The Gudebrod thread company appears to be another casualty of recent economic upheaval, with banks unwilling to lend and small businesses caught without capital. Gudebrod has been synonymous with silk and rod winding threads for decades, yet has been forced to lay off its entire workforce. W.E. “Nat” LeGrande Jr., company president, said he is [...]

It’s my contention that the only thing spurring innovation is the much reviled competition scene, every other rod maker is fiddling with weight and thinking they’re being creative as all hell. The idea is certainly clever, a fifth piece, lacking guides, that transforms a nine footer into a Czech nymph rod; but they might want [...]

Top 10 lists be damned, the greatest advancement to fly fishing ever invented is about to debut – and us old mean bastards can take our rightful place in the riffle undeterred by all the energy drink antics around us … … assuming we still have good balance, naturally … According to PixelOptics the patented [...]

Been a big week for the Singlebarbed staffers, first we’re designated a “High Value Site” by the Trout Underground and it’s too late to take it back, and we’ve moved to swanky new digs on the Internet – which has left us broke and penniless … So we’ll start with an austerity post, a belt [...]

I know where they’re trying to push us, and while I have my share of suppositions I still don’t know who they are … The reviewers who offered their opinions about the scientific merit of our application, however, stressed that it would be more interesting to find out if a sharp object passing through the [...]

As today is the much dreaded “Tax Day” I thought I’d interrupt that lethal mix of sulk and stress with a return to the 1950’s – more importantly, a return to 50’s pricing… I stumbled on the Motherload of antique Mustad and Sealy Octopus hooks from a vendor on eBay, tracked down his store and [...]

There is a place in every burgeoning entrepreneur’s repertoire for daytime soaps or Judge Judy … Some hideous repetitive task looms, and as you eyeball the points, run your hand over the assembly for burrs, loosen or tighten screws, and whack a chunk of whatever is close by, the Good Judge is sending some sobbing [...]

I could mention the carbon nanotubes, the helical wrap that ensures they’re the  lightest, strongest most awesome ever… … how they’re dipped in Boron, blessed by the Pope, and Izaak Walton’s ghostly hand crept out of the grave to snatch a pair … But that’d be bullshit. Blue, because it’s faster … More tomorrow. Tags: Sixth [...]

I ate everything I ever kept in saltwater, even when I found out that Rainbow Perch was most plentiful around the sewage outlets in San Francisco Bay. They were plentiful and I was determined to exploit them, never thinking about the estrogen and grey water, and had I known it wouldn’t have mattered – Big [...]

It could be a California angling phenomenon, but I see more guys wearing pink than girls. … and while fly line color continues to be debated with great ferocity in the forums, the  SIMM’s G3 Guide vest in rust orange debuted with hardly a murmur… Now that embedded jungle cock and spray of gaily colored feathers [...]