Monday Morning Roundup

You can tell I’ve been busy the weekend before when the Underground’s Monday Morning roundup is a thinly populated post with little in the way of cutting edge news.

The ugly truth is it’s going to be worth every cent you’re paying for it…

Falling Down

Looks like the fall fishing around Yellowstone is going big guns, at least if that shifty lot over at Fly In Yellowstone National Park are to be believed.

There are bugs, big fish, and bigger fish everywhere, and it makes me wonder why I’m sitting here typing this instead of gassing up the truck.

(Because I can’t, that’s why)

And speaking of guns, those same smut peddlers placed a link to Florida Fishing Guide who probably fishes very, very well, but clearly doesn’t have to.

New, Smut-Free Zone.

Of course, the Trout Underground isn’t simply all about smut. No, we’re also all about pain and suffering of the kind detailed in this Science Daily Report brought to us courtesy of FlyFishMagazine.

They think fly fishers hurt because they fish, but that’s laughable. I say fly fishers hurt because they don’t fish enough…

The Ho-Down.

The very first International Outdoor Bloggers Ho Down is history, and I can say with some relief that just because we’re electronic journalists, it doesn’t mean we’re limited to electronic alcohol.

While the Underground was the first to publish images of this groundbreaking event (the fan frenzy surpassed even that of the quest for pictures of the Bradd Pitt/Angelina Jolie baby), more images of the participants be found at the excellent Two-Heel Drive blog, including a couple of yours truly and yes - even the Wonderdog.

Shared Concerns.

While the other outdoor bloggers were mostly of the hiking/backpacking variety, it was interesting to hear them voice some of the concerns voiced by fly fishers.

Both hiking and fly fishing seem to be in a decline, and with a generation of kids more attuned to flatscreen monitors and texting than lakes and trees, both groups seem to be wondering about the future of their outdoor pursuits - even as we look forward to thinner crowds.

More on this last thought soon. In the meantime, I’ve got work to do, and I’m hoping to find the river this evening - if even just for a few minutes. It’s interesting that I can fish (and hike, and backpack) for weeks, and end up having fished the Upper Sac only once or twice.

See you on the river, Tom Chandler

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