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It's been a while since I ordered anything from them, but a shop worth checking out is Waters West in Port Angeles (Washington). It used to be my local shop back in the PNW. While the selection of material is a bit limited, you'll find that a lot of the stuff comes in colors you won't find elsewhere. The shop dyes its own in steelhead and salmon colors--which can be productive here. Prices seem to be a bit lower on some items as well.

Thanks, but no walk-throughs. Ran a little 1660 Tyee for a short bit, and it wasn't fly rod friendly... I'm looking for a side console or a tiller. Because I have to muscle it around on the driveway, I'm thinking a pretty basic hull. The only real requirements are a flat floor and a livewell. If it gets fancier than that, I'll have to start lifting weights... While I'm fond of Lund, I ran a loaner Crestliner for a while that I'd buy right now if I could find it. Alumacraft, G3 and Polarkraft make hulls I'd consider as well. Fisher and Spectrum are both non-starters... Thanks for the input.

Thanks for the replies. Dutch, yep, probably. It's going to be stored outside, so it makes sense to do that. Wrench-- It depends on the model as far as price is concerned. I've owned three Lunds and fished out of a dozen more, so I'm familiar with the line. I'd pay more for a Pro V (The 1660 would be about the biggest that my space could handle) than I would for a W-16 or a Pro Angler 14. I'd really like the package to come under 10K, but would pretty much have to include decent electronics. But if the temptation was great enough...

With this group, it's a gamble asking for opinions. Having said that, I would value some input. I've put my old boat up for sale at Angler's Port Marine, and I'm now boatless, which is a very strange feeling. I am looking for a replacement. My old boat was an 18-footer, and I need a smaller, lighter hull. I'm going to keep the new hull in Clinton, and that means it has to live in the back driveway, which is a bit tight. The street is a busy one, so I have to bring the boat in quickly and can't back it in from the road. What I think I have to do is drive straight in, unhitch the boat from the 4runner and then wheel the boat around so that it is backed up to the garage, close to where I can charge batteries and store gear and rods. Fortunately, the driveway is concrete, but it's still a tight fit. If I was 30, I don't think that would be a big deal, but I've not been 30 for a long, long time. I've seen some stuff online about motorized trailer dollies that might make things easier. I've also considered finding something with a big wheel on the dolly that might make the turning-the-boat-around business a bit easier. Any opinions on that? I'm also looking for a shorter and somewhat lighter boat. I'm thinking a Lund or Lowe deep vee might be about right in the big 14 or basic 16-foot range. I'll be fishing Truman a lot and have plans to hit the upper end of LOZ and Stockton, Pomme de Terre. I also wonder a bit about a mod-vee jon but have some concerns about whether or not one would beat the fillings out of my teeth in a chop. Another consideration might be one of the old triple-hull bass boats. And here I'm asking for opinions, also. Most of my boats have been deep vee hulls, so I'm most familiar with that style of boat. I would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!

But it's such a slippery slope...

The blinking link tells me I have to sign in (which I've done at the OA site) and then goes blank when I click on "Learn more". But from the one image that's shown, the fly bears a strong resemblance to one of my favorite flies I used on the Cowlitz River. That pattern got me into fly tying when my father bought into the idea and ordered some stuff and tools from Herter's. The body of that fly was nothing more than mink hair dubbed in a noodle with the guard hairs picked out. I would add a partridge hackle, and that was basically it. Trout and juvenile salmon loved it.

If there's no hurry, I have a bunch of very small hooks that need new homes... will post when things get a bit less crazy.

After seeing the initial image and reading the posts, I decided that I would err on the side of caution in a recent project. I needed to cut a brick and thought I would/could use a tabletop tile saw I'd picked up in a garage sale some time ago. it might have worked to easily score the brick, or it might have not. But that first image was scary... and I like my fingers. So I went with Plan B and opted to use wooden blocks faced with easily cut brick veneer. Thanks Billethead.

I'm starting the research for an article on what FFS is doing to the tackle industry...which seems kinda strange, but it is having an effect on lure manufacturers as well as the local tackle shops.

Wow! Great job.

Yeah, it's the fall. If you head south to chase redfish, you want to have that RES in ¾ ounce. It is killer.

I started to think that this might be a fun project to pursue, listing the states I've caught fish in, but after scratching my head for a while, I realized it would be easier to list states were I haven't fished. Basically, I"ve not fished in the northeast, with the exception of New York and Pennsylvania. Add in the Carolinas and Virginias and Hawaii, Arizona and New Mexico, and that's about it. However, I did see a bonefish when I was snorkeling in Hawaii, so I almost want to count it. I did get to fish in Finland, Sweden, Mexico and Canada, but that's it for foreign parts.

I'm open for intel when you decide to make the trip. No. 2 Son currently lives out there about as far west as you can go in the lower 48. While I disparage Washington's Deschutes, I did catch a trout there on the first fly I tied, a "muddler". It wasn't much of a fly-- pheasant quill for wings and some peacock herl trailing as a tail and red chenille wrapped around the head of the fly. I was 10 at the time, so that's the reason for the non-standard pattern. It did catch a trout, and that was important to me.

I'd like to make a correction to your list. For Washington State--there is a Deschutes River, but it is probably not the one you are thinking of--that one is in Oregon and is a fantastic fishery. Washington's Deschutes is a little, low-country river that probably does have searun cutts, but it is not an easy or fun river to fish. Practically every stream on the west side of the state has searun, and some of them are not only fisherman friendly but a beautiful place to fish. I'd look to the Olympic Peninsula streams, or heck, just put on your waders and fish in the salt.

Things have started to settle a bit, and I'm thinking hard about selling my boat and buying one more suited to the way I need to fish. I've been seeing a lot of boats that I like that are out of state, and that means they likely don't have boat, trailer and motor titled. So-- how hard is it to get a Missouri title for a boat/trailer or motor from out of state? When I brought my boat out from Arkansas, the boat and trailer were licensed from our previous home in Washington, but the motor was not. I did get it licensed after I found the original bill of sale. So it looks like relicensing/titling in Missouri is not easy. Is that the case? Thanks for any advice.