fly addict wrote:And one with a foam,

Dang, that looks so good I'd be tempted to eat it!

Andy

Welcome aboard Joseph! And I am very interested to hear about your experience with the Golden Survey!

Andy

3rd what BB said. I use an old aluminum ski pole, it basically just dangles by a tether behind me in the water when I'm not using it. Now and again it gets caught in something, but it's usually very easily un-stuck. I guess I could find a shorter tether so it would get caught even less.

Andy

About the size of a fin!

Andy

About this size of a fin!

Andy

I voted "yes" but the reality is I've only used a staff on the Kern so far, but I use it there every time now after the falls I took my first time in the river.

Andy

Two Saturdays ago I drove up the 101 to Salinas/Monterey and I was pleasantly surprised to see from the freeway at 75 mph what looked like a decent amount of water in the Salinas River at and just north of Paso Robles. Here is some info I just googled about the river, not sure how current it is: htt...

"Those who were around during the hatch recommend people “keep your mouth shut and kind of cover your nose,” Glen Siewer told WEAU-TV."

Yes, I would say so!

Andy

Livin' the dream!

Andy

Couple years ago I hiked down to the FotK just after a thunderstorm had washed the ash from a recent fire into the Little Kern. Man, that little river was as thick as chocolate syrup. Anyway, it has seemed to recover pretty well.

Andy

Wonder what fly he was using.

;-)

Andy

Love this knot EZ PZ.

Also love that you can easily adjust the length of the tag/waste end as you tie it, so you don't end up wasting a lot of tippet.

Andy

WanderingBlues wrote:

Papasequoia wrote:

acorad wrote:If I'm not mistaken Greg does offer nets with offset handles.

Andy

I think he meant with a bottle opener.

It's rather brilliant.

It really is!

Andy

If I'm not mistaken Greg does offer nets with offset handles.

Andy

Hi John, I'll probably get sh*t for this, :-) but I use an old pair of $19.99 Walmart hiking boots that I bought years ago for working around the house. I'm sure there are better boots for slick-rock rivers like the Kern, but for everywhere else I've used them they've been fine. Heck, even on the Ke...