Archive for March, 2008

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-03-31 »

Nestle making enemies in Florida by pumping public water (for free) during drought: http://tinyurl.com/2vah2y #
14 degrees this morning. Same story from friends: BWOs hatching on the Upper Sac, but few fish rising (they’re spawning). #
More Nestle frivolity in Maine, where they’re trying to break the law: http://tinyurl.com/3338kq #
Fish farms lead to 4x higher sea lice […]

Winner! Winner!! The Underground Gives Stuff Away »

If it’s one thing the Underground’s all about, it’s our committment to delivering better than you puffs deserve lots of free stuff.
After I put an extremely valuable well, free copy of Patrick McManus’ Kerplunk! on the line, we spared no expense in our search for a cheap and easy unimpeachably fair method of determining a […]

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-03-29 »

Cell phone camera busts deer poachers: http://tinyurl.com/3a2pmy #

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New Study Says Bear Spray Outperforms Guns »

From the formerly bikini-fishing-chick posting deviants at the Getoutdoors Blog (GoBlog) comes a Salt Lake Tribune story that suggests leaving the big, heavy firearm at home might be your best bet when it comes to bear protection:
If you’re roaming bear country, your best protection against an unpleasant encounter is a can of bear spray, not […]

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-03-28 »

Nine more arrested for Sac River poaching: http://tinyurl.com/3boffr #
Smallmouth biting in Tennessee: http://tinyurl.com/387xdw #

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The Underground’s Distasteful-Yet-Timely Nestle Roundup: It’s Business as Usual »

It’s been too long since we visited with our good, good friends at multinational predator Nestle Corporation.

Then again, I doubt they’ve missed us much, being as they’ve been busy making all the "World’s Worst Corporation" lists (’#10 with a bullet), suing small towns in Maine into oblivion, trying to illegally obtain new water […]

Don’t Forget: It’s "Kiss Milltown Dam Good-Bye" Day (11:30 MT) »

The Milltown Dam breaching was followed live on the Internet via a Web cam.

Watching the BWOs Float By (or, Fly Fishing, Expectation, and Reality) »

Fly fishing the Upper Sacramento River in spring could mean strong BWO hatches, but also uninterested, spawning fish.

The Underground’s Tuesday Wrapup Post »

The Wednesday forecast suggests a 90% chance of rain and snow, and it comes at a time when I’ve already seen all the snow I want to see.
In fact, I’ve seen way more snow than that, especially since I shipped a time-sapping project and finally have time to get out on the river.
With the Upper […]

Taking a Long Fly Fishing Trip? Better Not Tell Your Buddies… »

Here’s a prank you’ll want to try on your best fishing buddy, only don’t expect him to still be your buddy when it’s over.
This poor bastard took a vacation, and while he was gone, someone posted a pair of Craigslist ads inviting the public to come and take what they wanted from his house.
Naturally, they […]

Bluegill! »

Fly fishing for bluegill isn’t as sexy as sight fishing for tarpon — and it’s hard to reasonably perform a lot of fist pumps and layer a rock music soundtrack over your average bluegill footage — but damn, they’re fun.

Fly fishing for bluegill. The fish are small, but the color’s big.
Most fishermen don’t rank them […]

The Recession. $4 Gas. Mortgage Crisis. Are You Still Going Fly Fishing? (Oh Yeah, Win a Free Book!) »

Has the recession, high gas prices, mortgage crisis or other bad news changed your fly fishing plans for 2008?

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