Anglers may be able to fix the economy their ownselves, all that’s needed is minor modifications in their conduct to save Wall Street and get Congress off the hook. Economic Recovery via original thought - from outside the Beltway.

Sure I went fishing, but it wasn’t for very long. My fly box is showing the ravages of a lot of fishing, after a couple extended trips, visits by kinfolk, and overly aggressive casting, it’s looking mighty grim.
Everything with weight is gone, and I’m limited to #18 wet or #18 dry, and neither is appealing.
Respectable [...]

Asian Carp videos show how infested the Missouri, Illinois, and Mississipi have become - and the danger to boaters posed by a 20 lb mass in flight. Only an electric fence seperates the Asian Carp from the Great Lakes - and scientists predict the complete collapse of the fishery if they’re able to push past their electric defenses.

The average young mayfly imbibes 27 cups of coffee per day, and we’re supposed to quit fishing at dark? Like Hell, them bugs is whooping it up into the wee hours and we’re forced to stand on the bank and watch. A change in environmental conditions should trigger a DFG review of allowable fishing hours, and for $35 per season, I’m within my rights to insist on it.

If you think Chandler and I are up for this, think again …
I’m sure most of you snickered when I mentioned toasting the lads at work with your prowess afield, naturally you’re waist deep in water - and their waist deep in something else - when the Boss peers over their shoulder.
All those electronic [...]

You’d think there’d be more fly fishermen given a child’s glee at throwing pennies in fountains. That early lesson may have given you the yen to throw quarters and dollar bills with every cast.
Fly tiers throw quarters - with little remorse for the other fellow who’s buying flies; we’re not certain he isn’t paying [...]

Throwing away both parties and starting anew may be the answer, what with the dismal offerings we’ve seen in past elections - whose debate may only be who slept, or didn’t sleep, with whom.
The Fishing for Words blog has a short piece to assist you in the forthcoming election, and we may be able [...]

I suffered through one more outing suckling off the plasticine teat before adding lemon juice to the bag, just enough tart to take your mind off the rest of the taste - it’s cold, tastes like Pepsi Light, which I never could stand, but I’ll live.
You get a couple “old guys” in the crap water [...]

I thought I was on to something but all I’ve proven is that I’m a slow learner. Fiddling with textures and colors is fine, but revealing that brownline fish have an unnatural obsession with “oil slick” colored glass beads - is about as revolutionary as Mr. Wonderbread eating a Twinkie.
Ernie Schweibert could have told [...]

I’ve mentioned the topic before, but am reminded anew by today’s story on the FDA’s genetically modified animal approval process.
A great deal of emphasis has been placed on the fly fishing “boutique” experience, complete with ponderous grain fed trout lolling in hygienic currents - for rich patrons and their entourage. It’s been folded [...]