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• Economics as defined by Candy bars, not fly tackle
• Where we find more ways for you to use butt ends and random clippings
• A groundskeeper uniform with rod taped to the shaft of my edger
• Rod making economics explained using Kentucky Windage
• In Spring an Old Guy’s thoughts turn to divorce, or the encroaching Bony Silver Menace
• I understand why they want ours, they’ve run out
• “Send picture of boat” don’t qualify
• Despite our best efforts and countless casting clinics, many children slipped through the cracks
• That’s your career light blinking so fiercely
• I could hear the eerie note and then Rod Serling spoke to me about the salad menace
• A cockroach by any other name scuttles as swiftly
• It’s no longer heroics, it’s merely a sunburn
• The fast water at Mos Eisley. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy
• Nineteen reasons why fly fishing should be rich people chasing the perfect fillet in Pristine water (rub, scratch)
• By Wednesday there’ll be no reasoning with you, so digest this before you lose rational thought
• And fly fishermen get the “evil torture” rap
• … and a boxful of those really thick rubber gloves too …
• If they only ask your name when they mention a mailing list, you’re shopping at a Mini Big Box
• For a few Gift Cards more …
• What’s a little Yellow Dye #3 among friends
• Just another thick envelope between gentlemen
• The social , gregarious fish are simply too precious to “one hand” or lift out of the water
• I learnt it at Singlebarbed, who teaches all the truly important fishing skills
• Not fit for Man nor Fly, but I’m all smiles
• An industry of Bums, Vagrants, and A-Number One
• Liberal Menace responsible for most fishing ills and the Economy
• Where we dump silly fish politics for the larger stage
• Brook Trout victimized by Heat and Performance anxiety
• There’s hope if they’re finally ditching light beer
• In Spring a young man’s thoughts turn to Invasives?
• A lot more of us would have made Harvard, that’s for sure
• Heroes, every last one …
• Maybe in addition to underachieving they possess small finger skills and great patience
• Six hundred things edited out of Fly Fisherman as the Zip Code wasn’t exotic enough No 311 & No 288
• If you just boiled them SOB’s the problem would be solved
• You’re a freeloader because you spent everything getting there
• Massachusetts fishermen get Quantitative Easing, the rest of us don’t
• An overlooked market of high net worth sports, eager to tackle both long rod and the environment?
• For WT Bash, who was nice enough to inquire what I was spending most weekends on (besides laundry and travel)
• No, Mister Bond, I expect you to DIE …
• Sure you can handle the pain, but what about the fish?
• Time lapsed with conspicuous over saturation
• The Tongass – Old Growth, Salmon, and Clean Water, all the important things that exist in short supply
• Mom said they were out there …
• Six hundred things edited out of Fly Fisherman because the Zip Code wasn’t exotic enough – No.335
• We’ll call it the “stutter rise” two takes from the same fish
• Where we call everything by its Glitterati name
• Saving critical watersheds … a quarter at a time
• Guys that know bugs, scarce supply, large demand
• Too many Saturday cartoons for me to trust Wile E. Coyote and his contribution to water quality
• Options in the face of legislative unrest, or how to avoid becoming an unwilling economic patriot
• Is this going to be a stand up fight or another bug hunt
• We interrupt our normal drivel to remind you that your season depends on a wee bit of courtesy
• All they’ll remember is the flash of the bulb and your fresh breath
• You know you’re in Northern California when …
• But everyone has a firm handshake and wide white-toothed smile
• Fly Fishermen, there’s one born every minute
• The dreaded simple housekeeping post
• Remember, everytime you drink POM Wonderful a Kitten dies
• Why you’ve never seen it on some other blog, low Babe factor
• … and just as suddenly we’re arm in arm with those we fear most?
• Wherein we recant the “you can’t have none” taunt, and admit to most of the obvious shortcomings
• You shouldn’t have to pay for poor quality control, take the time to visually inspect any fancy fly tying hook purchase
• There was no badge for lippy kids bent on time wasting or sloth
• Women are fine, girls never, and pals maybe
• Take that Mister “We’ll just add a hatchery”
• Your Grizzly neck is more follicle than feathered, and it will have to last you another season
• Are the past Masters of fly fishing worthy of a fly named in their honor
• Once a constant companion to the fly fisherman, now on hard times
• I’d hoped when I finally found the nuggets on a chicken, there would be a couple feathers no one had ever seen
• Perhaps it’ll spawn another revival, or another war
• A drab fly among many drab flies
• We’ll put up this big electrified fence in the water and see if they can swim through that
• Adding extra studs to wading boots, how to tap dance your way to larger fish
• You’ve overlooked the fact that you owe once again
• … a rakish cut to your waders, and who does your Botox?
• Hoisted on my own Petard
• Proof that Santa exists despite the Post Office’s insistence they shut him down
• I’m not sure who is the target audience, but if it’s us adults that’s an indictment of a sort
• … and as a dry fly its floating qualities are without equal
• Six Hundred Things edited out of Fly Fisherman because the Zip Code wasn’t exotic enough – No.256
• Christmas shopping guide for the Fly Fishing Widow
• Man of the Year is for literates, which of us will grace the cover of GQ is the real question
• Homeland Security to Preempt Public Lands near borders
• Six hundred things edited from Fly Fisherman because the Zip Code wasn’t Exotic enough – No 321
• For two days a year I become the baked equivalent of Brad Pitt
• The list of donors being long and distinguished
• Six Hundred things removed from Fly Fisherman because the zip code wasn’t exotic enough No. 443
• Us fly fishermen have never quibbled about certain labels
• A couple of snorts might make the price of a Sage One more palatable
• I am shocked that there is opposition to young fishermen …
• Damn few called – and even fewer chosen
• You always hated the taste anyways, now you can point and claim it’s a Ponzi scheme of Madoff proportions
• It was mostly half truths anyways
• Salmon Anemia uber alles
• Yellowstone Park, is it being loved to Death?
• There are no boundaries to a fly tyer’s depravity
• The uncharacteristic positive post on fishing
• Fly fishing upstaged by real guides and real guns
• I’ll finally get to know whether Great Blue Heron tastes like Chicken or not
• Is good dental hygiene incompatible with dry fly fishing?
• It is us spreading it, mostly it’s you doing the clicking
• It may be time for us old guys to face fly fishing’s new music
• Where we get all solemn and lay it on overly thick for the non-fisherman
• We aren’t as svelte as all that – nor is this Colorado
• Montezuma ransomed for a garage full of German stainless
• None of that silly “one hand for the ship” stuff
• Just the Feathers, Ma’am. You can cook or bury the rest
• Brown water conservation, rags to riches in a single season
• Is it really Whirling Disease, or did we just make the entire batch spin to the left?
• The Cyprinid Finger, How Stupid Big Fish continue to ignore me
• You can blame Bin Laden for your lack of felt soles
• What do you call a girl with two black eyes, other than moth bait.
• Where we adopt more downtrodden orphans and get them all muddy and foul smelling
• When two tips is good, and three tips would have been better
• That last hunting trip with your buds
• We left the beads at home, enjoying the spectacle of “weightless” fishing for a change
• Where we eschew Wild Trout in favor of the Wild
• May all who fish here enjoy it as much as I did
• It’s like your Momma, only she hands out Adams’s if you’re good
• Careful what you wish for …
• The real life Jonah from Sitka
• How to solve some of the ills of synthetic dubbing, perhaps even speed your fly tying
• What constitutes Single Barbless Artificial Only
• I love the smell of Napalm in the morning, it smells like … Science
• Horner Deer Hair with Black Thread, Humpy with Yellow, and Goofus Bug if it’s the red
• The Great Conspiracy, how you’ve grown fond of the egghead in the fly fishing label
• A first look at Grisly Hackle
• You don’t want to play that game with me – do you?
• How to trim your fly tying obligation by half
• Nothing else has phased us fly fishermen, hence “legal” isn’t an option
• They’re all at the mouth daring each other to make a dash for reproductive safety
• Intercede early enough, and we can get them precious eco-votes for the price of couple of thrown rocks and a cold coke
• The Rise of eMAN, and decline of Nature worship
• Invasive Chuckle of the Month – Clean Boil then Butter
• Hat Creek trophy water to be restored to prominence?
• There’s a reason fishermen hate to eat fish …
• Fortunately “scoured by Mother Nature” is only Guy Clean
• Scale Magazine: European Fly & Spin eZine
• Father of the Modern Trout Bum
• Hopefully it’ll make your lunch a bit more amusing
• This being a Scratch and Sniff Post
• Before we shrank before their gaze, now we embrace them as long lost pals
• Redington to ply its wares straight to the Public
• The One that got away
• Why the trout fairy tale no longer has a happy ending
• One long keening cry punctuated by the ripple of small arms
• Searching for Fly Fishing’s instructional gold mine? Look for the Orvis flag as they’ve already claimed that turf
• If it’s caught in the Pristine, we call it “Salmon”
• The Dawn of the Five Dollar Dry Fly
• The Good News is that I’ve found 100% DEET …
• Might’ve been the biggest breach of trust ever
• One if by land, two if by trout stream
• How to torment a Bamboo Rod Guy …
• It’s an environment so hostile you’ve got to bet on the fish
• I may have to darken them a shade or three
• If you fly fish you’ve beaten the odds
• … wherein we enlist the aid of small children and dogs
• Archaic and Harsh, but we’re tired of putting a fatherly face on them as gas Chickens
• As we do so love to count the little darlings
• It’ll be the last time you’ll swab a saltine in your Onion Soup
• Fish with Nugent & the Trumps, if not for the entertainment value, then perhaps for charity
• If Trout were Zombies we wouldn’t have the issue
• Hopefully it’ll involve a loincloth and a dull Buck knife
• The Blitz – Fly Fishing the Atlantic Migration
• Risk public ridicule and earn a hat in the doing
• We call it Rusty Sharp Stuff, you call it the Impossible Lie
• It makes us the more efficient predator
• Now you regret cutting Physics lab
• Supercatchables & Shovel Ready: Spending 5000 dollars to catch you
• Dinner is a sure start to extinction
• The real question is the fat content of raw crude
• and we do so love our Fisheries and their science
• Wherein the Attractor resumes its dominance of fishing
• I really do fish in water and muck, wear waders, and fall in
• Insensitive to food and fashion
• Big Oil will need a couple of lodges just to house all them VP’s
• I got the message Sir, I shan’t be found wanting again
• A change of heart is fine, just drop the shoe price by half and we’ll like you again
• The return of the Tenderfeet, and how the Piney woods is saved
• It was Big, Awkward & Black last year
• Are we back to them scrawny Chinese capes?
