It’s not as if fly fishing rids you of your worldly burden — all the usual worldly crap is waiting for you when you get home — but when I’m out on the river, things do tend to recede a little bit.
When I make a nice roll cast and catch a 19″ rainbow, things tend [...]

I’d love to wax rhapsodic about the beautiful, sunny day, but in truth, I’m a little beat up, courtesy several late nights and a truly irritating leg injury. So after two weeks of work, travel and more work — basically not fly fishing — I’m making it a point to go this afternoon.
Where? I [...]

In yet another sign that fly fishing blogging is going mainstream (hell, it went mainstream in other industries a year ago, but never let it be said fly fishing is on the cutting edge of marketing practice), Field & Stream magazine launched their own blog.

Highlights include motorcycle/reel test videos, where they tie a line to [...]

In yet another service provided FREE OF CHARGE to the fishing world, the Underground has found a place where you can trade your wall-mounted singing fish for… lunch!
Yes, we stumbled on The Outdoor News Hound site, where you’ll find links to a Cajun restaurant that trades your Billy Bass (or whatever) for a free catfish [...]

There’s nothing like a stagnant (or shrinking) market to bring out knives (and the spears, and the teeth).
Fly fishing is just such a market, and already, the national trade association has started to eat its own:

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association announced last week it will launch The Fly Fishing Expo at the Colorado Convention [...]

We’re in the process of rolling out some new features at the Underground, which means that — right now — tiny men are carrying tiny data bits around behind your screen. (Don’t freak out.)

What happened? Lots went on behind the scenes, but as far as the happy band of Undergrounders are concerned, we made the [...]

Swan Lake (the body of water, not the musical) has been invaded by Lake Trout, and those predacious finned vermin now may have an impact on the resident bull trout population. From New West:

Lake trout have worked their way into one of the only bodies of water in the nation where anglers are allowed to [...]

Sure, our post spoofing “exclusive” fisheries (featuring the spoofy “Mt. Eddy Executive Bluegill Ranch” Web site) was all in good fun, but as is often the case, reality pushes fiction aside in its headlong rush for weirdness.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (via the Flyfishmagazine blog; give ‘em a visit) comes news of a fishing guide specializing [...]

Here’s another in a line of Daily Good Deed posts, where I prevail upon the overpaid, massively disposable-income, I-eat-slaw-dogs-24-hours a day Undergrounders.
This one’s a fundraiser for the Upper Sacramento River Exchange. But they’re not asking for something from nothing.
This one’s all about a private fishing trip on the CalTrout fishing camp — that comfortable collection [...]

It’s Monday, and I’m back from my quick trip to the Wine Country, where the L&T Nancy and I did what most would technically call “living it up” a little bit.
Waiting for me at Underground World Headquarters is a drift boat load of work, and some interesting upgrades to the Trout Underground (coming soon to [...]

Whoops — this one slipped through my stubbly little blogging fingers — Mark at Blogfish is holding an online “Carnival of the Blue.”

Blogfish covers the ocean beat, and he’s never short of news. Worth an RSS feed subscription.
This event? Lots of references to great ocean-related posts. Give it a visit, click through to the links [...]

We’re linking a lot to Moldy Chum lately (probably because they’re weird, weird people over there, and we like that).
That’s OK; if he’s willing to do the legwork, we’re willing to supply the traffic.
Today he’s catfishing, and has the photograph to prove it:

Click on over to Moldy to see a larger version of this totally [...]