Friday’s Underground Entertainment

It’s hot up here but cooling; apparently my threat to go naked has spurred some changes in the Divine Weather Department. This weekend should be positively nice, and I’m going to sample some of the local fishing opportunities. Words and pictures – of course – as it happens.

And now for the Entertainment. You’re not going to believe some of today’s links….

In the “entirely believable” category, our continuing discussion about the future of fly fishing magazines resurfaced on the Ass Hooked Whitey blog, where he makes some telling points – and recounts (in his own, saucy words) – his worst experience with a fly fishing editor. Most excellent.

Then MidCurrent weighs in with a link to an Oregon story about backpacking fingerlings into a mountain lake. Good stuff.

At least now we know why Ian Rutter bought a new “fish-safely-away-from-the-land drift boat” – Flyfishmagazine tells us there are packs of wild (feral) dogs roaming parts of rural Tennessee. Also from Flyfishmagazine, a story about those ridiculous “tagged” fish competitions, where people can win lots of cash for catching the right fish. Why exactly are we incentivizing fishing again?

Also, from our newfound Ranger Gord blog comes a post about writing citations to those who just can’t quite seem to get it. Amusing read.

Our friend at Fly Fishing in Yellowstone park reveals that those interested in fishing Yellowstone this Fall will be disappointed if they’re looking for a hotel room and don’t book now (they’re all filling up). He even provides a few pointers, something I’ve never bothered to do for my readers. Clearly, he’s a better man than I…

Also a few non-fly fishing links. First, this hilarious, food-related story from TeeRex about Sausage Racing. Yeah, me too. And finally, proof that pornography is bad for you – a “Girls’ Gone Wild” Tour bus ran over a cyclist in Iowa. See you on the (cooler) river, Tom Chandler