Anglers may be able to fix the economy their ownselves, all that’s needed is minor modifications in their conduct to save Wall Street and get Congress off the hook. Economic Recovery via original thought - from outside the Beltway.

The Top 10 items that transformed fishing forever would have to include the pop top beer can. I can’t fathom what the Wall Street Journal or the American Sportsfishing Association were thinking. A list of the Top 10 fly fishing breakthroughs would have to include instant coffee or divorce, or both.

We ate all the big stuff, most of the medium sized stuff, and we’re working on the small stuff now. Next comes the really small stuff, those critters so important to the food chain that their absence upsets the entire apple cart.
West coast salmon virtually collapsed this year despite our best lip service, we [...]

It’s editorial prerogative to have “moments” - a fit of pique that prompts you to hurl a magazine across the room,  vowing never to buy another. It wasn’t the magazines fault, it was the vendor advertisement that was the source of my ire.
Two fellows in a drift boat with the appropriate wading ensemble:
WHAT YOU [...]

Quoting PETA to generate controversy is as tired as Britney Spears minus undergarments, a quick blip of interest followed by an unpleasant aftertaste, knowing you’ve been played.
Bad taste was what I was left with after reading another nebulous, fluffy article about “Catch and Release” in the Sacramento Bee; grab a couple facts, quote the [...]

“Halving my gruel ration” is pretty sacred stuff for us portly types. It’s like hearing the “Defcon 4″ klaxon echoing through Cheyenne Mountain, requiring instantaneous response.
 …that’s OK, this was what TC was going to unwrap for Christmas, a genuine bamboo monitor, with matching bamboo mouse.
Now I’m thinking the rubber dogdoo or the inflatable fish bladder [...]

I’m thinking that the TC is bent on world domination with the inclusion of the Daytripper to the Underground Writers Network. It’s a great addition, guaranteed to get you in trouble with the boss, as now there’s three idjits to read.
What he failed to consider is that two of the authors fish, and between us [...]

Last week’s series of posts were particularly distressing, a lethal combination of looming drought coupled with enough short sightedness to assure us of less fish next year; add the Trout Underground’s access issue for the Upper Sacramento and McCloud River, and both fish and fishermen are being squeezed from all directions.
There’s little question we’re due [...]

Beer prices are set to rise 10%, many factors are involved including increased prices for quality hops and other grains.

Cottonelle toilet paper is like sandpaper mixed with tabasco sauce - their marketing director is to be feared, as he cleverly disguises his product for the unwary male shopper, intent on bargains.