[ED: Another in a short series of reports from the FFR show about goodies that might not get a lot of press, but deserve to.]
I stopped by the Thomas & Thomas booth to talk about their fabulous Heirloom fiberglass fly rods — the rods that cast like buttah, but unfortunately, cost like caviar (just a […]

Here’s a shocker; hatcheries might keep the numbers of fish up, but they do little to recover endangered species.
In fact, steelhead grown in hatcheries quickly lose their ability to spawn in the wild, and this despite the $90 million spent annually on hatcheries in the Puget Sound and Columbia basin alone.
Another chilling statistic? 95% of […]

The talents behind “Fishizzle” are apparently hard at work on something new. Here’s the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl5W60kuVTY

I catch huge fish all the time (while fishing from my luxury barge and getting fanned by attractive women), but the rest of you will probably be impressed by the somewhat impressive breadth of these specimens — and some of the […]

Those damned trout not eating your dry flies? Want to catch some fish — yet still retain your standing among the world’s effette bamboo fly rod/dry fly purists?
Once again, it’s the Trout Underground To The Rescue:

Yes, Undergrounders, you’re looking at a can of tasty, nutritious BBQ-flavored bamboo worms, which — if we read it right […]

Fly fishing’s supposed to be a gentle sport, where you revel in the solitude of nature, telling life’s everyday hassles they can kiss your ass while you’re on the river.
Sadly, you might not have much access to that river if the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors’s proposed Natural Resources Plan declares the Upper Sacramento, McCloud, Shasta […]

Fall Fly Fishing on the Upper Sacramento River means October Caddis, Blue Winged Olives, and lots of uncertainty.

I don’t know how much sense a bamboo surfboard actually makes, but you gotta admit, it seems like a totally cool money-making concept. Bamboo fly rods are still the most stylish way to catch trout; could there be a more stylish way to ride a wave?

Obviously not.
In fact, I can see Paradise now: I’d put […]

(Ed: Here?s another in a series of reports from the FFR show about the great stuff that should get attention, but probably won?t.)
Fly fishermen are largely gadget and equipment freaks, but sometimes lag in the most important aspect of the sport — making sure there are still wild places worth fishing.
That’s why Ground Zero for […]

Tibor’s SpeedHandle is an ingenious way to speed the retrieve of Tibor’s fly reels by 1/3, so saltwater species like bonefish and permit can’t gain slack line on the fly fisherman.

Here’s another in a series of product reports from the FFR show — the great stuff that should get attention, but probably won’t.
Admittedly, FlyBook is a little beyond the interest of most of my readers; it’s an Internet-based booking/calendaring product that helps guides and outfitters view, book, and track their guide dates.

Still — given […]

Sure, my last fishing report detailed my triumph over one of the Upper Sac’s heftier wild specimens, but if the ancient Greeks taught us anything, it’s that humanity largely sucks at the game of life, and big days are inevitably followed by small days.
At least that’s what I gleaned from a short bout with […]

Bears are apparently unclear on the concept of heights; this one apparently jumped off the Old Donner Pass Highway when two cars approached. Amazingly, he lived to tell his bear friends all about it:

Two cars converging on the Old Donner Pass Highway scared a bear who had wandered into the middle of a bridge […]