Nothing like clever lawyers and a wealthy client to add convoluted logic to an untenable position.
The large farm interests in southern California lost the last round of law suits and were forced to make do with less – less water pumped south to irrigate desert, and less to make the lush lawns of Los [...]

It’s completely off topic and that’s intentional, I think it was the Trout Underground reference to Edward Abbey and “The Monkey Wrench Gang” that crystallized my resolve, the mayhem we’d love to do but shouldn’t.

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I can’t imagine any two words with worse repercussions, but “unprecedented collapse” would have to rank right up there. Statistics on the 2007 winter Chinook estimates this year’s run has dwindled to only 90,000 fish.
These are the fish returning to California and Oregon waterways, likely to curtail fishing in more ways than just slim [...]

Saw this on a forum and got spanked pretty savagely.  A 65% score won’t earn a scholarship, but I might make the Dean’s List – as a disciplinary “hard case.”
The Macroinvertebrate Match Game compliments of Allegheny College, a quick and dirty assessment of your aquatic bug skills. Additional suffering is available at the Waterfowl [...]

I’m always in awe over any form of craftsmanship, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Shaker furniture or a finely tooled gun butt, it’s the skill of the craftsman that allows a novice to appreciate the difference.
There are many kinds of fly tier, while most tie flies for fishing, others are enamored of the craft [...]

Singlebarbed reader “San Mateo Joe” sent me some of his seed bead creations – instantly driving me into a paroxysm of creativity. The medium is fur and feathers, but we’re prey to all the foibles and idiosyncrasies that mainstream artists endure.
All it takes is some pretty color or odd shaped fiber and we’re willing to [...]

Nothing like a rainy weekend to catch up on all those tasks held in abeyance. The lack of fish available since the creek was blown out in early January, reminded me of my need to learn more of the lifecycle of the common carp.
It’s a big mystery, one day the creek has them available, [...]

I’m noticing a pattern here, it’s disturbing, but it cannot be ignored…
An angling blog author posts a “I’m going fishing and you’re not” post, followed by a string of posts detailing hardship, suffering, and despair, all unrelated to fishing.
Witness TC and the “Taunt’s you from the road” article – followed closely by a scholarly [...]

On first blush I assumed it was more proof of a coming apocalypse, another dark day for anglers, as well muscled “male-like substance” took turns looking grim, stern, or virile, while adorned with technical fishing attire.
New Clothing Brand Seeks Make-up Artist for Advertising Campaign
Diem Angling, a new clothing company designing technical and fashion [...]

If retirement is less than a decade away, you may want to start mulling some options. For you, Field and Stream listed the “Top 20 Best Fishing Towns in America” – most are chosen by gamefish, but that’ll be a fair rebuttal to “Top 20 Retirement Towns Chosen By the Missus, Because Her Ma [...]