I find it compelling drama but as it’s occurring in Europe there’s hardly a mention of the issue in our media.  SANA, the largest angling organization in Scotland is rocked with scandal because its board accepting money donated by the fish farming industry, whose very existence threatens the last wild stocks of Scottish salmon. SANA’s own website [...]

We’re never going to be confused with The Most Interesting Man In the World or the thousand dollar jam he’s pimping – but there is that special something that sets the Singlebarbed reader apart from mainstream fly fishing – or even your average serial ax murderer. On stream or off, it’s that special flair that [...]

The consumer be damned, what’s important is the IGFA will have proper protocol for certifying all them lab-induced trophies we can look forward to in the coming millennia …   As every watershed could wind up whelping mongrel fish; escapees from fish farms mating frantically with whatever genetic material is pumped into the overly warm trickle [...]

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While the hew and cry over genetic variants of Mother Nature’s finest will be played out in boardrooms and courtrooms, rest assured that our knack for bullying the environment, and then crapping on the survivors is largely intact. It seems humans and their reared salmon have finally managed to bridge the wide gulf between wild [...]

The National Park Service’s report on the continuing issues of Yellowstone Park is full of grim news. Daily visitations continue to climb, leading to stress on the infrastructure, and all the invasives spread by car tires, clothing, and felt soles, continue to resist efforts at controlling them. On Yellowstone Lake: Nearly 550,000 lake trout have [...]

A box of Twinkies inhaled in a moment of weakness, $3.49 … New sneakers that motivate “Fatty” to walk twice as fast to shuck unwanted flab, $65.00 … … an inattentive bird owner who puts a $4000 parrot with his ass hanging out the window …   Technorati Tags: fly tying humor, blue and gold [...]

Being as they are simply numbers, you can ally yourself with the half-full crowd, or go with those as thinks them half-empty. Most of the angling media has been citing small upticks in angling as a resurgence in the sport and a sign of a stronger economy, yet most of the story remains unpleasant with more to come. Wishful thinking [...]

I warned you often enough, instead you listened to those lesser prophets who insisted girls would adore you for staring at their anatomy, now they think fisherman are all creeps, and have chosen hunting instead. Legions of taut and bronzed, out of work, single-parent, womenfolk tasked with raising both flavors of offspring, newly interested in the out-of-doors [...]

It was painful watching the Republican debates the other night, what with each candidate insisting they’d remove any regulations that slowed job growth. It appears our rivers and estuaries will be drilled like a root canal, most migratory species extincted, and a steady runoff of industrial waste and toxins into whatever you fish most … … [...]