• I’d craft a few for the box your pals don’t grab
• Will Dan break with his prior creed, strict Catch & Release?
• No, the Other Brown One …
• Live by the Sword and so shall ye arteries perish
• More Freebie Scissors for fly casting clubs
• Can you flippinbelieveit ?, Palin says “Dig Dig Dig” on Pebble
• another busted ambition
• Keough’s 2012 harvest is mostly committed, no word yet from Whiting
• Just a gentle nudge, the chicken you save may be your Adams
• Save Bristol Bay so we can keep picking on little guys
• Real Anglers wipe the Goo on their pants leg
• … and we stank, and Dad scored a couple of Hot Dogs … and …
• Too big to fail was an interesting experiment, not likely to happen again, which is why Kaufmann’s Streamborn wasn’t bailed out.
• … and among all them long noses is statistics
• Which would be quicker if you ever lived up to them promises
• Why you want to learn to cast better and quickly
• Guide wear for guides, how that nerveless glassy stare is caused by your hideous casting
• Then again they may be confused about their reason for being
• A Sloppy coarse farmed fish gets the Glamour label
• While I’m skeptical if they say it’s good, I’ll always believe the brethren when they say it’s bad …
• Masked Dry Fly fishermen sought in bait heist
• There’s something savory in all of this
• It’s the same quality education we got – at the end of a strap, mostly
• Fling it upstream then mash the button as it goes by
• The fly fishing will be better now that you’re gone
• It’s okay for us trained professionals however
• My gal could use a Mink coat and a big dinner too
• Out of Coq de Leon – and you’re wondering why you can’t find Pardo?
• When fly design comes together it’s a complete surprise
• The end of the unwilling outdoor blood donation
• American Ninja II: Sushi the Hard Way
• How many can you produce a year, and how painful is the extraction?
• Free Range dubbing proven to exist in other dimensions
• It’s okay, it’s a fly fishing lifestyle thing
• Print my nymphs in Powerbait
• It’s one of the fifty qualities of deer hair you didn’t know was possible
• Easily Distracted, how to tie flies the way a trout eats them
• One you can lick your fingers, the other you can’t
• Does a slammed door mean landed or released?
• Fly tying materials that grow on trees
• Wherein we profess a weakness for four letter fly rods .. and their makers
• Free Range Dubbing: Unless you’re looking at it in direct sunlight, you’re not seeing what I made for you
• Where they sleeps at night
• With cutting edge carbon technology
• Honest, they don’t want anything more …
• … and whoever said “Crime doesn’t Pay” wasn’t a fly tier
• Fishless fishing streak broken abruptly, as were all the Opening Days jitters
• Sure I offered to help … myself
• Rock Snot merely “visually unpleasant”
• There’s a good reason we’re the last of a dying breed
• It used to be a burger and coke would heal everything except the mosquito bites
• We’ve got Black Ants that size, but they float
• Similar to Radioactive wastewater only different
• The Invasive chortle of the Month Post
• As loyal as its next handout
• The Olive Loaf, in traditional full dress
• Grams worth hundreds, so why does all that fly fishing science end at the tippet?
• To the Cloud
• … and spread the Powerbait so thick, there’s probably a platoon of watermelon Gumby’s rolling about the deep water
• The sure fire way of making friends fishing
• Didymo spreads to sleepy Connecticut hamlet, women and children abducted
• We who will do battle with water all year and lose, salute you
• It’s well knows that world’s records have a weakness for bacon rind
• The difference between a feral cat and a domestic tabby is only how much to lead them…
• The Graphite rod with the curves of a woman
• Bainbridge Island being so yesterday and all
• Not just restore the fishery, but Big Trout and the Lewis & Clark kind of stupid
• There’s no houses floating past, yet …
• A cane pole is what I’d call it
• Considering I’ve only got twenty good years left, I figured two would be enough
• Don’t act so surprised, you knew they were going to do it
• The Sharp stuff is in the mail
• In all this suffering can it be that an occasional fly fisherman can play fair without it being considered weakness?
• Fly fishing being a lot cheaper than most of us think
• Riffle clearing Chum Cannon
• Ripped lips won’t make a big enough hole
• Do German trout streams really smell like that?
• And the Oscar for Fastest Thinker Caught Red-Handed goes to
• Sure Titanium is expensive, but is it even capable of a patina?
• Free Scissors to club fly tying classes, Inquire Within
• About those moths, Madam
• It’s nearly as much fun as eating sofa as a breakfast food
• Perhaps we should insist on a waiting period to purchase trout
• Remember, it’s Infidel yellow
• Apparel promoting a lifestyle of sustainable beer drinking
• A River of Ciggies and Frappachino runs through it
• Cutips or backhoes, we’ll mine the goodie
• The tail may wag this dog
• To be safe we may want to nuke it from orbit
• Caption needed …
• The Unbearable Lightness of being a Rod Engineer
• The fly tying equivalent of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
• I think Sylvester Nemes died for all of our sins
• One Adams too many, Rhode Island Red sought in fly tying homicide
• I’d rather have an intelligent rod than a smart phone
• I’ve got something to show for the four hours other than heartburn
• Those Brown Trout do love their Mercury
• No legislation needed your Honor, I’ll handle this trifling outbreak
• They should market it as a “waderless wading system”
• A wild trout and a steelhead are the same thing
• Coldstream Outfitters, I buy because Ma says so
• Where we pay a little homage to the cockroach of the Skies
• The Faces of Genius: Reduced Bomber
• I was farmed to be Wild would be more precise
• The Faces of Genius: Chartreuse Unknown
• We got brown bugs, they got brown bugs … which is why old flies persist
• Make millions leveraging the power of the Internet
• Franken-fly … and he’s got little tiny studs in his neck
• Fog, Muddy boots, and the Aggregate Insurgency
• Feel the Trout … Be the Trout
• Didymo may be more of an eyesore than despoiler of watersheds
• They take a Green Caddis really well
• We’ll call it Sarah Palin’s California suburbs
• It was a test of my loyalties
• How to get top price for unwanted fly tackle on eBay
• Your flies didn’t participate in all that holiday food, but they can stand a bit of reducing just the same
• Christianity to blame for housing collapse?
• 2010: More uncertainty punctuated by one of the largest ecological disasters of the petroleum age.
• We’ll just do away with fishing licenses altogether, as it will be easier to spot poachers
• Different medium yet same avaricious compulsion
• No parallel in nature for a 4mm shiny gold bead, and none of the important aquatic food groups are so equipped.
• Getting a fly rod for Christmas is similar, mostly better
• 24 hours until the orgy of ripping paper and squeals
• Croc sighting in California River
• He goes by JDaumer, he says he knows the Rogue real well
• The Bride of Donny Beaver
• Both a warning and a reminder for California anglers
• All those wide stretched arm motions can throw spatter
• Fly fishermen have no business arguing the merits of food
• Sea Lice get a small reprieve
• That cast looks less like a lateral and more like a downstream drift
• Now we’ll see what you’re made of Madoff
• If meat has feelings, can you return it if it begins sobbing
• To make matters worse we distribute their naked pictures on the Internet
• Can fresh water flows alone explain the decline in anglers
• Now you can empty the bucket into the sewer proudly, knowing you’ve stunted less fish
• Mine lips shall not touch the Unclean Thing
• The Royal Foie Gras with Cheese, the official burger of Theodore Gordon
• Why you should stock up on Carp lines this Christmas
• Fish hatcheries impacted by state budget shortfalls, less fish the result
• A vest like that has to be named “Lucille”
• They’ve got to fill all those hotel rooms with somebody
• Dyeing and Bleaching Natural Fly Tying Materials
• Fresh out of X’s, so we’ll let the fly mark the spot
• Fly fishing crime while colorful, may not pay
• Steelarsed Trout, thankfully they won’t run far
• Now that fly fishing is all mainstream and snuggly
• We’ll name it properly once we’ve been introduced
• You may want to apply it the night before, for fear of spilling it on your waders
• A testosterone fueled dance with Death
• A little Orange Visqueen would’ve been an easier sell than cleated rubber being the New Felt
• I think they meant to add “in graphite” …
• Lang’s Fall 2010 Fishing Auction this weekend
• Possession of an ounce or more of farm animal is the intent to distribute
• The textured fly line Redux, we may be done donating fingers
• Fly Fishing – an essay in prose and pictures
• I handed out Olives and Oranges and free root canals, while you hid on the couch
• It’s a fly tying makeover, where we cross fingers and hope we’re not watering down genius to the point of ineffectual
• Proof positive that fly fishing is too expensive
• The annual “I ain’t drinking that shit no more” post
• My Bologna has a first name, unfortunately so does the pen-raised mongoloid I picked for my trophy
• My Bonefish loves Jesus
• Heavy Metal fly tying, we’ll let the EPA stew on a brass ban
• How to torment your fellow fly fisherman and wind up in a foreign prison for a decade
• Where we touch on fly fishing theory aided by the Commutative Law of Base Mathematics
• A desperate attempt to prop up a dying pastime
• Who knew a Mullet had such a flair for showing off
• The Marlboro Man does Catfight
• Anglers rise to it without reservation, the Royal Nutritionist
• First you take a deep fried potato skin then coat the bottom with styrofoam …
• Chicken Scalps, large dollars, fly tying and dry flies merely add a pretty face
• Each fly could be a big fish or a new friend
• Cannabis to save the Pacific Salmon
• It’s the most expensive “Caddis” in the world, and fly tiers are determined to kill it dead
• Thinking outside the Lakes, the charismatic solution to a double invasive
• Where we dabble in Dirt and Mud, and rediscover our youthful passions for same
• Better bring a Frisbee if you want to make friends
• If corporations read newspapers we might see a little synergy
• A real fly fisherman will neither starch nor iron his Barbour Jacket
• Strain them old eyes further with midges and tiny dries
• Whirlwind fly fishing tour of Northern California, because the TroutUnderground left the SOB undefended
• Fly fishing was never designed to be all those things
• Fly fisherman celebrates Matrimony with Viking Funeral
• Most would be thinking Zig Zags
• On a cost basis, your fly tying dubbing is a girlfriend half your age, including the divorce
• Outside of the obvious genetic tomfoolery, exactly where is all that water coming from?
