California legislators denote the first of multiple marine sanctuaries for California

My numerous adventures on the Little Stinking netted me an invite to  the ranks of the landed gentry, but since I am a member of the working press of Brownlining, I have to use the servants entrance. As Singlebarbed Dogwalking Services are the stuff of local legend, I get to care for Little Meathead and [...]

Thirty three seconds of flight for $155,000 is cheap. That’s just enough flight to violate the landowner’s airspace, and not enough time to allow a Stinger to get tone lock… That gives us fisherman 15 seconds from car door to “below the high water mark” on whichever exclusive “Donny Beaver” stream we want to fish. [...]

Angelina fibers are a heat fusible material that makes seal fur look positively dull. Exploring new uses for this material in fly tying paints a picture nearly limitless. Colors are vibrant and opalescent and the material can be mixed with natural furs to add life and color to dubbing.

Flush with recent success, I took my new “Carp Death Physics flies” down to Starbuck’s… That really wasn’t the plan, but someone mistakenly ordered a Mocha Cappuccino Frappe instead of my beloved creek. Note to self: Record the date of success, as some farmer upstream obviously turned something off to make the water so clear. [...]

Get with the program – now that you have the cell phone on your hip, isn’t it time to embrace text messaging? Yes, I’m joking. I’m just thinking past our generation’s quaint respect for the sport to see the tools the next crowd of anglers will deem essential. The combination of Internet gaming English coupled [...]

Cell phones are like credit cards, loyalty lasts as long as the bonus reward, by then some canny competitor has a cheaper plan and a new gadget that goes with it. While all eyes are on the Trout Underground to come up with next year’s “must have” angling gadget, we’re quietly going to lay some smack down, [...]

Stalking Carp with a fly rod and small nymphs. Largemouth Bass are a suprise bonus, as are the environmentalists picking up trash and depressing the fishing. Perseverance wins and my little Fenwick carries the day.

I am whipping together some flies for tomorrow’s Brownline Tarpon session, still giddy from today’s success. I left four flies in bull rushes or fish and realized I was getting low on the physical properties needed. Huh? Just tie more of what worked and be done with it, right? If I had been fishing a hatch [...]

Odd fly fishing patents found at the Patent Office. A fishing blow gun, a live bait hook for dry flies, and an assortment of float tube products.