Welcome aboard. I fished the locals for years on 2# test, building my own micro spinners that would suit a particular water or condition. Then one day I politely waited while a couple of fly guys worked a run. Got to speaking with them and a week later I bought my first fly rod. It’s a slippery slop...

Have Papa walk you through the direct photo loading. I’m still getting the hang of it.

This is gonna be good!

That was a good read. Thanks for brightening up the day, and the forum, with that.

That's my plan.

ABOUT * TIME! It's good on the other side. Make sure you complete your HR 218 certification before you split.

I'm not a fan of the way LA wastes water, but I defer to the esteemed BobK on this matter when he indicates that public fishing access exists because LADWP has allowed it, whereas private ranches would probably have not. I actually thought post 9/11, access would be curtailed given the strategic nat...

An article on possible use of imminent domain and crowd funding to purchase back land from LADWP. Anyone want to weigh in on what could definitely impact fishing opportunities.

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-owens-valley-eminent-domain-20170712-story.html

Interesting. By nature, spectra and dyneema based products have floatability. They would, however, need regular cleaning and maintenance to maintain buoyancy. I use super-braid lines when I'm offshore and the amount of salt they'll hold is amazing. Pulling through creeks and lakes would be task in c...

Wishing everyone the best on a day that celebrates freedom. A day to put aside our philosophical differences, you know, like dry fly vs nymphing. A day where it's okay to fish the left bank, or the right, depending on where the fish are lying. Or for those of us who fish in the middle of the river, ...

Beautiful troots. Congrats on the pig, Ray.

I ate at the Indian Buffet in Bishop once.....

I bought the Korkers Vibram soles when my stock ones wore out. A huge improvement.

Gonna be a while before my Eastern Sierra waters have settled down enough to visit. And the OR waters? THe river we'll be on is a tail water so it should be okay. The higher stretches will be up. AND, I'm bringing my offshore gear for albacore, halibut, and ling. Hopefully, this blind squirrel can ...

Gonna be a while before my Eastern Sierra waters have settled down enough to visit.

DrCreek wrote:I have no words that can accurately convey what I'm feeling. Amazing is what's left.

Remember the first time we met Greg camping up on the eastside and introduced him to grilled peaches and tuna? And he showed us his nets? I never thought I'd be the recipient, and of one that would mean so much.