With the manufacturers eager to adopt the trend away from felt soled boots, those of you interested in one last set – or adding a travel set for foreign waters, should be moving on that purchase.
Most of the fly shops no longer have the full range of sizes and the popular sizes are being blown [...]

The Daily Flypaper blog posted a fascinating video of the 1.3 million dollar fly tying system from Intuitive Surgical…
… which is a bit misleading, it’s actually an Intuitive Surgical robot showing off what it can do. ISRG has been the darling of Wall Street for a number of years, considered best of breed for computer [...]

The prototypes for the next generation of Sixth Finger scissors arrived on my doorstep yesterday. I’d asked for them to add a zipper so I could change it each year and obsolete everything you already own …
I figured I could offer it as a fetching facsimile to the Royal Canadian Mounties and the cord that [...]

I’m browsing some learned archives of scientific phenomenon while trying to stifle a yawn, when I saw a familiar banner.
“Little known LSU professor dedicates life to the sensory capabilities of fish, discovers “can’t miss” lure system that guarantees extinction of all life in fresh water and salt…”
(Proof that Scientific journals can be no better than [...]

Our dictionary defines “keeper” not as a fish large enough to eat, but a significant other whose charity feeds our my addiction.
… I suppose she could be having a torrid affair with some buff appliance salesman – using this as camouflage, but does it really matter?
Most fishermen are packing the night before and are [...]

… sure it’s the season of friendship, hope, and orgy of consumerism, yet buried way down deep is still a hint of Christianity … hard to see, but baby Jesus is sandwiched somewheres between that Lexus commercial and all the reasons I need a 54” flat screen …
… absent the three wise men, whose star [...]

With our faddish nature I’m always surprised fishermen aren’t more fashion conscious. Our weakness has always revolved around something new as a wholesale fix for all our fishing ailments.
In the Eighties it was Polypropylene – lighter than air and a couple of turns on a hook shank would make a fly float all day. The [...]

On the heels of safe sex comes “safe angling.” No condoms here as you’re already sheathed in rubber …
It’s toxin-free angling with hook, line, and sinkers all biodegradable or pose a diminished hazard to ducks, geese, fish, small children, and pets. Kits comprised of circle hooks, lead-free sinkers, and protein enriched biodegradable rubber worms.
… [...]

I see one of those “coat of many colors” yarns and I can’t dig the pocketbook out fast enough. The Good News is these mixed-color yarns are all the rage, the Bad News is fashion is capable of turning on its heel quicker than we can respond.

I use a lot of mohair because it’s a cheap [...]

Some small segment of the readership gnashed teeth when the news broke of Hummer being sold to a Chinese company. Monstrous vehicles and the taming of wilderness go hand in hand with the fishing ethic ..
Most anglers assume that long hikes from the parking lot leave the hatchery fish and beer guzzlers a distant memory, [...]