Is it time to update the venerable Royal Coachman? Perhaps the most recognizable fly in all of fly fishing history, it needs another facelift - something uniquely “new millennia.” My vote is to include nose piercings and rename it to the Pierced Plantagenet, it’s arguably trendy, possibly even extreme.

Was I to choose one of the 12 Lakemaids from the Lakemaid beer promotion, I would have to do so carefully. It’s likely they’ll inherit traits of the fish they represent, so the predatory and agressive flavors would have to be watched carefully. I think I’ll stick with the Lakemaid beer alone - too much risk involved with consumating the relationship.

Tom Chandler of the Trout Underground educates me on the awesome responsibility of the Public Angling Trust, and how some things are best left unmentioned. A candid interview with Wally the Wonderdog results - wherein I stuff dead and decaying food into the sausage-dog hoping for long lived flatulence.

We’ve seen clothes that can store and generate power, what’s always been in doubt is what we need the power for….
The Boys at MIT have answered part of the mystery with the HCID (Handwear Computer Input Device), a glove based computer interface currently destined for the military.
“Old Guys” use fishing to “get away from it all” […]

The federal government is asking small boat owners to be watchful for Al Qaeda terrorists employing small watercraft to create mayhem. Nuclear and Biological weapons are likely to be deployed against the US in small ships or fishing boats.

The NFL draft is perfect fly tying theater, you don’t have to watch as no one really knows what’s going to happen next, and Mel Kiper dominates everything with a greasy taint. Keep your ears perked for your team and glance up only during their selection - great cinema, never to be watched.

It’s the best advice I’ve seen to date and based on our track record would work swimmingly, the downside is you’d have to develop a taste for Zebra Mussel Meatloaf, or Quagga Milkshake.
“How to handle an invasive species? Eat it” - an article from the NY Times suggesting there’s something we can do about […]

Skiers get enough toys, I’d call it a “Spring Creek Float Tube” myself. Low profile for those all-too-common moments when you need just six more feet on your cast…

…Or, it’s getting dark and crossing the river at the car is faster. There’s no end to the cleverness of desperate fishermen.
We’ll have to lose the […]

I finally stumbled on the fly fishing equivalent of those “late night medical breakthrough” shows with faux MD’s hawking snake oil. We’ve all endured them - hosted by some ersatz skeptic who adds little other than, “Well, Doctor Bob - how can the viewers get Miracle-Krill?”
This 50 page tome claims to perfect your fly fishing skills […]

I can’t believe you fellows are so easily snookered, all you had to do was ask … Singlebarbed as national secret - unlikely, we’re far more comfortable with the “national treasure” label…

Dick Cheney is a latecomer, it was Zsa Zsa Gabor that put us on the map. Our paparazzi are politer than most, hence the Power Elite flock […]