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I haven't tried Fidalgo at all because the beach down the street on NE Whidbey is so good. That said, like Jim mentioned, its time of year dependent, I haven't really tried for them much around now because, like the trout I assume, I'm usually going up the Skagit to chase salmon.

Does it have to pass (heh) twice before they take down the barrels and caution tape? I drove by a few hours ago but I didn't glance over and after spending 3 hours waiting for costco to put tires on my truck it was dark so didn't see on the way back

Thats interesting. Still looked pretty green last weekend which was after the report, but its been pretty chilly as well around here so who knows.

Its a pretty salty brine. Like 2:1 brown sugar to salt. Either way it wasn't mushy but definitely not ocean fresh. Carcass will feed the crabs well either way.

This girl was still pretty damn fresh hanging out where I was looking for coho. Since the wife insists I never catch fish and doesn't believe I actually go fishing I brought her home for some smoking experiments. After last weekends rain there was a ton of humpies in the creeks spawning. Saw a...

I have this exact rod and it is very nice, I have to force myself to use my other spey rods. $600 is a hell of a deal.

I'll be out saturday morning giving all you jerks with boats the side eye from the shallow!

As far as I'm aware they're not around anymore. I went out with a guide who worked there, I believe as far as he told the story its no more.

No, fishing in close does kind of suck. I've found that rather than strip into the guides (really don't do that on a 12' rod, it is a pain to get it back out), I do some sort of Jedi lightsaber move and pull the rod really far to the side and behind me till the fly is close enough that I can...

For beach salmon my lineup now is: 7wt 12'6" Echo Beach Boost - This is the 2h overhand rod echo makes. I have a love hate with this one, great casting distance with not a lot of effort, annoying as shit to strip in and fight fish with. 7wt 9' Echo Boost Blue - Just got this and it replaced the...

I bought one of the 12v compressor coolers (euhomy on amazon, $235 for a 58Qt) and used it this summer on a trip to Neah and Ft Flagler over 4 days with my Jakery 1000aH power station. Overall I thought it was great, as others mentioned: No fucking around with buying ice, which also means no...

Just to be contrary I find that the LONG rods are easier to learn on than the short ones. The long rods force a slower cast in my experience. Which, of course, can lead to problems swapping to a shorter rod after you've learned. That said, I do find that using a short rod does have the advantage...

Finally got on the humpie train with this guy.

Every time I've driven by pass lake this summer it has looked like a poorly maintained hot tub. Still tons of trout rising.

Also if you haven't check out the WDFW fishing regs app, it lets you click on the water body you're interested in and see all the currently relevant rules from there, and you can put it into "pamphlet mode" to look at general rules throughout the year. Given how often the thing downloads new...

What does one look for when looking at the used boats? Especially the whalers with their foam filled hulls?

Over the past few years my tally is 2. The first was a Reddington Claymore. I'd tied down my rod on my Watermaster, launching from Dodge Park on the Sandy. There is a rapid immediately after the launch and this was maybe the 3rd time I'd used the raft. Things did not go well and I ended up on...

He did get back to me this morning and said that he'd have the tip shipped out monday from Echo. I hope dealers get special access to tips because Echo lists the 7wt boost blue tip as Out of Stock currently

I sprung for a boost blue to replace my crappy sage foundation. Got home today from a trip all excited to fish it tomorrow . . . . except it didn't have the tip section. The joys of e-commerce. Of course Echo is also out of tips so can't even go that route as a shortcut. Sent an email to dirty...

Got out early (for me around 6:30) Sunday, missed the pinks by about 30 minutes judging by the guy who had a brace on a stringer. Only saw one landed after that, had a beach mostly full of fly folks which was nice. Gave up around 8:30 or so and drove home to take care of some stuff, then drove...