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Damn, it is Monday.
That means the many not-so-neat piles of work on my desk require a little attention. As do the around-the-house spring jobs that sat while I fished.
That’s 19 inches of pissed-off Brown Trout, courtesy a streamer.
It also means the weekend’s fishing trips will get short shrift in terms of […]

Gierach interviewed about life, new book: http://tinyurl.com/5z2txq #
Ted Williams exposes massive killings of raptors: http://tinyurl.com/5l96dq #

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In what can only be interpreted as another example of the Trout Underground’s Increasing Domination of the Global Media Landscape, the San Francisco Chronicle picked us as their Blog of the Week (page G3 in the Sunday Chron):

Here’s a portion of the review:
TONE: Flip, breezy and wiseacre. No altar-and-candles devotion to fly-fishing tradition.
INTERACTIVITY: Plenty […]

Beauty, eh? (And yes, it is pretty damned hard to forget why I moved here)
I fished yesterday with KB — the largely insane author of the Singlebarbed blog.
I’m heading out soon with Steve Bertrand (to a Super-Secret Guide Spot), and frankly, I’d rather eat, bathe, and organize my gear […]

Singlebarbed Slays Us With Interpretations of Common Hand Signals: http://tinyurl.com/5avnqh #
Feds declare West Coast Salmon fishery a "Disaster": http://tinyurl.com/6kabhg #

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The always-alert Aquafornia blog posted an excellent summary of California’s snowpack woes.
The Reader’s Digest version? While Winter storms promised much, a dry spring means the Sierra snowpack has fallen far short of early expectations.
Faster than you can say "rationing," every major paper in the state jumped on the story.
From the Contra Costa Times:
California’s snowpack is […]

The new Verdier bus camper has officially become the Underground’s #1 Most-Lusted After Outdoor Item (in the past I’ve hinted strongly that my readership buy me things, but this time I fully expect you to do it).

It’s a greenmobile: hybrid powerplant (even diesel/electric), hydraulic suspension, roof-mounted solar panels, and yes — even a woody version […]

We introduced you to the Underground’s Official Men’s Olympic Marathon Runner (and Fly Fisher) Ryan Hall in an earlier post.
Hall — the Big Bear, CA athlete who was adopted by the Underground because he fly fishes and runs like a bonefish — stunned track & field geeks in his marathon debut a little more than […]

Mind you, we’re not the kind of folks who’d judge a man’s water-borne transportation (ever take a good look at someone in a float tube?), but sometimes we’re not above pointing and sniggering.
This, Undergrounders, is one of those times.

Don’t worry — the Performance Water Cycle isn’t just silly looking - it’s also expensive. In this […]

At this time of the year, the fly fishing guides are playing chicken with the water levels; their little stretch of heaven’s fishable today, but may not be after tomorrow’s warm weather — so where do you take the clients?
The Upper Sacramento flows are rising, but according to Steve Bertrand, the water isn’t spilling over […]

UPDATE: Alert Underground Reader Steve found the May dates/flows for us)
The McCloud river is one of the most beautiful stretches of water you’ll ever fish — and given the number of people who crowd it ever year, a lot of people seem know it.
Running the ten days from May 5 to May 14, PG&E will […]