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Since moving back to my hometown in a rural area, I am struck by how many parents there are who think the worst possible thing that could happen for their kids is for them to different from, better than, or happier than them in any way.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you kidding me with this? It should be a coastal rainbow trout with where I caught it. It looks so much like a redband trout though.

A heavily spotted rainbow trout with a gold body and brick red lateral line.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It would be so embarrassing to fall for this shit so hard that you record an interview and put it out there for the whole world to see.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This right here ranks very highly on why I'm working on establishing proof of our Canadian citizenship for me and my kids. I am not going anywhere, but I want them to have broader horizons.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Stopped on a creek today in the Cascade foothills. Had a tenkara rod out. A few guys and a kid stopped, came down and watched me hook into a few fish and land one. The kid wanted to talk fly patterns. We all talked about portable fly rods, big fish in small creeks, and ... 1/2

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I just drove across all this (western Oregon to Denver) and doing it in reverse tomorrow. The west kicks so much ass.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is just normal Reed College shit. The only thing wrong here is that she wasn't the founder of something interesting like C.h.u.n.k. 666.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Love it when people turn into total free market libertarians and talk about health care services like they're a commodity.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We need to raise taxes on everyone to the point that nobody feels like they have the money to waste on this crap.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The real point in taxing the shit out of you is to crush your political power, Jeff. Your wealth is corrosive to a democratic society.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I caught many fish this weekend, mostly on a fiberglass rod. The highlight though was a 14" brown trout, rare for western Oregon, on a dry fly.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Just went on a loud, rant about what a fucking moron Trump is and how dumb everything going on with Iran is at my kids' orthodontist appointment. The phrase "spiritually small penis" might have been used. Little treat for all the kids and families on a Friday afternoon.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Love this. The SCV can eat shit.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Fly fishing is so cool. They're taking dry flies and hitting attractor soft hackles on the swing. I'll be doing this the rest of the summer.

A view upstream on the Rogue River on a sunny day from the middle of the river

A rainbow trout in a net with a parachute adams in its mouth

A rainbow trout in a net with a shakey beeley in its mouth

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A few Rogue River rainbows I had the pleasure to meet recently.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Oregon is a hellscape. Stay away.

A view of light riffles looking upstream standing in the river. Trees line both shores and there are hills in the distance.

A view upstream of a boulder strewn creek on a sunny day.

A view of thousands of white dogwood blooms.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Never forget what they took from you. But not from me because I found a sick ass brown pair from 1981 at the thrift store today.

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1983 Macy's Parade: Levi's Action Slacks

YouTube video by platypuscomixII

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Remember when the same message about inflation won Joe Biden a second term in a huge landslide?

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I sat in a pitch from Palantir back when Bush was president. They believed in whatever the fuck the current thing is if it sells more of their stupid software.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Not my experience with these parents. "Anti-" and "hesitant" are two very distinct groups. Anti are bad parents who eagerly use their children to signal their commitment to a social group. Their children's pain is a medal signaling their commitment.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm sure that Jim Mattis is real sad he's not there for all of this.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The fact that Rick Scott draws air outside the confines of a prison cell for defrauding the government and causing hospitals to close is proof of this.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The 2026 Tenkara Angler magazine showed up today! Looks great @tenkaraangler.bsky.social!

A copy of Tenkara Angler magazine sits on a messy tying desk.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This is the kind of thing that gets me excited nowadays. Did I catch any on a dry fly? No. Did I catch any on a soft hackle blue winged olive trailing off a dry just under the surface? Yes. A good number for an hour or so in February.

A blue winged olive mayfly on the surface of a stream. It's body is reflected in the water.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Once again broke a good rod I love right after buying it.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Was pretty stoked on how that sculpzilla turned out. Way less stocked to have lost it. Anyway, short session seeing how far I could get out into the extremely low river swinging some flies.

