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I sent PM with contact info. I have an F150 and I know how to row, with years on a drift boat. My kids are gone and it's hard to fish and row with no motor.

I have fished with Carl and purchased some of his hand-me-downs. He takes impeccable care of his gear and he sells stuff on this forum for fair prices.

As I read it, it looks fine...a fly with split shot 15" above it fits this description...

..."UNLESS the DISTANCE BETWEEN the terminal HOOK or terminal lure AND ANY WEIGHT attached to the line or...

Jeff, the bins in Cotati were full when I was there between Xmas and NY. Carl said they are selling well with guys catching fish, so maybe best to call ahead

Same thought for me when the State gets involved. Did you do the Boat US class? It says 4-8 hrs to complete! Can you skip/FF ahead?

My son's friend is boating deputy on a Bay Area lake. He says if he pulls somebody over, he asks them and recommends the class, saying he had to take it too. He said it is common sense for anybody...

Hi Nate,
Carl has it dialed in and has good advice from decades of experience. He helped me when I got into saltwater. I have an Abel 11 and Tibors with 50 or 65lb PowerPro for Loreto that served...

Hi Paul, sent you a PM

Bob

Hate to hear it, Bob. Reminds me of years ago when my father-in-law joined me fishing the Frying Pan in CO. We left Denver early, probably 4 or 5am, drove up to the river, wadered up, he pulled out...

Nice post, Carl. Alec and I have been down a couple times...it's always a great time and one of the cheapest destination fishing trips anywhere. Last year we got into roosters when the dorado...

The fly looks good and should sink fast. What lead-core did you use (brand and test/diameter)? I assume it is standard lead-core trolling line, which comes in 100yd spools with different colors...

Great rods, along with IMX. Sadly, my sons broke my GLX 7wt several years ago (the break did not match their story, but it's broken either way) and Loomis replaced/warrantied it with a new model I...

Great to hear your experience. I agree the Great Lakes anadromous fishery is very healthy, and my brother and I got into a lot more fish than I would expect out here. And good to know my experience...

Beautiful, world-class fish! You need a larger net! Were you on the swing or fishing bobbers?

Lake Superior rivers are beautiful. How did they fight compared to west coast steel? I treated my...

It will be a sad day when this Forum gets shut down.

I just saw the email. Deepest condolences to Gary's family.

He and the shop will be missed. No more fly shops in Santa Rosa, so Kiene's became my "home" shop years ago. I loved the community...

I am interested as well. I have a drift boat (plus sons who are very good at rowing!). I fished the Delta for stripers years ago, but not in a while.

Bob

Hi Bob, I hear you. Many guides certainly work hard and, historically, just scraped by financially. I had others in AK and CO that were expensive, lazy, and, frankly, not very good guides. Guides...

Who made the rod? Is it from a known rodmaker or mass-market? $600 sounds rich to me for a mass-market rod, but I don't follow the cane rod market closely. Cane rods, particularly from known...

Gotta love the DMV

My buddy's drift boat has a plate on the trailer, but the boat never needed registration since he never used a motor on it.

I'll C&R. There until July 10...they may have sore lips by July 15!

Carl helped me set up trip last year and we had a blast. Heading back down next week for more

Hi Steve, I feel your pain. I had an SUV broken into a while back and they took my Abel bag, probably thinking it was a camera bag.
It had a bunch of full fly boxes, some reels, spare lines, and...

Should be a great trip and great to build flexibility into your schedule. My son spent 5 weeks fishing WY, UT, ID, MT, WA last June between jobs. He found a lot of the rivers were still blown out,...