It’s bad enough that we’re forced to endure the obligatory cavity search when boarding the plane – thereby removing all the explosives, brass knuckles, shanks, and belt fed weapons common to fishermen, but our arrival may soon be far worse. I stumbled across a New Zealand document outlining their strategy in combating the invasive threat [...]

… and while the tabloids make great fun over the adventure, the biologists grind their teeth in frustration. How to get the invasive message across to a public that flushes pet alligators down the toilet, tosses piranha into the Old Swimming Hole once they outgrow the Goldfish budget, or toss that Boa Constrictor into the [...]

Add Upstream to a crowded field of e-zines making their debut in 2010. I liken the ezine conundrum to the current political spectrum, where Republicans and Democrats try to distance each other from the opposition, the administration, and their own party. As each new magazine throws down their own unique brand, free of tired articles [...]

Another in a long list of reports on Delta water use, the state’s best and brightest suggest that 75% of the rain and snowmelt of the Sacramento and San Joaquin watersheds must flow through the Delta and into San Francisco Bay to maintain ecological equilibrium. True to form the report was met with great skepticism [...]

The only thing in short supply this year has been success. It’s part and parcel of a “too” year; where everything is too cold, too high, too soon, and then suddenly it’s too late. Shad came and went, and while there was no lack of trying, my entire season was a single hooked fish. Till [...]

While the ignoble Brook Trout has enjoyed recent popularity due to its coronation as the Official Char of the Trout Underground, the question remains which Char is that exactly? Brook trout are exhibiting two distinct sets of behaviors, and scientists are attempting to determine whether it’s in the early stages of divergence – splitting into [...]

That’s when you turn to your son and have a serious heart to heart conversation – probably the hardest you’ll ever have, knowing the horrid truth … “Kid, you’ve seen the best fishing has to offer, it’s all downhill from here.” … minutes after the father and son team set up their rods by the [...]

It’s the Third Rule of the sporting fraternity, in the retelling of any feat of sporting prowess, add two inches (or a half pound) in case your audience has heard this yarn already … Adherence to the 3rd Rule ensures your friends and neighbors never tire of your oratory – you never repeat yourself either [...]

The guys were all at a fish camp. No one wanted to room with Bob, because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn’t fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns. The first guy slept with Bob and comes to breakfast the next morning [...]

Next time some old codger tells you, “they was thick as flies, big ones, not that little crap what’s in there now” … rather than nodding respectfully you can just backhand the old gasbag … … and while he’s recovering his dentures you can retort, “Yea, but they were dumber then, and you ate all [...]