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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-05-24

May 24, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • As the cost of raw graphite soars, us effete, bamboo fly rod elitists are looking pretty thrifty (by comparison): http://t.co/fcJUDwOn #
  • America's Most Endangered Rivers: Threats to Our Clean Water http://t.co/rHbTTq6Y #
  • More pre-IPO Facebook hilarity, this time from Borowitz: A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg « Borowitz Report http://t.co/MBiSNA3f #
  • Shoot 'em up game for type freaks: I shot the Serif! (but I did not shoot the sans-serif) http://t.co/95RNQxgK #
  • A couple nice Sulphur spinner photos from Sipping Emergers: http://t.co/UFgtG1uy #
  • Pebble Mine could devastate Alaska rivers, streams, EPA says: http://t.co/NysD5XHt #
  • The EPA Is Annexing Alaska (pro Pebble folks not excited by EPA report) http://t.co/yQuLAoFk #
  • Meeting Set for Coleman National Fish Hatchery Adaptive Management Plan http://t.co/y89fEqA1 #salmon RT @matt_weiser: RT @usbr #
  • Fly Fishermen, Meet Your New Floating Robotic Overlords: http://t.co/XsjRfXHt #
  • RT @matt_weiser: Awesome time-lapse photo of #eclipse over Mt. #Shasta by Bee photographer Randall Benton. http://t.co/4NUp21kP #
  • Proof ocean fishing might be more fun than stream fishing: Tons of pot found floating off Southern California coast: http://t.co/slf3T31j #
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse – man breaks into hatchery, steals trout, leaves picture on surveillance camera: http://t.co/Ji0S7sOP #
  • RT @FantasyContest: Guys you MUST read this meltdown from a self-pub author over on our sister site @FantasyFaction http://t.co/0m8EqD4G #
  • i conducted an interview with Mikey Wier — well-known fly fishing videographer and recent CalTrout hire: http://t.co/kZGjjCDn #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-05-17

May 17, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • What if bands were sandwiches? Bandwiches (hilarious from McSweeney's) http://t.co/SsXpEDwd #
  • What’s Gone Wrong With Hat Creek? | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/8iHkVnos #
  • Think Pebble Mine is awful? In 50s, Edward Teller wanted to drop an A-Bomb on Alaska: http://t.co/y8FYvw1E #
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse: German anglers say swimmers' pee killed fish in lake: http://t.co/z98hRYq0 #
  • Funny Ten-Step Checklist For Becoming a Published Fly Fishing Writer: http://t.co/1nFOsxYy #
  • Tumblr blog of the New York Times photo morgue: The Lively Morgue http://t.co/75JquZxG #
  • Well-used Marlwalker wading boots with seaweed growing on them: http://t.co/eMd4R4wS #
  • How Westlands Irrigation District harms Delta while letting taxpayers foot the bill: http://t.co/L6MGKx8B #
  • While officials pretend everything is fine, East Coast Menhaden populations keep shrinking, and fast: http://t.co/cAQRtHy1 #
  • Proof fly fishing streams is best: Fisherman sues cruise line after 28 days stranded at sea: http://t.co/SZrprNyF #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-05-10

May 10, 2012, by Tom Chandler 1 comment
  • The Outdoor Pressroom: Al-Qaida directs followers to set fires in Montana? http://t.co/mlSk2KmL #
  • Pikeminnow bounty program ($4-$8 per fish) starting up again on Columbia River : http://t.co/Pj5T3166 #
  • Fontinalis Rising writes nice, well-researched post on Michigan's "Coaster" Brook trout and attempts to raise bag limit:… #
  • Trout's ear bone reveals not just age, but where it's been: http://t.co/uBnaOGvB #
  • "Sustainable" Stanford? Yvon Chouinard weighs in, notes Searsville Dam damages watershed: http://t.co/f3FVABUa @BeyndSearsville #
  • New fights breaking out over diminishing water supplies with… fracking companies: http://t.co/KDL8Xy7g #
  • Nelson's guide to early season fishing on the Henry's Fork, others… http://t.co/2uIncIbW #
  • The fishing boat for people who don't want their friends to know where they're fishing: http://t.co/8bkEW6v6 #
  • Colorado snowpack among the worst on record: only 19% of 30-year average: http://t.co/c5HClHjA #
  • Bad news if you're a mayfly nymph — "Rock Snot" Algae Found in Delaware River: http://t.co/rzHVFVIR #
  • Siskiyou County ranchers take note: wildlife and cattle ranches can co-exist: http://t.co/mhqOxpBZ #
  • The "anti-blog" fly fishing blog post: http://t.co/jmvNjW3t #
  • Trout Rustling Gone Mad — the battle for stream access in Montana: http://t.co/LdbYR5eS #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-05-03

