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Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-05-16

May 17, 2013, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • New Post: Home Is Where You Are, Not Where You Were: http://t.co/rVj0QuFs3z ->
  • Outdoor Drugpocalypse: Lost, Hallucinating Hikers Had Meth in Their Vehicle. http://t.co/hMoVh07wfH ->
  • RT @sacvalleyca: How's this for natural splendor? Spawning #salmon are a #NorCal icon: http://t.co/erbo2zcbxf ->
  • Chi Wulff resurrects fly fishing's national food (the slaw dog), but in some poncey, BMW-friendly way.. http://t.co/dkCMf97I5B ->
  • RT @ahalvers: Reintroduce salmon to the upper Sacramento? http://t.co/SFweFYsMLk ->
  • RT @mattrevors: RT @Seasaver: Scientist: "sea lice from salmon farms may infest wild fish up to a distance of 30 km" http://t.co/ABY1pmZift ->
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse: RT @theatlantic: Five reasons we should all be eating insects http://t.co/3ZA3e9TGmi via @qz ->
  • Patagonia doubles down: Introduces $20 Million fund to help startups be sustainable and more: http://t.co/8UM0iMFLXh ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-05-09

May 10, 2013, by Tom Chandler 1 comment
  • Dang! More dead steelies. Take out Searsville Dam! "Bay Area’s San Francisquito Creek In News For Steelhead Kills" http://t.co/SuffXcf5pS ->
  • The First Small Stream Fly Fishing Trip Of The Brand-New Season – The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog http://t.co/j6uZ0XkWe0 ->
  • Remember the Eurasian Watermilfoil that carpeted Fall River? Suddenly, it's gone… http://t.co/Iz5FRVX3dv ->
  • Sign of The Outdoor Apocalypse: Man tapes centerfire cartridge to BB gun, shoots at squirrel, gets blown up: http://t.co/BzwwDuzkOu ->
  • "TWRA won't enforce Corps' tailwater fishing ban" http://t.co/rkBK9k0RRR ->
  • I fail the geek test, but funny: Old Spock battles New Spock in the greatest car commercial ever http://t.co/SMSqG3osh2 ->
  • The Big Picture blog collects stunning news photos from the SoCal wildfires. Lot of CA might look like this by fall: http://t.co/ko8tHjFc52 ->
  • RT @plpt: Awesome slide show that goes with Sacramento Bee article about Pyramid Lake. http://t.co/JyMkzRmPEV #salmon ->
  • RT @unaccompangler: Say no to #steelhead hatchery on the #Elwha. Hatchery bad. Native fish good. http://t.co/Cuib3crnwY ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-05-02

May 3, 2013, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • The absolute final sign of the Coming Apocalypse: A Vegan Strip Club: http://t.co/MtXBaktbvm ->
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse: Whale carcass explodes on Dutch beach http://t.co/ePJiTmwo3h ->
  • RT @downeastlakes: @tcunderground writes about #grand lake stream, @downeastlakes, Visionaries, and Chris Wheaton's star power: http://t.co… ->
  • RT @tommangan: good one from @bgindra "Life is a sexually transmitted disease that is always fatal. Great line by Tim Gehring " ->
  • This certainly would make ice fishing uncomfortable: Iced-over lake shoots thousands of "ice needles" into the air: http://t.co/3aTPsdbmh1 ->
  • Yes, Those Are Great Big Fall River Trout (They're Remarkably Easy To Catch Using Electrodes) http://t.co/iEh5LNOudc ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-04-25

April 26, 2013, by Tom Chandler 2 comments
  • Chico News & Review Opinion Piece: Tear down the Klamath River dams: http://t.co/vdUyDb7AVx ->
  • Cynical, funny and (at times) cutting: "What Writing Programs Ought To Teach You When They Teach You About Writing" http://t.co/c2tvyfB3U5 ->
  • RT @bross_rs: Letter writer on #Klamath salmon: "You’d think that by now they must have realized that there’s a dam there and go somewere… ->
  • RT @matt_weiser: Big implications. RT @USGSwaterCA: USGS to discontinue streamgages. http://t.co/FpAhpQokFY ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-04-18

