I’ve been pounding the Sharkskin line over a month now, and lately it has been giving better than it’s receiving. Buyers need to understand this line bites, and I’m not kidding.

This is my “trigger” finger after 5 hours of nymphing. Nothing heavy, just 300 minutes of stripping running line across my now tender flesh.
It’s a [...]

It’s over now, another Singlebarbed reader has got the “pooty” on him, and while the Brownline stain may come off his waders with a little soap, his soul is another story.
This is Kelvin, Singlebarbed reader, former Blueliner and aficionado of the pristine reaches of Lassen National Forest, now eschewing his old haunts in favor of [...]

I may have to recall this post, as it’s getting fashionable to do so.
Most of you have seen the ongoing issues of lead paint in toys, and the numerous recalls that have set the toy industry on its collective ear.
The latest issue with “Aqua Dots” involves the surface coating metabolizing into the “date-rape” drug, gamma-hydroxy-butyrate [...]

Water is the “cause celebre” for the Singlebarbed editorial staff, and keeping an eye on the tenuous arrangement unfolding in Georgia (as a precursor to what we all may experience), suggests the issue may be headed for the courts.
A tentative arrangement brokered by the Bush administration, between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, looks like it may [...]

“Will that be paper or plastic, Sir?”
That “magic moment” happened to me a couple years ago, and in one stroke you’re removed from the ranks of “eligible bachelors” and inserted in your rightful place, “old middle aged guys.”
Watching my peers fight it off is a bit expected and mostly comical; the endless parade of fast [...]

I had to do a double take, I saw “Mercury” and “fish” in the same sentence and it was good news.
Today’s Sacramento Bee has an article reporting the findings from “the largest study ever conducted of mercury contamination in fish from the Bay Delta watershed.”
Biologists sampled more than 2000 fish from 22 species at 69 [...]

It behooves us anglers to do some additional homework, especially when traveling out of state. Seven years ago, six western states created the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, which allows convicted poachers to have their hunting or fishing privileges revoked in all member states simultaneously.
Now the compact numbers 26 states, with 10 additional contemplating joining.
Unfamiliarity will [...]

What draws me to fishing is the ease with which a simple outing turns into an adventure. I’ve read many articles where the author attempts to describe the attraction of fishing, yet most fall short, not for lack of eloquence, there are just too many compelling aspects to the sport.
I was ready for adventure this [...]

Last week’s series of posts were particularly distressing, a lethal combination of looming drought coupled with enough short sightedness to assure us of less fish next year; add the Trout Underground’s access issue for the Upper Sacramento and McCloud River, and both fish and fishermen are being squeezed from all directions.
There’s little question we’re due [...]