Commercial and sport fishing seasons for salmon on the West Coast are being closed completely due to the dismal Sacramento chinook runs experienced during the fall of 2007.

Fly fishers compare every activity to fly fishing, though in this case, it’s possible outdoor photography actually is a lot like fly fishing.
Both thrive in the presence of a zen perspective; either can place you amidst stunning beauty; and neither reacts well to the application of brute force.

A closeup would have been nice, but the […]

Via the astute Aquafornia blog, we learn there may be some hope in the battle against Zebra/Quagga mussels (recently found in Western and California lakes):
In 2007, MOI was selected by the New York State Museum (NYSM) as the commercial partner for a microbial biopesticide that combats the invasive creatures [ed: Zebra and Quagga mussels].
The technology […]

First there was Fly Fishing in Yellowstone — the Yellowstone-based fly fishing blog that churns out local and regional fishing information in awe-inspiring quantities, then spends the off-season doing weird (but interesting) stuff.
Reading Fly Fishing in Yellowstone is little like spending a whole fly fishing season in the area, only without the mosquitos and grizzlies. […]

Hawgdaddy at the TVA blog recounted the exposure of one of his “secret” spots on a fly fishing forum, and fired off what we’re calling “Fly Fishing Blogger One-Liner of the Week“:
“If you’re going to engage in such questionable behaviors as promiscuity and fly fishing, you ought at least be discreet about it.”
(I’d suggest promiscuity […]

Underground Network Writer Singlebarbed snuck up to a nearby lake for some winter-based cabin fever therapy, but ended up hugging the ground while bullets whizzed by overhead.

Probably not the kind of prone relaxation he had in mind, and it’s the kind of thing that happened to me a couple times while fishing the California […]

From the Bangor Daily News:
A roughly 4-mile stretch of the Penobscot near Bangor will be open to catch-and-release Atlantic salmon fishing annually from May 1 to May 31 under new rules approved Thursday. This spring’s opening day will mark the first time springtime fishing for sea-run salmon has been allowed on any Maine rivers since […]

This visual pun brought to you by Alert Underground Reader Sully (blame him). It’s a rare photo indeed — an Elk Hair Emerger in its native habitat:

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The news for the Sacramento River Chinook salmon fishery is grim. “How grim?” you ask?
This grim:
The grim reality of a collapsing salmon fishery will hit home over the next week as fishing interests, tribal representatives and conservation groups from three Western states hash out plans to protect the fish and, if possible, save their livelihoods.
“Could […]

Looks like Orvis has fallen for the matching funds restoration model, and who can blame them? (Joe Flyfisher (not his real name) donates $50; Orvis and Fish & Wildlife Fund each match that amount, so Joe’s impact on the project is tripled. Good, eh?)
It was a big hit when they exceeded their goals by raising […]

[ED: This story courtesy of the Underground’s Director in Charge of Montana Fishing and Intellectually Challenged Whitefish. Enjoy.]
Montana’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks requires new Conservation and Fishing licenses March 1. It’s as official and appropriate an opening of the new fishing season as anyone around Missoula requires.
And March 1 really is […]

I like artwork sketched fast, watercolors done bold. In fact, I’m more interested in my artist friend’s sketchbooks than their finished work.
That’s why Mark Liu’s Web site(s) caught my eye. His work offers a fun, spontaneous immediacy that avoids even a hint of the formal or stilted.
Sadly, what you miss when someone posts artwork online […]