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Quick prep · field brief

Trip Prep

Figure out where you are going, what the day is doing, what the fish are likely doing, whether your gear fits that job, and what to bring — then leave with a field brief.

Your water, setup, checklist and notes are saved in this browser and nowhere else — there is no account and no sync. Export data takes a copy to another device; exact locations never leave this one.

Quick prep

Readiness

What is decided, and what is not

0 of 6 areas reviewed. This count is areas with a recorded decision. It is not a score for the trip.

Needs recheck · 0 of 9 applicable areas have a recorded decision 9 required unknowns remain

  • Where and whenIn progress
  • ConditionsNot started
  • TargetNot started
  • Gear and rigNot started
  • PackNot started
  • Field briefNot started

  • Open · Legality and current regulations

    Current regulations have not been marked reviewed. An unchecked season is not an open season.

  • Open · Access, parking, launch, or entry

    Access is still unconfirmed.

  • Unknown · Weather and alerts

    Public weather has not been added to this trip.

  • Unknown · Flow and water state

    Official flow has not been checked.

  • Unknown · Water temperature

    Water temperature is unknown. Air temperature was not used to fill it in.

  • Unknown · Handling and conservation

    Handling cannot be judged until water temperature is measured.

  • Open · Equipment fit

    The rod and line have not been declared.

  • Unknown · Essential safety items

    Essential pack items are still unchecked.

  • Open · Unresolved trip assumptions

    7 assumptions still open on this plan.

  • Not started · Regulations

    Current regulations have not been marked reviewed. An unchecked season is not an open season.

  • Not started · Access

    Access is still unconfirmed.

  • Unknown · Weather

    Public weather has not been added to this trip.

  • Unknown · Hazard

    Handling cannot be judged until water temperature is measured.

  • Not started · Conservation

    Conservation has not been reviewed for this trip.

  • Unknown · Water conditions

    Official flow has not been checked. Water temperature is unknown. Air temperature was not used to fill it in.

  • Not started · Target and species

    Species and approach, as recorded on this plan.

  • Not started · Equipment fit

    The rod and line have not been declared.

  • Unknown · Essential packing

    Essential pack items are still unchecked.

  • Not started · Transportation or launch

    Launch or transportation has not been confirmed.

  • Not started · Communication plan

    A communication plan has not been written.

  • Not started · Backup plan

    No backup option is named.

  • Not applicable · Guide or client preparation

    This is not a guided trip.

  • Not started · Unresolved assumptions

    7 assumptions still open on this plan.

Before you leave

What changed since I planned this?

  • Access, parking, launch, or entry is still unconfirmed.

Decide each item. Unknown is a valid choice. Saving this does not call the trip safe.

  • Access, parking, launch, or entry is still unconfirmed.

Plans

Primary, alternate, fallback

A plan here is a list of differences, not a second copy of the trip. Nothing is ranked. You choose which one is active.

Write a difference before comparing.

Optional trip intent

Leave these blank. They do not change a stop, a regulation, or a gauge.

Optional plan details

Leave any of these blank. Unknown is allowed. None of this calls the trip safe, and none of it hides a stop.

Professional desk

Guide mode is off

Ordinary trips stay as they are. Turn guide mode on only when you are preparing a professional trip and later need a client-safe handoff. Nothing is uploaded either way.

01 · Quick prep

Where and when

Named public water only. No fishing pins. Set the day so conditions and light have a time to belong to.

Public conditions context

Where are you fishing?

Choose a named public water and the desk will pull a broad public weather read for that area. This is trip context, not a fishing pin, access guarantee, or bite prediction.

236 seeded waters across the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast. Search by name or state.

Pick a water above to load current public weather context for the trip.

Daypart

Leave this on the desk model unless local conditions make a different seasonal phase the better declaration.

How you are fishing

Company

Nothing is briefed until you pick a named public water. .

Access and logistics

Pick a named public water and the desk will describe how access on that class of water is normally organised, and link the agency's own access map.

02 · Quick prep

What will conditions be like?

Weather is a broad public read for the named water. Flow and water temperature come only from an official gauge. Missing data stays missing.

Official flow and water temperature

Pick a named public water to look up an official gauge. Unavailable does not mean the river is fine.

Access and regulations

The desk does not invent closures or legal access. Public-access reaches exist on this named water; a particular bank, gate, or launch still has to be confirmed.

Add the public weather read to this trip. It never includes a coordinate, and it never moves on its own.

03 · Quick prep

What are you targeting?

Name the species. The desk explains holding-water class and presentation families from species, season, thermal state and water type. No bite scores. No secret spots.

Target species

This desk models 25 fish. The fleet’s Species & Presentation Analyst holds reviewed dossiers for 53 more, and knows 34 others by name only. Fishing for one of those? Find it to see which it is.

