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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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

Several of today's players. First one has the cutthroat slash seen in some hatchery strain rainbows. I have read it's a McCloud River Rainbow trait.

A rainbow trout with a size 12 or 24 bwo soft hackle in its mouth.

A rainbow trout with a size 16 or 18 bwo soft hackle in its mouth.

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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

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 14/01/2026

India hen. Screaming deal but harder to tie in.

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

One more with olive grizzly CDL hen saddle

A fly tied with Coq de Leon hen saddle hackle tail and collar, gray silk, vicuna dubbing and copper wire

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

I am 40 or 50 years old. I probably shouldn't be scrambling up and down things like this. At the end of 2024, I don't know if I could have. But at the end of 2025, I can. So that's something good for the year. Happy new year!

A steep, muddy hillside that yours truly climbed down and up successfully somehow.

A view downstream of a river with foggy and sunny forested hills in the background.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I love how wildly different these fish look in different rivers and conditions. The green back perfectly matched the water color. The washed out colors and spots make it hard to tell if this is a rainbow or a cutthroat (maxilla suggests cuttie?).

A trout in a net showing its green back.

The head and front half of a trout in a net. The fish is very silver and its spots are washed out.

Full length view of a very silver trout, probably a coastal cutthroat, in a net.

A creek runs through an Oregon forest. Not the creek where the fish was caught.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Spent the afternoon practicing spey casting the other day. Managed to catch my first local glimpse of winter snow and the hills of the Umpqua being ridiculously photogenic.

The sky turning pink at sunset over a landscape of blue and grey hills.

A dusting of snow on Mt Scott near Glide, OR.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas, friends! (And to me for cellaring some seasonal drinks last year and only discovering them the other night.)

A colorfully lit Christmas tree with presents under it.

A bottle of 2024 Kirkland vintage ale and a bottle of 2024 Boulevard Tiramisu stout.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Here's a slice from the CBCT of Jake Paul's jaw. I don't treat injuries like this. But he's going to be dealing with this for years. Looking at nerve damage and TMD issues at minimum. Possibly loss of teeth. Lingering headaches, muscle issues, and problems that money can't fix.

$Cone beam CT image of Jake Paul's jaw showing a body/angle fracture.$

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Tried the Keiryu Rod Co minimax but had no luck. Fish this size are lots of fun on that rod. Nevertheless, happy to have finally landed some fish on my Nirvana Phoenix glass.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Probably won't have weather as good as we had today for a while. Went far up into tributaries of tributaries, waded very cold water, and found some rainbows. As a total fly fishing newb, catching fish in the winter on new water with flies I tied feels good.

A creek flowing at higher levels through a frosty mountain forest

A rainbow trout with a pink headed sexy Walt's worm in its mouth.

A rainbow trout with a high water beacon fly in its mouth.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

They're calling it the most reddit post ever.

Reddit post from r/investing by user u/kosko-bosko

Sex robot industry investments?

What’s the best sex robot industry investment?

I’m interested in exploring sex robots industry investments. Can someone give me tips on the topic? Are there any established players, startups, etc? If you’ve looked into it, what were your findings?

- I believe robotics is one of the next big fields.
- I believe the sex industry is prime for disruption since it’s so huge financially, yet a lot of it is illegal and thus way unoptimized
- it’s clientele is discrete so early fails would not endanger the product too much
- std-s are a big factor that can be removed via robots

So, what are your ideas

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Decided to try stacking hair for the first time and tied a handful of muddlers yesterday.

Four muddler minnows sitting on a vise base.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Explored some new-to-me water today. Had some bites but didn't land anything. Continue to be blown away by the beauty of my home.

A mountain river Cascades down through boulders

A mountain stream flows into a deep pool strewn with boulders

A cluster of tan mushrooms grows on a moss covered log.

A small mushroom grows up through moss and leaf litter.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Another great, quiet Thanksgiving in the books and with the first winter ale in the glass, transitioning to Christmas. Hope everyone had a great day.

A Deschutes goblet full of Block 15 Ol' Saint Nick winter ale.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

As a former counterintelligence professional myself, I sure as hell don't miss the arrogance of people, usually in uniform, not knowing what the fuck they're talking about and appealing to their position to claim they're right.

Skeet from Eric L Robinson that reads "Yes, as a former counterterrorism professional it’s my burden to know this better than everyone else"

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Gray day before the rains on what is becoming one of my favorite creeks (at least during cold weather when the crowds are gone). Caught one small rainbow on a tenkara rod, lightly foul hooked in the weirdest way. And I spotted a mink.

