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  1. Porter2

    Bad outing for FlyFish Dan

    Stumbled upon this earlier today. He's fishing in Idaho. 2:08 and 3:30. Think I'd call it a day after that.
  2. Porter2

    NFR They weren’t kidding auto insurance

    Time to renew auto insurance…. Watch out! Last year for the year of 2023 it was $2690.00 for 3 autos. 2020 outback, 16’ pilot and a 06’ civic. No tickets or accidents. Pemco went to a 6 month policy. (We use to pay lump sum for the year and save a few bucks. For 6 months and same cars it...
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    SFR In search of decent cargo shorts

    It’s not as easy as before….. been waiting to see if Costco would drop some on a table but not ones I care for so far.. So.. -Looking for longer in seam length 9-12” -Multiple pockets and useable pockets (not phone and small electronic type pockets) zippers on a couple pockets preferred. Need...
  4. Porter2

    Beer and reels

    https://www.tcoflyfishing.com/cdn/shop/files/241-ross-reels-coors-banquet-animas-fly-reel-5-6-01_788x788.jpg?v=1709556933 Something new brewing?
  5. Porter2

    Happy Easter

    Happy Easter !!! Got phat yoday…. Gonna take a bit of working out to fit back in the working jeans oh my oh my.
  6. Porter2

    69 years ago

    Found this map in my mom’s house. 1955 Mt. Rainier. Those glaciers were bigger. Sorry rolled up hard to spread out 😆
  7. Porter2

    Caught in the middle…

    Probably posted this before on some other site 😉. But maybe more than 4+ years ago. Does anyone find themselves caught in the middle. I have 10.5 feet. Find boot size 11’s very tight in waders and size 12 sloppy. For pants I’m probably 35” Find 34” a tad tight/short yet 36” to much...
  8. Porter2

    Being sagacious

    Or in my case Sagecious 😯 Or dumb 😞 Singlehanders from 3-9wts. Main inventory minus three long rods which 2 are Sages 😬 2 TFO’s And a couple glass rods. And I’m eyeing another sage switch. I have a problem.
  9. Porter2

    ……. No big deal but wow.

    Put this old combo together on the grass… The TEENY 300 line is old but new and unused with a short poly leader and 5 feet of tippet. Hit 110-115 every time with simple double haul. Sage 896-4 XP /sage-loop 709 with teeny 300 grain float and steelhead sink polyleader (forget rating …think...
  10. Porter2

    Hiking boots and a bit more

    I have been a Merrel Moab and Salomon hiking boot fan for a couple of decades plus now. Two years ago I was in Central Oregon a tad south of the SunRiver Resort area. We got caught in a winter storm after the week preceding being in the low to mid 70’s. The second day there with 20° night...
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    Hiking boots and a bit more

    I have been a Merrel Moab and Salomon hiking boot fan for a couple of decades plus now. Two years ago I was in Central Oregon a tad south of the SunRiver Resort area. We got caught in a winter storm after the week preceding being in the low to mid 70’s. The second day there with 20° night...
  12. Porter2

    Clam crowd

    Out on the coast with the wife for a getaway. Walking the beach at Pavific/Seabrook/Roosevelt today. Gorgeous day out here. Calm and windless. Combat clamming at Roosevelt Beach. Joe Creek raging forward into the ocean…
  13. Porter2

    Rain Jacket

    My Marmot Gortex is almost ten years old. I don’t have a back up or maybe I should make my Marmot my backup. Basically in search of a new rain jacket for movement, hiking, beach combing, and fishing . Want a lightweight jacket but good quality. Looking at Patagonia, Columbia rain jackets but...
  14. Porter2

    Frigid Hoh!

    She was cold to us and didn’t put out. Handful of whitefish and a couple short lived tugs… but beautiful!! Over two full days we covered basically Millers Crossing down a bit past Nolan’s Bar. Flows were a tad high as it ranged from a low 2500 > 3100 feet during our adventure. Saw lots of...
  15. Porter2

    Sage Z-Axis

    Any one using one and what lines for a 813-4 Z? Thinking Rage 540-570 with tips? To be used on the OP rivers in WA.
  16. Porter2

    Steelhead ‘a

    Nice little 15 get away with Tom Derry who can toss some line!!!! And nothing better than WILD !!!!
  17. Porter2

    Give this $25 tool a try

    Had a gift card to Avid Angler….. thought I give this a try. Like the offset angle. Solid build. Ad…….Cutting edge nippers for the new age tippet materials. These nippers include super sharp tungsten carbide blades mounted onto a lightweight 6061-T6 anodized aluminum frame. With the...
  18. Porter2

    Sage doing new thread wraps on repaired rods

    This past spring I bought a 7100-4 TCX (why? ...I have a sickness). Any ways i could not tell from pics that the wraps were different. When i received the rod the tip section was wrapped in a obnoxios yellow thread color. I returned the rod. I was informed it had been rewrapped by Sage. Huh...
  19. Porter2

    Found this and thought to share....legend

    A well known long living salty guy on fly rods... two things. You can accomplish everthing on any fly rod just a matter of....little long but I found interesting .
  20. Porter2

    Curious if you had 10 days….

    This pertains to only the PNW and 10 days of your choosing… You get to do fly fishing every day if you wish or take a day or three off and do something else that’s fine Which state? Not looking for bodies of water/ towns/ etc. Simpky the state you would pick to do 10 days in? I’m curious is...
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