It’s an evening for revelry, Undergrounders. I received a phone call from Siskiyou County Supervisor Lavada Erickson who informed me the much-hated Siskiyou County Natural Resource Policy had been voted into oblivion.
Gone. Kaput. Voted down 3-2.
Holy crap. Tomorrow, I’m having slaw dogs for lunch.
Many of you helped fight the battle against this ridiculous policy document, […]

At times it seems like most of the world is intent on overfishing, polluting and just generally wiping out every last fish on the planet, but here at the Underground, we think this time they’ve gone to far.
Now they’re launching them into space:
SCIENTISTS plan to launch 60 tiny fish on a zero gravity rocket ride […]

Last week the Redding City Council was heading towards closing the Lower Sacramento River to boats around their wholly mis-managed Cypress Street bridge repair project.
This week, they backed off. From the Redding Record Searchlight:
The Redding City Council backed off from closing the Sacramento River to boaters at the Cypress Avenue Bridge after a half-dozen […]

Sometimes winter fishing is great drama. Other times, you get in the drift boat and just soak up the sun, which feels pretty damned good in the middle of a snowy winter.
I won’t cop to being lazy as much as relaxed; I sporadically fished a dry fly but Dave Roberts and I were both […]

In my last installment, I covered the independent fly rod builders who are probably providing the lion’s share of modern fiberglass rods to this small-but-interesting market.
(You can read Part I here, and Part II here)
Today I take a look at a few of the larger companies building glass, though I use the term “larger” in […]

UPDATE: Apparently, the worst problems have been fixed for now (though the site still kinda bites). 
I’ve made little secret of my respect for outdoor writer Ted Williams, so it’s a little startling to see this posted on his FR&R blog:

Note to My Blog Readers.
Unfortunately our new website refuses to let me and (some) others post […]

Some Happy Friday news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Fishing preserve entrepreneur Donny Beaver has dropped his court case against state agencies, thus closing the book on a lengthy battle over the public’s right to fish the Little Juniata River, one of the state’s most coveted trout waters.
In a letter to Commonwealth Court dated Monday, Mr. […]

Fly fishing the Upper Sacramento River in winter isn’t always about the bugs.
In the middle of a gray, snowy winter, the phrase “making hay while the sun shines” acquires a patina of meaning that simply doesn’t exist on your average warm, summer day.
I don’t know if an itch to go […]

You know the “standard” drift boat trip on the Lower Sac — where you put in at the Posse Grounds and take out way, way downriver?
That float’s days may be numbered:
After a scathing report by a state boating safety consultant, the Redding City Council will decide Tuesday whether to close the Sacramento River to boat […]

Nowadays, you seemingly can’t publish a fishing video unless it’s shot somewhere you’d need a helicopter or a couple dozen machete-wielding porters to reach.
In truth, fish porn — in the absence of any real insight — pretty much bores the hell out of me, but I am willing to make an exception when the folks […]

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