I’m packing for my Tennessee trip (not that I’m rubbing it in or anything) and facing the usual pre-trip terrors.
In the past, I’ve headed off on multi-day trips leaving my wading boots, fishing license, fly boxes (yes) and even my wallet behind.
So what am I going to forget this time? And what’s in store […]

Ian & Charity Rutter are working the show circuit right now (and no, they didn’t invite me), but Ian managed to finally post a report from his late summer Montana trip to the Madison River and other points West.
It’s not bad reading for a winter’s day, and for the Undergrounders whose lips get tired, there are even […]

With cabin fever settling in for the duration and the Upper Sacramento fishing slower than in previous winters, it’s not hard to look ahead to warmer days.
I don’t know about you, but bouncing around inside my head are detailed (and mostly unrealistic) plans for 2007’s fishing trips, and while some of them might actually come […]

Wyatt at Flytimes has been posting photos from his trip to Yellowstone. If you’re the type who likes to look at beautiful pictures of places you want to go right now but can’t, then this is your chance.
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Backpacking into the high country is essentially a sweaty way to fish water that others rarely fish. That’s the good news.
The bad news is the season is short, the fish are usually small, you can’t bring a lot of gear, and the fishing can be moody. Still, even if the fishing isn’t spectacular, the views […]

Yes Undergrounders, I’ve returned from my oh-so-torturous stay in Maine, where I was held captive in a gorgeous camp, forced to fly fish gorgeous waters from gorgeous wooden canoes for gorgeous fish (pickerel excepted), and - in direct violation of the Geneva Convention - forced to spend lots of stress-free time with the Gorgeous L&T […]

I’m packed, we leave tomorrow, and it’ll be good to get home. Don’t expect to hear much from me Wednesday or Thursday, but here’s one last treat for the Undergrounders; a handful of leftover photographs that just didn’t quite fit into the reports. Enjoy!

A Grand Laker running down Junior Creek on West Grand Lake.

Too early […]

My canoe posts have generated very high traffic among those hungry for the sight of naked wood boats, so I’m going to throw in (for free, mind you) a couple pictures I took while cleaning the soggy gear out of the infamous “Winslow Homer” canoe.

Sadly, tomorrow the Lovely & Talented Nancy and I are heading […]

Given that Friday’s post was largely a paean to the big water capabilities of the Grand Laker, I should have predicted what happened Saturday; a clear, bluebird day turned dark and violent in a matter of minutes, and instead of a light breeze, we faced a wicked wind and big swells that grew in size […]

The Grand Lake Canoe still plys the waters of Grand Lake almost a century after its invention. Is there a better way to travel?

The Grand Lake Canoe doing what it does best…
Spend any time peering down driveways around the tiny town of Grand Lake Stream, and you’ll notice almost as many boats on trailers as […]

Information has dribbled into the Underground drips and drabs, but because of my throughput-challenged dial-up connection and lack of time, I’ve fallen behind.
And since it’s September – start of the Fall fishing season – there’s a lot of catching up to do.
While I chase the wily smallmouth and landlocked Atlantic Salmon in Maine, the digitally […]

Day three dawned bright but windy. We had lots of options, but given the grim forecast for the coming days, the L&T Nancy and I decided to take a Grand Lake Canoe tour of Farm Cove while the canoe touring was still good.

The wind died but high clouds moved in, signalling the arrival of a […]