The federal government is asking small boat owners to be watchful for Al Qaeda terrorists employing small watercraft to create mayhem. Nuclear and Biological weapons are likely to be deployed against the US in small ships or fishing boats.

The best fly tying scissors are surgical scissors from the medical industry. eBay has four vendors selling inexpensive scissors for less than $10 per pair. I purchased four of the scissors and report on the quality and capabilities of these Pakastani stainless surgical implements. They’re not the high quality german stainless - but they don’t cost as much either. I like the Milex scissors better, but these have a place for the tyer interested in trading up from cheaper brands.

I took my brother out to Cache Creek on Opening weekend, it gave him a breather from the Big City - yet we didn’t have to face the hordes of fishermen out for the Opener. Hot, marginal fishing, and a lot of walking was our destiny, with Ma not there to protect him.

The California department of fish and game will be trucking this year’s salmon smolts around the Delta pumps to pens in San Pablo Bay. There they’ll be acclimated to saltwater, then released. Tiny tags will be added to their nose to trace their origins and learn where they were ultimately caught.

The NFL draft is perfect fly tying theater, you don’t have to watch as no one really knows what’s going to happen next, and Mel Kiper dominates everything with a greasy taint. Keep your ears perked for your team and glance up only during their selection - great cinema, never to be watched.

There’s two kinds of sportsmen; them as love the outdoors and practice their craft often, and there’s them as does all that but has too much disposable income, and collects the trappings of bygone days…
If you’ve not formally “come out” as the latter, the clues are obvious; the dirty dishes go in a wicker […]

With the whole “blogging angler” phenomenon on the rise, perhaps Simm’s may want to follow it’s “zipper front” guide waders with innovation liable to change the face of the fishing report.
We’ve all had to suffer - as weather and fishing are often reported too slowly to be opportunistic. Instead of idyllic weather and willing […]

It’s the best advice I’ve seen to date and based on our track record would work swimmingly, the downside is you’d have to develop a taste for Zebra Mussel Meatloaf, or Quagga Milkshake.
“How to handle an invasive species? Eat it” - an article from the NY Times suggesting there’s something we can do about […]

PETA offers 1 million dollars for someone to invent the next great fake meat. Assuming they’ll make it from something without feelings like parsnips or asparagus, whose stem cells will they harvest the lard genes from? It’s not meat unless the medical community is warning you off it - or is it?

Carp spawning is worse than policing the kid’s at Lover’s Lane, they’re persistent and insist on the “group” thing. Interesting to watch - as Mother Nature rarely affords us the opportunity to do so.