Why is breathing suddenly optional in National Parks?: http://is.gd/j59 #
Controversey flares again in our “Trade Show Wars” post (the thread that wouldn’t die): http://is.gd/j7F #
One big project to finish, and then I’m back on the water. Then again, it always feels that way. #

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2008 isn’t exactly turning out to be the Year of the Salmon.
Populations up and down the West Coast are under siege from water diversions, dams, predators and habitat loss. And scientists keep citing mysterious “ocean conditions” (possibly related to climate change) as imperiling salmon food supplies in the ocean.
It’s not even safe to be a [...]

Singlebarbed launched an excellent article that’s either an indictment of the fly fishing industry’s penchant for quietly selling overstock online (to the detriment of fly shops), or a guide to getting a great deal on a fly rod.
He invested a fair amount of time looking at online sources of closeout goods (including eBay), and some [...]

Via the Ted Williams blog, we learn the Upper Rio Grande watershed (including 10 streams which are designated Wild Trout Waters) has just barely averted destructive drilling development:
A cavalry made up of sportsmen, conservation groups and San Luis Valley residents have charged to the rescue of public lands along the upper Rio Grande just days [...]

Jason Borger’s Shadow Caster Media acquired by Targus: http://is.gd/iC2 #
BREAKING OBESITY-RELATED NEWS: Truck hauling 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos overturns:http://is.gd/iFz #
Countdown (in great detail) to the Yellowstone Park Opener with Fly Fishing Yellowstone blog: http://is.gd/iFZ #
Oregon’s Rogue River faces looming threat from logging industry. Tell them to cut where they won’t harm the tribs: http://is.gd/iM0 [...]

Does a bite of fly fishing art each day keep the I’m-Not-fly-fishing blues away?
Frankly, it’s damned unlikely, but it’s still better than a sharp 6wt in the eye. That’s why I’m wondering how I missed this cool site for so long:

The artist’s goal is to post a piece of artwork each day for a [...]

This just received from PG&E (via CalTrout):
The hot weather has caused inflow to exceed storage capacity in McCloud and Iron Canyon reservoirs and outflow through James B. Black Powerhouse.  As a result, starting early this morning, McCloud Dam is spilling with MC-1 gage (Ah-Di-Na) at approximately 1,350 cfs and MC-5 gage (MSS) at approximately 1,650 [...]

It’s interesting that the laws created to protect species like salmon have produced… well, not much really.
Salmon and steelhead are teetering on the brink up and down the entire West Coast, and a festival dedicated to "raising awareness" of the issue is either a welcome ray of hope or a sign of the impending salmon [...]

Hugh Koontz loves spring (we do too): http://is.gd/ieg #
ATVs thrown out of Sonora Desert for extensive abuses: http://is.gd/iei #
Ted Williams blog traces collapse of Snake River steelhead populations (it’s earlier than you think): http://is.gd/iel #
"Only thing wild and hatchery salmon have in common is water": http://is.gd/iep #
Alaska legistlature spending $2 million to undermine global warming. [...]

10. Due to cuts in personal appearance fees, Lefty Kreh casts 20% shorter during trade show exhibitions
9. Simms meets entry-level wader price point by introducing new breathable "wader shorts"
8. Top fly fishing magazine sells soul to advertisers and exotic destination lodges at 60% of last year’s price
7. High price of gas means fly fishermen are [...]

With all the weirdness lately, I wasn’t looking for a Punishing, Bruising Fly Fishing Trip Into the Bowels of Hell Itself.
Instead, calm and serene sounded pretty damned good — and the Upper Sac and its tributaries were moving some serious water — so in a classic example of finding what I thought I was [...]

California Fish & Game instituting boat checks on I5 corridor, using dogs to find zebra mussels: http://tinyurl.com/6r9rr8 #

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