.

Been paddling by that outside bend for ~20+ years and watching the progress. There's a very similar bank on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie with homes that are in a similar situation (although the burn rate seems much lower). Hopefully the owners of those properties have had ample time to come...

As someone who's in the midst of midlife, whenever I encounter someone with vaguely similar interests who seems to have transitioned to sort of a post-midlife routine I find myself wondering "At what point did work, family, and other responsibilities start to wind-down enough that time-scarcity...

Dang. Never managed to get on the NF Sky in my kayak before moving away for a few years. Saw the blowout in 2006 and figured it'd be back in shape by the time I moved back in '09, and didn't hop on it back in '24 because life had gotten busy and I wanted to get properly tuned-up before running...

Sky is currently at ~107K and seems to be close to peaking based on the hydrograph. Looks like it should peak roughly ~1' below the '06 peak.

This comment reminds me of "Infinite Jest," one of my favorite books from the 90s. The story goes all over the place, but the plot centers on a band of renegade Quebecois terrorists hell-bent on bringing the unified government of North America - The Organization of North American Nations, or...

I got a double-hander at around 47 for the same reason I decided I wanted to start fly-fishing when I was seven: seeing someone standing right next to me do it and catch way more fish than me. In my particular case this happened on back-to-back trips to BC several years ago. There were just so...

Interesting. Without naming names or any other giveaways - what sorts of things created this impression?

Flange sealant. Never had one pop-off after I started using it. Permatex 64000.