Pick a water and a species to assemble the approach.

Species is the hinge between the water and the presentation. Carry this reviewed trip context into Species & Presentation for the full biological record. Water, target, season, and presentation families move only when you choose this link; nothing coming back is added until you confirm.

04 · Quick prep

Does your equipment fit the job?

Declare the rod and line. The desk grades fit against the presentation family — compatible, needs review, or a hard mismatch. It will not invent a rod you do not own.

Rod class

Line

unknown · weakest link: Undeclared setup

The desk cannot grade a rod and line system that has not been declared. Unknown stays unknown.

Terminal job · Declare the setup, then pick a line-to-leader connection that matches the presentation.

Open Tackle Link to grade a full owned inventory. A hard rating conflict there is a hold, not a suggestion.

05 · Quick prep

What do you actually need to bring?

A pack list from this trip’s water, weather, timing and approach. Check what you have. Unchecked items stay on the brief.

Fishing
Conditions
Wading
Safety and logistics

Hand this trip to another instrument

These work now, but they carry only what the trip has so far. Name a water and a target first if you want the other instrument to start from something.

Coordinates never travel, in either direction. Rig Signal is optional and nothing else waits on it.

Field brief

Your trip, assembled

This sheet is built from what you chose or added. Gaps stay visible. Unknown stays unknown.

Hook the Horizon · Field Ops

Field brief

Named public water — not yet selected

Trip day · 06:30

Needs review

The read

Needs review7 open checks before this plan can be trusted.

No decision recorded yet. The desk will not write one for you.

What would prove this wrong

  • CheckPick a named public water. The desk will not invent a destination.
  • CheckName the species you are targeting. Biology before bravado — no bite scores.
  • CheckA presentation family has not been assembled yet.
  • CheckThe rod/line system has not been declared, so fit stays unknown.
  • CheckCurrent regulations have not been marked as reviewed. The desk will not assume the season is open.
  • CheckAccess is not confirmed. Public-access reaches exist; that is not a claim that a particular bank is open today.
  • CheckA few pack-list items still need a check before you leave.

This plan does not hold if any of those checks fail.

If flow, clarity, wind or access on arrival differ from what is recorded below, this sheet no longer describes the day — read the water again before you fish it.

Conditions

UnknownPublic weather has not been added to this trip. Nothing is assumed.

Water — official flow and temperature

UnknownOfficial flow and water temperature are unavailable for this named water. Unavailable does not mean fine.

Target and approach

No species plan has been added. The desk will not invent one.

Equipment

System: unknown. Weakest link: Undeclared setup.

The desk cannot grade a rod and line system that has not been declared. Unknown stays unknown.

Terminal job · Declare the setup, then pick a line-to-leader connection that matches the presentation.

Pack list

  • Safety and logistics · Fishing license for this jurisdiction
  • Safety and logistics · Current regulations reviewed
  • Safety and logistics · Access, launch or parking confirmed
  • Safety and logistics · Charged phone
  • Safety and logistics · First-aid kit
  • Conditions · Drinking water
  • Conditions · Food for the expected duration
  • Safety and logistics · Return-time note left with someone
  • Fishing · Line, leader and tippet for the job
  • Fishing · Net
  • Fishing · Forceps / hook-removal tools and line cutters
  • Wading · Wading belt
  • Wading · Traction — studs, aluminum bars, or felt as local rules allow
  • Wading · Wading staff
  • Conditions · Hat / sun protection
  • Conditions · Headlamp

Named public waters only · no exact coordinates · no catch guarantees · no bite scores. Freshness labels expire. This sheet is a record of what you explicitly added, not an inference across tools.

Select a named public water to enable save, download and print.

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Your field history

Three comparable prior outings

From 0 saved debriefs on this device. These are past records, not a catch forecast. An unrecorded trip is absent from this comparison, not absent from your experience.

No saved debrief matches these filters. Widen the conditions or record a future outing.

Reusable setup

Save this trip’s kit

Stores water, species, timing, presentation family, equipment and pack preferences. Live weather and flow are fetched again when you reopen it.

On this device

Briefing history

No saved briefs yet. Saving keeps a record here on this device only.

Ending this trip

Finishing files this trip in the saved briefs and clears the working desk — the draft, the pack-list ticks and any carried field context. Debriefs, journal notes and earlier briefs are not touched.

Write the debrief

Neither of these deletes anything you have written. The only control that erases the record is on the reference page, and it says so.

A filed trip stays in this browser. Nothing is uploaded. Keep a copy with the export on the reference page.

Field Debrief →

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Field Ops

Named public waters only · no exact coordinates · nothing assumed without a check · nothing is added from another tool until you confirm.