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Life Intrudes, Fly Fishing Recedes
Reading the daily economic news is like watching Saving Private Ryan and Blackhawk Down back-to-back; you walk away warped by exposure to a surreal existence that you hope never, ever intrudes on your own personal bubble. Sadly, I still have to...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-12-02
Undergrounder, master fly tyer and Rogue fly fishing guide Dave Roberts offering fly tying classes: http://tinyurl.com/58zaxu # Delta Smelt edging closer to extinction - bad news for water exporters: http://aquafornia.com/archives/5756 # Powered...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

The only beverage that ice can’t help
In California the only clue that it’s winter is the volume of sick, sniffling co-workers that insist on sharing whatever malady they’ve contracted. There’s a special hell waiting for the guy that wipes his nose on his sleeve then...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

CA Water Wars: Lawsuit Contests Delta Pumping Until Impaired Farmland “Retired”
A California water group poured gasoline on the already-blazing California Water Wars with a lawsuit calling for an end to pumping on the California Delta until “certain” drainage-impaired farmland is retired. Longtime Underground...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Bloody Good News: Mary celebrates her 75th. Yet another good reason to drink alcohol first thing in the morning.
Those of you who, for some tortured reason, have been around this site for a while will quickly recognize yet another alcohol-related story on a supposed travel blog. But the excuse for this reoccurring theme is somewhat based on justifiable...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

Underground Fav Hugh Koontiz (The Maestro of Meaty Metaphor) Blogs!
The Underground has long held an appreciation for writer Hugh Koontz - a North Carolina-based newspaper editor who writes about fly fishing - often employing the wildest, most over-the-top metaphors we’ve read. The Maestro of Metaphor now...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-12-01
Redding newspaper thinks enviros should be happy with fishery gains, ignores failing salmon runs & new threats: http://tinyurl.com/5vc7d3 # Field & Stream gives CA Governor Schwarzenegger “Outdoor Villan of the Year” award:...
Monday, December 1, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Felix Lighter never laughed at MI6
I’m thinking there’s some kind of shadow organization behind it all; some dotCom wunderkind with half the assets of the planet - some heiress with a “mad on” - some sheik or warlord sitting on a mountain of precious...
Monday, December 1, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

Bacteria Discovery Could Help Control Zebra/Quagga Mussel Populations
Bacteria aren’t smart or good looking (except maybe to other bacteria), but to the Underground, they’re starting to look better - especially once you consider their potential to control Zebra Mussel populations. From the Chicago...
Monday, December 1, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

“While You Were Away, The Trout Were Biting”
The weather on the Upper Sacramento remains astonishingly temperate, and yes, I’m reluctant to mention it for fear of jinxing it. By this point in the year, we’ve usually seen at least one big snowstorm fly through, giving all the...
Monday, December 1, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Yes, but it’ll be a hearty welcoming mucous filled handshake
It makes me wonder how many world record fish I’ve caught and released unknowingly. I’d guess it’s linked to the concept of “life list” - all the species you’ve ever caught fishing by intent or accident. She set...
Sunday, November 30, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

"But officer, I was only speeding to provide you road conditions, faster."
Listen up all you road warriors out there. I’m especially talking to those of you who drive those souped-up, tricked-out foreign little jobs with the huge after-market exhaust pipes. Typically these seem to be Hondas and Toyotas or possibly...
Sunday, November 30, 2008  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

Enough caffeine in that cup to keep me amped for a fortnight
You’d figure a fellow nice enough to bring a bottle would get treated better, but not knowing I was getting paid for the excursion - I just took him to the semi-crappy spots. If I’d known there would be beef jerky, cigars, and real...
Saturday, November 29, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

He doesn’t move too fast after he’s been skewered
Scientists must be humorless SOB's to subject shrimp to a backpack and treadmill. What's surprising is the shrimp has the ability to run this sprint for hours, making me rethink any retrieve I might use while fishing a shrimp imitation. Have we...
Thursday, November 27, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

Happy Thanksgiving: eat, drink, and be merry; then go outside for some exercise-unless you are in Santa Monica.
This blog post is for the three of you who are not currently on the road driving to grandma’s house or are already sacked out on the couch from too much wine and too many helpings of tryptophan-laced turkey. We just arrived in Lake Tahoe for our...
Thursday, November 27, 2008  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

The Big Wood River Report: Jinxes, Trout, and Thanksgiving Turkey
On my first cast on the Big Wood river I found myself attached to a 13″ rainbow trout, and though it sounds like something I’d be thankful for (catch the holiday theme?), I shuddered a little after I let him go. That’s because...
Thursday, November 27, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Happy Thanksgiving
There’s football on the “Telly” - Ma’s in a panic in the kitchen, and your only responsibilities are to lounge around and overeat to the point of complete folly..   Here’s hoping everyone made it to your table...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008  |  SingleBarbed

Fly Fishing the Big Wood River In an Hour
With any luck - and assuming I find all my gear - I’ll be fly fishing the Big Wood River in an hour or two, and though word has it the fishing’s pretty slow, it’s not as if that comes as a surprise. It’s pretty out - the...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

California Fish Stocking Order Raises Rural Hackles
California Fish & Game recently agreed to halt stocking of non-native species entirely in response to a lawsuit designed to force them to evaluate impacts of stocking on native species. Some suggested it was a huge overreaction designed to put...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Rivers in Motion: The Yellowstone
The lads at DryFly Media sent me a DVD entitled: “Rivers in Motion: The Yellowstone” - it’s a novel idea akin to “visual white noise” - the sights and sounds of the best stretches of your favorite river so you can be...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008  |  SingleBarbed
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