April 19, 2013, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • RT @matt_weiser: Western US on high alert for zebra mussel invasion. http://t.co/Lsm0GSxmho #invasives #wildlife #cawater ->
  • RT @markgrossi: Scientists tag juvenile #salmon, as San Joaquin River revival moves through 4th year http://t.co/t8MzRbAqGv #cawater ->
  • A podcast fly fishermen can really use: Tom Rosenbauer's 10 Excuses for Getting Skunked. http://t.co/kDyRqjs7lO ->
  • Redding paper's common-sense editorial: Sooner or later, Klamath's dams are going to go: http://t.co/YU7YBApJts ->
  • RT @petergleick: Why CA water rights system is broken. http://t.co/33MDEfNSBY. 250 MAF claimed; only 70 MAF of water. http://t.co/WsvcsY5cjK ->
  • RT @joshuagreen: I defy anyone to top this headline: http://t.co/Zq7SU6J072 ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-04-11

April 12, 2013, by Tom Chandler 8 comments
  • "Deer, fly angler have rumble on river" http://t.co/VtKq247J0m ->
  • Why fly fishing is way, way safer than skiing — Big Air Gone Wrong: http://t.co/jTtL9fQMXo ->
  • Read This Post. Or Eels Will Eat Your Colon. – The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog http://t.co/kDnRhX6h96 ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-04-04

April 5, 2013, by Tom Chandler 17 comments
  • RT @matt_weiser: RT @nwseureka: Driest first 3 months of year for #Ukiah ever recorded. 4.05" so far in 2013 – 15.02 below normal! #cawx … ->
  • RT @kqedscience: When California was an island (if only in the mind — and on maps): http://t.co/dDUKY5FTIn @rachaelmyrow ->
  • Forget waders — in 2013 I'm fishing in a Marylebone Man-Skirt (think of the thrill it would add to flats fishing) http://t.co/3dCKg1BUSG ->
  • 206 Val Atkinson pictures from his recent Patagonia, Chile trip (Raise your hand if you're jealous. I thought so.) http://t.co/Zk9H9W3jTa ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-03-28

March 29, 2013, by Tom Chandler 4 comments
  • Wow! Those really nice barstock aluminum Orvis Battenkill reels are HALF OFF all weekend. I'm getting one: http://t.co/ocDdiqQ9fb ->
  • Sex in space may be dangerous, study says (thus endeth my support the US space program): http://t.co/ZUB1LVbC1E ->
  • Animated GIFs of Calvin & Hobbes (the best kid cartoons ever): http://t.co/D1CJXH9lwc ->
  • RT @kqedscience: Sierra snowpack falls short http://t.co/U6GZEtv83P – @FresnoBee ->
  • Half the length of U.S. streams and rivers in poor condition (LA times): http://t.co/XafMDuimCD ->
  • Here's your chance to get paid to fish! California town paying $.25/pound bounty for carp in city lake: http://t.co/l5g3sNiTpu ->
  • A short, but interesting interview with CalTrout's Central Region Manager Jacob Katz (hint: floodplains): http://t.co/JjT2NVMnMh ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-03-21

March 22, 2013, by Tom Chandler 11 comments
  • Here here! Orvis commits $1+ million to conservation causes in 2013: http://t.co/DIh9MKktk4 ->
  • Ok, why aren't we eating more squirrel? Chicken of the trees: http://t.co/IPB4EWaCGV ->
  • California fly fishing legend Ralph Cutter supposed to (finally!) be on Internet radio Wednesday, 3/20: http://t.co/F0oOfblJy6 ->
  • RT @matt_weiser: RT @UCDavisWater: Contaminated Westlands farmland transforms into #solar farm. Learn more http://t.co/EdwFl3k4cA ->
  • A young reporter bails on the journalism profession, offers well-written explanation why: Why I left news: http://t.co/Mhi3jNM7X2 ->
  • RT @markgrossi: Snowpack graph: Deep breath. Now check it out, especially folks in southern areas #cawater http://t.co/gUinUndEdy ->

Weekly Shortcasts for 2013-03-14

March 15, 2013, by Tom Chandler 6 comments
  • Best response ever (so far this week) to Yahoo's new rule ending work-from-home arrangements for employees: http://t.co/nYXiLd1RWw ->
  • Nice pics of Yosemite's rare firefall (only happens once a year, some years): http://t.co/ovZk2U03h7 ->
  • New Post: The Fly Tying Celebrities I Know (or, Dave Roberts Named Oregon Fly Tyer Of The Year) http://t.co/a3lARu2IIM ->
  • Has CalTrout found a way to help revive California's Central Valley salmon runs in an ag-friendly way? http://t.co/pauY4Xk5sS ->
  • Senate voting to cut funds for steelhead & salmon recovery in CA. Call, email Senator Feinstein, tell her to vote NO: http://t.co/Iw9MkC31bg ->
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