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It's Monday at the Underground, and I'm still not fly fishing

By Tom Chandler 6/12/2006

The list of things that keep us away from fishing is a long one; work, distance, family, etc. One that's not often on that list is "stupid leg injury due to running," but there it is in black and white. Gimpiness meant I didn't hit the Upper Sac yesterday evening, but (with enough ice and aspirin) it's looking better for tonight. As always, you'll be the second to know.

Dave Roberts called to let me know he saw very few stoneflies on the Rogue yesterday, but he basically couldn't keep the trout off the fly. Now there's a problem for you. (Readers should write to share their sympathies for Dave, and to tell us how you deal with this difficult problem.)

Upper Sac flows have just nudged under 2000. They've come down significantly lately, and I know that lower tribs have really settled down, so I'm not expecting miracles when I check the upper reaches of the river. Still, 2,000 beats 3,000, and we're headed in the right direction.

Monday Underground Entertainment?
Some good pictures of a big, brown fish from Carp on the Fly, and some nice trout artwork from Japan via the often-updated Yellowstone Fly Fishing Blog. There's also another nice report from Urban Fly Fishing the Kelvin (complete with the dreamy landscape pictures he always produces), and finally, another odd entry from our Overseas (and out of his head) Correspondent TeeRex, who completes his search for carp fishing and slaw dogs in the bars and dives of Shanghai. It's not pretty reading, but damnit, it's journalism, so here it is:


I completed my investigation of Slee Zee Chen's; no fish there, not even in the slaw dawgs. Which, by the way, I taught the short-order chef how to make. (He was about 4 ft 9 inches tall, so he is For Sure a short order chef. Get it? Geez, I crack me up.) He had to substitute chicken's feet and pig's snout for the toob steak, and shredded daikon radish and bok choy for the slaw, but with enough chili oil and soy sauce it tasted about the same as a slaw dawg. If you'd had enough beer, that is. I'd send a picture, but I didn't want to completely destroy your readership.

See you on the Upper Sac, Tom Chandler.

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Tom Chandler

As the author of the decade leading fly fishing blog Trout Underground, Tom believes that fishing is not about measuring the experience but instead of about having fun. As a staunch environmentalist, he brings to the Yobi Community thought leadership on environmental and access issues facing us today.

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"And lastly, a wee bit of shopping in Shanghai that turned into an amusing session of “Spot the Round-Eye." The prosecution rests. But I'm a gracious winner, so you only have to write "Tom is always right" 100 times instead of the usual 500...
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Uhh, I don't remember any from Shanghai. Hong Kong, yes; Shenzhen, maybe. Taipei for sure. You trying to tell me you can't tell the difference? As for calling collect, I'll send you my Taiwanese cell phone number. That way you'll spend a frustrating half day trying to learn how to dial to it, and give up. I know you... TR
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Hell, I never know where you are. And some of the pictures you sent were from Shanghai. Next time I'll call collect to confirm your location...
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Scottish? You must be confused. You're half-Scotch. And half-soda. Only you've reduced your intake of sodium, so no more soda... You can't tell English from Scottish. That's bad enough, but now you've got and Really Pissed Off your Chinese readership. Shanghai and Taipei are really not the same. Not the same area, not the same country; and clearly not the same politics! Sheesh. You trying to get me ... more in trouble over here? Well, don't worry; you can't do anything to me that I can't do to myself, better and more often. I went to the Brass Monkey tonight and quaffed a pint or two of Boddington's to drown my sorrows. Still no carp to be photographed; this town is a pretty sorry excuse for a photo carp safari. (Did I mention I was in Taipei? As in Taiwan??) But at least there was good red ale and FIFA World Cup. I had to leave at half-time, Korea was losing 1-nil to the Africans, and the crowd was in an ugly mood. They actually looked like they might want to do me in. Or at least steal my cayenne-seasoned cheesy fries. I couldn't let that happen. I made sure to have another bloke along. Not for protection, exactly; he's a little runt of a feller. But he did pick up the tab while I made for the exits with the fries. We got away clean. Maybe I'll stumble across a carp pool tomorrow. Stumble is the operative word; I'm coming off of a 17 hr shift, time for some shut-eye... TR PS Other than the geographical foo-pahs, pretty good writing on that article. Especially the part about Asia... TR
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I meant "English front" in terms of my original use of the word, which actually referred to style of landscape painting and not an actual nationality. I'm part Scottish, believe me I'm aware of the difference...
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Scottish !! :) http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/home.htm Its a bit like calling a Canadian American :)
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Scheez, tough crowd on the English front. Still, like Stalin, I have the ability to erase that which doesn't please me, so I've deleted one word and altered landscape photography history... Brian - was out on the river tonight. Still pretty high to play (I get the impression the lower and mid-river tribs are rapidly coming down in flows), but not bad. Expect a full report in the morning. It wasn't ... more great, but I heard it was a lot better midriver...
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Nice to see that flows are dropping below 2000 cfs now. Possible that they could fall to 1000 cfs by the last week or so of this month. I don't see flows getting to the 500 cfs range until at least early July though. At least the river is now headed in the right direction. Brian
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English landscaped pictures? Thats one way to offend a Scotsman I suppose ;)
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