Whatever is happening upstream I sure wish it would stop. This is week two of the Greasy Effluent Harvest, and it has me stymied completely. The local area is in full production and the tomatoes, corn, and sunflowers are being scooped up by the truckload. Because of the harvest machinery they have stopped all watering […]

I’ve always considered myself a mercenary, a freshwater whore, willing to sacrifice morals and principles for a chance to get bit. It’s that predation instinct that keeps me abreast of the cockroach in the food chain, repugnant - but just try to get me out of your kitchen..
I’m gearing up for another “blueline” adventure - […]

Fish farms have been on the ascendancy for some time, what with obscene pressure on wild fish stocks, and the Medical community advocating the eating of fish “two to three times per week.”
Migratory fish can be augmented by hatcheries, but table fish that don’t migrate have to be raised in the ocean in enclosures. […]

Domestic bliss shattered by my failure to iron shirts, but as it was for  Science, it’s a worthy martyrdom.
Angelina fibers are available in a heat fusible flavor,  insert a pinch of fibers into a paper napkin, pass an iron over them a couple times and the of fibers fuse flatly to each other, yielding a “Tyvek” style mesh cloth.
This […]

There are times when I think fishermen are the only folks allowed to abuse their spouse systematically without fear of legal action.
This morning I approached my gal while she was finishing up the ironing of her work outfit. I gestured at the iron, “Is that hot?” She got that dreamy emotional look, the one that men […]

Giorgio Armani introduces his latest line of couture fashion featuring a ”fishing” theme. It may be dark when you roll out of that greasy sleeping bag, but that’s no excuse not to look your best.
Remember, some folks follow fashion, and some set fashion, and it behooves you to consider your spouse’s wardrobe before you go tossing them old […]

I only had Orange in the Crystilina fiber, which is much heavier, spun around the thread and tied over an elk underbody per your description, Hoss.
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I mentioned in an earlier post of finding a new material with great promise for fly tying, while fish and local water clarity are uncooperative, I’m restocking my fly box and absorbing some NFL action.
The two materials I am testing are Angelina and Crystalina fibers, both available from the garment industry as fiber, film, and cloth. Crystalina […]

I was hoping for a little break in the steady deluge of chocolate water coming down the river. We’ve had our first two rain showers of the year, I figured some of that may have diluted the viscous thick brown snake coming out of the farm fields. Nope.
I attempted a foray each of the last three […]

Legendary fish succumbs after being lured from the deep by Girl Scouts chumming with Thin Mints. Battle ensues as construction crew joins fray.
An Oarfish actually, Blogfish broke the story, but I like my version better.
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