Thanks for the welcome all,
Jackalope, unforunately I don't fly fish, but, I do some spincasting and occasionally throw a fly with my sinning reel on a back country lake. But mostly, I have been concentrating on bird hunting and training my lab.
MikeXray, I stopped ML for the same reason. But is seems to be back to a reasonable season and areas and I already have the equipment.
Last year I was fortunate enough to join a friend on his sheep hunt on Clemens Mountain and I then went on a backcountry bear hunt into Goat Rocks. An incredible few days of wildlife viewing. Over 200 elk, 15 deer, 35 goats, 3 coyotes and 3 marmot. (Of course no bears

) Anyway, I got the bug again and decided to get back into big game this year.
I also started coyote hunting and I got to bag my first Turkey this spring as well. So hunting is becoming a year round endevor for me. Much to my wife's shagrin

I live in North Bend, so i am hoping to put in some time and try to develop some local knowledge to share.
Cheers,
Scudmaster