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The old ranch hands I worked with swore the best snake gun was a sharp shovel.

Welded aluminum hull is a plus, owned a Bayrunner 16, was fine for the Strait if you watch the WX. Would rather have had an 18' just for family. My retired commercial fishing neighbor said about my Bayrunner, ' Hell, I'd take that to Victoria." He was salty and grew up,lived on the Strait.

#14, body is simple chamois skin wrap, tiny tail 3 mm or so of skin is optional, dark sparse griz hackle, one wrap will do. Fish it through a deep hole and down through the tail out. Deep, if you're not loosing flies, probably missing fish. Tie some weighted and un weighted. Just a generic...

Head net and broad brimmed hat to keep the mesh away from your face. Thin gloves to wear fishing. Thick wool or flannel shirts are a little more bug proof. 100 % DEET. A tire repair kit and small compressor. And more money.

My favorite Lake Trout fly is a simple white streamer usually a #6 with a bit of red thread for a gill. It's fished on a Teeny 300 gr? sink tip line, w/ a short stiff leader over boulder and coble rubble at 10 to 20 ft depth. Good fishing starts a week or so after ice out where a creek runs...

Real sportsmen back in so they can get their shotgun in play quicker when the grouse come to the parking lot to pick up grit.

Re: memory foam and cold weather camping. Some memory foam I used ( years back) turned into a rock when cold. Don't know if that's true or not with the newer memory foams.

Dams, mines, etc are zombie like. Those ideas never die, just go dormant until the next time. Example: "trial balloons" are being floated to test public reaction to adding more Colorado R. dams. The answer is use less. Case in point; in Phoenix and Tucson subdivisions are still being...

You are not "terrible." It sounds like you're overloaded, frustrated, fed up, worn out and angry. It's understandable when you're caring for one person, and you're caring for two people. Skipping Mother's Day sounds like a fair way of caring for yourself. If keeping your distance works than...

Used a couple diferent Avon and Aire inflatables in rivers ( oar only) and lakes ( small outboard to 7 1/2 HP) for decades. Guided fly fishing from an Avon before drift boats were popular. Packed out elk with an Avon, ran whitewater, cast and blast for geese and trout, overnight trips, many...

Clip close and release. Or harvest. Your call. Both are ethical IMO.

Spent most of my growing up and adult years on water of some type. Lead a few canoe trips for vy low money as an undergrad. Raft guided WW and FF in a couple national parks and forests for 27 yrs until old age / L. back damage caught up. Floated WW on the Grand, Green, Salmon, with a bunch of...

Came across a well done 9' 6/6 wt , 2 piece fly rod at an estate sale. It casts pretty well. Does anyone know who made the blank and where they were sold? At worst it'll be a brother in law loaner. Online search turned up a few old custom rod sales not much else. Thanks in advance. Whitewater