• Can fly fishing regulation restore fisheries with a stroke of the pen
• Fly fishermen are compensating for something, certainly, our rods aren’t fully automatic, belt-fed, or both
• It’s Mrs Frankenfish fish actually, and as we’re part of the problem, we’ll accept the consequences
• Hello 911? I’ve got a heron on life support and am out of baggies
• There may be an Old Folk’s home for Admirals and Mariners, but there’s none for stove up fly fishing codgers
• Tortoise and the Hare: How rubber soled wading shoes pose an ecological nightmare
• Habeas Corpus may apply to our beloved Asian Carp
• It may be us colonists like a good insurrection
• Art Flick or Roy Steenrod would’ve given away the Farm
• Where we interview for the position of fly fishing sidekick
• California Free fishing day tomorrow
• A lot has changed since A River Ran Through It
• The Angling Dream Trip and we leave nothing to chance
• Didymo bloom affects California’s Bear River, there’s algae in them there hills
• 9.5% Unemployment and most are fly tiers
• Fishy Kid, Three Months of Summer contest
• Funky, like skateboarding, Gee.
• Given a decade of use, it works out to the price of my license
• Anglers no longer passive in battle against invasive species
• When waist deep in the brown water, it’s all about the antibodies
• It’s the hardest color in the world but only because it isn’t a color at all
• Just toss some leaves and branches over the top and wait for the V8 Hatch
• A better mousetrap is not without cost
• Are you predisposed for fly tying?
• His ringtone the sound of a thousand foraging nightcrawlers
• The Demise of Animal and the rise of the Big Box Small Shop
• Once it can swim 40 miles an hour will we quibble about whether it is a fish or not
• 33% more Golden Pheasant, Free
• Fly fishing and fly tying have always been costly, but can an employee discount replace a misspent youth
• Sure doesn’t sound like guts and entrails
• Some medicine comes with fins
• Introducing the Salmon Pout: Why fly fishing for Carp is the new Purism
• Rod making legend lays off entire workforce
• A River of Champagne Runs Through It
• We’ve always known our wet flies and nymphs were sexy, it was them dry fly fashionistas that never believed us
• I had similar endless questions, and disregard for wise council, only the fly fishing instruction was less perverse
• Tents and pocket lint worse than wading boots
• All those lectures delivered by stern biologists go unheeded after it earns a nickname
• The fly fishing magazines continue to increase, our lunch hour is made whole again
• The California Delta just another victim of conspicuous consumption
• Wherein we celebrate that which lacks spots, and lacks the aloofness that comes with wearing same
• Eastern Brook trout victimized by sloth and indolence
• The Birds and Bees pale in comparison
• Wherein we propose a modification of the 3rd rule of outdoor storytelling
• The solution to an age old angling problem
• It’s not Swisher and Richards, it’s Darwinism
• Fly fishing responsible for Global Warming
• “More function” versus “Less filling” would convince me to lighten my wallet
• I’ll not be alone in the docket, kindred fly tying spirits requested
• When a great fish hook goes bad
• Beats hanging the Puce and Mauve on a male torso
• Matching the Hatch, the forgotten chapters
• Only on the Internet do we find the real advertising gems
• Just little packets of dander
• A special ring of Hell awaits these fellows
• Informal research crystallizes the Invasive Species Issue
• The End of fly fishing as the World has known it
• Labels and reference color hide a rainbow of sins
• Hopefully you’ve got at least nine fingers left
• Dissolved oxygen responsible for aquatic upheaval
• Billions upon Billions served
• Teetering on the brink always brings out the best in us
• I gotta Trout with your name on it Osama
• The Bug died screaming, make sure you imitate that
• I call it four grabs and a welcome asterisk
• Return victorious or return on thy shield
• The Greatest Invention yet to come may be here now
• It’s the wing they’ll eat – all them other parts are inconsequential
• When silhouette is no longer enough
• Nothing like a inflated backrest to bring happiness to a deflated angler
• Something unique to the watershed
• That was then and this is now
• 5.5 Million trout died for your sins
• Fly fishing responsible for the decline in our collective morals
• … and the best fish all to yourself
• A trout’s eye view, minus the assumptions
• I’m less than sensitive to your antiquated notion of dating
• Stifle the Giggles or you’re in Contempt
• Spread of Invasives coincide with the density of Hedge fund Managers, anglers are in the clear
• I don’t remember my vest being wet
• The new austerity and the dawn of the dollar bag
• We’ve been muzzled intentionally
• A bit more diversity than they’re comfortable with …
• Can your shop withstand so much awesome power wielded by unwilling skeptics?
• Who’ll return to the depths nursing something tender
• Hail the returning warriors and their feats of daring
• Ancient Iron Revisited
• The Top 10 Undiscovered Secrets of Tiger Woods
• We can put Blue Chatterer back on the menu
• Before we knew everything – we knew nothing at all
• Responsibility wins another weekend skirmish
• Storage Issues
• It’s like Jesus hisself goes fishing, only better
• Decontaminating your waders will take more than 409
• He’ll dismiss Poppa as an Anachronism
• Is angling cruel, are the fish in pain, does it really matter?
• They eat, so they must be fed
• Fair, Balanced, and completely ignorant of what the poor fellow is talking about
• Dump the Hodgeman stock and short SIMM’s
• Yet another pseudonym for our favorite invasive
• Why your biggest Shad comes early in the season
• Something old meets something new
• Of Wooden ships and Iron Men
• The Brown just got warmer and darker
• One in the pocket is better than two in the bushes
• Anatomy of a spectral blend
• Wanted: One remote control plane buff that rolls his own. Crashes frequently a plus
• Hedge Fund Managers and Wealthy Lodge Owners
• It can leap tall buildings with a single bound – but landing is hell on the points
• Fishing is hard and then you die
• A 20 inch fish on a 17 shank merits an Asterisk
• We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
• Graduate school is out of the question
• Unsuccessful because they were hard to catch
• Well just refine what Mother Nature started
• Obligatory colorful tail picture omitted
• We’ll accept introverts so long as they share their lunch
• Where we stumble across the Good Old Days, and buy a couple of armloads of the stuff
• The giggles die right about the time the fly gets wet
• A fitting end to a “Wedding Cake” Fin Nor
• He didn’t pay attention to the limit either
• Take our turn in the docket
• All superlatives taken with a grain of salt
• Izaak Walton’s ghostly hand crept out of the soil …
• Why Iowa has never been mentioned in the same breath as trophy trout
• The League of Women Voters would decline to host it
• Following my advice was the real mistake
• Happy … something or other
• Thirty five Chickens or a couple boxes of stale Ho-Ho’s
• Thirty Six miles of Maybe
• What sins are hidden away in your life list?
• A Entirely Synthetic Fish, a book by Anders Halvorsen
• Based on the grin alone, it’s fly fishing
• North, East, and South, but the West side is dead
• It could be the “Switch” rod what done it
• That elusive final frontier
• More cubicle fodder
• A little imagination and a gubernatorial Prius to save the day
• We’ve covered our usual haunts and the larder is empty
• Silverfin causes international incident
• Millions of pebble gathering minions slaving on your behalf
• Nobody wants to fish with the Greatest of All Time
• One day the grocery lady will fix you with that steely gaze
• The Fusion fly: Where we expose our ample hindquarters to scorn and levity
• Both of us were out of shape and ill prepared for company
• Eat The Fly , a balanced and nutritious tour of the important finned food groups
• It would’ve taken the angling world by storm
• The dawn of the Boutique fish
• Your Honor, a poor knot doesn’t imply premeditation
• California Bill proposes Chinook as “official state endangered species”
• Fishing’s so good they were jumping in the boat
• DEET replaced by tiny Rubberband?
• The Director turns to you and asks, “fluorocarbon or regular Mono?”
• Them big hammy feet get shod on the cheap
• He gives Cyprinids the Fat Lip
• Sulky Holoshimmer, holographic tinsel by another name
• Another Gender Bending chemical in your drinking water, or are you merely happy to see me
• That’s all I have to say about that
• In light of this startling evidence, is the machine tied fly a myth?
