I’m with John Merwin, but having had some experience in this area, I’ll decipher the part that’s giving him trouble… It’s entitled, “Extreme Rock Fishing” – there’s a rock, some fishing, and it’s got a Metallica riff in the background. The words aren’t supposed to be a sentence – which is why it’s so difficult to [...]

Arizona makes angling history with it’s adoption of the first single barbless, artificial only, catch and release fishery for Roundtail Chub. Now all we have to do is Rotenone the SOB and get all them invasives under control. Chub and Pikeminnow are protected – but feel free to throw the Trout onto the bank.

Two days of balmy idyllic fishing weather was forecast and I was able to deliver the “I’d rather stay home and scrub the place spotless” speech without a hint of guile. I figured the first day would warm the water to a nice tepid temperature and the following day would unleash famished fish – that’d [...]

Salmon smolts in dammed rivers have a higher survival rate than a free flowing watershed? Surprisingly, smolts fared just as well negotiating the heavily dammed Columbia as they did going down the free-flowing Fraser. Comparing the rivers section by section, Chinook smolts traversing the dammed system actually had higher survival rates than their cousins in [...]

Not even the rich are immune from declining assets, and a contentious divorce coupled with cash flow problems haunt the Yellowstone Club – an enclave of the rich and privileged. Bailout’s are a popular theme of late, this one’s asking for Montana to assist with a $4.5 million dollar contribution to keep the private club afloat. 130 of the 320 members have banded together to create an uprising among the patrons, seeking legal help to find out where all the money went.

I’ve never understood why anglers (as a group) scored so poorly in the math department. Sure, we got a double helping of optimism, but that was so’s we’d stand out in the rain all day… Jesus and the Apostles were fishermen, but they had the same problems with figures and addition… It might be why [...]

Applying the principles of modern science to “why fish eat flies” is risky at best. Armed with a double blind, color and size, I attempt to ferret out which crawdad the fish prefer best. The fish liked almost everything, and I quickly abandon science for the thrill of kicking large fish arse.

This sumbitch would be “FATTY”. Steadfastly ignore everything your Momma taught you, spend the bulk of your day chasing tail rather than get an education, then tuck your feet under Ma’s table and ask, “What’s fer Dinner, Yo.”   The damn fly is as big as he is – and it’s up to us to [...]

Commercial resale licenses are no longer needed to do busy directly with manufacturers. The Internet promised much and actually delivered that. Upstarts like Kenya and China are in direct competition with Malaysia and India – and a canny fly fisherman can buy direct, cutting out the middleman and the obligatory shop markup.

Igneous Rock and TravelWriter invade the Little Stinking armed with tackle and smiles. It pays off as older bro lands a gigantic smallmouth, and I pay up for all them free walnuts I’ve been highgrading. The crayfish pattern passes its physics trials – now all that’s needed is some hungry fish my brother hasn’t found yet.