I was starting to like the “two-a-days”, first the TSA worked me over gingerly with rubber gloves, then the US Border Patrol gave me a taste of the rubber truncheon, convincing me to give up searching for all those NorCal trout streams that had been pumped South … I felt I was obligated to find [...]

I’d call it something like, “noble foe mistreated horribly, first by Monsanto, then by sushi-loving Hipster.” Let’s eat Glow-Inna-Dark genetically-engineered, research fish despite their being finely honed scientific thoroughbreds, engineered for pollution detection … … and that Glow Inna Dark thing, shouldn’t matter on the flavor dont’cha think?   Madam, what you were attempting to convey [...]

I’ve always postulated that the only two groups that are always unhappy with the weather are farmers and firemen. Both think it’s too dry or too wet, and either the crop is a loss or the woods are ablaze … Normally I’d have my lower lip pooched, regaling you with how I was all set [...]

Naturally I’d rather not dwell on the fact that I was right and you was horribly wrong … actually I would, but I’d exhaust the subject of my presumed greatness in about three seconds. Just long enough for your next tired exhale … Now every recruitment drive to enlist them thick-witted kids of yours into [...]

Fly fishing boasts as many well heeled captains of industry as Wall Street, and while we have great fun at their expense, we don’t typical reference them by name – instead we use their Indian name, “Those that can buy a fly rod AND a set of waders in the same year.” … which is [...]

Singlebarbed’s role as consciousness for the greater good is simply too much hypocrisy to bear without giggling, yet I’ll wear this ill fitting garment long enough to remind you today is Valentine’s Day, and how most of your season depends on some small courtesy shown Them as Waits at Home … Scientists agree there aren’t that [...]

While you were giggling at my Wintergreen-Spearmint fly floatant and head cement, making me the butt of parking lot humor, you may want to know why – so you can backpedal frantically … There are a number of compounds that can be used to effectively sedate fishes, including compounds commonly found in human foods (e.g., [...]

As our travels send us further South to the water consuming counties, we change our spots and adopt all the proper ritual to make us indistinguishable from the locals. Upon our return we notice small things common to the water-bearing provinces that simply don’t manifest themselves in the cold stone canyons of urban California … [...]

Simple housekeeping post, nothing to shrink away from … Item 1: Dry Fly Samples: I sent out 35 samples of dry fly dubbing to anyone who had the request to me before Sunday. As rendering the stuff into final form takes a bit of time, and I enclosed at least three colors for each of [...]

I once prided myself on my understanding of Science, but this new stuff is a slow learn. I’m tempted to look at your exam and copy your answers, as I can’t seem to grasp some of these longwinded connections … The Greatest Estuary the world has ever known is dying, with the Delta Smelt simply [...]