Archive for March, 2008

At 65 it was your Doctor that said "Let it Be" »

That just ain’t fair, they get McCartney and I get the Hulkster?
McCartney, 65, posed for a photograph for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization accompanied by the words: “I am Paul McCartney and I am a vegetarian”. It also features the quote: “Many years ago, I was fishing, and as [...]

Perhaps the right mix of fashion and utility? »

Sunglasses are one of those items I remember just after a gust of wind brings the weighted 2/0 Muddler on a collision course for my nose. I wear them, but at this late stage of my physical decline, the glasses that let me see the fly take precedence.
For the angling fashionista, sunglasses are a [...]

If the Medicine chest is that available, I’ll go with the midwife or shaman - I seen what Princeton can do »

I go to the doctor with assorted ailments and he prescribes I eat a carp a day and call him in the morning?
It’s a familiar theme that we touched on before - but as more evidence appears in the press, we might want to cut the big drug companies out of the mix - [...]

You may want to airbrush out the fish hook if you’re determined to prove your point »

How’s your entomology? The 50 million year old mayfly likely needs to be keyed to genus and species.
..or you can take the shortcut, and hope no one notices you might have bent the rules a bit..
An Islamic text entitled “The Atlas of Creation” has created quite a stir, it purports to show Darwinism doesn’t [...]

I think I’ll save my "boutique" experience for a venue with less strife »

I found an old Fish and Fly article that outlines some golf-fishing synergy, initially I was thinking an “olive branch” extended to the lads at work, but after thinking it through I’m not sure that this isn’t the resort from Hell.
“…our own lake at Sagebrush doubles as our irrigation reservoir and private trout lake and [...]

I can’t remember if Simm’s makes Kevlar fishing vests »

I managed to sneak up to the lake for some additional recon, taking advantage of the lack of wind to get a better feel for what’s offered. I took the hip boots with me so I could wander around without regard for mud and marsh.
In the Central Valley, March is traditionally the month where [...]

Which C-Lister do we want as our spokesman? »

You can enjoy your pristine wilderness-kinda experience, then wonder why your congressman boots you out of his office, despite amusing his secretary with fish costumes and chants about indiscriminate water bottle use.
Money and “C” list celebrities are the new Tammany Hall mob, a lethal combination of pandering and getting the message across; it doesn’t [...]

Daytripper started it, but it’s up to you to finish it »

I got another half dozen obligatory junk mails delivered this week hawking angling publications and conservation organizations. That isn’t so bad, but they all signed off using the “dead cow” angling salutation, “Tight Lines.”
Daytripper expressed his suffering a month ago with his magical post on trite overused angling phrases, but it appears as if [...]

Just when we thought it was safe, he starts tying again »

Overcome by tinker lust, never content to leave well enough alone, and creating one monstrosity after another…
It’s the result of more sparkly oddities than I know what to do with - with the picture at left showing one possible use for Angelina Film.
The film is what the births the fibers, I’m guessing they send [...]

Will the real Powell please stand up »

I’ve been dabbling in background research into the eBay tackle phenomenon, noting that two or three rod companies were well represented, and others fit the traditional auction mode - someone finding some treasure while cleaning out Grandpa’s closet.
One of the companies that caught my eye was the Powell Rod Co, formerly of Chico, California. [...]

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