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Never fished the Methow, so I'll just hang back and watch the addicted video after it closes.

I have a pair of G3's I'm trying to squeeze the last bit of life out of after almost 10 years. I'm now trying to decide between Patagonia and Grundens.

Are there a lot of sound rivers that remain open to trout in WA? I see giant cutts as steelhead bycatch on IG in the winter (I've also seen some large cutts), but the OR coast is closed to trout fishing, that is what stops me. I guess you could "swing for steelhead" and throw big natural...

I don't really get it. If you are using 10 or 12 feet of full t-material, the butt end of the sink tip pulls the tip of the floating skagit head down anyway, so it seems like the same effect. Feels like one of those things that was dreamed up to create another SKU or had too much time to think...

Feel free to share the successful technique! I know it's been discussed before.

Talking to myself again, I asked a local shop about it, and their answer was that it is more of a flycraft competitor (also mentioned that people usually sell their flycraft and get something wider/bigger), and they thought it was pretty narrow for Oregon rivers. Tubes are also smaller than an...

Dunno, seems kinda bad we're living through this and it's either our fault, or we are exacerbating things at the very least. The "cycle of life" evolved after the Chicxulub meteor, too.

They are in there for sure, all the way up to the dam (over 800 wild coho this month). I seent 'some for sure. There's gotta be some up to eagle creek. Edit: Whoops, I'm talking about the Clackamas here, not the Sandy.

I would try stripersonline message board. Someone on there might have one.

Nope, I just had this one. Rod is sold by the way.

I don't fish above bonneville for coho, but I just checked the counts, and uh, it's looking pretty, pretty good...

The one person approach looks pretty comparable to an outcast or watermaster (it is a couple of inches narrower). It looks like the slipstream might be a more capable raft (wider) if you are rowing heavier water. The lack of talk could be because they cost twice as much. Does seem to have nice...

My daughter found a feather in our neighborhood that I'm pretty sure was from a western-screech owl (we have a pair that regularly nests on our block). It had long and webby fibers kind of like a mallard flank. Not a barred owl, but like any owl, I bet they wouldn't be stiff enough. You'd need...

Looks like you're doing great! Just don't start fly-fishing for steelhead and you'll continue to be happy!

The intermediate poly is clear, and it's a steelhead rising to a swung fly, so I bet it doesn't matter that much. I just throw 5-6 feet on there because it gives me enough to change a couple of flies, and seems to turn over adequately. The poly provides all the stick. Ends up being 6+ feet with...

Man, I would love to catch a bobber coho with a bead on my pin rod. I've never been successful doing it, but I have caught them nymphing glo-bugs for some reason. It was a small creek though.

Bumping this thread. Still no talk about them? Anyone seen one?

I use about 6ish feet of tippet looped on with the intermediate. That was something I heard in a podcast with Tom Larimer, by the way.

I think most of that restoration work on the creek is "done" for now (haven't actually seen any adult salmon or steelhead, but I have seen fry). Westmoreland casting pond is still operational. I do recall it gets drained periodically, I don't remember what time of year. I saw Travis Johnson and...

One thing that will extend the life of your polyleader is cutting off the mono extension at the end so you've only got the coated portion left. Then albright knot a foot of 20lb ultragreen on the end, and put a loop in that. The mono core and coating stretch at different rates, so this trick...