It was only a matter of time, the Sacramento Bee reports that a nuisance bloom of Didymo has been identified in a 10 mile stretch of the Bear River, outside of Grass Valley, California. But scientists know very little about the algae, and they’ve grown alarmed by a mysterious change in its behavior in recent [...]

Now it all fits. We can’t lure young folks into the sport as we’re using the wrong bait, and the entire “X-treme” movement is fostered by old guys wishing they could flash gang sign – but can’t knowing white boys from Vermont only get laughed at … There appears to be an underlying movement (and [...]

According to my jaundiced perspective, three hundred and fifty bucks is a fair price for a fly rod expected to last me a lifetime. Figure a lifetime is about a decade or so – usually accompanied by a hammy handed pal closing a car door when you’re preoccupied extinguishing a fire or shooing flies off [...]

The War against Invasives takes a bloody turn this week compliments of weapons that assist the socially responsible angler maintain his squeaky clean. The Solar-Powered Toothbrush is a multi-purpose tool allowing the ecologically concious angler to eradicate germs and plaque-causing microbes in his mouth, then aggressively scrub his wading gear and boots of all threats to the watershed. The Soladey-J3X has a [...]

I’m sure myself or my brown water brethren would have attempted to cool their ardor some. As much as we like standing on the bank giggling while you discover that it’s not Rock Snot – and really is toilet paper, we’re still obligated to get you home safely … … mostly, a limb missing or [...]

The other day I was in one of the better shops, and my non fly tying buddy asked me why the Whiting neck was $85 and the J. Fair Saddle was only $20. My explanation was overheard by the smiling fellow behind the counter and he stopped to correct me, “ there’s over 30 years of [...]

The only way I can figure it is there must be two demographics for fly fishermen;  the starry eyed fellow that approaches the counter with an eight hundred dollar rod and asks, “what else do I need?” … and the mean old penny-pinching codger poring over the fly tying materials alternately swearing and grasping his [...]

August colds lack the trappings of their wintertime cousins, luring a fellow out of bed prematurely so he can wheeze and wilt under summer’s heat. Two weeks without wheels and I was desperate enough to risk the mile and a half to the body shop to claim my chariot. Nearly expiring in the process, another [...]

Paris Hilton has anglers backpedaling in a tizzy with her recent confession that she adores fishing .. … and I like to go fishing and I like to go look at frogs. I’m really random like that. – via HollywoodNews.com Leave it to a socialite and outsider to boil the essence of the outdoor experience [...]

I can remember listening intently while it was explained that attractor flies have relied on the color red, as it was the color of blood and should excite any predator. The real truth has been revealed that anything in red is twice as seductive as other colors, and while fly fishing’s founding fathers insisted it [...]