Recent content by Aervax

Thanks for the compliment. I do catch a steelhead every once in a while, but they're not my regular thing. I have to work harder for them than I think most of the bullet heads on this site. I am sure there are more experienced and succesful steelheaders in closer proximity than me willing to...

I love nothing more than taking someone along fishing, sharing a couple of techniques, then watching them hit it out of the park. It can be funner than catching one myself. I would invite you to hit a couple spots together, but bass season is really winding down with local water temps dropping...

This one was a special fish for me. I nicknamed her "Mobius" - fought like a banshee. Not the largest ever, but the hardest running bullet of my life. Multiple drag burning runs that culminated in leaping twisting somersaulting acrobatics in the twilight. Lucky and surprising that she didn't...

@CastingCall Tony. Please send a PM on what rods and tackle, float tubes etc. you need to replace. I have a virtual tackle store at my house that I'm in the process of downsizing. I probably have 10k in terminal tackle and flies and the same in rods and reels and so on. I have been in cancer...

I used a popper on the John Day a week ago that was similar to the one @Snopro is using. 100+ bass were released in half a day. Of course, I can't claim that had much to do with the fly pattern or my expertise. As my pal likes to say, John Day River bass will fight over a wad of bubble gum...

Along these same lines I was going to suggest a white woolly bugger with gray hackle

Take binoculars with you. My wife and I have fun pulling over to count how many bighorn sheep we can see in the cliffs above the lower Deschutes. Mostly lambs and ewes, but we occasionally get to watch a bruiser ram.

Hi Rob. You're probably talking about taking him rifle hunting on the general hunt. Is that correct? How much center fire practise has he had, and what distance is he consistently hitting the kill zone? I would lean toward going east and taking him mule deer hunting rather than blacktail...

As an active fisherman always on the lookout for new information as well as community with fellow anglers I really appreciate the existence of OFF. I think they're doing a great job. I truly appreciate their transparency and requests for honest and direct input from the users. That approach is...

I strongly agree with @newfydog on going with PFDs made specifically for kayaking. I've owned around 50 different PFDs between different water sports and growing bodies of my children over the years. My kayak vest design looks much like the one in his link, and it's my favorite by far...

@Irishrover Nice post. Thanks for sharing the spinner pic and design description. Do you think the flexible coated cable shaft noticeably reduces the unbuttoning of fish?

@Irishrover Thank you very much for the feedback and ideas. I just bought a bunch of new blades and parts from lurepartsonline.com I am divided about putting clevis and blades on heavy mono versus stainless steel wire. The idea of damaging line with the turning clevis is clearly a problem...

Did you look at lurepartsonline.com suggested by Irishrover in his message above? I just placed an order there this morning for spinner blades, beads, clevis and spinner wires. They had 90% of what I was looking for in stock.

I acquired lots of spinner building components from some trading I did with one of the guys on OFF, some of my old low profile bass reels for cash and spinner parts. The blades and clevis on the ones in the pics I bought at Fisherman's Marine in Oregon City because I was already there for some...

Thank you for that suggestion. Building them on leader would be lots simpler than bending and wrapping those wire loops, too. I'll build some of my other colors that way.