• Lucy pulls the football away at that last critical moment
• New indictments edge closer to Madoff trading desk
• It gets personal when it boils down to Salmon or Danish
• A nine foot AFTMA Pipe bomb
• She’s back – scourged clean and emerald green
• Humanity returns and with it my oft questioned funny bone
• You can use the extra on your underwear
• California’s Water Pirates
• One last bit of upheaval
• The Peanut Butter Sandwich a capable substitute for OJ
• Through the Nyquil Glass, and Darkly
• The Trout Underground Posts Bloggy Mea Culpa
• We’re moving this evening, new web host
• The cure for what ails me
• Server Crash silences lippy pear shaped author
• Possession, tunnel vision, and cheapskate, all the trappings of greatness
• Crash Dummy Trout a boon to the Angling Photographer
• We put the Junk in Junk Food – a Superbowl photo journal
• Figure he outweighs you by 50 pounds before you get all indignant
• The toxic spill that cleans itself
• They rattle around in the box when startled
• Secret Flies of the Czech and Slovak Fly-Tiers, an encyclopedia of Czech Nymphing patterns
• Dip the important stuff but once and you’re proofed against all invasives
• Dame Berners is safe, but damn little else is
• The Dyna-King cement reservoir, it’s either that or enduring a bikini wax
• Little Green fish with antennae is too trite
• So thick you could walk across their backs
• Like a Royal Coachman only with a yellow body …
• Date Error on CA License display
• There’s always some fellow that wants to paint outside the lines
• That was some of the best flying I’ve seen yet, right up to the point where you got killed
• The Karaoke version of Singing in the Rain
• Where we distill the notion of the Young Angler
• Print being Dead, and here is where they buried her
• and The Pale Morning Dun is the tastiest of all
• 50 Years of Science fiction ruined by a single biologist
• The Sixth Finger Roadmap, a Powerpoint presentation filled with dancing frogs
• Nothing like having a chalkstream in your backyard
• Dressed to Kill: Pro the new Tweed and ethics by mail order
• Part 2: The timid fellows guide to dyeing hair
• If it were a book it would be an outdoors romance
• Now you can do the honorable thing, forget it in your car
• The Trout of the future will prefer imitations to natural insects
• Spey > Ferrari
• Asian Carp spawns massive litigation orgy
• Audubon California lectures while they pass the humidor
• By God it’s Wood Duck …
• Part 1: The Timid Fellow’s Guide to Dyeing
• Clean design, modular components, the product I’d like to see
• It might’ve been called the Day of Best Intentions
• A most flagrant violation of a fly fishing reserved word
• Beware white vans carrying Skinheads
• Cal Bird’s Modified distribution wrap, for Monty Montana
• Time to get “heeled” and do your Governor proud
• Dear Red Fat Guy.
• Hexagenia Mayfly responsible for polluting the Great Lakes, Asian Carp rush to the rescue
• You might be a fishing wienie if
• The “woodsy” self versus the thin veneer of civilization
• In the rare case when “inmate” coffee is an asset
• The Privatization of Fish will be a by product
• You’d better hope they’ve got short memories
• Red with Beef, White with Fish, Ripple with a Twinkie
• 109 Seconds to make you an entomological genius, and the toast of the Office XMAS Party
• From the mouths of Babes comes Thread Wisdom
• Singlebarbed Reviews the Ultimate Stocking Stuffer: The New Scientific Angling, Trout and Ultraviolet Vision
• With the aid of a leafy branch you could remove your footprints
• Bears do it, but wolves do it better
• Big on Yarn but even bigger on frugal
• Just one economic uptick away from your Fish mobile
• A series of indignities that influence us even today
• It’s like mascara, color can enhance and detract
• The skies parted, the gods smiled, and you …
• The next Great Fingernail Removal System
• I’m not sure I have to rattle anything
• The Mayfly that moves mountains
• Steely resolve in the face of the Perfect Feather
• Perhaps we can covet an invasive enroute to exploiting it
• A Fly Tying Thanksgiving
• In time for the holidays, Tough As Nails Barbie
• At least the supply of farmed Turkeys is assured
• Part Last – Singlebarbed teaches the beauty secrets of the Shao-Lin Masters
• Genetic Dry fly hackle meets the Vegi-Matic
• Tree trunks and old cars leave a lasting impression on fish
• Smallmouth Bass DNA could be the savior of Angling
• Upstaged by a Frog?
• Madison Avenue doesn’t do Turkey or Football
• Fish Can’t Read, Issue #2 Return of the eZine
• Part 2 – Singlebarbed teaches the fundamentals of fly beauty
• Rivers of a Lost Coast released to DVD
• The Ekich Rotary Bobbin
• Things that dispense noisily that Bears won’t eat
• Sierra Club weighs in on the California Water legislation
• Singlebarbed adds measure of doubt to legal proceedings
• Part 1 – Singlebarbed teaches the fundamentals of fly beauty, and insists you’re catching fishermen mostly
• Panama Canal sees first Atlantic Salmon run
• My binges at the Yarn aisle are still intact, just less successful
• Meet the Savior of the Brown Water, the Oil Spill Gordon
• Twenty Percent less bathing for Californians
• California State Parks, weekday closures commence
• Like Ed Zern said, “To hell with fishing …”
• We mourn our creek by testing the mettle of what our water grew
• Why we’re never consulted on game design
• Did that Mayfly just wing past hawking Taco Bell?
• How to jumpstart a legend
• Will smart gadgets be as fashionable if they’re honest?
• Abducted by aliens makes a better story
• A Pale Shadow of a Man, the rise of the PIRM and his quest for outdoor supremacy
• That 70’s cloth none of us admit to wearing? That shortened your life too
• Tying the Lead Winged Pump Action
• The Prodigal Son Returned, Partridge of Redditch
• Welcome to the Brood Stock
• Where we make like Imelda Marcos and still spend the night on the couch
• We’ve struggled to explain senses we lack, can motion convey both form and identity?
• How to torture both cloth and your dog, and not wear the result
• She got the blind eye and I got the gut
• Nice to know I can buff out my paw prints
• Science proves fishermen aren’t People
• FlyAddicts.com launches with a flourish
• You can all rest easy because I lack offspring
• Saltwater Angler gets a Lemon
• Book Review – Tying Catskill Style Dry Flies
• We’re grinding up more than we’re making
• Art or Advertisement
• The immaculate inhalation
• FTC requires Bloggers daylight vendor relationships and pay for post practices
• If you can cast better than Brad Pitt, here’s your chance
• Columbia River to go Barbless for Salmon and Steelhead
• What’s up, Dawg?
• Now if they could just do something with discarded water bottles
• Angling for a little Swine Flu
• How to extinct the San Juan Worm without half trying
• Another Singlebarbed Science post, mainly because absolutely no one else has the patience
• Plight of the Living Dead – George Romero’s ode to Brownliners
• The Czech Republic lends some sparkle to the mix
• Denied!
• Will the Wooldom conquer our fear of Winter Steelhead?
• Fishouflage, so your kid can wear it to his Prom
• A Triploid World Record Rainbow is so last week
• How a tee shirt becomes a dry fly
• They don’t reproduce as well because of the time spent in front of the mirror
• Tastes like a McNugget but can’t swim
• “Less is More” holds for both writing and hot weather wading
• Lunch Hour fodder: The debut of the FishCantRead eZine
• Singlebarbed debuts the “Sixth Finger” Scissor – Can fly tying be improved by a fellow with mud between his toes?
• Hoki, the other White Meat
• Mel Krieger Dinner and Tribute
• Laundry day on Sporting Creek
• Some fellow is out there fishing for me
• The Wader Cooler, only raises your voice by a couple octaves
• Susan’s Purse Making Caddis, ten toes on the fender
• Wherein we apply the boots to her watery midsection
• Is the Noose tightening on Abel Automatics Inc?
• Mountain Trout, you drove all morning to fish like crazy and opted for the drive thru
• Elk Hair Caddis still don’t tie themselves, something to consider before you call that Malibu halfway house
• Now I understand why everyone south of Maine drinks Dr Pepper
• How they do that is a mystery
• The Pebble Mine is a drop in the bucket to what’s coming
• I might’ve called 60 minutes back but they were awful rude
• Rare three tailed stone fly discovered in Manhattan sewer
• I just need regular rubber, the creek provides the Sticky
• The Meek Shall Inherit once the Strong get eaten
• Hisself admits frailty, acknowledges the ravages of Time and resolves to be meaner
• I always seem to flirt with the terrorism label
• California water districts consider cage match between Quagga Mussel and Black Carp, winner to get citizenship
• High dollar tackle attracts the unwanted element
• Danville’s Monocord discontinued
• Reykjavik Whale Watching, the Old Spice sailor does slasher flick
• Reader’s Digest feels the sting of a war on two fronts
• Little Miss Cutthroat
• Fresh from a town hall debacle, Obama may have been a bit sensitive
• … and the sordid truth will out
• Where I come face to face with the Spider Demon
• Bandals, the next great stride in outdoor wading gear
• The Rose goes in front, Sweetpea
• Nuke them from orbit, Willy-boy!
• Fraser River sockeye run is missing
• Cosmetic surgery for fish could mean an extra Sage for an unscrupulous fellow
• Science reveals who’s eating all the fish, and we’re not surprised
• Is Stretch Magic the Next Great stride in wader repair?
• The Rubix Cubewich, the ultimate in guide lunch sinister
• Singlebarbed says Where’s the Beef – In the absence of hard science are we being railroaded into a felt sole ban that may be a negligible factor?
• Dam tested Mother Nature approved
• Singlebarbed and Rupert Murdoch, fishing in rarified waters
• Simpler just to rub your face in the gut pile
• Infrastructure bailout pits fish against all comers
• Hemlock Dam deconstruction via Webcam
• Happy Anglers and the Prozac Hatch
• John Henry of the Drift boat, snap up the talent when you can
• Trout: stabbed and smacked by insensitive brutes, whose life they save later?
• Singlebarbed’s Gear Review, the Redington RS4 – Rise 5/6
• It’s certainly not a sign of a new Bull market
• Waders Bamboo Rods and Radiator hoses
• Your Tuna Salad resents your liberal use of mayonnaise
• When seven minutes buys you a couple extra decades
• Green Highlander, There can be only One
• The feverish debut of Sporting Creek
• Can you spare some Kleenex, Bro?
• The Asian Carp apparently missed a few
• Fish Can’t Read – but I’m not so sure
• Cartography be damned
• Can’t say as I didn’t earn it
• How Yugoslavia put the adrenaline back in fly tying
• Ice Cream on tap and the Pizza Chopper hovering overhead
• The saga of the Columbian Bounty Killers
• The rise of the legendary angler and the skills commensurate
• Unlike Bell Bottoms this kind of tacky is a good thing
• Where Elvis and the Buzzbait will reign supreme
• The National Park designation isn’t going to save them
• Raised in an artificial environment what did you expect?
• A little scrimshaw will make that tie-dye less attractive
• Oxidation suggests a little caution is warranted
• A long and fishless summer headed my way
• Brutus earns his keep
• It might teach respect, but only if he’s the bait
• The hoary spectre of precise imitation rattles its chains
• Fish like you’ve got a pair
• My public school system only awarded degrees in Modern Chemistry, now the kids get Angling?
