Since no one appears to be getting out much...

[Kim-n-Kota]

TroutBumDave, I still use the same cheap Okuma reel I've had for a decade. And I learned with a pawn shop special automatic that was so beat up I couldn't read the brand of it I'd wanted to. I think the reel doesn't reelly matter much on Utah trout rivers. Never fished anywhere more exotic, maybe that's why I haven't felt the need to invest.

For years I refused a pack or waders, would always fish in shorts and sandles, with nothing but a small watertight fly box and roll of 5x in my pocket. It was so punk rock. And it made me learn technique - which I think most will agree is worth more than all the fancy gear or flies in the world.

I still out-fish them Orvis dorks every time

My winter season was actually really fantastic. Curse me being too sickly and grumpy to motivate you all earlier. But with my recent surgery I'll have to leave it you y'all for a while. Here are a few pics from January in restitution:











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