May 3, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • RT @californiafishn: DFG Director Bonham Selects Wildlife Photograph of the Year http://t.co/0UsYMC6X #
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness looking for an executive director (do good near good fishing): http://t.co/Hio1uf9N #
  • More Apocalypse: As if high runoff on Opening Day wasn't enough — minivan-sized meteorites falling on California: http://t.co/0AOkAaAx #
  • Giant black seabass drags kayak angler out to sea – Phil Friedman Outdoors http://t.co/8W8LpqnP #
  • Why fly fishing is like… Star Wars?! More perfectly logical weird shit from Singlebarbed: http://t.co/2eHC8GEF #
  • "the problem is one of illiteracy, not Marxism" – Harper Lee letter to school board which banned To Kill A Mockingbird: http://t.co/SpBbZc5t #
  • Your chance to own Ted Williams' "Bottom Kill" wooden fly rod?? http://t.co/BrbQteBF #
  • World Championship Bass on The Fly Fishing Tournament 2012 to be held on Lake Fork Texas http://t.co/N24msXxt #
  • Outdoor Apocalypse, Doggie Style: new cable channel just for dogs — DogTV: http://t.co/K85QcO01 #
  • Klamath River Restoration Is Cheap Compared To Costs Of Doing Nothing | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/PjjHLxVt #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-04-26

April 26, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • The Lost Streams of Los Angeles (non-fishing, but is this woman the ultimate brownliner?) http://t.co/XqI7Hui5 #
  • Last fall's review of the #Osprey Stratos 24 daypack keeps drawing traffic, guess others liked it as much as I did:… #
  • 3-day whiteware rafting guide school on the Upper Sacramento (a good idea if you want to raft CA's better-fishing rivers)… #
  • Karuk, environmental groups say even revised suction dredge mining regulations violate CA F&G guidelines, laws: http://t.co/Xpzm2LOd #
  • RT @borowitzreport: BREAKING: US to Merge Wars on Obesity and Drugs into War on Fat Potheads #
  • It's Roy Orbison's birthday! http://t.co/4s7UKhX8 #
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse, Stupid Teen Style: Pair of Utah kids booby trap a public trail with spiked pit, club: http://t.co/YmaRqqol #
  • Another reason to fly fish CA's mountains this weekend: Mad cow disease found in California Central Valley dairy cow: http://t.co/hyO3fhXx #
  • Participation in Outdoor Recreation Hit Five-year High in 2011 (great news — or a sign more people are living in tents)… #
  • Opening Day Fishmas Festival in Mammoth: http://t.co/3t6IjilO #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-04-19

April 19, 2012, by Tom Chandler 4 comments
  • Why the Wolverine is now the Official Badass Mammal of the Underground: The Cleanest Line: The Wolverine Way: http://t.co/SeBxCg0W #
  • One of the last stretches of NorCal's Deer Creek protected: Western Rivers Conservancy: News http://t.co/YdfktPop #
  • Spring Storms Improve California’s Snowpack… A Little… | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/ukUjIFEA #
  • Knew it was coming: Ruby River landowner challenges Montana stream access in wake of SCOTUS PPL decision: http://t.co/nWmPvD8x #
  • RT @matt_weiser: .@usbr to boost flow in American River tomorrow 1 p.m. from Lake Natoma (downstream of Folsom Dam). http://t.co/jypRgUDu #
  • Hat Creek, Baum Lake and others in Shasta County threatened by falling groundwater levles? http://t.co/963b16XT #
  • Bay Area Undergrounders take note: The Jimmy Green Spey-O-Rama (The World Championship of Spey Casting) 4/20-4/22: http://t.co/12KLQIl3 #
  • California gold miners sue over suction dredge mining regulations: http://t.co/NojQexeO #
  • CalTrout Looking For Southern California Region Program Manager | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/cuMwD7fU #
  • The Outdoor Cowpocalypse Cold, dead cows challenge USFS, who has to remove them before they thaw: http://t.co/qng29jLS #
  • Frank’s Fiji Follies: shark chumming with clueless divers. What could go wrong? http://t.co/5lI7OAuU #
  • After bazillions spent on "education" and new invasives checkpoints, guy infects a whole lake and gets… $500 fine? http://t.co/Gcu6n20e #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-04-12

April 12, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • The Billy Pate estate auction on May 19 (Islamorada). Art, guns and plenty of dead, mounted fish: http://t.co/QhM7SYWh #
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse: Jesus on a stingray http://t.co/kFEumMUN #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-04-05

