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I wont be attending Camp Sherman again this year. My daughter is moving over to the Valley from Bend. Her husband got a job over here and we will be helping them move that weekend. If any of you want to drop by, however, drop me an email and we can visit or, if my bride will let me off from baby sit...

I just returned from two weeks fishing the area around Yellowstone. The Madison was dead. A few fish, but small. The Henry's Fork and "a secret Grayling Stream" were red hot. Took several 24" fish on the Henry's Fork at Wood Road 16 on PMD emergers. I used Lawson's emerger pattern, bu...

Forget the four piece rods, at least in bamboo. I've made them and they are clunky. Instead, I recommend a nice 7' 3 pc. rod like a 196, 4 weight, or the same taper beefed up to a 5 weight. That becomes a 29" rod, IN A TUBE!!, small and light enough for backpacking but powerful enough to land s...

I found it. It's an Optimus 123 "Climber". Weight is 19.5 oz.; 3.75 X 5"; capacity 5.5 oz; burn time 50 minutes. The model number and weight match your Svea, so I gather it's the same stove. It's a great stove. I paid 699 Krona for mine... that's, let's see -- 9/5 - 32 * 6.23 X 10*28 ...

That look unbelievably cold! I winter camped in my youth and, once out of the snow cave, it was wet, cold, and miserable. As for a stove, I have an "emergency" one I bought in Sweden that I'll send you a photo of... really nice, burns anything from gasoline to alcohol, compact, and built l...