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Personally, I dont care about "fast". What makes me tune in, is the competitive nature of the field. I would say, we have a very competitive field right now. Im looking forward to watching the WMX moto 2 today.

All of that looks amazing. What is that in the corner of the tin next to the Crab Legs?

Levi likes his fishing , solid. Years ago we had Wednesday night tourneys on a local river, about as low key a thing as one could imagine. There was this kid that would show up every week & sit at the ramp with his tackle box & rod, he'd ask anyone & everyone if he could go with them that evening. sometimes he'd go , sometimes no-one would take him. Fast forward several years & that kid, the one who had a hard time getting anyone to take him along .. was Jacob Wheeler.

From sounds of it Phoenix hooked Levi up with a boat. My guess 921 Phoenix, which is what my old tournament boat is collating dust in my boat storage. Tournament fishing is fun, but it’s either hot as hell or cold and wind blowing. It’s also rough on big water lakes like Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend and other big lakes. Your back will take a pounding. Tournament fishing is not as easy as it looks. It’s also not a poor man’s sport. Sponsorships are not a free ride. In many cases those wrapped boats are bought by anglers at a...

I’ve kept a journal for 17 years. I also have a recipe book for curing salmon eggs with 57 different cures in it that I’ve used on different rivers throughout the PNW. Not to mention my small notebooks I’ve kept throughout the years. Maybe, when I retire I’ll reach out to Salmon University and, see if they would be interested in publishing something. For now, I like the system I have. Selling small amounts of tackle to friends each year is enough to sustain my fishing. It covers a couple new rods and, reels each year. Material for tying jigs...

Thought this was a pretty cool pic. I noticed my buddy’s shadow along with mine as we were walking up the road, back to our trucks. He hooked 6 and landed two. I hooked five, landed three but, two were natives and, had to be thrown back. I left with one. Fuckers! 😂 I’m so damn tired. Crashed out at 10:45 pm, woke up at 1:30 and, was on the river by 2:30.

I’m not a sell out. People who push tackle, bait and, gear on social media for large companies made me push myself. I ultimately ended up despising those people. I refuse to use anything endorsed by certain companies. They’re pushing labels. One company, I can’t stand the most is Pautzke. Years ago they sold single salmon eggs in little glass jars for trout. Now, in the PNW they push a substandard egg cure by people who fish those eggs all day, catch fish over several days and, act like it all happened in one day. Though it said, I’ll leave...

Tying leaders in advance saves a lot of time on the water. Watching guys lose gear, pull out some line, a hook and tie while I’m fishing can be the difference. Salmon passing through in schools it’s best to get tied back up as quickly as possible. A school mat swim by while retying and, it’s a missed opportunity. Most of the time, I even throw a swivel on my weight in advance just to save that little bit of extra time retying. I have two boxes dedicated to tying up corkys and yarn. I save my partial spools off...

Thank you. I’ll post more as the season progresses and, as the weather changes. I think I only have about 3 weeks left of decent weather then, back to being soggy it is chasing coho. The chinook run hasn’t been off to the greatest start this year. Smaller than average fish and, tons of wild fish I can’t keep legally. It’s frustrating catching several fish only to go home with nothing. Last Saturday I left the river at 10 am. Caught 6 chinook. Freezer..... 0 😂 Fingers crossed it picks up or, the upcoming coho run is decent.

That's my wife except without the net. She'll just reach in and grab the tail. We even have to relocate rattle snakes. 1 year, she got a 🐍 off the driveway, she put it in a bucket to show the kids when they got home from school. Puts a box on top of the bucket. When she got home with the kids, going in the garage she sees the 🐍 trying to get away under the wash machine. She runs over, grabs the tail, lifts the box off the bucket to put it back and sees 🐍 #1 still in...

Good ride on the home trails this weekend. Weather was perfect.