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I feel very strongly that I never want to pick a numeric temperature: I only want to make my air either more blue or more red

Ah, the good ol' Family Bearcat

Oh, and here's a tip - if you find extremely developed oxbows, like this one on the Trask river, you can set up a couple-hour swim without having to shuttle yourself because your put-in and take-out are almost the same!

I went a few times this past summer - 7mm wetsuit felt more than sufficient, and I got by just fine with thinner (1-3mm) gloves and boots. Hood is definitely key! Honestly the biggest challenge was the super low water in the summer; after thrashing over a 2-inch deep riffle I now consider myself...

I started with an Echo Compact Spey 12' and I'm very happy with it. After taking a lesson, I found that I liked that it had a bit faster action and while I'm sure a 13' can throw farther, the reason mine isn't throwing farther is me, not the rod, and if that changes, I'll probably be ready for...

How similar is the design? I'm impressed they've been making that jacket for that long!

Also - Patagonia's repair/replace game is absurdly good - they will fix or replace your jacket for life, no matter how dumb the cast was that put the hole in it. Major part of my decision to invest in their Swiftcurrent jacket, which still has gasketed sleeves but is less fishing-specific and...

Without getting into specific beer choices, those are good kits: I think roll gauze is my #1 most important item. It's small, light, and multi-purpose. If you got a major gash, it would be the most important thing that you'd want (preferably with a couple gauze pads) to get you back to real...

It never, ever actually saves you time to not stow your gear, zip everything closed, secure the fly, etc. before moving spots

Anyone have a website recommendation that shows area-wide maps with recent weather history? Like the ideal would be a map showing total rain in the past week as a regional overlay, info like that. It's easy to find for forecasts, but I haven't been able to find it for past weather!

True enough! I think what I was asking for that might be a little more specific was good pools to swim in; in my experience doing this a couple places, the tricky thing to find is a pool that has enough going on to be interesting but is also the right depth and current to be reasonably safe...

Why? We're talking about snorkeling, so it's not like I'm going to look at all the fish before anyone else can

I am putting together a weekend trip to either the Trask or Kilchis and wondering if you have any general info to share on where to find rewarding snorkeling? My plan is to basically start in Tillamook, work my way upstream, and look for spots and possibly camp further up in the state forest...

Found a cheap foam case at a thrift store, which is almost done becoming my absurdly over-protected field pour-over set. Highly recommend the Miir 'chemex' btw:

So far, Spey and Direct Hands-on Predation have the same success rate for me, but I'm hoping to improve!

I think my main takeaway from this experience is that the "tail out" really starts a little further upstream than it looks like it does from the surface.

I appreciate that on one hand I'm worried about spooking them with a splashy presentation with a #18 dry fly on 6x tippet, and on the other I'm thinking I should just jump in and go at em' like a river otter

Yesterday, I took some time off from fishing to snorkel in some pools on the Wilson instead downstream of the Footbridge Trailhead parking spot. Here's a video of some parr-stage trout or salmon (ID help welcome, though I know the video quality isn't perfect!) and a couple rainbows. I also saw...

Would it be accurate to describe that as casting out horizontal to current, mending as necessary for a full swing, then adding action in fast, jerky strips on the return when the fly is downstream, and you're mostly seeing takes on the strip part of that?

Excited that the run is starting and looking for any general tips folks have on swinging flies for Coho in the greater Portland region. Would especially appreciate hearing what kind of water you look for and how you work through it. Thanks!