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Just match the dots- @Irafly do you concur? Man bobber fishing is complicated.

I was helping my dad today at a hydroplane race in Elma. The lake the race was on has been stocked with surplus hatchery Steelhead. At this point the Steelhead are zombie fish aimlessly cruising the surface. At the start of one of the races a hydro hit a fish causing it to flip in front of...

I’m dumber for watching this-

I fished a well known warm water lake in SW Washington recently. The fish school up in certain areas this time of year and everyone knows where that is. I eased my boat into the chaos. I was the only one fly fishing and got some questionable looks😂. I was successful in not hooking people in...

I was able to get up to a mountain lake recently. Arrived at the lake at sunrise. Fished my way down the lake with limited success. I throat sampled a fish. The sample showed it was eating size 50 no see ‘em midgey things. When I see that type of sample, I break out the booby flies. The...

I have five assortments available. Each assortment comes with 10 lake attractor patterns. 1. Bling Strip Leech Chartreuse 2. Bling Strip Leech Red 3. Bleeding Leech 4. Blob 5. Henry’s Lake Special 6. Olive/Red Bugger 7. Coldwater Lake Special 8. Rooster Tail Fly 9. Shimmer Beetle 10. Spawn...

Headed out with a great group of people @Bruce Baker @WindKnot for our annual lake trip to Eastern Idaho. With fish density’s being at historic lows we didn’t have high expectations, but we pressed on East regardless. When we arrived the first day we found the lake almost completely empty of...

I put a new coupler on my trailer. It doesn’t fit flush on the tongue. There’s a ~1/4” gap. It’s a 16’ boat, so there’s not a lot of tongue weight. But I don’t like the idea of the through bolts carrying the weight. But maybe the weight is dispersed through the sides of the tongue when the...

The day started with high hopes of wild trout recklessly eating hoppers at a mountain lake. Everything was going as planned, until warning lights in my vehicles dash started flashing bad things. @WindKnot quickly googled the alarms and we determined it was probably not a good idea to press on...

I’d put this in the “pay it forward thread”, but I’m hoping there’s better chance they’d go to someone who fishes lakes here. I’m cleaning out my boat bag. Anyone need or know someone that could use lake flies to help them get started. They are a random mixture of used, prototype, what was I...

I helped a buddy who is a hatchery manager stock some fish into Indian Heaven. For those who just want the important info… there were NO mosquitos! We hiked into a few lakes that were about 5 miles from the trailhead. The fish we stocked were Brook Trout. There are a lot of lakes in...

Hit Merwin before work this morning. Quick limit. I found the fish at 50’-70’. Small Spin Glo tipped with tuna corn behind a Brads Flasher worked well.

I fished a lake that recently reopened. The reason the lake had an extended closure was because of a lack of porta potties (supposedly…). Here is what the porta potty situation currently is. Side note, it is the same as it was before the extended closure :mad:. The fishing was decent. There...

I’m not eloquent enough to put together some meaningful essay about what Opening Day meant to me as a kid. So here’s some rambling thoughts about Opening Day, that leads to a fish of a lifetime report. When I was a kid Opening Day was the biggest day of the year for me. I would spend the weeks...

I went fishing with a good friend (who is a member here, but I’m not sure what he goes by. I should probably ask😁). The day started off slow with a few fish caught on leeches. About half way down the lake we saw a mountain goat and spent some time observing it walk the bank. Shortly after we...

If you’re looking for a fun family road trip this weekend the lower Lewis River along the Dike Access Road in Woodland is on fire right now. I made a quick trip before work this morning. The smelt are in the lower Lewis. I counted over 100 bald eagles and saw a lot of sea lions. There’s also a...

Very cool! https://www.kptv.com/2023/03/23/rare-wolverine-spotted-along-columbia-river-portland/

I made it up to my somewhat local mountain lake. Luckily WSDOT does a good job keeping the road clear. There is still a lot of snow in the hills. The fishing was slow to start. I attributed the slow start to a lack of rods in the boat;). I started off fishing a jig leech on a type 3 line...