A creek flows through bedrock in a burned forest.

A creek flowing through a burned forest.

A rainbow trout with a pink lateral line and parr marks in a net. It was unfortunately foul hooked, but appeared uninjured and swam away with vigor.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Absolutely! Here are a couple more.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The beadhead pettirosso nymph has been a very effective pattern for me on both tenkara and a western rods. Trying it out here without a bead and with a vicuna dubbed body with red wire ribbing.

A very buggy fly with a partridge hackle collar and vicuna dubbed body.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Came home to a package full of flies from the Tenkara Angler kebari swap. Really beautiful, inspiring flies in the puck. All of them, including the ones not pictured are wonderful.

A tan cutcliffe style fly with black ribbing and a black hackle

A pheasant and peacock kebari with thread body

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The pettirosso nymph stays winning. Explored some of the year round trout water to the north of me. Would have been decent tenkara water, but I did more exploring than fishing and stuck to my 3wt. Was nice to encounter only wild fish on this stocked stream.

A view downstream of a mountain creek in a small ravine in a forest that burned in the recent past.

A rainbow trout with a faint pink lateral and light spots in a rubber net.

A deep pool in a creek in a small ravine

A red collared, gold beadhead pettirosso nymph clipped to fly rod hook keeper

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Taught my cat to eat with chopsticks.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

If you're into fly tying, check out Pheasant Tail Simplicity. I like the "keep it simple" approach. I'm a sucker for soft hackles, so I started with the very first pattern in the book.

Several flies made of pheasant tail and partridge hackle sitting on the Pheasant Tail Simplicity book

A close up of three flies tied with pheasant tail and partridge hackle

A particle hackle and pheasant tail fly in close up.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I'm going to go out before the atmospheric river tomorrow and look forward to trying this one out. I When wet, the spun rabbit looks like a fat, juicy caddis pupa. Very cool fly pattern.

An October caddis pupa fly tied with orange rabbit fur, cul de canard, partridge hackle, peacock dubbing on a jig hook.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Second time out with a western fly rod -- quick 45 minutes practice casting -- and got my first catches. The pettirosso nymph has worked for me with tenkara and western. Love it.

A 10 inch coastal cutthroat trout in a net.

A small coastal cutthroat held in a wet hand in a net.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

What a beautiful fall afternoon to slip, fall on your back in a creek, drive 30 miles back towards home, realize you lost your full fly box in the fall, drive back, find it has floated downstream and is barely hanging on a stick, and recover the whole batch.

A creek flowing through a forest of evergreens and deciduous trees with yellowing leaves on a sunny day.

An orange fly box floating in a creek held in place by a small stick and a rock.

A box full of flies held above a rocky creek flowing through a forest of evergreens and deciduous trees with yellowing leaves on a sunny day.

A shady, rocky creek flowing through a forest of evergreens and deciduous trees with yellowing leaves on a sunny day.

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Went out and saw my friends in the water today. Once again, they were all too small to make it up to shore. But for the first day with a western fly rod, I was just happy to get interest (and a ton of info from the host here).

The North Umpqua river with fall colors on the far shore

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Fairly sure this one is a rainbow. I assumed cutthroat at the time, but the mouth and color looks more like a rainbow. This river has a steelhead population, and this is much lower than the cutties. It also took the fly and fought very differently.

A juvenile rainbow trout in a rubber net with a copper john kebari in its mouth.

Keiryu Rod Co minimax over a river pool surrounded by moss and plant covered boulders

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Both of these cutthroat were caught on the backside of that fern covered boulder. It was a bitch to cast here and when landing the first one, I wrapped up in the tree on the right. The other pool was on a tributary. Tons of fry in there.

A small coastal cutthroat held in a wet hand. The top of the fish is green. A rainbow purple pink tone goes down the side of the fish. It is densely spotted and has diffuse parr marks on its side.

A small coastal cutthroat in a net viewed from the top.

A mountain stream with dense tree cover and fern covered boulders

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rev_rend @revrend.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Rainy Friday bluelining with the Keiryu Rod Co minimax (mostly... Got our a couple others out too). Water is starting to rise in this Coast Range river system. #tenkara #bluelining #flyfishing

A waterfall Cascades down a sheer drop on a river in a dense forest.

Small yellow tendrils of fungi grow from bright green moss on a log

A calm river pool with two large boulders reflecting off the glassy surface of the water in a dense coastal forest

Fall colors on trees and grass along a coastal Oregon river.

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