Let the celebrating begin. The Trout Underground is One Year Old.

Well, OK. You caught me; the Trout Underground is actually more than one year old.

In fact, it’s better than 18 months old, though its roots date back several years to the fishing reports I wrote for Chris Raine’s uppersac.com site. (Uppersac.com is now a part of the Trout Underground. Resistance is Futile).

Still, today marks the One Year Anniversary of Our First Post Using WordPress blog software (I later grandfathered in a few earlier posts from the Web site to maintain continuity).

Prior to that, the loyal Undergrounders couldn’t leave comments, couldn’t become a part of the discussion, and couldn’t be general all-around smartasses.

Certainly, the world would be the poorer for the lack of more all-around smartassess, so it was yet another brilliant decision on my part.

The Underground’s First Year By The Numbers

  • 532 Posts
  • 2,370+ Comments
  • 4,300+ Spams (caught)
  • 1,000+ Daily Page Views

I’d Like to Thank The Academy

Given the pennies-per-hour revenues generated by the Underground’s extensive online advertising, there’s no doubt the Trout Underground is a labor of love.

Still, it’s one made possible only by its readers, commentors, guest posters, casual visitors, and a regular cadre of mental institution escapees.

I started it for all sorts of reasons, but you can find the best of them on the “Why?” page — home of the Trout Underground’s Manifesto.

The Future

Who knows? I am planning to put a new “theme” in place (the look and feel of the site) that betters utilizes today’s wider screens. And I’ve heard from a few advertisers who are interested in appearing here, providing a tiny bit of plausible deniability when I ask myself why I spend all this time here instead of writing words for money.

And I’d dearly love to go to a multi-blog format, but that entails technical know-how (and a time investment in maintenace) far beyond my capabilities. Still, I’m keeping my eyes open.

See you at the Birthday Cake, Tom Chandler.

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