After 89 years, venerable outdoors company Eddie Bauer is latest victim to the economic downturn.

The only possible reaction is to sag back in your chair dumbfounded. The “Pure Salmon Campaign” is a coalition of salmon farmers that have banded together to accuse the world’s largest salmon farmer, Marine Harvest, of being an uncaring eco-brute…
Most of the really newsworthy sea-lice infestations, mass escapees, and the seven employee deaths, have been [...]

Studying the diversity of New Zealand’s freshwater fisheries for the last 30 years suggests even the exotic locales are struggling mightily.
Overall, at a national scale, the health of fish communities declined between 1970 and 2007, especially over the last decade (2000 to 2007). The biggest decreases in the health of fish communities were in rivers [...]

Every guy loves armaments - it’s just some have bigger ambitions than others…

I know better, were I to find a discarded pineapple hand grenade, bazooka, or discarded Sherman tank - It’d be denied a place of prominence in my living room - so I’d leave it alone, but only after attempting to “dry fire” the [...]

The only thing we can agree on is no one is speaking with certainty. In simplistic terms the entire financial debacle was the “deleveraging” of the financial systems mix of  assets and liabilities from nearly 30-1, to the government recommended model of 10-1.
Economists suggest that until the consumer does likewise, paying off about 30% of [...]

A fly fisherman as “first responder” means a better than average chance of survival, especially if he’s armed with a two-hander …
Don Elder was practicing his spey casting in Oregon’s Big Sandy and landed a child and two adults - rescued from the frigid water by gripping his Spey line.
Makes you wonder why we [...]

It’s one of the more painful lessons a fisherman learns in his career; if the Fishing Gods smile  and you’re successful beyond your wildest dreams, never call your pals and insist “let’s go again tomorrow, we’ll get limits in minutes…”
… or at least find out what the statute of limitations are beforehand, as it’s [...]

I suppose Grandma viewing the deed via web cam requires management intervention, but I’m not sure corrective action is required, as Old Faithful is likely to get some - when least expected.
“Raw-dogging” a geyser probably had them fellows in hysterics, as it’s the highest form of Russian Roulette with the Precious. I figure it would’ve [...]

I’ve always keenly followed angling in Europe as a portent of what we can expect. Our brethren “across the pond” have had an extra thousand years to civilize their landscape, and many of their practices and restrictions are headed our way … with time.
 
Fascinating to me is the concept of named fish - and how [...]

Considering the number of scientists working feverishly to combine the proper amount of glitter, motion, color, and scent, a 65% “eaten” rate isn’t bad. Unfortunately, tank-raised Brook Trout have the IQ of bar soap -which may skew the numbers a trifle, and adds a little urgency to the bulletin.

Maine would prefer you not drop worms [...]