What appears to be a new online fly fishing magazine has sprung up, and since Moldy outed them (to me anyway), you should visit his site (fair’s fair).

Looks interesting and very counter-culture. Lots of ads too, which suggests they gave away the space or the fly fishing industry is willing to consider advertising in media [...]

I have no idea where Moldy keeps digging this stuff up, but this is a classic:

Visit Moldy’s post to see the whole picture for what might be mankind’s first attempt at a float tube, and we’re pretty clear on the concept behind the idea’s dying out.
Basically, no man who wore that getup would ever be [...]

A week ago I posted news of a “triple matching grant” aimed at helping recover the hanging-by-a-thread McCloud Redband trout.
If you missed it, Orvis and the National Fish and Wildlife Federation would match your CalTrout donation dollar for dollar — so your $50 would triple to become $150 in the pocket of a McCloud Redband [...]

Let’s face it; fly fishing’s been on a steady downward spiral ever since “A River Runs Through It” largely disappeared from the public view.

For years, the industry enjoyed record growth, mostly based on the huge fraction of the population who believed The Movie was about fly fishing, an idea so far from the truth that [...]

Not everyone actually loves the Drake, but let’s face it — it’s still fly fishing’s most interesting magazine.

This year’s issue seemed to abandon its counter-culture roots a bit, but hey, stunning photography counts for something. And wow — look at all the advertising (Not everyone wants to live on cheap beer).
Is the Drake in danger [...]

Sure, after a long holiday weekend, the Upper Sacramento River is buried under a little more trash than normal, but thankfully, never anything like this:

That’s not a dump — that’s a boat floating on a river.
Via Spluch comes this picture of the Citarum river in West Java. Basically, you’d have to clear a hole to [...]

By 1902, the US Army estimated that only 23 wild buffalo remained alive in Yellowstone National Park – the pitiful remnants of the massive herds that once blanketed America.
How the buffalo came to teeter on the brink of extinction is the subject of Last Stand by Michael Punke – a gripping historical account of the [...]

In a stunning example of just how perfectly America’s education system is performing, we present a letter to the editor of an Arkansas newspaper (via Megan at Posts From the Edge — the Postest with the Mostest) that suggests Daylight Savings Time is contributing to global warming.

“As you know, Daylight Savings Time started almost a [...]

Two hours isn’t very long. I recently watched some Hollywood movies that went over two hours, and frankly, I wish I had the time back (not to mention my money).
So today (Saturday), I wrote a book review (look for it soon), did a little work, then invested the two hours I had left on a [...]

Gather a group of people. Put them at the top of a steep, muddy hill. Have them run down it, smashing into rugby players at the bottom. That’s “Cheese Rolling” in a nutshell (via the Backcountry.com “The Goat” blog).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC5ykhXDDbo

Next time you start wondering why you fly fish, play this video, and remind yourself there are [...]

Sure, in the last couple days, the Underground launched its first poll, redefined fly fishing for smallmouth, and blew the lid off the privatization of the fly fishing bluegill industry.
Nobody would blame you for thinking the universe largely revolves on the Trout Underground, but in truth, other fly fishing news has occurred, other blogs have [...]

The privatization of America’s finest fly fishing waters continues.
First, there was Donny Beaver, but frankly, his efforts pale in comparison to the vast fly fishing empire now being assembled by a shadowy figure and a gang of offshore investors — people quietly working to reserve some of this country’s best fly fishing waters for the [...]