April 5, 2012, by Tom Chandler 2 comments
  • Fellow bloggers Theo and Alistair end up on the BBC: http://t.co/ymvkEtJ7 #
  • On the public record blog tells us exactly what we need to know about water blowhard Devin Nunes: http://t.co/Qw3V7VwC #
  • More Outdoor Apocalypse: fly fisherman clotheslines cyclist on South Platte: http://t.co/dntmPMWZ #
  • The Outdoor Apocalypse Continues: man sticks finger in decapitated cottonmouth's mouth (guess what?): http://t.co/MdF628Eg #
  • Perhaps the worst (yet best) ad for bottled water EVER (not entirely safe for work): http://t.co/fElewAzg #
  • "Death can just bite me" — The Bacon Coffin: http://t.co/5gSOytEf #
  • Soon-to-be-released "Trout in Dirty Places" book resonating with UK public tired of bad news? http://t.co/eBkhGWS4 #
  • More Apocalypse: Colorado man gets 5 yrs probation for shooting a woman after mistaking her red mohawk for a bird: http://t.co/45UDRv5g #
  • want to stalk young women? There's an app for that: http://t.co/dJ2Cjlmi #
  • Massive Waterfowl Die-Off In Klamath Refuge Highlights Importance Of KBRA | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/pllGtHLR #
  • Hilarious parody of equipment geeks on public forum (does anyone else see the parallels to fly fishermen?) http://t.co/huof2wts #
  • Are salmon "irrational"? Science article titled "Learning from suicidal salmon" asks questions: http://t.co/pAv4A93S #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-03-29

March 29, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • More proof that fly fishing is way better than job hunting: Job applicants being asked for their Facebook *password*: http://t.co/eGoYcD2p #
  • If only we could run our cars on beer: Thirsty Thursday and Rising Gasoline Prices: Drill? No. Frack? No. Beer? Yes. http://t.co/1vNabU9w #
  • Groups ask for more water in Trinity, Klamath to prevent salmon die-off in year of record returns: http://t.co/57AlYkXr #
  • Why the Recreational Fishing Alliance doesn't really represent fishermen: Fishing Against the Fringe http://t.co/kmxF29ce #
  • RT @pkonoske: Drought declared in Klamath Basin, threatens possible record coho #salmon run in Calif.'s Trinity River. http://t.co/dWKkB5Do #
  • The Angler's Culvert: A guided tour of whiskey and giant, old-fashioned Muskie baits: http://t.co/BwtfNPdh #
  • The ideal hiking shoe for trips to those small streams you don't want anyone else visiting: Bear Footprint Shoes: http://t.co/vrfQDHgq #
  • NASA satellite images confirm cruddy snow year in lower 48: http://t.co/7CRRHVw3 #
  • Screenwriter Ken Levine's pretty damned funny travel ebook free until Thursday night (Kindle): http://t.co/l0wzCqYi #
  • Series of nice Val Atkinson's fly fishing photographs from remote Chile: http://t.co/kw1WpcJz #
  • Editorial: As rivers flow, so should public access – Editorials – The Sacramento Bee http://t.co/crxCHmgW #
  • Nice fishing report on GSMNP's Little River from the Trout Zone: http://t.co/2ZCOsVrE #
  • RT @OmakChronicle State closes steelhead, whitefish fisheries on upper (US) #ColumbiaRiver tributaries in WA http://t.co/Ok3n4HnQ #

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Weekly Short Casts for 2012-03-22

March 22, 2012, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • No real surprise; US farm subsidies increasingly going to wealthy operations and corporations, not family farms: http://t.co/ews2f5Qm #
  • RT @matt_weiser: Honeybee Colony Collapse Linked to Corn Insecticide http://t.co/kWMe6Gxk #climate #food #eco #
  • Study finds steep decline in young people's concern about the environment – @AP http://t.co/uwdHo9QO #
  • The *Real* Outdoor Apocalypse Period — Man arrested after attempting CPR on roadkill opossum: http://t.co/o75NCja3 #
  • "I waited for the fish to rise again, then threw the stick as hard as I could at him, then turned and left the stream" http://t.co/ZOIqT06O #
  • Too lazy to write that sentence you're being paid for? Let "The Virtual Academic" sentence generator do it for you: http://t.co/8n3lVaTp #
  • "But they fuck us up, these trout streams, and we tend to lie, you see." Nice post from The Angler's Culvert: http://t.co/hjPp1Asi #
  • California’s Dismal Snowpack/Waterpack Numbers Tick Up Ever So Slightly | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/kA2dCQLL #
  • California Legislators Work To Protect California’s Iconic Coho Salmon From Extinction | California Trout, Inc. http://t.co/4VvJ7Vep #
  • Star Trek fans take note: 90 minutes of Enterprise background engine noise (white noise to write by?): http://t.co/P25mQBRu #
  • Important breaking News — National Muskrat-skinning champs retain titles: http://t.co/aPF13CMR #

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