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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

I promised myself that after 100 posts I would draw a breath and see what was memorable, what worked, and attempt to restore order to the carnage in my wake. Memorable was tough, as most of the parts I remember are the glaring misspellings, the missing punctuation, and the pedantic oratory of a fellow used [...]