• I’ll return to my senses as soon as I get my head out of the oven
• Death Wish XVI: The Stream Why
• Anyone recognize these hindquarters?
• Risky given its connection to cholesterol
• Just a fast trip to spread a little pestilence
• We could call it American Idyll
• Tacky but uniquely qualified
• Head on a swivel and your mind in the present
• Frankenstone, Fly Porn for Brandon
• An open letter to the Trout Underground-Moldy Chum collective fantasy
• Apparently Metrosexual is a niche market too
• We’ll make tequila later, the flies come first
• Will the Real Wild please raise a pectoral
• I unwrapped that Wonka bar and found the last Golden Ticket
• Contains no Transfat, no calories either
• Plows or Pavement, the fish don’t like either
• The biggest Rapala ever?
• Interest in fishing on the rise, but so is the demand for Tartar Sauce
• It’s mostly a California thing
• Salmon = Redwoods
• They’re not too easy to catch, Obese fish are required to keep us all in proportion
• Wookie or Bear, it’s sage council
• Chesterfield’s, Marlboro’s or Doublemint gum, Sir?
• Stranger than fiction, odd fishing laws still on the books
• Making them fearsome Dark Woods less so
• The name on the map doesn’t match the name its earned
• We’ll settle for bionic knees and a right wrist
• The Good News is that the first most powerful voodoo of fishing is at work
• Proper execution of a double Spey could save a life
• .. and if it doesn’t work I can always make a charm bracelet
• It might be a Space Peanut, you never know what tumbles down a gray water cataract
• If I’d only known pushbutton phones I’d have been helpless
• Old School is "Third World" with me the smudged and homeless waif gazing intently at them vittles
• The heavens parted and the fly tying God smiled
• It was kind of discarded, but it certainly wasn’t blue
• She knew the fish would die – and they hung her for it…
• What color wine do you serve with Nintendo?
• Can white be the new black (eye)?
• The next great freshwater gamefish, and we all get to play
• Hooks don’t rust like once thought, but there’s still a bronze lining
• Birds and Bees do it, but nobody raw-dogs Old Faithful
• Cold water, mountain bikes and minimalism
• Perhaps the Pristine is only a memory as well
• Single Tasteless and Artificial Only
• They’re planted but I wouldn’t call them Peanuts
• The similarities end short of the bailout
• I’ll confess to being tempted to try a swallow
• Landing the Mother’s Day Carp
• A two hour movie is all that separates you from Lefty Kreh
• The Creek ends here
• Brownliner decor makes you recession proof?
• I’ll just use up the last of the trout hooks before moving on to the big and shiny
• Michael’s will teach that tawdry strumpet, JoAnne’s a thing or two
• The Trip of a lifetime is how Much?
• Do we really want to split hairs on who’s greener
• It’s the perfect rainy day project, combat premature dubbing loss with Mohair
• It’ll take a better man than me
• … and we do so in full knowledge that it hurts
• Blame Harry not me – I’m just the messenger
• The Flyfish Journal debuts in August
• Technology enables as much devastation as innovation
• Light, composition, and Pink is the new Manly
• Wherein the author eats massive crow and exposes his mincing, Poseur nature to the jeers of an angry throng
• Diverse, fishless, and a sunburn chaser
• Sometimes the smart money observes from a distance, or is that merely sour grapes
• Is the fast action rod etched indelibly on young minds?
• The Oscar for Fly Tying Theatre will be awarded Saturday
• The fly tying equivalent of the One that Got Away?
• Despite what Pop says, I occasionally show some good sense
• The Norman Rockwell thing is a trifle out of date
• They’ll wish they had it, but they’ve got to trod crap to get it
• Like minded friends are nice, but the reward is better
• A tender release and the Darwinian refusal
• Yawn, is that supposed to be .. like .. extreme?
• It’s like Bruce Lee showing the secrets of the ShaoLin, now someone has to die
• Lang’s Auction, the estate of Martin J. Keane
• I think Scarface holds the answer to why Salmon are gone
• The K-2 of fly tying, a solo ascent on dry fly hackle
• OMFG, it’s less than two weeks away
• We are so far behind the technology curve
• Hatches Magazine is looking for the next Theodore Gordon
• Carp worth more per pound than Beluga Caviar?
• It’s the Ocean what done it, and perhaps it’s time we paved that too
• The Systematic approach to Rejection
• The fly tying equivalent of two buck chuck is a three buck flyer
• It’s a commercial fly tier’s dream
• Them or us and Cabela’s picks Them?
• Is a world record Pikeminnow akin to the most Acne from a single candy bar?
• Part 2 of 2 : Is the fly line industry running out of superlatives?
• Me and Ellis Island is tromping stream gravel
• Part 1 of 2: Is the fly line industry running out of superlatives?
• 105 in the shade might be an appropriate proving ground
• You have to read between the lines sometimes
• The missing link discovered and the Olive branch extended
• If we are most of the known killers, why must they die
• My Brook Trout has a first name
• Braided, dammit – not shaken nor stirred
• Can clarity exist in Brown water
• That’ll be a WMD, weapon of Mosquito Destruction
• Will the new frugality reduce the hatchery bonuses paid to anglers?
• First Squirrels now Cats?
• I’d guess we can’t preach any longer
• A green solution to Carp infestation billed as an infrastructure project?
• Backorder is out of the Question
• It’s the Secret Spot known only to Google Earth
• They apparently don’t mind snorting Mayflies
• We’re talking finance, not Fission
• Philoplumes and the shaft after
• Meanwhile you’re pacing impatiently in the living room
• The start of a disturbing trend and it may be time to arm bears
• Extreme Sports, fishing for animal activists
• All those graphite rods have to wind up somewhere’s
• A Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear
• Why would I look to a social network whose content was created by the antisocial?
• Gnarly and the Chocolate Factory
• Jobs versus jobs may motivate more voters
• Organic drift – Under the protective blanket of darkness there’s plenty of activity
• How to broach the "fly fishing" subject to the significant other without undue suffering
• Blessed Mother of Pasteurization don’t fail me now
• Fly fishing is chemical resistant, even when it may be a boon
• If we’re lucky wading shoes will never be the same
• You can’t beat the fully enclosed propeller
• Despite the cost of hackle, dry fly purism might be on the rise
• Fair and Unbalanced, the ascendancy of Brownline Journalism
• Tore it from his daughter’s fingers no less
• The Golden Mutt, Step by Step
• Adding cream and sugar likely defeats the purpose
• When reality is stranger than fiction
• Government intervention is fashionable, but rarely effective
• Mutt Stonefly detail – no need to fear a little color
• Some set fashion, some follow, others would be wise to wait
• Statistically Sage is a wart on the Shakespeare derriere
• Stoneflies caught doing the nasty chat and you’re a freak for listening
• Are we headed back to the wallet based model
• The Slaw Dog, an hour later and you’re hungry again
• Bogart and Hagar might’ve been on to something
• The Armageddon Scenario, you can’t eat an iPhone
• Leaden skies brings out the surrealist
• Two if by Sea, three if they attack from freshwater
• The fishing will be superb, just knowing the rest of you can’t
• Is there two kinds of cheap
• All Hail the coming of his Flaccid Porcine Awesomeness
• Police identify thief in fancy carp burglary
• A dollar says he stops helping himself to the Precious
• Is the next truly indispensable material a Mutt
• Teach a bird to fish and feed him for a lifetime
• Add "age defying" to a long list of superlatives
• Fishing gets a makeover
• A Yellow Brick Road would be a close second
• Too much information to entrust to a four legged former pal whose loyalties shift with the sound of crinkled cellophane
• Fly Tiers love ancient ritual, which ritual is a harder lesson
• Big slathering mean Dogs with a weakness for Strawberry
• Retail woes continue unabated
• That which will never be spoken in polite company
• Is the garage the only possible venue for wildlife art?
• Nothing makes the fur fly like using the wife’s coffee grinder
• Mix Blue and Brown and it still winds up Muddy
• Hardy and Grey’s reintroduces the glass – carbon composite
• It whispers to me, telling me to do bad things
• Things that make you go, huh?
• The white dinner jacket is optional
• Tweed might itch, so we’ll let you wear Polyester
• Scheherazade is easy. The little black dress is hard.
• It’s his last day of vacation, and a toast is in order
• It’s instinctual to shudder at "feel good" product sites
• Rod company layoffs continue
• Will Taimen be as compelling if we use the other five senses?
• There’s money in them worms
• Names have been changed to protect the guilty
• In your face and worse, in your lifetime
• Add durable to a long list of stellar qualities
• Stupid Pet Owner Tricks
• Part 2: Spey Kung Fu: There’s two kinds of experts, them as can cast – and them as can’t
• Mustad to discontinue the classic standard fly hooks
• Free Willy IV – Willy starves to death and becomes odiferous mass on Southern California beach
• It just doesn’t pay to be beloved of humans
• Glampers and the 201K, reborn as Crampers
• It’s best from a boat, but a big rock would be a close second
• Dangerous When Wet, where you can witness the madness
• I’ll take Taxes for two hundred, Bob
• They can’t be that smart, they eat sticks and leaves
• It only took them two weeks and 17 pages, Geniuses all of them
• Part 1: Spey Kung Fu : Because regular fly fishing just isn’t mysterious enough
• Buy one of these before you sober up
• Then we can enforce a two year ban if they’re caught sober
• Wax on Wax off
• Extra padding might prevent that near fatal case of Tennis elbow
• Better brush up on your casting, accuracy is your friend
• What’s needed is more artists and humor
• "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
• My only concern is when food is dispensed from an aerosol can
• Game Over
• I’d be more sensitive to the environment if I wasn’t constantly attacked by it
• A Brownliner’s Christmas is like yours only there’s less people
• Could Abel reels be a victim of Bernie Madoff
• Ten fingers on the fender
• A taste of the future pristine, so’s you can wax sentimental over its present
• I’d think they could get some good answers studying the folks living under high voltage transmission lines
• War on Six Dollar Items – Head Cement
• Finer than human hair, shiny as baby seal, and colors like the peacock
• Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime
• It’s the invention destined to make Catch and Release agreeable to the most hardened killer
• Perhaps the most important addition to your fly fishing arsenal
• Unpopular at the Pier, No Bailout for old rod companies
• Not yet a fly, not even rational thought. Blame Nyquil.
