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I'm guessin' that Old @clarkman loves that face, me too.

@Evan B - I don't know how I missed this article; well done!! If (I look every day for the "right" boat at the right price) (or when) I buy a boat I'm going to invest in a Superstick. In years past I had a 13-foot by 1.25" diameter "dowel" as my push pole. My old 14' Hewescraft had spent a...

Ditto @Matt B - two thumbs up.

I see "Sam Barber" and can't help it but think of Samuel Barber and this masterpiece:

EDIT, EDIT: I don't know what @Billy uses but Buzzy (Pat Burdick) uses a 240 204 caliber rifle casing that is sharpened on the inside and outside edges., (thanks @Jim F.) I push hard on 2 mm closed cell foam, and twist the cartridge to make 240 caliber foam circles. I pierce the center of the...

This morning I looked outside, none of the trees were moving. Huh? Calm! Hitched up the pram and headed out to the lake. I started out fishing a hybrid and spooked every fish I cast to so I changed to a small jig under an indicator; had one or two fish look at the fly but not commit...

Fred @Wanative - I bet you've got your boat loaded and ready for headin' out. Good luck up there at Baker, hope you process some beautiful filets.

I'm no spring chicken, that's just more stuff to carry but........... after another interesting day I am rethinking the no net way....

Two more new wind driven fires this morning but by mid-morning the wind (sort of) laid down in Ephrata and the sky was blue. Nothing pressing and a bit too hot to do yard work. What's a capr fisher to do? Almost there, greeted by Minions. I still had the same jig nymph and strike...

Yesterday the clouds vanished and the "W" eased. I headed out to similar water that Stacy (@skyriver) and I fished last Friday (but a bit further north). Of course, come up on the flat above Sun Lakes and the wind is whipping. Forty years I've lived in this area and for 40 years I've been...

Spoken for...............

One and done albacore trip; this is some of the materials I bought in my attempt to tie flies for those delicious, ferocious critters.

When done well it is just about the best sandwich ever! Sloppy is a requirement

Rex - that is a GREAT photograph of the double rainbow and their reflection on the lake and I like contrast between sunlit and shaded hillsides. Very nice. Where was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hinting at great fishing..........?

My wife and I were invited to a friend's place for breakfast along with about 30 other people many of whom we haven't seen or talked to in far too many years. It was a lot of fun to catch up. The hosts are retired orchardists who now donate much of their free time to working (for free) at the...

I started rereading Ivan Doig beginning with English Creek. For all of us that tie flies, an excerpt from this great book:

I was trying to lower my profile, still spooked the fish, I guess as no sooner did I see two fish coming towards me than a cloud moved between us - where do the go? Vanish, poof!