That just ain’t fair, they get McCartney and I get the Hulkster?
McCartney, 65, posed for a photograph for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization accompanied by the words: “I am Paul McCartney and I am a vegetarian”. It also features the quote: “Many years ago, I was fishing, and as [...]

You can enjoy your pristine wilderness-kinda experience, then wonder why your congressman boots you out of his office, despite amusing his secretary with fish costumes and chants about indiscriminate water bottle use.
Money and “C” list celebrities are the new Tammany Hall mob, a lethal combination of pandering and getting the message across; it doesn’t [...]

Fly tiers have it a bit easier come Spring, all those rainy days allows us to address holes in the fly box - we always wait till the last minute, but the theory of “winter tying” is sound.
The rest of you will procrastinate as well, but that initial outlay of cash for flies each [...]

I’d just finished another hallway conversation wherein I defended myself, the rest of you louts, and our beloved pastime. I was fumbling for the file to notch my “gunbutt” with another eco-radical kill, when I was brought up short…
It was innocent piece, really - but it cited a statistic that fascinated me:
Each year, more [...]

 I managed to whip myself into a froth over the purchase of a new rod. It was a self inflicted wound so I have only myself to blame, TC didn’t help much with his scholarly work on the resurgence of fiberglass - I was feeling “retro” anyway’s, all he did was fan the flame.
My second [...]

Like it or no it’s an election year and the current regime feels obligated to safeguard the economy until December, so’s they can blame whatever party takes power shortly thereafter.
It’s a time-honored tradition, and with $600 bucks hurtling your way - coupled with your patriotic duty to blow it in an orgy of consumption, [...]

I got my question answered and it wasn’t the screenwriter’s what done it, just a run-of-the-mill Legal type wrote the script. This time they might’ve driven a wedge in the farming community and garnered fishermen some unlikely allies, something they’ll soon regret.
The “Water Wars” continue unabated, and last weeks suit of the State of [...]

It’s officially an election year, and we’re about to be courted by all the candidates and their apparatchik. Each campaign has a smartly dressed fellow with a overly stuffed briefcase methodically checking off the the important voting blocks each candidate has to acknowledge.
We’ve seen it in prior elections; a baseball cap doffed in Iowa, a [...]

I’m mortal, guilt got the better of me and I spent the better part of the weekend baking for neighbors and well wishers. Certain occasions require even the staunchest fisherman to succumb, I figured additional “brownie points” could be banked for later.
For the 60% of you that have to travel in the next couple [...]

The Fishing Jones blog had a much better treatment of the whole PETA issue with his comical Penn & Teller YouTube find. It’s worthy of a look-see, as Penn makes mighty short work of the lunatic fringe, including some factoids that most of us only hoped were true..
I’ll make my apologies for the sporadic posting this [...]