The evil bastards at Nestle pulled a fast one in Michigan, acting once again like the sleazy amoral corporate stereotype so popular in the movies. The following was lifted from Michigan’s BLACK BEAR SPEAKS blog:
The DEQ (ED: Department of Environmental Quality in Michigan) approved Nestlé’s “request for determination“, pumping 70 million gallons of spring water yearly from Twin […]

I’ve often said that Jim Reams was the best, least-known bamboo fly rod builder going, and that the quality of his rods far outreached his fame.
The Reams 8.5′ 5wt, 3-pc Hollowbuilt (Prototype). Pretty rod. So-so picture.
That might have been true as little as a year ago, but the Internet holds no […]

I’ve been working under tight deadlines all week, and today is no exception.
So instead of thoughtful fly fishing content - or the Jimmy Reams rod review I’ve been promising - you get the following Breaking News: Guys get Screwed on Valentines Day.

And not screwed in that good way either:
The average man is expected to spend […]

It’s yet another fly fishing scoop from the Trout Underground: A scientist thinks there’s a whole ocean waiting to be fly fished in the inner Earth.
 
A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping — diminishing — deep in the Earth’s mantle and has revealed […]

I’ve promised a review of the Jim Reams bamboo fly rod for a couple weeks now (yes, I just need to shoot a few pictures), but in the meantime, we’ve got something that should mollify even the most hardcore bamboo fanatic:
Bamboo Washcloth, Hand & Bath Towels from Lands’ End. (who knew Lands’ End had gotten so cool?)
Given the response […]

It’s not every day the Underground uses an interrobang in a headline (that’s the “?!” punctuation for you public education types).
But this video warranted it. Via the “too much time on our hands” gang at MOLDY CHUM comes a video that… makes us wonder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjh_E_N1yk

It’s interesting how even the addition of wet, attractive women isn’t enough […]

One of the better writers in fly fishing blogdom is Mike at Tamanawis (hell, you’d have to be good just to type that name).
In this post, he sits at the campfire and pokes a stick at the fire that is his fly fishing obsession, looking to uncover the reasons why his love for the sport continues to grow. […]

I failed to update my RSS feed when the Urban Angler blog moved, so missed out on all the great things happening over there.
For example, he found a stunning new personal underwatercraft called the “U-Boat Worx C-Quester.”

Sure, it seems odd that a British company would name anything “U-boat” (“don’t mention the war”), but there […]

Should we drain Hetch-Hetchy?
For those who don’t know, it’s a valley that reportedly surpasses Yosemite in grandeur (which is saying a lot), yet - after a fierce battle led by John Muir - was flooded in 1923 to provide drinking water to San Francisco.

Prior to flooding. Spectacular, eh?

Hardly anyone knew Hetch Hetchy Valley. It was […]

Ian & Charity Rutter are working the show circuit right now (and no, they didn’t invite me), but Ian managed to finally post a report from his late summer Montana trip to the Madison River and other points West.
It’s not bad reading for a winter’s day, and for the Undergrounders whose lips get tired, there are even […]

Via the FlyFishMagazine blog comes news of a new “wonder” material that might well replace carbon fiber in fishing rods. What is this new, high-tech substance?
Boron? Silicon? Unobtanium?
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the carrot.

According to this unlikely sounding, carrot-biased story on The Herald site, a pair of Scottish scientists have developed a material from the lowly […]

Though I often ask for responses to my posts, let’s face it - I hardly ever actually read all your drunken replies.
You’re an odd, sometimes frightening offbeat bunch.
However, this time it’s different. I’m actually planning to read the responses.
The Golden Years
You see, I received an e-mail from a loyal Undergrounder who’s been scouring the […]