The Thrill: Noticing that Bass flies look nearly identical to flies for rockfish and perch. The Thrill that Comes Once in a Lifetime: Confirming that theory by prying the brightly colored SOB out of the wrong fishes mouth … and noting that the hint of rust didn’t appear to spoil the reception nor the lust [...]

The firm that I knew as “The Scourge of Grizzly Hackle”, Fine Featherheads – has apparently ignored PETA’s repeated “cease and desist” warnings about false advertising, and has drawn a law suit as its reward. At issue was the Featherhead claim that Whiting Farms treats its roosters “ethically” rather than gleefully tearing great handfuls of  [...]

Scientists have finally discovered the reason behind declining worldwide salmon stocks, and the answer will both surprise and alarm … For the first time scientists have discovered that migrating salmon can detect mammalian predators by the scent of already digested salmon in wastewater, which allows the migrating fish to determine whether its safe to move [...]

It’s the trip every guide fears and every father dreads; how to introduce Poppa’s lifelong love to his progeny,  in a way that results in beaming children that gaze at their father in complete adoration … … add the pressure of yesterday’s post, where at this young age we can BUY precious eco-votes for the [...]

Healthy living is browsing a web page that mentions, “eating whole foods” – and as I finish ingesting a whole box of donuts, I can snicker, “I do that.” Unfortunately the United States ongoing love affair with processed white flour, fast food, and the Internet has overcome the miracles of science, and for the first [...]

All those hours spent reading articles on clean, dry, and  inspect, which elevated our readiness to the angling equivalent of Seal Team Six – to defend ourselves from any hidden environmental menace, may have positioned us to be the only group able to appreciate the enormity of the latest invasion-du-jour – and act on it with all possible haste. There comes a time when [...]

I’m calling it the first in what I hope to be a long stream of tasty tidbits, given CalTrout has announced in their Streamkeeper’s Log that both Hat Creek and Fall River will be the recipients of some overdue ecosystem love … Given that I lived, fished, and guided the area for a couple of [...]

Us Californio’s have always been eager to promote fads that make you recoil in discomfort, violates your personal ethics, or makes you trod wantonly across lines that are rarely crossed … … and if it looks or smells nasty, then we’re doubly sure to export it to the rest of the planet. As both coasts have embraced [...]

For most of the year I’ve resisted the urge to muck about on the local creek, largely for fear of upsetting the delicate balance of Nature given that once the flood receded I could only count 4 fish in eleven miles of its banks. Then again, once I saw the hurried exodus of neighbors, hastily [...]

Another eZine entrant, this time from Germany (available in English), entitled Scale – and covering both fly and spin fishing. They’ve got the best logo I’ve seen – considering the topic matter, and I’m a sucker for reading about someone that catches fish – instead of whining about how woeful their season has become like [...]