Mike L.
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Make sure you steam them with Old Bay like a Marylander instead of cooking them however those southern freakers cook them which is so terrible and a waste of perfectly good crabs.
On a budget? PC. We deploy both Mac and PC at my office. The new 27″ iMac has a drop dead gorgeous display for sure, and if cash isn’t much of a consideration by all means throw down on one w/ 16GB of RAM.
PCs with Windows 7 will do anything the Macs will in all honesty, if you get the right tool set. For about $1000 bucks these days you can get an Alienware Aurora or something along those lines. $465 gets you a 27″ HD display (I really like HP monitors at the moment). That setup saves you more than a grand! In my personal opinion, working with both, I love the Mac but absolutely will not pay the price premium.
At home I run PC.
This is good advice.
He will most likely be required to check them with his other luggage (and pay to check additional baggage, as well…mfing airlines).
I would go the opposite route of most of these responses and recommend learning to properly cast a traditional line (such as the Windcutter) first. If you can cast a traditional line well, you will pick up a skagit line with zero difficulty. The reverse is not true.
I understand those brookies are native and have been there a long time, but that does not make that fishery natural in any way. It is an artificial fishery created by the coldwater release of a dam where introduced (though wild) brown trout outnumber and outcompete an ever decreasing population of native brook trout.
The loss of the brookies in that 5 mile stretch of tailwater will be a far, far lesser tragedy than the loss of the brookie populations in the headwaters above the reservoir and in its feeders.
I stand by my assertion that though the loss of the fishery for a few years would suck, there are much better things to worry about. Lets do our rain dance this spring and hope for the best, but should the worst happen the river will bounce back within a few years.
Edit: Like Dave, I would be happy if the Savage tailwater held only brookies and other historically native species. While I still would not call it a natural fishery, it would be pretty cool fishing a tailwater full of nothing but brookies that are 3-4″ larger on average than the fish in the headwaters. There are enough wild brown trout streams around as it is…
The installation is not scheduled until mid March.
If spring rains do not come to refill the reservoir once work is complete the population of fish in the tailwater is going to be near nonexistent by the end of next summer. There is not enough natural cold water refuges in the form of feeders, springs, etc. without coldwater releases from the dam to support many fish in the tailwater section.
Even if all the fish die, the river will eventually come back in a few years. Besides, it isnt like it would be the loss of a natural and native fishery. Lets hope for the best.
Mossy Creek, Va 2.5 hrs drive
N. Branch Potomac, WV 3+ hrs
Falling Springs, Pa 2.5 hrs
Yellow Breeches, Pa 2.5 hrs
Gunpowder River, Md. 1+hrs
(big springs aka the ditch was the place to go back in the day, Pa 2.5hrs)Decent list, with a few exceptions.
On a totally unrelated note…Do you think the technology is really increasing at the point where a new rod line every 1-2 years is necessary, or do you think the manufacturers put out a new line every year or 2 for the sole reason of keeping up sales?
