A Saturday scout in between rain showers. The Little Stinking, swollen and defiant… Bagged it in preference to assembling an artery hardening ensemble of deep fried, coagulated, and partially hydrogenated Superbowl chow.

It was the Czech’s against the Slovak’s at my place – and the first quarter featured Strawberry Yogurt Pretzels and  …

… Brachycentrus, which suddenly [...]

It was all in the timing. My latest read is about the spread of that most egregious invasive – how the Rainbow Trout has pillaged most continents (ably assisted by well meaning anglers) – enroute to world domination …
… and up till now it’s been a source of interest, as my California streams provided the [...]

UK scientists have unearthed a startling new trove of prehistoric angling gear, containing evidence that fly fishing may have developed in prehistoric times …
UK and Chinese scientists are suggesting that the Confuciusornis fossil discovered in China, may have been a dinosaur with a Mohawk of ginger colored feathers running down its spine.
… as this is [...]

After a two year ban on commercial fishing the result is another large drop in the fall Chinook run. 2008 was the record low for returning fish, and it appears that 2009 will be lower still.
More troubling is what few fish returning are mostly hatchery fish and it appears the wild Chinook of Oregon [...]

Apparently the newspaper article I cited in an earlier post transposed some dates.
The regulation change for California that eliminates the need to to display your license doesn’t go into effect until March 2010. It’s the Bay-Delta stamp that is no longer required as of January 1, 2010.
… and to the alert reader that spotted [...]

I make it “40 Days and 40 Nights, or at least until Thursday” – and am steadfastly unrepentant because it’s only Day One , figuring if I hold out till about Day 17 there’ll be enough water for both me and them plague tomatoes.
Tamawanis has too much snow, Roughfisher is fleeing his ice-bound pals [...]

The ringtone belonged to “Deep Walnut”, the Yolo county landowner I’d turned to the side of righteousness. The pleasantries were brief, and I was informed that the annual “crop report” outlining the sins of watery tomatoes had been secreted on the grounds of my residence.
Sure it’s a touch over the top, but in a [...]

Something I missed from earlier this year. For 2010, the Department of Fish & Game no longer requires California anglers to have their fishing license in plain sight.
Initially it was a good idea, but the advent of licenses purchased over the Internet and printed by home computer eliminated the brightly colored paper – which [...]

It appears the much promised Armageddon over water rights will be showcased as a result of the Asian Carp migration, and the respective legal teams will include eight or nine US states and at least one foreign government.
The New York Times is running a short piece describing the long list of participants, and the [...]

It’s always been a Singlebarbed trait to delight in the suffering of others. We cackle and point fingers, toss barbs quicker than most – yet lack the social niceties that defines the true prima donna.
No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, [...]