Tuesday’s Underground Entertainment

Big Brook Trout.

OK, a Big Brookie will always lead the post here at the Underground, and this was clearly one of the biggest around. Still, read the article at the Dallas News and tell me if one angler’s description of catching 100 fish in a day - or catching big, big trout on a 4 weight - don’t smell just a little.

How many fish do you really need in a day? And using a 4-weight rod on 8-pound trout feels sooo… faux manly…

Comments invited. But now, happier news:

Even strangers think the L&T Nancy is the L&T Nancy…

In yet another post about the Outdoor Bloggers Ho Down, an impartial third party proves that the L&T Nancy isn’t a figment of my imagination (as in “how could that yutz really end up married to an L&T?”). Brownies. Hiking. Smarts. Need I say more?

From Nigeria, Goat Magic.

You’ve gotta read this chilling story of a man who turned into a goat, got pummelled by his brother with an axe, and then turned back into a man before dieing. (The Underground is not making this stuff up).

Either someonebody was under the influence of acid, or the axe-wielding brother has one of the weakest criminal minds (at least in terms of alibi) ever seen.

Speaking of Cosmic Weirdness.

After far too long a wait, we’re happy to report another post from the Wayward Fly Fisher, a man whose perspective is always interesting, though never, ever straightforward. This missive? About fly fishing trips to… other planets.

Most Telling Quote:

And if the bot-fly fails, the botfisher would probably put on what any reasonable botfisher would–a woolly bugger. It’s not going away any century soon. They’ll work in every current on every planet in every galaxy born since the Big Bang started pumping out galaxies.

That’s it for now. Gotta start my day of Quiet Desperation.

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