Photo courtesy Tamanawis blog (we hope)
I’m starting to become mesmerized by the idea of fishing Scotland, especially when the Tamanawis blog describes the terrain in terms like this:
The North is really about the lochs. There are thousands of them, scattered all across the land and each one with a particular character. It’s probably a good […]

Changes are taking place around the Underground.
It’s almost as if the place is taking its first steps towards becoming a grownup fly fishing site (in features if not approach).
Perhaps it’s time to sit down and have one of those talks about responsibility, safe blogging – and not making the mistakes that will ruin your blog […]

The Tamanawis blog remains one of the most thoughtful (and amusing) in fly fishing blogdom, and this time he touches on fly fishing’s least-talked-about terror.
Yes. It’s Hair Loss.

There’s something strangely voyeuristic about losing your hair. It’s like watching a car crash in extremely slow motion. You know what’s coming, and it’s not pleasant, but it […]

I stumbled across this UK blog after Doug left a comment here. In addition to some interesting posts, they posted us some gorgeous scans of vintage flies:

Cool stuff, eh? (Click the image to see more scans)
Technorati Tags: fly fishing, flies

In yet another sign that fly fishing blogging is going mainstream (hell, it went mainstream in other industries a year ago, but never let it be said fly fishing is on the cutting edge of marketing practice), Field & Stream magazine launched their own blog.

Highlights include motorcycle/reel test videos, where they tie a line to […]

We’re in the process of rolling out some new features at the Underground, which means that — right now — tiny men are carrying tiny data bits around behind your screen. (Don’t freak out.)

What happened? Lots went on behind the scenes, but as far as the happy band of Undergrounders are concerned, we made the […]

A new fly fishing blog has surfaced, this one titled:
The Water Swatters: Fly fishing and whatnot below the Mason-Dixon
It’s new enough that we’ll wait a while before we’re sure what it’s all about, but they did manage to post a kickass bluegill picture and text.
We like bluegill, so give them a visit:

They are […]

New outdoor blogs are popping up left and right, but I’ve chosen to highlight this one for a truly stellar reason.
You see, the author used to ditch school to go the horse races.
The Ties That Bind
Mark Freeman is the Oregon Mail Tribune’s Outdoor Writer, but at San Jose State, I knew him as the […]

Just a quick post about two cool “new” fly fishing blogs.
In a prior post I mentioned the Teh Wind Knot; a literate site with an interesting view of life on the stream, yet I somehow managed to screw up my RSS feed and missed a couple gems.
Foremost among them was his series outing the membership list […]

Insomnia has its uses.
I slaved over a hot laptop all morning long, upgrading my blogs and adding a neat new feature to the Trout Underground.
When you leave a comment, you can check a box (just under the comment) and receive an e-mail notification when anyone else responds to that post.
It’s yet another example of […]

The L&T Nancy and I try to keep our energy footprint to a minimum, but recently decided to offset the carbon dioxide we produce while heating and lighting the house.
We tumbled for carbon offsets, which are easy, affordable, and I even accounted for my Web server and home office. That means the Trout Underground is green too.
Ha! Take that, […]

Sure, we love to make sport of guides here on the Underground, but that doesn’t mean they’re not people too.
Plus, this guide (Biggie) is up to making fun of golfers, and runs hilarious politically incorrect videos about major political figures - reason enough to plug him here.

We’re adding Biggie (Josh, actually) to our RSS feed, […]