• Too damn much to read and DayQuil ain’t helping
• If we introduced Trout Lifecycle in auto shop they might understand the connection
• The first decision is whether you’re a collector or a fisherman
• The last rod you’ll ever need
• The only beverage that ice can’t help
• Felix Lighter never laughed at MI6
• Yes, but it’ll be a hearty welcoming mucous filled handshake
• Enough caffeine in that cup to keep me amped for a fortnight
• He doesn’t move too fast after he’s been skewered
• Happy Thanksgiving
• Rivers in Motion: The Yellowstone
• The most dangerous encounter a fly fisherman can expect?
• Roughfisher and the Lost Graveyard of Antron Yarn
• Modern Dentistry lags angling by a couple of decades
• The re-emergent Thomas-Phelps-Xuron, it’s hard to keep a simple design in obscurity
• Mashed flat or swallowed whole, the fate of the legless frog
• I just need an Oral Surgeon with a sense of humor
• Mix Peppermint Schnapps and a case of anything and it’s extreme something
• The first Catch and Release, artificial only, single barbless Brownline fishery – and I’m planting flag
• The roar of the accelerator, the howl of the victim, and a mouthful of blue denim
• Running downhill is easier, the Michael Phelps fish
• Maybe we could see fit to bailout that exclusive branch of the Gallatin and call it a time share
• Honest, Lucy will hold the football this time, Charlie Brown
• Who says Pikeminnow can’t jump
• If I was to name a fish based on a single act or deed
• It’s like learning to tie flies, only cheaper
• My eye and his lip should heal at the same rate
• I’d think before getting amorous with your catch
• It’s raining iPhones
• What in hell am I going to make with that
• Never has so few been shunned by so many over so little
• Just a little ahead of it’s time, but it’s the future of the Fillet O’ Fish sandwich
• The Dry Fly is beloved of Green Energy
• Furry Foam by any other name is a blanket
• Any bigger and I’d add Butter to the head cement
• Gravitational Recycling wins, I beat a hasty retreat
• There are them as do, and them as don’t – them as don’t shouldn’t
• Remember to keep alcohol away from your Pumpkin
• Lang Auction – Estate of Helen Shaw
• 21000 feet is a half dozen depleted uranium splitshot and some lead wire
• I bet A.J. McClane howls at my misfortune, I bet he was an SOB too
• It’s a face only a mother would love
• You may want to rethink putting an antisocial fellow in charge
• An ignoble end to a worthy opponent
• You could at least throw me a towel when you’re done, the War on Six Dollar items heats up, or I do
• I’d certainly make enough to keep me in rods and Whiting hackle
• If your Mom’s throw rug was made of Golden Bird of Paradise would you steal it?
• It’s more expensive than a Gym membership, that’s my guess
• Try Brownlining, your neighbors will like you more
• Stalking the elusive Ultra Chenille, it’s Vernille in the Wild
• The Brownline ABEL
• Internet Outage, Part Deux
• Would Salmon lose their appeal if they were overweight?
• Big Water, Big fish, sore butt
• He was thinking it was Christmas until the other Crawdad bit back
• Matte finish faceted beads, so you can torment all your pals when they produce the store-bought flavor
• Elastomeric sounds horribly sexy, but it’s still a rubber cap
• Even the Holy Water is suffering mightily
• Live Bacon excretions prove fatal to Mayflies
• It’s fast, durable, light sensitive, and fish love them
• You can have one, but you must renounce your ancestral claim to lands and castle
• That little voice we shrug off is always right
• Me and my muddy puddle aren’t a demographic
• The price is certainly worth a second look
• Let’s beard us some prophet, shall we
• My nomination for the Angling Hall of Fame, and he doesn’t even fish
• With an extra dime on the plate we could switch careers
• Kinda Flies, half what you started to make, half what was laying close by
• Everyone likes a fish that jumps, until now
• I’ve just enough time to squeeze in a nap before midnight
• An interesting experiment, but I doubt we could agree on anything
• Decrease your dependence on offshore hooks, it’s all the rage
• The Brownline convention will be held at Love Canal
• Funny how Ma’s pie never seems to make the hour journey
• If it’s a Cadillac, then we’re fishing Blue Ribbon chemicals
• Hell yes, we can build a better one, maybe a couple dozen flavors
• Their water is icy and their gals are chaste
• On rare occasion we adopt Blueliner ritual without modification
• You look quickly for a wide spot and hold the rod behind you
• Fishing was good, but dinner was better
• Me and Joe went fishing – a forced introduction to Organo-Radiant cookery
• Cocoa Channel – Consumer Alert
• Wolves identified as root cause of West Coast Salmon decline
• She gave you that stern look and you put the candy bar back on the shelf
• There’s a conspiracy in here somewhere, I can smell it
• Me and the four Horsemen of the Little Stinking
• I just want to foul hook him in the mouth
• Brownline patriotism at its finest
• It’s definitely the water
• Confessions of a born-again Worm Drowner
• I suppose it wouldn’t be so funny if a couple fission clouds were the result
• You start with deductive reasoning, when that fails – you’re getting close to a solution
• Who wants to be a millionaire?
• A fat kid’s blog, masquerading as a fly fishing site
• Great menu, Cookie – but is that char or dirt on my Dog
• Don’t be fooled, I dip my hooks in this stuff
• Asps… very dangerous. You go first
• It’s a quiet evolution, how competitive fly fishing is reshaping your quiver
• I was waiting for the two piece with fighting butt
• Just a reminder of my email address change
• Guys don’t whine if there’s a gal in the boat
• Vindication, Now us Rubenesque types can wag finger
• Only Angelina Jolie adopts more orphans than we do
• Catch me next, the Roughfisher’s creation brings the fish to heel
• It’s Old School economics, and it’s never wrong
• That’s why statistics always raises eyebrows
• It’s the smile that’s the difference
• Mayhap I was a bit hasty on the whole Guiding issue
• What should drench rice and corn is milk and bananas
• You know the best fishing starts here
• It’s in there, both feet and some cheap cigar butts
• I’m in the water mutating your villagers
• Nebraska’s 20 year plan for Hunter and Angler recruitment
• Eoin Fairgrieve and Speycast.co.uk debut
• One of those Internet nuggets I overuse with relish
• … and a plague shall be upon thee
• Now he’s done it
• Waders, Rod, Reels, flies, check .. foundation?
• Inflation fighting award to follow
• A Hexagenia by any other name is still low in Trans Fat
• I’m getting fitted for my white hat
• Every so often a really good idea isn’t
• I’d use downriggers but the Pink Lady objects
• It might have been an irate Conga soloist with a Ranger in tow, best play it cagey
• We survived, but the Mormon Tabernacle buys it
• Gone Fishing
• Wherein we defile the Crown Jewel of the National Park System
• We forgot the Conestoga when we started drinking Calistoga
• They torture us, we torture them back
• Knapek, Scientific Fly, and Dohiku – Competition manifests itself in your fly box
• If you’re not getting enough leafy greens and fiber, I may have a solution
• Would Goldfish flakes be considered a dry fly
• Transformed fishing forever … That would have to be the Pop Top Beer Can, what were they thinking?
• The Yurok, one pound of hamburger with an imbedded treble
• To hell with tradition, them Carp have refined tastes
• There’s a fine line between desperation and inspiration
• Couch Potato float tube
• If they were out of season, I’d call it "bacon" too
• Dohiku Barbless Hooks – Black Nickel
• That about covers the fly-by’s ..
• My Garage Door attracts the Slow Learners
• Compared to the air quality, the water is clean
• Ignore the Bouquet, it’s all part of the natural order of things
• Ordering a Pizza might be a better way to get fed
• Coiled Stren Indicators
• I may have to side with the Fundamentalist’s just once
• Homebuilders in Hot Water
• The big sweaty guy that used it last is our only hope
• 200 words on the appearance of a spoon
• When Peanut Butter Cookies are a bad thing
• Finally, the cane rod we all can afford
• The River Why Not?
• Old School might be best left to History
• Modern Flies of Italy
• We got steaks and rods, who brought the frontal lobe
• Cell Phone Priest
• Mayflies responsible for Canary population explosion
• Jonah meets the Whale
• Work first, play later, Mr. Wharton
• Stren, wrapped around a pencil and aged would be my guess
• It’s not a Kiss and Tell, more like a Curse and Tell
• The Lost Graveyard of Carp remains inviolate
• Nope, you’d be working three jobs and resent everyone else with a smaller mortgage
• Her sunburn matched the flame coming out of her nose, I knew it was destiny
• The Spinners in Spain fall mainly on the Plain
• Just pack it full of Hare’s Ears, Let Greed sort ‘em out
• The Elements of Succession, the value of Old Guys
• Review – Fool’s Paradise, by John Gierach
• Trendy ain’t what it’s cracked up to be
• The Sou’Wester meets the Burnoose
• This small booklet explains it all, just three easy payments of …
• Civil Service, the only career that doesn’t have a "for dummies" guide
• An Alder sapling and some Bacon Rind
• It’s high enough not to get wet, it’s an elegant solution to an age old problem
• Miss Manners would cross herself and back away slowly
• I counter Pop’s Sage advise with some of my own
• The Meat Bucket meets the Peppermint Kestrel
• AARP will send your letter soon, enough with the giggles
• $182 court costs and much less painful than a tattoo
• Would that make me the "Black Sheep" of Dry Fly Fishing
• A Rose by any other name smells like controversy
• Just me and the Geese Whisperer
• Dad could earn massive points, but remember the dead pan delivery
• I’m betting the Pompadour wouldn’t move if he took a header
• Part 2 – Virtual Big Box, Orvis resellers and the debut of the cosmetic second
• It’s either why I can’t catch anything – or they can’t dribble
• Get enough virtual bricks and mortar, and you’ve created both a Big Box retail outlet, and the World’s Largest Fly Shop
• Minnesota Hardcore Angling – not the Garrison Keillor stuff, neither
• 11 Tons should be around 100,000 fish
• A "false positive" may shorten the outing considerable
• We could fix a hole or two in the budget, easy
• Pistols or Swords, Sweetpea?
