Quote Originally Posted by deighaingeal View Post
I live on the Yakima river. It is great fishing in this area, but my head is currently swollen to the size of a watermelon and the end of summer these fish are so smart that they can be buggers to catch. Of course that is part of the fun.
Within on hour drive from my front door I have over a dozen premium lakes, small mouth fishing, salmon, steelhead, spring creeks; its hard to find bad fishing here.

I have gotten lazy on tying and rod building lately. The market here for custom rods died off with the economy, but I'm still the only one in my area who builds wood rods and all parts from scratch.
Nice! I really like fly tying, I usually design my own for my area but have tied some tried and true patterns. Post some picks of your fly rods I'd like to see them.