Moldy Chum apparently reads the Trout Underground (as if we needed further proof of his dementia). Knowing that we love singing fish stories, he located the Singing Fish Car — a Volvo covered with singing fish and lobsters.

Singing fish AND lobsters? We must have one…
Before you rush out to buy one of these beauties, it’s […]

As a pasty-skinned outdoors type with a history of skin cancer, I slather sunscreen on my body pretty much every time I go outdoors.
Sure, rubbing cold, gummy white streaky stuff all over your body makes you wildly attractive to the opposite gender, but at least I felt protected.
That was before The Goat alerted me to […]

[Update: Curtis Knight of CalTrout has chimed in to let us know that adult die-offs are high profile, but juvenile mortality sometimes approaches 90% due to water quality, temps and disease. If that keeps happening, there won’t be any adults to die off later…]
Those of you who enjoyed the massive Klamath salmon die-off in 2002 […]

Fly fishing is a jigsaw of pieces: technique, location, equipment and knowledge. The fly fishing world focuses mostly on these, yet they’re often not at the heart of fishing experience.

Golden Stones and an AJ Thramer bamboo rod on the Upper Rogue.
This was shaping up to be the first year in several where I missed the […]

While I write yet another stunning post about yet another stunning fishing trip (can you believe how I was snubbed by the Pulitzers?), here’s something to chew on from the Contemplative Angler:
There was a time when writers for fishing periodicals were concerned with informing their readers regarding all the aspects of the sport. For example, […]

It’s late Tuesday night, and I’m packing gear. Why?
Tomorrow I fish the Golden Stones on the Upper Rogue with Dave Roberts.
Sure it’s a workday. Sure I’ve got things to do. And sure, it’s a bit of a drive. Your point?
See you on the (Rogue) River, Tom Chandler.
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Better caption ideas from the Undergrounders?

Via Alert Underground Reader Guyser (no, we don’t think that’s his real name) came news of perhaps the most startling development in Fly Fishing Headgear this Week:

Click for more information about the Best Fish Hat of the Week
Yes, it’s the golden fish hat — just the thing to start conversations, attract members of the […]

Good news for Little Juniata anglers (from Alert Underground Reader LS). Bad news for Donny Beaver.

A Huntingdon County jurist has confirmed his prior ruling guaranteeing the rights of citizens to have access to the Little Juniata River for fishing, boating and other recreation—a move applauded by the state agencies participating in the case.
In addition to […]

The decline of participation in hunting and fishing activities continues to fall; the latest evidence coming via Newsweek magazine (pointed out by Alert Underground Reader kbarton):

Fishing participation fell three times the rate of hunting over five years—down a jaw-dropping 23 percent in the Great Lakes region. Freshwater fishing outside the Great Lakes was off […]

We’ll get right to it. Why waste time on a beautiful Friday — especially when more fly fishing might await me at the end of the day?
The Fishing’s Good… For Now
The “always-dripping-with-information” Fly Fishing in Yellowstone blog (Caddis gone wild!) echoes a Sierra Times fishing report about the Truckee River — and both sound eerily […]

Michigan Hoping to Excise Nestle
It’s never really a full week if I haven’t taken aim at One Pillar of the Axis of Evil Nestle, but this Friday I’ll let others do it for me.
First, Michigan is considering an excise tax on water bottlers. Their thinking? Pure, clean spring water is a public resource, yet companies […]