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  1. Salmonchaser

    Backpacking old dudes

    Yep, well sort of, the last 20 I was guiding in Alaska and always carrying stuff for the clients. Kept the body use to the work. We live about a mile outside the Eagle Cap wilderness, now that I’m retired we are really looking forward to spending some time up there this summer. The better half...
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    Photography- one photo a day

    I need to get back up there, worth the price of admission just to see it.
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    Anyone here do martial arts?

    Was a master instructor when I was on the job, mostly Akido based. Wrestled D1 in college, still like to roll around a little.
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    Photography- one photo a day

    20 years guiding on the peninsula, my last fly out. A place called Featherly creek.
  5. Salmonchaser

    Oregon hunt.

    That could be a very good slot. Typically the first Pacific storms have rolled in, it’ll be cooler and the bucks might be getting a little frsky
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    Oregon hunt.

    Black tails are an outstanding quarry. You’ll have a great hunt with Tim. Southern Oregon runs a little drier than most people think when considering the coastal mountains. That being said, it could be as dry as a popcorn fart or raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. It’ll be steep and...
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    Super Slam # 176 of 29 North American Big Game Animals

    Outstanding.
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    Kodiak canvas beware

    I have a 14x16 and a 20x14. Setting up the 14x16 is pretty easy, as noted above, about an hour and the wood stove is ready to go. The 20 footer is a whole lot tougher. I still do it by myself but I spend about 15 minutes just warming up my back before I start lifting that heavy SOB up onto the...
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    Kodiak canvas beware

    Montana Canvas, had a similar problem with a 20 year old tent that is set up 20 to 30 nights a year. Phone was answered immediately, repair kit sent the next day, two follow up calls to clarify best technique for making repairs, and an apology because the repair material wont perfectly match a...
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    Elk calibers for western wa

    There is a reason the .348 mdl 71 were so popular with the old loggers of the PNW. I think you should go buy one!
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    Photography- one photo a day

    The photo is from yesterday, Lee’s Ferry. We’ve the same photo mated and framed in our living room from 41 years ago, she worked for Arizona fish and game, creel surveys. Pretty damn sure I wasn’t what she was looking for
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    Nm oryx down

    Dang that is so cool
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    How can I become a better hunter?

    Have you put a tracker on the underside of his rig?🤔 Seriously though I agree with finding a mentor, visit with your neighbor about the micro details, north slope, plant community, water etc. when I was tagging along as a kid, dad would stop routinely and ask me what I saw. He wanted me looking...
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    Mexico Desert Bighorn - Here We Go!

    Outstanding
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    GSP and collar issues

    Terrible twos, sounds like you’re going to have a great dog. I was ready to give up on Molly when she was two. Went to Alaska guiding for the summer knowing I wouldn’t work her much while there. Home in September, out to the ranch to guide some guys from Leupold. She was flawless, damn good...
  16. Salmonchaser

    Newish Fly Reels

    Yes to the Hatch, Nautilus nvg and the Orvis. On 8 wts fishing mostly sockeye and silvers. Great drags. I’d give the nod to Hatch. We have reels that are two or three years old and have all had several 100 fish days. They are spendy but for a recreational reel, I don’t know of anything that is...
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    Backpacking travel rod suggestions?

    St. Croix is a good product, good warranty. Gloomis became a pain to work with when Shimano bought them, lot of the outfitters Switched and never looked back. For reasons I just don’t understand I have a lot of clients go on fly outs with their four piece rod in the soft tube liner. Amazing how...
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    Potential move to Alaska

    Learn to fish with the Dalli Llama streamers!
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    Career/experience at the USFS

    Nothing to add, like seeing someone build solid plans, and some well thought out feedback. Good luck. Perhaps you’re the man to get the forest service back on mission, at least as far as many of us are concerned,
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    Fly Fishing, Alaska

    Kvichak is a great river in and of itself. Lots of great fishing if you can’t fly. Location is good for quick access to all the famous streams in the area, you’ll have a great trip.

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