A black white and purple Klamath intruder

The north Umpqua river, low and clear in the sun.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My area always makes the news for the best reasons.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

They don't make movies like this anymore... (starring Gene Simmons as an Arab terrorist who dresses as a rabbi to sneak into the US)

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The olive pettirosso delivers almost immediately. Then I switch it up and lose one on a dry (after a great eat), another on a streamer, and one more on a Duracell, which previously hasn't produced for me. Lessons: keep moving and technique trumps pattern

A rainbow trout head in a net with a pheasant tail fly hooked its lip

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My professional opinion having worked with these guys is that most of the people who ran counterinsurgency operations are statistically the most likely to end up in the ER after getting stuck in a finger trap.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Damned fine day. Two 15-16" hatchery holdovers and a smaller native rainbow with very different coloring. Another broke me off. Huge hatch going on today and the fish were very active. Sadly, we need rain and snow. The river was very low and clear.

A rainbow trout in a net with a pheasant tail nymph in its mouth.

A wild native rainbow trout in a net with a pheasant tail nymph in its mouth.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

My role was non-uniformed and far from combat. And the contributions of our allies was evident every day. It pisses me off so much to hear squealing hogs who would never serve their community or country like Trump and his supporters talk like this.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Achievement unlocked: I've trained my phone to autocorrect "duck" to "fuck."

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Oregon's winter inversions in action. Two days apart, but nevertheless. It stayed pretty foggy in town today. This isn't far out of town. But up at 4500 feet it was warmer than in the valley and absolutely gorgeous. Water felt colder today though.

A river flows in front of wooded hills on a foggy, gloomy day

A river flows in front of wooded hills on a sunny, clear day.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

My only complaint is this almost sounds like they are saying these guys are smart enough to join the military.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I don't. I've seen the videos. They're more accurately described as violence enthusiasts rather than specialists.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Got in a bunch of new hen hackle this week and have tied a lot of wet flies. The Coq de Leon really demands a larger hook and will be excellent for buggers. #flyfishing #flytying

A fly tied with variant hen hackle, orange silk, vicuna dubbing and brown wire

A fly tied with olive grizzly hen hackle, gray silk, vicuna dubbing and brown wire

A fly tied with variant hen hackle, gray silk touch dubbed vicuna dubbing and brown wire

A fly tied with burnt orange Coq de Leon hen saddle hackle, gray silk, vicuna dubbing, olive Coq de Leon hen cape tail, and copper wire

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is an escalation of what DHS was doing in Portland in 2020, where they'd snatch people who had been protesting off the street at night using unmarked vans. The whole agency needs to be shut down.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Just had to go through and unsubscribe a bunch of modlists. Too many used as personal beef, point scoring bullshit.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

First fish of the year caught on an olive soft hackle tied specifically for the bugs and behavior I've seen in this hole.

A rainbow trout with light parr marks in a net.

Several olive silk flies with silver ribbing and soft hackle.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I realized I hadn't used any of the red grouse I recently got, so threw it on a size 12 hook.woth olive silk, copper wire, and a whisper of ice dub.

A tied fly with olive silk thread, copper wire, a small thorax of shiny dubbing material, and a soft hackle made of red grouse feather against a blue background.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oregon did the impossible tonight. Cignetti smiled for a bit longer than 1 second. #goducks

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I swear to God that right before Michael Dyer went down and was credited a touchdown, a curse was put on Oregon football. #goducks

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oregon breaking a big play feels like a moral victory at least. #goducks

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

It's becoming increasingly clear that anyone who has ever owned a tech company needs to be put on a watchlist.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This is wild. Beside the point, but I can't say enough good things about @highcountrynews.org. Their reporting on the land, people, and struggles to preserve the western US is without peer.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

All these dip shit electeds hiring consultants telling them to be like this, but holding CPI data.

John Brown holding a Bible on one hand and a rifle in the other in the Tragic Prelude painting.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Simon's Jigged Ace fly in size 18. I really like the starling soft hackle.on these small flies.

A small fly on a jig hook. It has a black nickel bead head. The tail is yellow saddle hackle. The body is olive thread covered with pearl tinsel, counter wrapped with silver wire. The collar is a fluorescent orange squirrel dubbing and the collar is starling hackle

A pile of the fly seen in the previous photo

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