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    NFR New wildfires popping up on a daily basis!

    Well actually your reply kinda validated my point about headlines often being misleading. The title doesn’t make any false claims however without examining closer it can easily be misleading. Look closer at the data and the definitions they used for the variables in the study you just referred...
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    SFR DEET

    It will get your nice goretex rain ware too..be careful there too!
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    NFR New wildfires popping up on a daily basis!

    Might want to study the true research on the correlation between snow pack and wildfires. It is easy to find for yourself. The relationship between snow pack and wildfires is not as strongly correlated as the hype media would like us to believe. I have looked at year to year numbers of acres...
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    PFD for hot weather

    When I took rowing instruction from Nortwest Rafting Company (highly regarded) the owner DEFINITELY was not a fan of inflatable pfds on moving water. He said they are fine for lakes where it is simply about floating however on moving water when one actually has to swim it can easily hamper your...
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    Furthest Travel to Fish

    My parents would make me wait until it was light enough to bike. Steelhead fishing for a young kid on a bike would freeze my fingers off before even getting to the water. Take a quarter for an emergency phone call. Back went kids actually pedaled their bikes. Not long journeys but memorable...
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    Bike Lock Recommendations

    You don’t have to spend a lot of money. Find a hardware store that sells “transport chain”. You see it sometimes on big rigs. Equally as effective for less money. They will cut to desired length.
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    Hunting Beginner Question

    This….a bow shot elk can often go a long way. Even in the short time it takes them to expire they can cover hundreds of yards. Gutting an elk in a strangers back yard might be a little awkward. Wounding one which is an unfortunate reality of hunting could be a real fiasco for everyone involved...
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    Good Gunsmithing?

    Looking to have a suppressor installed on my 7mm. It is a Remington 700 KS Custom Shop gun from 30 years ago so it has very good bones and worth upgrading. Looking for a smith who can educate me (looking for both recoil and noise reduction) as I have no experience here. And a smith who knows...
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    NFR Supersonics!

    Oh those poor poor athletes. Let me get out my violin, Seen my cable bill lately. I (or rather we) are paying a big chunk of those salaries without ever attending a game. Sorry no sympathy here.
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    Early Signs of Spring

    According to the US Department of Agriculture site this morning Snow water equivalent stands at 65-75% of median for much of the N. Cascades as of this morning. Big areas of Montana now at 90-100%. Unfortunately, Oregon still really having a tough year though. What a difference a few days can...
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    BC Going to Permanent DST

    Yep. Not sure what to think of a 9am sunrise for part of the winter. Considering I have to be at work at 7am. Seems less aligned with my circadian rhythms.
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    BC Going to Permanent DST

    “It gives us an extra hour of daylight during those dark winter months” From the BC government no less. Classic!! Nice to know their government lies to them too.
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    Abstract Watercraft

    I agree. It’s still going to row like a raft no matter how you dress it up.
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    Advice on fly fishing in Europe

    Ok PNW fly fishing brain trust! Doing my first trip to Europe and after all the tourist stuff hoping to have a few relaxing days at the end of the trip. Fly fishing would be a massive bonus!! I am researching for quaint-rural places to unwind for 5-7 days before headed home where some fly...
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    Any use the Garmin InReach?

    I have two of the oldest least expensive models that I purchased 5+ years ago from Costco. They work great and I see no reason to upgrade unless size was a concern. This hunting season I tried satellite texting on my phone which worked great so I now carry both in the backcountry. I now see...
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    Refinishing guide wraps?

    Great advice. Novus 1 and 2 ordered. Thanks
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    Refinishing guide wraps?

    Hey, rod builders out there! I have some boat rods that have the guide wraps scuffed up from traveling in the tubular rod holders on the boat. Moving forward I will explore a method to better protect. The integrity of the wraps is good. Just stuffed on the backside and visually unappealing...
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    Double nymph rigging question

    Have you found a sweet spot in terms of dropper loop length that accomplishes a good drift while not being so long as to get increases in tangles around the main line?
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    Double nymph rigging question

    When I have experimented during the weedy season on the Missouri I believe that the top fly seems to catch more weeds (probably weeds traveling down the line) with the eye-to-eye technique than rigged to the hook bend.
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    Double nymph rigging question

    Hopefully a good rainy day question to ponder….. I have always rigged my double nymph setups from the “J” of the hook on the top fly to the eye of the trailing bottom fly……probably the most popular simple method. I have fished with one guide who rigged from the eye of the top fly to eye of...
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