The Great Outdoors

[TheFifthScallop]

Nice fish!

Fyi, there are plastic boots called "waders" that prevent you from getting your fucking shoes, socks, and feet sopping wet like that.

The more you know.

I’m wearing waders.

 

[member 3289]

I’m wearing waders.

 

[member 1013]

Idiot lol

 

[Qat]

Wild. I didn’t know a wingfoil was a thing.

but a fast motor seems a lot cooler, right? ?

it was fun cruising around on the foil, but I’m happy to use my buddies. I didn’t think they would be quite as expensive as I discovered. I already have expensive toys/hobbies, I can’t handle another haha

E foil is fun of course but I like the muscle - or nature - driven stuff better myself.

Arent you a biker more so than a motorbiker as well?

 

[member 3289]

Not my photo. Saw this on iNaturalist. Attempted predation of an adult brown anole (Anolis sagrei) by a juvenile knight anole (Anolis equestris). Both invasive.



@Cody

@jason73 tagging you because I remember you telling me you had a knight anole as a pet and it ate a garter snake you put in its tank to keep it company.

 

[jason73]

Not my photo. Saw this on iNaturalist. Attempted predation of an adult brown anole (Anolis sagrei) by a juvenile knight anole (Anolis equestris). Both invasive.

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@Cody

@jason73 tagging you because I remember you telling me you had a knight anole as a pet and it ate a garter snake you put in its tank to keep it company.

It ate a grass lizard I bought so he could have a buddy too.it lasted like 30 seconds

 

[La Paix]

I’ve cracked the code. I could feed the whole village with a day’s work.
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I don't think it's any coincidence that my fishing has exploded since @ShatsBassoon has left the country. Now that Canadian fish know that they aren't going to be subjected to any weird sex stuff, they are less hesitant to take a lure.

Ya bass seem super challenging.

 

[Rambo John J]

Processed 6 of these tonight that I got from a neighbor, going with him this weekend again to haul our limit

Dungeness Crab

Lot of work to process but they taste amazing...sweet, salty, and buttery right out of the shell...amazing food source

$50 plus per pound here when cleaned

 

[Hauler]

Scared this dude up a tree during a hike today.
Thought he was going to pounce for a minute, but he quickly realized I wasn't some pussy from Florida and he decided against it.

 

[sparkuri]

Processed 6 of these tonight that I got from a neighbor, going with him this weekend again to haul our limit
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Dungeness Crab

Lot of work to process but they taste amazing...sweet, salty, and buttery right out of the shell...amazing food source

$50 plus per pound here when cleaned

Tell your wife she has beautiful hands.

 

[Rambo John J]

Tell your wife she has beautiful hands.

Thanks
I will
Not my hands or my crab though
My hands are calloused and my arms are hairy and tan

Limit of Dungeness is 12 here...If you get bigger ones it can be a score of a half day
Made an amazing Crab Mac and Cheese
Next batch will make a Crab Bisque, pretty damn tasty even though it gives me the sniffles from the dairy

 

[La Paix]

5:50am watching the smoke roll in from the North into West at Kelowna.


Also got some great flies from a new website. @Thefifthscallop do you still buy any flies or make all your own? If you buy them do you know of a good site to order online from? So far these look like good quality but time will tell.

 

[Hauler]

5:50am watching the smoke roll in from the North into West at Kelowna.
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Also got some great flies from a new website. @Thefifthscallop do you still buy any flies or make all your own? If you buy them do you know of a good site to order online from? So far these look like good quality but time will tell.

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Those fires are no joke.
They've shut down the CN in parts of BC.

 

[La Paix]

Those fires are no joke.
They've shut down the CN in parts of BC.

It’s so nasty some days. Ash build up on my all my stuff in my backyard. Two weeks ago it was so bad I stayed home from work as my eyes kept pumping out that gross discharge trying to clean out the shit. Could barely read from blurry vision.

 

[Hauler]

It’s so nasty some days. Ash build up on my all my stuff in my backyard. Two weeks ago it was so bad I stayed home from work as my eyes kept pumping out that gross discharge trying to clean out the shit. Could barely read from blurry vision.

Sucks man.
I know it isn't uncommon in the summertime out there, but this one feels really, really bad.

 

[La Paix]

Sucks man.
I know it isn't uncommon in the summertime out there, but this one feels really, really bad.

I moved here from Vancouver area in 06 and this is the worst I can recall as far as smoke in my area. I know in 03 there was horrible fires right on Kelowna. @jason73 would've suffered through that for sure. Wife and I went to Whistler in 2017/2018 for Crankworx and it was nasty then too. Feel bad for all the tourist travelling up to see the mountains and you can’t see the other side of the suspension bridge at the peak from the smoke.

 

[TheFifthScallop]

5:50am watching the smoke roll in from the North into West at Kelowna.
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Also got some great flies from a new website. @Thefifthscallop do you still buy any flies or make all your own? If you buy them do you know of a good site to order online from? So far these look like good quality but time will tell.

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I tie most of my flies, but there’s a few patterns(dry flies) that I occasionally pick up from the shop. I’ve never ordered any flies online, so I’m not sure where to go. I always recommend going to a local fly shop. Those egg sucking leaches will crush it though.

 

[jason73]

5:50am watching the smoke roll in from the North into West at Kelowna.
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Also got some great flies from a new website. @Thefifthscallop do you still buy any flies or make all your own? If you buy them do you know of a good site to order online from? So far these look like good quality but time will tell.

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Smoke is rather thick this morning and it's raining ash and burnt pine needles everywhere.

 

[jason73]

Everything is covered in ashes

 

[jason73]

Yesterday vs right now

 

[Hauler]

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There is enough smoke in the atmoshpere that it is effecting the sunrise/sunset visuals out here in Ohio. It's a much more "orange" color.

Pretty wild.

 

[member 3289]

Two weeks ago it was so bad I stayed home from work as my eyes kept pumping out that gross discharge trying to clean out the shit. Could barely read from blurry vision.

You sound like a huge pussy.

 

[La Paix]

You sound like a huge pussy.

 

[Big Dummy]

We’re installing a fire suppression tank kind of in the mountains and I found some bear tracks one morning. He must’ve caught a whiff of my scent and decided not to fuck around and find out.

 

[La Paix]

We’re installing a fire suppression tank kind of in the mountains and I found some bear tracks one morning. He must’ve caught a whiff of my scent and decided not to fuck around and find out.

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You wear a women’s 8 I see. Adorable.