• Columbia Summer Steelhead closed indefinitely
• Alosa Sapidissima, where art thou?
• The Urban Safari next door
• He sure looks like the guy that crowded me last weekend
• Yes it borders on sacrilege, but is it Xtreme?
• If fishing had an easy button I’d tape it down
• I’m kinda partial to Miss Pikeminnow myself
• I fought the water and the water won
• An unexpurgated interview with the Trout Underground, both of them
• There’s safety in numbers
• We’re assuming standard "cover two" formation
• I’ll be doubly watchful for splinter cells equipped with Sage or Hardy
• Scissors, from the World’s Biggest Fly Shop
• Momma ain’t here to protect you
• Science to put the "gamey" in Fish and Game’s mail
• Fly Tying theater, who needs Taimen when you’ve got ample bullshit
• Fishing History – a fanciful name for obsessive collecting
• He’s either blogging or he’s playing with something he shouldn’t
• Moules de Quagga, comes with a large diet Coke
• A little Red Dye #3 and we’re there
• They’re worse than teenagers and have twice the stamina
• We didn’t make the top 10, but we’re still Number one
• Oh hell, why not get inventive
• One brief spark of hope – ruthlessly extinguished
• I was weak and went with the Variant instead
• Norway contemplates ending salmon season
• Own a piece of Angling History, along with 302 other guys
• Only on the late night self help circuit
• Old Mister Redeye, won’t you sing me a tune
• A couple days of warm weather and it’s Bug Central
• Just one more thing to dance around enroute to the crick
• What did you think he was looking at?
• Trout Bling
• I’d be voted off the island within two weeks
• Naw, I never seen the furry bastard before…
• The Return of the Silver Surfer
• Pacific Salmon verdict due Thursday
• I’d trade Manhattan for some glass beads too
• Like all marginal ideas it was ahead of its time
• The Early Spring "Get out of Jail Free" Card
• Normally a Salmon contamination would be an angling "call to arms"
• Jerry Garcia does Monofilament?
• Let’s hear it for the "unsung" hero, as he needs some "love" as well
• Maybe the kids homework can wait
• The "Shrek Trout" a merit badge for the adventurous
• There’s fish, bait, and hundred dollar bills
• Explain "Catch and Release" to the Judge
• Seems innocent enough until you try to breathe
• I just wanted to share the suffering equitably
• Are you really that good or was your guide wearing a whistle?
• It’s a good clean sport, must be all that 409 were using
• That lean whippet was last year, Butterball
• That’s OK, we slept since then
• 3:10 to Yolo
• At least he tried, that’s more than I can say for the Tooth Fairy
• I own a piece of history – albeit a dirty little piece
• Long on waders and short on boats
• How heroic would the pose be if he knew it was dinner?
• Strange place, stranger flies, and the honor of your country at stake
• I would have loved to see a "Grip and Grin" of that Purple sucker
• There’s no solution other than someone will have to suffer
• I see it as more of a “truth in advertising” issue
• After 150 miles and 40 outings, I’m still well heeled
• Use the frontal lobe, Luke
• Trout and vision in the Ultraviolet, Overmywaders.com
• At 65 it was your Doctor that said "Let it Be"
• Perhaps the right mix of fashion and utility?
• If the Medicine chest is that available, I’ll go with the midwife or shaman – I seen what Princeton can do
• You may want to airbrush out the fish hook if you’re determined to prove your point
• I think I’ll save my "boutique" experience for a venue with less strife
• I can’t remember if Simm’s makes Kevlar fishing vests
• Which C-Lister do we want as our spokesman?
• Daytripper started it, but it’s up to you to finish it
• Just when we thought it was safe, he starts tying again
• Will the real Powell please stand up
• They dubbed the fish "Saddam’s Bass"
• You can always rely on your own genetic material to back your play
• As half your paycheck is involved, you may want to kick the hooks and check the floatant level
• Feng Shui – my fly tying bench could use a dab of that
• Some pictures speak for themselves
• Never met the fellow but he’s got to be a Brownliner
• Gulp, I sure hope nobody runs the statistics on me
• Orvis took a page from Bill Belichick and filmed the Winston practice
• It’s akin to Fantasy Island, only no little guys or umbrella drinks
• From Chaos comes a hint of organization
• Who Cares what the fish think
• Yes, it’ll cost like the Devil – but you’ll want it anyway
• Fishing a growth industry? Maybe for the legal profession
• Just when you thought it was safe to stick your toe in the water
• I just had to trod on some kids fingers to get my rod, but he’ll live
• If you don’t wet a line it’s worse, my coworker will suffer horribly
• We did poorly at Physics and Chemistry and they know it
• My fillings have been replaced so the ride in should be cake
• But wait, there’s more …
• The Mayfly Boxers are worth the trip
• Will the real McCoy simply show hisself
• I’m thinking ROCK is far from dead
• Most of the heavy metals went south with the runoff and only the truly caustic stuff is left
• For them with questionable social skills
• Meet the Brownliner Microwave
• Add Laurel and Hardy and a good doping scandal
• I’ve thought of fly fishing as many things, addiction was right up there, rehab wasn’t
• At least I started off feeling patriotic, now I’ll just scratch my head and wonder
• You Call it healthy, I call it "human dandruff"
• You ain’t as clever as you make out, now you’re looking at someone your own size
• I did a triple header in my own backyard, a Brown, a Golden, and a Calico
• The Complete Vindication of the Trout Underground and my public semi-heartfelt apology, well almost
• If you manage to get more on the material than you do on the floor, you’re successful
• I never heard so much as a whisper, and now it’s much too late
• As if the deck wasn’t stacked against fish already
• She’s from Texas, she’s mean as hell, and catches bigger fish than you
• Once upon a time on an irrigated desert far, far, away…
• While we contemplate the flavor of farmed salmon, we’ll digress briefly
• Missing "Whale Food" means your grill remains cold
• If it looks like it bites it’s a mashed something-or-other
• Realism all 168 frames of it, compliments of Jan Muisers
• I was planning on finishing my taxes, but the "artist" got the better of me
• Tracking the wily Queen of Waters – or is she merely a Pig with Fins?
• Is it "Sins of a past life" or electronic Karma?
• You can’t have sweaty hands and you need to know which end of the airbrush to point at them
• You can’t sell your house, but if you could, here’s 20 locations for a buyer’s market
• A conversation on a Bird Watcher’s forum
• I had a hell of time getting hooks last year, I may have solved that problem nicely, compliments of Togen
• Weather and temperature conspire, but at least I remembered the rain parka
• If you’re looking for cheaper "Ice Dub" then you’re at the right place
• Think of that next time you toss the Sumbitch up onto the bank
• A long line release would be prudent but you’d miss the Big Payday
• Upbeat? Someone feel that kid’s forehead..
• Global warming tailored for the fishing audience
• Who knew Entomology would take us to the Dark Side of the Farce
• "Its almost pushing the limit of how much light can be absorbed into one material"
• "Physics" Trip sounds so much better than Fishless Trip
• It’s time to think about the technology before Popeil does the thinking for us
• We were all right, but they can detect water better at dusk
• The fly eating eddy is gone, replaced by a pair of spent lounge chairs
• If you want me to pat you on the Arse, then the suffering had better be commensurate
• It won’t help you catch fish, but it should put a wrench in your Buddy’s fishing
• It sure looks like the Hatch will be on time to me
• While Ernest Schweibert killed color and expressionism, it wasn’t personal
• Fish populations show continued decline in the Sacramento Delta
• Even if she ties flies I’m not introducing her to Momma
• Tools of the Trade – The Work Surface, Part Final
• The Before and After – The Rise of the Big Muddy
• Thanks, we needed that..
• Am I supposed to swipe it on a rock each time I thump a fish, or is that next
• Sometimes it’s more than a new license required, spend a moment to check
• A Sailor would blanch at the string of epithets I launched
• It’s OK you didn’t miss a thing
• Hell, we tried lawyers a dozen times, maybe a fisherman would bring some marketable skills
• I’m talking America’s Fly, not the unzipped kind
• Dogs living with Cats, and trout are pests
• Sorry, I’ll take my chances with the trees
• Adopting a creek may mean adopting the neighborhood
• Nothing like a religious holiday to make a fellow ponder imponderables
• What they thought you needed, how matching the hatch is so last week
• The fishing don’t last but cooking do
• No thanks, I’ll have dinner after I come back from fission
• Mancave adornment, it if doesn’t warm enough, burn your rod
• Dare to be different, Singlebarbed rings in the holidays with the bait card
• No,I haven’t seen Grandma, I thought she was with you
• Most of that 42 Billion was snagged on tree branches
• Like you, I’m into quick hitters this week
• We’re doing our part, even if "we" is smaller
• "It’s the line of death Infidel, beyond which your backcast will not cross.."
• "Old Nondescript" has a weakness that begs exploitation
• It’s a food chain issue, I’m at the top so I’m a bully
• I think I’ll sidestep the issue and add Pickles
• Even a Brownliner would scream like a little girl
• The Daytripper is tieing for ’08 and I haven’t even tasted Eggnog yet
• Don’t mind us, we’re just tormenting the Trout Underground
• Lake Davis gets some new residents
• The new measure of success: you still have all 10 fingers
• Fantasy Sports have finally reached their pinnacle
• Fishing and Success is a pair I’ve never drawn, I figured they were both Jokers
• Tools of the Trade – Extended Storage
• I bet Cochise could hang ten, maybe twenty
• I’ll stop tying flies if I could get a federal subsidy
• Welcome Daytripper, more hardcore angling for your amusement
• How big would "too big" have to be
• Methinks immigration is a bigger issue than Republicans are willing to let on
• The SingleBarbed IPO, not worthy of Morgan Stanley, more Captain Morgan material
• When Orange Juice is worth a Hoffman Cape
• How to Piss off an Angler – A holiday gift giving guide
• "Nondescript?" – Hell, that won’t score points at the clubhouse
• A Mackerel by any other name smells as sour
• Don’t Bogart the Weed’Ez, don’t leave it adrift either
• I can’t seem to shake the lyrics from "Georgia on my mind" – wonder why?
