Like most political battles, our fight to keep Siskiyou County’s rivers open and accessible to fishermen is transitioning from the preliminaries — where you find out who’s involved and where they fall — into the kind of political chess game that plays out largely through intermediaries, rumors, whispers and code.
I’ve promised to play nice for […]

My office is still a forest of unpacked boxes, there are deadlines to be met, and yesterday saw me investing a good six hours of my day into our Siskiyou County Natural Resource Policy — none of which bodes well for my cash flow — or my fishing time.
Still, I’ve had it with being “responsible” […]

Dirt-throwing explosions on a massive scale? Wetlands restoration? These are a few of our favorite things, especially when the explosions reclaim wetlands area on the Upper Klamath Lake, where farmers and fisheries folks continue the fight over water. And happily, it looks like everyone’s the winner here (and tell me this doesn’t sound like big-time […]

It’s not hard to argue that most fly fishers suffer from some form of dementia, but at least no one’s proved it scientifically.
That’s why it would suck to be a high-altitude mountain climber, what with a bunch of scientists proving that brain damage results from high-altitude climbing (and not from falling on your […]

Any Undergrounders with a penchant for listening to fly fishers brag about the fish they caught while you were trapped behind the counter of your retail fly shop will be very, very interested in this “for sale” listing of from SE Pennsylvania:
DESCRIPTION: This Premier Fly Fishing Pro Shop Specializes In Quality Fly Fishing Products Including […]

It seems no one’s indifferent to “The Movie” — Robert Redford’s adaptation of Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs Through It.”
Depending on who you’re talking to, it either persuaded you to try fly fishing, ruined fly fishing, saved fly fishing, or overran the sport with trendy, gloss black SUVs. (Do golfers feel the same way […]

The last couple weeks have been trying; I’ve been packing, moving, and then unpacking again, then settling in to write a series of truly irritating posts about Siskiyou County’s Board of Supervisors.
Those have been the literary equivalent of listening to heavy metal while someone jackhammers concrete right outside your window, so I thought it was time […]

In what can only be considered absolute proof that the Japanese people exhibit exceptional literary taste, the Trout Underground’s “Bury Me With My Phillipson Bamboo Fly Rods” article series was condensed to a single article, and just published in Japan’s Fly Fisher magazine.
I have no idea what the author’s bio says about me. Could […]

Felt Soul Media’s Ben Knight posted a picture of a great big hole in the ground — almost 4,000 feet deep and 2.5 miles wide. Why?
That’s about the size of the proposed Pebble Mine — the abomination some folks want to put in just above Bristol Bay, Alaska. And it’s not just the […]

[UPDATE: New information about the source of this Natural Resource plan — and the lack of honesty surrounding its origins. I plan to post something as soon as it’s confirmed (hopefully no later than Saturday). Stay tuned!]
Those with sensitive political palettes may want to turn away; we’re continuing to unravel Siskiyou County’s disastrous proposed Natural […]

The Onion is a hilarious satirical site, and this video absolutely kills it — unless, of course — you’re one of the many Undergrounders who sometimes fly fishes below Folsom Dam…
Preemptive Memorial Honors Future Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster
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Singlebarbed – the other blog in the Trout Underground’s fledgling writer’s network – continues to crank out weird and the wonderful posts, including this little gem about fishing “cheap” tackle when the terrain (or the sudden need to flee) demands it:
I’m fishing in the rural-urban interface, a fancy term that means the city is close to the woods. Come Friday […]