I got an e-mail alert from CalTrout, and while I’d rather do anything instead of getting all pissed off while sitting at my desk, I couldn’t avoid it in this case.
The key quote:
Despite what experts consider an ironclad case for the removal of the dams, FERC issued a draft environmental impact statement that recommends only […]

Moldy Chum apparently never sleeps. That’s the only explanation I can find for his blog’s never ending stream of odd and unusual finds.
This time, Moldy struck the motherlode of fly fishing industry “journalism” and since I’m feeling a little hostile from my own lack of sleep, it’s time for a Trout Underground rant.
The omniscient Moldy […]

I missed this announcement the first time, but the Interior Department’s attempt to hand over the federal government’s Gunnison River water rights to Colorado cities and businesses was stymied by a lawsuit.
After winning the court battle, conservationists stocked 85,000 rainbow fingerlings in the river to reverse the effects of six years of whirling disease.
The good […]

The eagle-eyed among you will notice I added an Orvis affiliate button to the Underground’s sidebar.
The idea is simple: if you’re going to buy something from them anyway, then click through to their site from here, and I’ll get a small fraction to help support the Underground.
And hell, if you want to buy something and […]

It’s hardly unusual for someone to get up every morning and check the weather, much less an avid fly fisher waiting (largely in vain) for a cloudy, drizzly day.
I once wrote that I got all the daily news I needed from the weather report, and while it’s nowhere near true, it does indicate a set […]

The new - but blogalicious - Backcountry blog has posted an article about a sign I’ve seen several times - one stationed right outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend.
I’ve lived on the Upper Sacramento River long enough that I don’t actually *see* most of the signs anymore, though my prime fishing places […]

Don’t know how long this will last, but if you can answer a couple easy questions, you can receive a FREE PUR Nalgene water bottle.
Click here for your free Nalgene bottle.
Here at the Underground, we’re deeply concerned about your level of hydration.
Soon, we’ll be bugging you about flossing and making sure you’re wearing clean underwear […]

After yesterday’s wildly underachieving fishing trip, I drank to excess, and woke up this morning to several inches of snow on the ground.
Wally the Wonderdog was - of course - very pleased.
He loves snow. He plays in snow. His tongue hangs out his mouth onto the snow. He can’t get enough snow.
I think he’d feel […]

Went fishing Sunday. Four of us (Dave E, Chris R, Mike L).
Late start.
Many fly fishers at first spot. Drove more. Few fish at second spot.
BWO Hatch ending (we were late).
I hooked three. Lost all. Group skunked.
Fishing sucked. Pictures sucked. Commenced drinking.
Technorati Tags: fly fishing, upper sacramento River, upper sac, BWO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaqizwk4nFc

Those fish rising just out of range? Now you can simply walk to them.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3816586898193159775

I doubt this would be much fun on moving water, and it’s seriously lacking in the “I look cool so the babes will flock to me” department. Then again, I don’t know what I could do to look that cool. I’m no […]

Fly fishing’s an odd sport, one riddled with contradiction and burdened with a lot of expectation.
Plus it’s practiced by human beings, so it’s subject to all the irritating human behavior you also see on the freeway, in the workplace or in the checkout line.
Which is why this Auburn Journal article (via MidCurrent) so richly irritated […]