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Fished the Cle Elum on Saturday (10/13). Got on the water about 1pm. A beautiful, mild, sunny day. There were a few bugs in the air, including a random October Caddis, but nothing too plentiful. I posted up on a pod of rising fish for a couple hours and caught a handful of 10-12” (rainbows and...

Tourons in their natural habitat, observed 3 weeks ago

We adopted this Happy girl a little over 8 years ago. She had a rough start, having been abandoned two times in the first year and a half of her life. She was an amazing and constant companion (although she never accompanied me while fishing—preferred the couch instead). We had to say goodbye to...

OMJ was a gift to the old forum. I had some PM’s from him way back and he was very generous with his old-school version of GPS coordinates when it came to finding some skinny water up the Beckler. While I never met him in person, we were friends on the Facebooks and I believe that’s where I...

Holy shite those guys are lucky to have made it out. The footage of the fire blowing up over the ridge below them is scary as hell!

Besides fly fishing, which I do only sporadically anymore, I like to ride bikes. Mainly mountain bikes. My wife has no hobbies and we needed something to do together so a few months ago she got an old ladies style ebike so we could ride together. Well, it’s not much fun riding on gravel paths on...

Add the Santa Cruz Bronson to your list. It’s a great all arounder and as of 2021 (I believe) comes with a mixed (MX) wheelset (mullet): 29er (business) up front and 27.5 (party) in the rear. In other words you get the best of both worlds in rollover ability with the larger front wheel and...

I guess the secret is out. Rumor has it a salmonfly was spotted recently along the Yakima.

Crickets. Apparently nobody fishes the Yakima anymore 😆

It wasn’t a weekend, but I had a pretty decent day on the lower Beaverhead two weeks ago today. Everything else in SW Montana was pretty well blown out, although not as bad as it would get a week later.

Got it. Replied.

Sage Z-Axis 690-4. I’ve had the rod for years but hardly fished it since I also have a Z-Axis 691-4 that sees more action. The cork has never been cleaned so based on that you can see that it’s not been handled a great deal. Blank is is great shape save for some very light scuffs on the butt...

The cold and wet spring has really sucked as far getting my new lawn to germinate. This last week it started to finally pop but we need a few more days to push 70 so it comes in thick and then needs mowing every 3 days (which I will complain about), all so I can yell at the neighbor kids to get...

The second time I rode to the radio towers at the top of Raging I was with my buddy who had a brand new full squish bike (Specialized Stumpjumper). I’d never been on a full sus bike before when he said, “Here, ride it for a mile or so.” We were just leaving the summit for our long descent so we...

Not to the general public. We talked with a guide who mentioned that a limited number of guides would be granted access. Damn shame, that was a critical launch/takeout.

I recognize a certain XP 8100-4 up there.

I’m a Sage whore and not ashamed to admit it. But, more specifically, I’m a Sage Z-Axis whore and personally I don’t think they have dramitically (if at all) improved upon that blank since it was discontinued. My first high end rod purchase was a Z-Axis 490-4, which replaced a Sage Launch 490-4...

The lightweights are very intriguing. I, myself, have been reading about and salivating over the Orbea Rise.

Like Will Smith, I’d like to thank the academy.