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Anglers no longer passive in battle against invasive species
The War against Invasives takes a bloody turn this week compliments of weapons that assist the socially responsible angler maintain his squeaky clean. The Solar-Powered Toothbrush is a multi-purpose tool allowing the socially responsible...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

Why I Never Want to Be Caught In A Brushfire With Wally The Wonderdog (plus, a Wonderdog Update)
Based on the number of emails I continue to receive about Wally the Wonderdog’s recent illnesses, it’s become crystal clear that he’s eclipsed me in popularity. For example, if I typed the following post into the Trout...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

When waist deep in the brown water, it’s all about the antibodies
I’m sure myself or my brown water brethren would have attempted to cool their ardor some. As much as we like standing on the bank giggling while you discover that it’s not Rock Snot – and really is toilet paper, we’re still obligated to...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

Everything Old is New: Yesterday’s Bamboo Fly Rod Is Today’s “Revolutionary” Rod Concept
The bamboo fly rod truly is a marvel of engineering – its six-sided construction (or four-sided in the case of a quad) offers strength, exceptional resistance to crushing, and good resistance to twisting. That’s why I wasn’t...
Monday, August 23, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

It’s the hardest color in the world but only because it isn’t a color at all
Ask anyone who’s ever fiddled with materials and you’ll see the involuntary shudder when Black is mentioned. While it enjoys status of being a must-have color among fly fishermen, getting a good permanent black will drive both professional and...
Monday, August 23, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

Too Much Technology, Too Few Outdoors Skills (or, Your Chance to Feel Superior)
People doing foolish things in the outdoors is hardly new, though the latest GPS, cell phone and emergency beacon technology seems to actually be encouraging people to strive for new heights in stupidity. At least according to this article from...
Sunday, August 22, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2010-08-22
Cool perch fry wet fly pattern (bet this would score at Crowley): http://bit.ly/90bSrE # Finally, a use for golf courses: http://bit.ly/bljzUE # Bluelining above treeline – planning a trip for California's Golden Trout:...
Sunday, August 22, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Bourdain is back in Beirut? But this time he has his own black ops protection.
In my self-imposed commitment without logical justification to promote Anthony Bourdain’s weekly No Reservations TV show (airs Monday on the Travel Channel at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific time—check your listings), I typically conclude with an...
Saturday, August 21, 2010  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2010-08-21
One of the better articles we've read about Casting For Recovery: http://bit.ly/bBXrhV # Do local fly shops still deserve your support? "The Demise of Animal and the rise of the Big Box Small Shop" Singlebarbed http://ow.ly/2slDI # Local fly...
Saturday, August 21, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Yet Another (Cynical) Attempt to Kill Off California Steelhead Protections is Squashed by Courts
Several Central California irrigators wanted to strip ESA protections from California’s steelhead populations by arguing that rainbow trout and steelhead are essentially the same fish – and that rainbow trout populations could...
Saturday, August 21, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Stream Reconnaissance; Bamboo Fly Rods Built For Go (Not Show); And Where You’re Fly Fishing This Weekend
It’s Friday, which means I’m on Little M duty – and that a quick fly fishing trip may be in the cards. Then again, it’s August, and a lot of our small streams are hunkered down under the double whammy of summer heat and low...
Friday, August 20, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Just toss some leaves and branches over the top and wait for the V8 Hatch
While we’ve taken great pains to illuminate dozens of devices to clear your riffle of unwanted interlopers, it’s time to spread some love to the stillwater crowd, how they no longer need to endure sand kicked in their sandwich by insensitive...
Friday, August 20, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

She said, “Go take a hike!” I asked, “How many steps to the nearest microbrewery?”
Yesterday was my birthday. Thanks, but a gift is not really necessary—well, I might accept a drink, or few. I spent the first 23 years of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area, having been born and raised on the so-called “east bay”...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

The Underground Explains Why You Won’t Be Seeing Any Pictures From Maine This Year…
Whatever air travel used to imply – adventure, romance, discovery, etc – it’s recently become a largely agricultural experience, where passengers are treated like semi-valuable-but-troublesome livestock. On this trip to Maine...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2010-08-19
Ted Nugent a poacher after all: http://bit.ly/9SoY7w # 16 million of today's men descendants of Genghis Khan? (scroll halfway down) http://ow.ly/2roDK # Genghis Khan link broken (16 million men related to Khan). Let's try this one:...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

A better mousetrap is not without cost
Wanting something more than what’s offered on the shelf is understandable, but bringing that vision to fruition can be hell to pay. Six months ago, after a particularly dismal showing at the local shop, I’d resolved to enter the dubbing market...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

Five Things You Learn About John Gierach Poking Around on Amazon (Plus New Book Release Info)
John Gierach is likely fly fishing’s pre-eminent essayist, so when word of his next book hits the streets, we’re there to broadcast it – even if all we have is a title… 1. John Gierach’s next book is titled “No...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010  |  Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Are you predisposed for fly tying?
-via R.M. Buquoi Photographics Which do you see? Three deer. One deer and two fawns. One deer, one fawn, and a mess of Dark Humpies? OK, don’t answer … See the last row clearly? Congratulations, you are now a management trainee, guaranteed a...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010  |  SingleBarbed

The end of the printed word as we know it. But, are they promising to replace it with something warm and intimate on my lap?
It is clear that I am a living fossil when it comes to my choice of my reading media. I still subscribe to, not one but, two daily newspapers, plus more travel-related magazines than I am willing to admit, all in the so-called “dead tree”...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010  |  Sand Dollar Adventures

His ringtone the sound of a thousand foraging nightcrawlers
We can only assume a similar mechanism exists in fresh water, innocent fish lured away from the safety of fallen logs and deep pools to the shallow end where they can be caught. After developing for weeks at sea, baby tropical fish rely on natural...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010  |  SingleBarbed
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