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Kinda odd that I heard this version first, but I was really into underground music as a kid and I guess my parents weren’t hippy enough

Meiser blanks come from New Zealand.

It seems by now every USA rod manufacturer has gone through a spell of slow delivery on repairs. Complaints are rampant. Pretty much the only rod companies you rarely hear complaints about are imports where they grab a pre-made replacement section from a warehouse bin. Most (not all) domestic...

The regular Okuma coldwater had problems, I’ve seen a few fail, though I think a known issue has been fixed. The Okuma low profile 354s have been more generally reliable and are plenty good for casual anglers, nice fat handle, line counter, and often go on sale for ~$100 (nice when buying...

I regularly use rods that I bought / built in the early 1990s, 25-30 years ago : - Bunch of T&T Horizon 6-10 wts mostly built myself, including a heavy-use trio of 9wts with various heads for chinook salmon. They got this taper right, before all saltwater rods were designed for flats -...

Yes, 40 lb Stren Catfish mono. There’s still some on ebay. This is my favorite bulk repurposed mono for shooting line

Danielsson H5D 11-14. These reels IMO match single handers at their lower numbers (i.e., 11-14 is an 11/12 reel … can be stretched higher in a pinch)

Look into the shuttle to Monomoy. They drop you off in the morning and pick you up in the afternoon. Flats fishing all day. Know your tides. Schoolies and larger solo fish. While known mostly for a brawling fight, it is amazing how quickly a big striper will peel line when it wants to get...

Polly Jean H.

Resources exist, but a lot of folks with mental illness and addiction don’t know what’s good for them. It is easy to get lost in our individualist cutthroat society. It takes an army of social workers / compassionate cops going around, meeting people, and gaining trust to get some of these...

I see them at the bottom of the page

I find that shooting heads shorter than 22’ dump way too prematurely, ok if you don’t need distance. Even the Teeny lines (designed more for easy depth than distance) were 24’ long

Durable waders = Jumbo shrimp = Instant Classic = Pretty ugly

My experience with several budget non-fishing tinsels is that the holographic dots can wash off quickly in real use and the overall tinsel doesn’t hold its shine well. I have some plain silver that I like to use underneath floss (to make it pop), but I have stopped using it for regular flash...

MOAL flies (anything big with bunny) are sticky and best thrown with a rod that handles a ~ 540/550 skagit.

Aside from toxics and thorns, the worst I’ve experienced for bushwhacking was understory bamboo in the Valdivian rainforests of southern Chile. It branches at each node and gets heavily intertwined, like trying to hike through a wicker chair.

Triflow lube works pretty well

Salmon and steelhead do not always rest close to the bottom, and spey lines don’t necessarily get down quicker than single hand lines. I often use 9 wt single hand rods with shooting heads for salmon. Forget sink tips, you want a full sinking head/line if going deep is the goal. My sinkiest...

Local bass pond near my house 40+ years ago, when my older brother figured out that fish rising in the evening would take flies smaller than any lure we could cast on spinning rods.