flyfisher

just get a ski rack and use sleeves and reel covers and be done. I ran that on my trailer for a long time before I went to primarily fly fishing and i couldn't get enough spread between the racks for 9' fly rods but they aorked great for conventional

even better...cold brew with cold brew ice cubes is where its at Mission is good stuff. I have looked at their hats but since i went to wearing a hoodie this year I haven't given it much thought. I do like their socks.

best thing I ever did for my kayak was get motor for it a few years back. I also primarily river fish and it is really nice to be able to motor upstream and cover way more water than when I was paddling upstream. I can do 5-6 miles easily then float back without needing a shuttle.

Sage 7wt XP Sage Bass II LM TFO mangrove coast 8wt TFO Magnum 7wt Those are my normal but sometimes I will throw in a 3wt or 4 wt and chase large sunnies cause that is a blast. Oh, I flyfish primarily so.....

it isn't the polyester you think of during old school disco days. I have worn the long sleeve ones for a while an dbought some of the hoodies this year and they are great. I got Simms and they are warmer than not wearing them but I will take the tradeoff for constant sun protection without having to spray or anything. I got mine on sale at sierra trading post and wish I bought more. I wear them even at my kids soccer games in the sun.

Start looking into the kayak tournament fishing world if you want to see some creativity.

A smallie moves to eat or to bang.....how far did you go to eat or bang someone? Therein lies your answer. They will move as far as they have to is the answer for the most part and that can be 20+ miles or 20 feet.

A guy on here was an electronics guru, WayneP i think, he did a test with sunscreen and he didn't notive any difference.

This guy is top notch too. https://susquehannafishingguide.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Kt23L3BXmPlEBkY3G2hkVbfl_cCztIq7IEAK3ygLHY1QX1zv84wbqej4_aem_AcMO90m85HfiLEmIaR23Tf2fiVn3TnzRPHjXblSI3YS22JlSJlTy6VFo9YEAgzsxlQp3jxZ-qya1beY0BKF0sTY4

I prefer to think of ways to get inside the box myself

Using both a length measuring device and a weighing device.

There are quite a few skiffs out there I have looked at myself and they are definitely intriguing to say the least. SUper shallow running and durable.

I think part of the issue too is that kayak is flat out slow. Sure you can exert less effort but you can easily paddle a kayak at 3mph all day long without much effort. My dad has the 13' version of the same boat and when we go out i have my NK180 at half throttle while he is at full blast and I still have to drop it back so I don't drop him. Mine doesn't have spot lock which I have no doubt is awesome and his works great on the river but I can manage without that for a little extra speed and distance covered. No kayak will be able to cover water like even a small boat will, it is juist one of the limitations. Ultimately it is up to you to decide which would be more valuable in your style of fishing.

And that makes for some really good fishing too

I particularly like my casting circles feature on my humminbird. Allows me to mark a way point and then I don't have to guess the distance or direction to cast.

Don't solve a problem you don't have just because some youtube guy says you should. I have been kayak fishing for a coupole decades and othe than my first one, I went out a few times before rigging anything. Each person is different, how they fish is different and their needs are different. The technology is out there to do what you want because you need it and not because you read it online. A perfect example for me is the whole rod holders on the crate. Everyone says it is the say to go but I hated it for my style of fishing and it doesn't make sense to me so i went another route that many don't like and that is flush mounts. I jhave since graduated to tracks with rod holders to provide flexibility in mounting. You will know pretty quickly what you want and need for your fishing and that is when you start searching for solutions to those problems

Availability. In areas where bass aren't as readily available people don't fish for them as often. Many places bass can even be considered invasive.

Nice to see someone actually post the math to solve the problem rather than people saying get the 100ah because i ran mine for a whole day and have 90% left...waste of weight and money. I personally run an Ionic lithium and have for 4 years now and it has been a great battery for my NK180s and I even run a 30ah for that.

Shad flies, flutter spoons and darts are the go to for me. Location is more important than bait or color....except when it isn't

Took about 12 years to graduate college because i kept taking time off to go climbing. Off and on during that time i was working at a boys & girls club eventually working my way up to the education director. Moved cross country once and then back and ended up at a major bank where i worked my way up the food chain over about a decade to being a six sigma green belt trained process engineer. Good work but not fulfilling at all, money isn't everything. Went back to school got my masters in education and began teaching and about 5 years into that went for my post masters for administration. Still trying to land that first administration gig but i have a feeling this will be the year it all comes together. Wouldn't change anything I did as it made me who I am today.

He probably had a manual version which makes no sense to me at all to even manufacture let alone buy. I'll disagree on the cost aspect and working better, is more opinion than fact.

I went to an a/m inflatable and never looked back. I have driven home with it on because I forgot I was wearing it. Only time I wear my traditional style is when it is below freezing air temperature or on a river trip and I think I may be using it but even then, I still often don't and have a recharge kit in my dry bag. I do not have one of the hydrostatic models but when I replace the one I have, I absolutely will. The comfort level isn't even comparable to me between the two styles. I fish from a kayak and primarily fly fish as well.

That brassie packer is worthless on bass bugs to me. It will work but the difference between that and the fugly packer is pretty major. The UTC140 is a good thread but i am not a fan of it laying flat for stacking hair. I like the small round GSP for that really as it takes less bulk and you can crank on it, which is needed but you can pull to hard and actually cut the hair too. Your ties look solid and no reason to not catch some bass

Spinning deer hair is hard and rewarding. A couple things that helped me along the way. -quality deer belly hair -Stack don't spin-allows more control and color locations. -fugly packer -pack as tight as you can -flexible straight razors to trim -Pat Cohen will show you how to do it right -GSP thread is your friend-I use 100 denier It is about time for me to get to tying for the spring as I have been slacking. I don't remember if i posted these up but it is the lunch money pattern that is super easy to tie. The original recipe calls for legs but i don't bother on the colored ones but I do put them on my white ones. This was a great fly for my local small flows for the spots and smallies and has been a great producer for browns in a spring creek I frequent as well.

Why wouldn't they, i mean they live in it already. I guess if it was so cold that they froze when they came out of the water that might be an issue but I also think that if that were the case, the rivers would be frozen too.