I like the sound of it regardless of motivation, a “put-grow-and-take” fishery versus the standard watery extrusion of 10″ fish through the gauntlet of floating Cheez-it scented Powerbait. I’ve been many kinds of fisherman throughout my career, but the portrait of the “ovulating” hatchery truck being stalked by a cadre of militant anglers – has [...]

If you thought squirrel fishing was the last frontier, think again. Before you yell at me you may want to look closely at the areas where the hook is contacting fur, you’ll see the harness… With that said, you may want to take a quick look at cat fishing, the “inhumane” flavor. As small children [...]

The cover of the Wall Street Journal has taken our dirty little secret into the hallowed halls of the mainstream. I figured to make the paper at some point, but assumed it would be some small obituary when they found me sprawled lifeless across a rusting Ford buried in the bank, fly rod clutched in [...]

Maybe it’s time for the green alternative to carp infestations. Import us potbellied “bounty killers” en masse on a couple C-47′s, throw in a sushi chef to fillet the proceeds and mission accomplished.

The legacy of Bernard Madoff may be sealing the fate of the Abel Reel company. The US prosecutor is filing to seize the assets of the remainder of the Madoff family; wife Ruth and sons, Andrew and Mark Madoff, owners of Abel Holdings LLC, the holding company that owns Abel Reels.

A thousand year old fishing trap found in the Tiefi estuary near Wales, and some poor fellow on the bank left wondering how his “secret” spot is suddenly so popular?

The survey says, “Hydroelectric workers exposed to massive amounts of Caddis hate ‘em.” Without additional facts I can only conclude that they must be talking about caddis parts, rather than the flies themselves. A cross sectional survey was conducted in a hydroelectric power plant in which the workforce was exposed to large numbers of caddis [...]

It’d be like finding out Hitler’s Mom lived next door … Can you imagine? An unrelated factoid I stumbled across this weekend while doing some research on something entirely different. I call it “the Miracle that is the Internet”, if you can focus on one subject while searching, it’s a miracle. With all of the [...]

Lead gray skies offered little hope so I swung by the Little Stinking to see what a week’s changes had wrought. The water was clear enough to fish but still much too high to wade – many tons of gravel have changed the entire streambed and scoured every vestige of weed and bank foliage. With [...]

It’s likely to confuse a beginning fly tier – what with our continued references to Hare’s Mask .. … and deer hair. I think it’d take a wee bit more than an hour to prep. I’d watch a movie so I don’t seem impatient. I sure hope these gal’s wardrobe contains a lot of orange. [...]