The "How was your weekend?" thread...

[Mtnsaremyhome]

Swinging flys did not produce after many hours so I started experimented by the time day 3 rolled around.....

Hello darkness my old friend, its been a while, its nice to meet again. I know where one that went over Bonneville ended up.



10ft 6wt did well, heavy bend on a 27in fish. Euro leader built on 20 and 12lb chameleon, 8-10lb fluoro tippet, this one when straight home and onto the BBQ.

 

[SilverFly]

Finished up phase 1 of the remodel on the family condo. Lost track of how many weekends went into bringing it out of the 70's.

Before:

Before:


The big job was scraping 40 years of paint and wallpaper off the concrete walls. The only thing that really worked was a big ass chisel and oil stone to keep the edge.



I was skeptical about the improvised texturing technique I stumbled across, but really like how it turned out. Texturing was almost a bigger PITA than scraping. Initially thought I could get away with concrete patch compound (silly me). Tried mixing it with standard drywall mud, that worked pretty well until I ran out of concrete patch. The local Home Despot was also out, but did have dry cement mix (hmm, just cement with sand, no gravel). Once I found the right ratio of cement mix to drywall mud, it spread, and stuck like peanut butter. Vertical strokes with a wide metal putty knife yielded a texture similar to rough-sawn lumber.





Sorry Grandpa Bud. I know you didn't want changes, but turns out not many folks want to rent a 70's family memorabilia museum. Family likes it better too.

 

[clarkman]

How was my weekend? Incredible, thanks for asking.

 

[Evan B]

Took a break from coho fishing for a weekend to go do a Crossfit competition. Had a great time.

 

[Doublebluff]

A compilation of a few weekends at the same spot...

First, several weeks ago, this ominous sight led to a brutal late fire season for this area- smoke values above 400 for several weeks.


These pics were from 2 weeks ago. Everything was great if you looked one direction...


But in the other direction, things were still rough. This recent wet spell finally crushed the fire out.


In these recent trips I have:
Caught a 5 pound rainbow in 2 feet of water... I would show a pic but in them process of taking the pic I dropped my phone into the depths.

Hooked a grebe right at me feet. In full view, the bird came screaming silently out of nowhere and smashed my fly, about 4 feet down in the water. The grebe ended up scared but OK, but my 4-piece rod had somehow turned into a 7-piece rod. The grebe actually bit the tip section in half. It is the first time I ever sat and laughed about a broken rod.

And then, in what became true blizzard conditions, I finally caught my target fish.

 

[Coach Potter]

Took a break from coho fishing for a weekend to go do a Crossfit competition. Had a great time.
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I remember how good it felt to be done…I’d be lying if I said I missed those days. I do miss the community. I learned a lot about people that I would have NEVER associated with had it not been for CrossFit.

 

[Coach Potter]

We got eliminated from the playoffs last week so hunting season started early for me. I know nothing about my new home state’s hunting other than it offers a lot of opportunity. I did some exploring over the weekend.

 

[Mtnsaremyhome]

Swing for the win this time

 

[Josh]

Had to orchestrate the removal of a pretty big corkscrew willow from the inlaws house in the middle of Friday's windstorm. The trunk was cracked down to the ground. Watching the crew tackle it was pretty impressive, those dudes know what they're doing. Took about an hour, they didn't hit the house, didn't hit the pear tree, and worked around the meth-head neighbor's non-running cars parked in the street.

Lightened the wallet a fair bit though.

 

[Matt B]

Had to orchestrate the removal of a pretty big corkscrew maple from the inlaws house in the middle of Friday's windstorm. The trunk was cracked down to the ground. Watching the crew tackle it was pretty impressive, those dudes know what they're doing. Took about an hour, they didn't hit the house, didn't hit the pear tree, and worked around the meth-head neighbor's non-running cars parked in the street.

Lightened the wallet a fair bit though.

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Corkscrew willow by chance?

 

[Josh]

Corkscrew willow by chance?

Whoops! yeah, that's what I meant. Typo Fixed.

 

[mark wlker]

Bought 2 E bikes only to have the better half bitten by a dog on our second ride!

 

[Dr. Magill]

Bought 2 E bikes only to have the better half bitten by a dog on our second ride!

I’m sorry
Carry a stick
Whack the pest
Do you like the bikes??

 

[Coach Potter]

Bought 2 E bikes only to have the better half bitten by a dog on our second ride!

That sucks!

 

[mark wlker]

I’m sorry
Carry a stick
Whack the pest
Do you like the bikes??

Bought a pair of these;

https://www.amazon.com/SAMEBIKE-XWC05-Electric-Bikes-Adults/dp/B094MQDV8M?th=1

Surprisingly powerful and tons of fun to ride! Excluding the dog bite, of course.
If you aren't careful, they can toss your ass off!

 

[Xoxo]

We have been in Port Townsend for four nights. This was the morning of the big wind that knocked our power out for nearly 12 hours, though it never inconvenienced us. I did not enhance this photo in any way or use any filters. Took it with my iPhone 12.

Going home today, excited to watch the Seahawks! Edited to add same view from our cabin rental last night with the moon.

 

[HOG]

Snow!

 

[SculpinSwinger]

I got outside both days!
A flat little hike about 30 minutes west of home. Went to check on a bald eagle nest, and see some waterfowl. High light was a bittern that flushed at about 10 yards, flew right at us on takeoff, but quickly banked over open water.


It was pretty breezy, but finished before the next round of showers started.

Today I went 30 minutes to east from home. It was all day rain - I loved it


It was a blank, no pulls or follows. I did land one fine big leaf maple leaf , and 2 pike minnow at the end. They are native fish that eat a swung fly…



I hope it’s like this until April, just like in my youth.

 

[Matt B]

I fixed a leaky toilet. At least I think I did. I hope I did. It took three trips to the hardware store, the last of which was because I broke a plastic nut, over tightening.

 

[mcswny]

I fixed a leaky toilet. At least I think I did. I hope I did. It took three trips to the hardware store, the last of which was because I broke a plastic nut, over tightening.

I'm proud of you dad.