I managed to pry myself from all of the things I was supposed to do, and get a little fishing done. It was a Jiffo-Whip trip, meaning more hours were spent driving than fishing, but it was a welcome and much needed respite. I hit Manzanita Lake in time for the Calibaetis grab, but it [...]

Of course there isn’t cardboard in Pork Buns, they shot the last fellow that tried that.  Taking a page from the Chinese, had there been fishermen in charge, we would have done the same thing to Bernie Ebbers, and all them Enron executives . To make the punishment uniquely American, it would have been a Pay-Per-View [...]

We are assaulted each day by whom the Yellow Journalists would have us fear. Today I cannot trust; catholic priests, school teachers, online gaming parents, politicians, and spinach. Hell, we knew about politicians, and every kid knows spinach is contemplating world domination – what was conspicuously absent from each media piece was the label, “fisherman.” Are [...]

There are only three prices at a fly shop; $5.95, $3.95, and $TrustFund.95 – with fly tying the worst offender.  Miniscule glascine envelopes with brightly colored lint, 13 color choices, and your wife waiting impatiently in the car… As mentioned before, most of the synthetic materials are retreads from existing industries. The hard part is finding out what [...]

As we are on the subject of water, another interesting tidbit surfaces about a study of the effects of estrogen on Colorado trout. Specifically, left-over birth control effluent is the root of a number of Evils, including the creation of “Metrosexual” trout.  A 123 fish sample of Boulder Creek - below Boulder’s sewage plant yielded 101 female, 12 male, and [...]

Barry Bonds closes on Hank Aaron’s career record, and seems fated to earn an asterisk, Lance Armstrong is accused of doping, even his lack of a testicle is seen as an unfair advantage – so where is the International Gamefish Association (IGFA) and their drug testing policy? Most anglers are doped to the gills – we know that. But who’s testing [...]

I saw that Davis Lake was to be poisoned again. Davis Lake had Northern Pike introduced years ago by anglers unknown, and their potential spread into the California Delta, has most fishery biologists trembling in fear. My last couple of outings featured prominent signs warning anglers about New Zealand Mud snails , how they might be spread via [...]

I confess to  being disappointed that the Pope invalidated all of the religious doctrine of my youth and middle years. Finding out at this late stage that the “Church of Monday Night Football” was not legitimate made me realize that the dues paid that institution was for naught. Maturity aided me in selecting a better ecuminical choice, as [...]

Like any canny shopper I am always prepared to pounce on a bargain, however common sense occasionally overcomes my lust to acquire fly tying supplies.  Many of the synthetic materials we use for flies come from other industries, on occasion I stumble across a lifetime supply, when only a couple hundred yards will do. Anyone need [...]

The most sinister development to date – and is flying neatly under the radar of most of the angling brotherhood.The “anti-addiction” pill is akin to a viral juggernaut, and we sit complacently while our wives, girlfriends, life partners, and significant others, plot our demise. This is the fate-worse-than-Death, as the pill will likely be sold over [...]