By KBarton10 on Jan 30, 2012 in Nothing to do with Fishing, Youtube | 1 Comment
An unlikely subject for a music video – I would have expected love unrequited as a best fit for fly fishing, perhaps some soulful ballad, or even a funeral dirge … Technorati Tags: Active Child, music video, fly fishing, boiled beer
By KBarton10 on May 11, 2011 in Nothing to do with Fishing, Youtube | 3 Comments
The idea shows occasional flashes of brilliance, and no one should give you that tired old catch & release lecture … it just seemed so much easier on the X-Box … Technorati Tags: asian carp, sushi, wolverine, ninjas
By KBarton10 on May 12, 2010 in humor, Nothing to do with Fishing, Youtube | 4 Comments
Waterproof and breathable is so yesterday, along with all that Extreme you hoped to find. Simm’s will never recover and it seems water repelling rubber soles are the new aesthetic - with both cleats and felt discarded out of hand. Likewise for fly rods and Tenkara, as the real aficionados will be touting bare knuckle. … and [...]
By KBarton10 on Mar 9, 2010 in fishing, Youtube | 0 Comments
… sure we poo-poo wild claims of fellow anglers, but that was in those hardship years of your youth, pre-Silverfin. The water was clear, the fish were refined and a meal was skill-based and the work of an evening. Now angling will be removing the muffler off your wife’s Subaru and driving along the levee [...]
By KBarton10 on Mar 1, 2010 in Fly Tying, product, science, Youtube | 5 Comments
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 [...]
By KBarton10 on Feb 19, 2010 in Youtube | 2 Comments
The first in a series on the Water Wars of California … … and the rebuttal. The solution is simple, put human life above all other life… Putting Americans at risk and increasing our dependence on foreign foods? Isn’t that the same thing if we’re forced to import fish?
By KBarton10 on Jan 6, 2010 in Youtube | 2 Comments
Twelve cylinders of high performance versus two hander, redefining the urban angler permanently. (via Wandle Piscators ) Tags: wandle piscators, workhardplayhard.com, ferrari, spey
By KBarton10 on Dec 18, 2009 in Brownlining, Youtube | 6 Comments
Little wonder that your typical Brownliner can get a little overbearing and evangelical, our beloved fish are tortured without mercy – just because they can be … … and while you smack your lips in anticipation of the still beating heart – spleen or other choice viand, what you don’t know is our fish fight [...]
By KBarton10 on Dec 16, 2009 in entomology, humor, Youtube | 6 Comments
Only 109 seconds to master both human nature and entomology. You’ll master aquatic, terrestrial, learned behavior – and be able to relate to your children as never before. No need to thank me, it’s what I do … Warning: Don’t drink coffee while watching, it may come out of your nose. … and all my [...]
By KBarton10 on Dec 11, 2009 in fishing, Youtube | 2 Comments
I want to call him Wil E. Coyote – what with tiptoeing around a couple thousand pounds of hungry bear to snatch dinner … There’s a slim chance you could train a black Labrador to do something similar. It would at least give the worthless flea-bit lump a chance to earn his keep in between [...]