Every once in a while I stumble across an interesting new blog.
This one still has that new blog smell; it only features a few posts.
Still, Richard Lee Merritt’s blog offers an interesting mix. He loves old books (I love books too), plays chess (I played in a few tournaments in my day, and yes ladies, [...]

The Trout Underground is happy to announce that it’s now a member of the 9Rules Network - a community of top, kickass blogs.

Sure, I’m not much of a joiner, but I didn’t get to sit at the “Cool Table” in high school (cross country team and chess club) so I figure this is my chance.
Soon, [...]

We’re fly fishers, so we rarely hike any trail that doesn’t end at a stream or lake.
Yet it might astound you to learn the world is filled with people who hike just to see what’s around the corner. As shocking as that might seem, the hiking blogs are still worth a look. There’s even one [...]

Earlier this year the Trout Underground was recognized as one of the top fly fishing blogs, and now its marketing “sister” blog - The Copywriter Underground - has been recognized as a Top 10 Writer’s Blog by writing blog readers.
Written by yours truly, the Copywriter Underground is aimed at helping motivated marketing writers reach their [...]

To say that Southeast Tennessee has captured my attention is an understatement. It’s pretty in a lusher, greener, less edgy way than the Upper Sacramento River and surroundings (whose raw, hard-edged appeal is impossible to top).

If I had to live somewhere besides here, the Smokies would be right near the top due to the year-round [...]

No sooner do I post an article about stealth being one of the free things in life that actually helps you catch more fish than Wayward Fly Fishing debunks me.
His tongue-in-cheek post about being as noisy as possible on the river is short and - like all his posts - well worth the read.
[tags] stealth, [...]

Enough already with the new blogs. Well, OK. One more.
Called the Trout Zone, it’s based in Crossville, TN - about 90 minutes from the Smokies and the home town of James Beasley - one of my favorite bamboo rod builders of all time.

Nicely written and worth a visit.
[tags]trout, tennessee[/tags]

The Mad Fishicist is an odd name but a worthwhile blog emenating from the enigma that is Alaska. Long on literary references and nice pictures, it’s an interesting effort and well worth a visit. Written by (and we quote):
A fly rodding, sheep stalking, moose calling, guitar trying, bird watching, fly tying, Katie loving stay-at-home-dad.
We’re down [...]

Alistair over at Urban Fly Fishing on the Kelvin (one of the UK Blogger Mafia) recounts a pike fishing trip, complete with batman-style graphics in his photos.
Holy toothy critter, Batman, it’s worth a visit!
[tags]Scotland, pike, U.K.[/tags]

Recently, severla groups of mountain climbers on the Tibet side of Everest witnessed Chinese militia shooting and killing unarmed Tibetan refugees (the toll included a nun) at Nangpa La pass.
Now the Chinese are trying to silence the climbers who witnessed the event, and are even claiming that refugees “attacked” the soldiers (I guess snowballs are [...]

First we stumbled on the wholly overwhelming Fly Fishing in Yellowstone blog, the reports from which were so detailed and volumnious that there’s really no need to actually leave the house and go fishing.
Now there’s the Yellowstone, A Step Apart blog, which seems intent on giving us a tour of the park so detailed that [...]

The Outdoor Blogger Ho Down continued Saturday with a hike I cleverly selected because it would take me to some alpine lakes I’d never seen before. To whit:

If you don’t want to fish here, better check your pulse.
What amounted to a seven-mile (round trip hike) lead us along a spectacular ridgetop trail and down to [...]