• Guilt coupled with John Wayne makes for a fearsome sandwich
• The Big Payoff, it’s not fame nor money, but it’s also not "shorts and tee shirts" neither
• Will Gas prices limit your days afield?
• Always stay on the good side of the cook, especially when he ain’t served the pie yet
• Everyone in Hell is special, but some are more special than others
• That’s OK, them Eastern fellows have always been slow on the "taxation without representation" angle
• The Dawn of Angling Psychology, how a guarded response may be appropriate
• Remember Girls, the Sale starts tomorrow
• You don’t look like me, and that’s a good thing
• Don’t scream at me for help, just toss me your rod
• Tools of the Trade – Part 1
• A female President may be the start of a long term trend
• A little Science is a good thing, as long as you ain’t downwind
• FEMA takes a dim view of initiative, which doesn’t surprise me at all
• What you’re telling me is if I thump the beast I’m guaranteed to be sane
• Right around 60 and counting…
• Yes, but I thought that "big" portions were bad for you
• All I wanted was some thread, now I have my nose pressed to the glass like a kid
• I get 5% more distance, and 35% less fingertip – not a fair trade
• Singlebarbed as Charismatic, our Grape Koolaid is made from Creek water
• Better read this before it’s recalled
• Florida backpedals from water pact
• I’m eligible but I’ll take the path less traveled
• Less Mercury in the Delta, unfortunately everything I fish for gargles the stuff
• "I didn’t know" may not be as good a defense as it once was…
• How to tell if you’re Mom’s Favorite
• A bit of adventuring, with an equal dose of sore muscles
• We ain’t settlers, and this ain’t Dodge City
• Draft Plan for Northern California MLPA’s released by the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans
• Precious fingers at risk, I’m going to keep mine awhile longer
• Trending towards an upbeat article, it may be a decade or so
• Banning Me I can understand, but the rest of you are clean, polite, and well manicured
• There are plenty of symptoms, but the real problem lies here
• Balance restored to the Universe, Pebble finished fly line available
• One if by land, two if by sea, three if by truck
• Evacuation with style, no need to fight congested freeways, just drive into the lake
• I had no idea I was offending your delicate sensibilities, while you’re at it, rate the Ketchup stain on my vest
• Thermo-political Fission, the "Adios Muchachos" kind
• Just enough time for a tidbit
• …and I thought I was hardcore
• I guess that means Tequila will be making a comeback, do you mow Cactus?
• Little Stinking stunned, even the mayfly spinners are fake
• Alien Civilization discovered, Little Stinking home to Homo Illiterati
• Georgia Peaches threatened by Florida Sturgeon
• Fly Fingers of Poor Idea
• We’re not overly fond of red tape, so we’ll take it
• Singlebarbed unmasked, he ain’t a GearHead
• First Blue, then Brown, now Whitelining
• To Hell with Fishing, Gadgets are much more fun
• What are 14 Named Pools and 415 salmon worth?
• Seduction of the Innocent, Singlebarbed lures Angler across the Brownline
• Nature Conservancy purchases portion of Deer Creek headwaters
• What color wraps do you want on your transparent rod
• Bullying the Brownline, how to salvage a battered ego by making others suffer
• Not Jailbait, real Bait – and suddenly the Dry Fly Purists know humility
• The "Tiger Woods" of angling?
• I wouldn’t mind so much if they only doubled their money, but they prefer the consumer pay much more
• I want all my flies tied by the Cottonelle folks
• Too old to stand in cold water? glimpse the future
• The Fishing was Good, although the Catching was Slow
• Gourmet Streamside Cuisine: If Boiled Taters and Steak gets you emotional, then you live near the fish
• Can we rethink our distaste for offroad vehicles?
• Billy Bass Eats Chrome
• If you stare at the picture long enough, a waterfall will appear
• Would you swear at a blacklash in Space?
• Clarity is always fleeting, Oops, we missed it
• Tinker Tying – How to screw up something that works fine
• A Briquette nestled among the Pines
• Trout Underground refuses cutting edge Cuisine, We demand Satisfaction
• Sushi threatens Mediterranean Tuna
• Weird Science, I’m a Pectoral Fin Man myself
• Little Stinking succumbs to Intense overfishing
• Fish remain undisturbed, Week 2 of Underwater Smog
• The Blackwater of Brownlining
• No, it was a WILD Triploid
• Heat Fusible, SingleBarbed braves the fiery inferno of feminine scorn for Science
• Fly Tying begats legal spousal abuse
• Salvation Army beats a hasty retreat, Giorgio Armani saves our Beloved sport
• Best I can do in a moment’s notice, (Shamelessly sucking up to the Boss)
• Restocking the fly box, I ignore good taste and play havoc with traditional patterns
• Rain is good, Effluent levels peak, and I watch football instead
• Loch Ness Monster caught in gruesome battle with Girl Scouts
• A small step for California, and a large pissed off fishing lobby, but it’s something
• Fish are safe, but I am hell on dog catching
• I say, "Run What You Brung" and let Darwin sort them out
• We’re re-tying everything, Angelina Fibers has our creativity working overtime
• Victory was short lived and I am forced to help a Carp cross the street
• Yo bg gddmn Fsh nxt 2 U
• Maybe I was a tad hasty leaving the Cell Phone in the car
• Eco-Terrorists have me Surrounded, If I hook Grandma in the Arse, I’m a Dead Man
• Imitation & Impressionism, now let’s introduce Physics
• Flavored Head Cement Joins Other Really Good Ideas ahead of their time
• The War on Six Dollar Items continues: Dry Fly Desiccants
• If a Salmon could birth a Trout, wouldn’t it be a deviant of some kind?
• Dump the Head Cement, I’m using Doughnut Glaze and Sprinkles
• I Write 100 and then you Write one, that’s fair isn’t it?
• An Old Favorite
• Sordid Confessions of a Tertiary Stage Fly Tier
• My guess is they don’t net many dolphins by accident
• They’ve got electronics, we’ve got electronics, they’ve got babes and beer, we’ve got Jack
• Lighter, footsore and satiated, back to Red Staplers and Cubicle Horror
• Video games come of age, or is this the opportunity for a second childhood?
• Entomology 101 – Advanced Kinetics
• Market Report: Telling the Boss to Shove It is still a bad Idea
• Let’s Get Some Really Useful stuff for a Change
• Substitute Freely, and Get Used to It
• Singlebarbed Guest Author Series, Hunter S. Thompson on Brownlining – and everything else
• Best Dressed Man Wading through Selenium..
• We considered offering a matchmaking service, but all we found is where they aren’t
• Half of Maine to make Washington DC Carbon Neutral
• A River of Statistics Runs Through It
• The Problem with the Few, is how They Keep Getting Fewer
• Related to Someone famous may be enough
• Metamaterials, We cannot be Trusted – Neither Can You
• Many Years of Tears, Head Cement and Grindage Coming
• Real Angling Visionaries, a title not used lightly in this gathering
• Brownlining the Dirty Water for Pikeminnow Love
• I’m stalking Carp, and Heat stroke is stalking me
• Singlebarbed dabbles in Real Science to Prove Men are Gross!
• Insect Porn, Entomology is like food additives, stuff you need to know, and can’t pronounce
• Hold the Press, guaranteed legal No Fault Divorce, no Hidden Strings
• Are you stuck in a Beauty Rut? We know we are…
• Only Lard comes with a worse warning label
• Eat Your Heart Out, Singlebarbed Survives Mass Killing Spree on the Little Stinking
• Singlebarbed Maritime Products, We Pretend to be Aloof, but hock the Volvo Anyway
• Bird’s Nest History, and How One Man’s Soup is Another Man’s Fly
• Mystery Fish, It Runs, It Jumps, It Eats Salmon
• They’re Hungry and I’m all Wet
• Singlebarbed does dogfood
• Pebble finish fly lines
• I’m reaching for a Danish
• Pink can be masculine as hell
• Close but still not fair
• Let’s get this straight
• Welcome to Singlebarbed
• It’s what I got
• Gimme Some
• More Bulk for the Accumulator
• Wall Street false cast
• Old dogs Old tricks
• The Bikini > fishing
• Single and Barbed ?
• The angler as Samaritan
• 4 Million for 3 days
• Let’s settle this shall we
• They look tasty enough
• Casting is like Kung-fu
• This is Petey
• What’s a meta for
• Think like the fatted calf
• Like a new penny only better
• Which Zone to draw for
• Lose weight go fishing
• No finger lick
• Revenge of Bottled Water
• Sacred stuff
• Defense Contractor Angling
• Catch and Strain
• How much are you wearing
• The Politically Right Stuff
• Numbers are your friend
• Don’t use your cooking pots
• Skill is overrated
• A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
• They win
• The Phallic Trout
• And two steps back
• And the Fishing God smiled
• Test the McMuffin
• Anglers and the Body Politic
• The $5.95 dilemma
• Don’t drink the water
• Chemically Sharpened
• We the foreign species
• Lightning bolt Inbound
• That is a bargain
• The Apron cometh
• GuideSpeak revealed
• You fish, Right
• Greening of America
• Viagra for Vision
• Back to you, Bob
• Reproduction is overrated
• This ain’t high fashion
• The dreaded Father-Son outing
• Angling Reality Show
• Commercial Tyer wannabe
• Angry Fish God
• Rod Physics Redux
• In Defense of Jesus
• Fancy having a go at Match Fishing?
• The Perfect gift for the Angler
• Health Plan for Anglers
• The Great Cunard Conspiracy
• Pry my Metz necks from my cold, dead, fingers
• Sage “Z Plane” warps Space-Time Continuum
• The Lessons of Fips-Mouche