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The Trout Underground turns 10,000

By Tom Chandler 6/30/2006

Moving on Up...
A couple nights ago, someone (somewhere) clicked a mouse, and the Trout Underground had its first 10,000+ visit month (by the end of today, it will be closer to our first 11,000 visit month). In the larger Internet sense that's pocket change, but it's certainly enough to blow my ego all out of proportion (fortunately, the trout keep me humble). What's interesting are the number of overseas visitors; I'm posting from the side of a volcano in a tiny town in the mountains of Northern California, and the idea that people are reading it many, many time zones away just knocks my socks off.

Fly fishing blogs are popping up all over the Internet, but many offer precious little original content. Here, the idea remains that fly fishing is supposed to be fun, and that other folks might have fun sitting in on the adventures of a truly mediocre fly fisher (and his friends) who happens to write for a living.

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I truly enjoy the comments posted on the blog, and would urge others to add their voice. I'd love to see an online community evolve that manages to avoid the animosity and low signal/noise ratio of the fly fishing message boards I've visited, but rarely re-visit.

It's been a good ride and fortunately, I'm still enjoying it. I first started posting fishing reports/entries better than two years ago, though I only moved to blog software earlier this year. Along the way, I hope readers learned a little something, and (most importantly) had a good time. The number of visitors to the Underground continues to grow, and I want to thank everyone who stops by and hangs out for even a few minutes.

See you having fun on the river, 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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Tom, I enjoy your website very much. Being trapped at a desk job in San Francisco... the wonderful prose on the website brings fly fishing for trout in my favorite place in California to me on a daily basis; although, it's a vicarious thrill at best. Usually, this late in the season, I would have several trips to your neck of the woods under my belt. Alas, this year, just a few hours on a very cold ... more day in February. I hope to make it up sometime in September or October. Perhaps I can persuade you and Chris to take an evening off and bend some boo. I'll work on a teaser to get you guys out with me. All the best, Don
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Tom, I never miss checking this blog every morning, I enjoy your writing, almost as much as I do your whining on the river. For those of you that don't know TC up close and personal, as much as he picks on himself here he is an outstanding caster and fly fisher, I have stopped fishing many times just to watch him cast. Keep up the good work Tom please. David
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Congrats, Tom! This blog gives a city-bound chap like me a little country sunlight - it convinces me that being the offspring of baby boomers and landing right in the middle of the Information Age is not a bad thing after all. I'll be looking for some fly-casting elbow room on July 5-6, hopefully after a good number of folks are sucked back into the world of work...sometimes this self-employed thing ... more does what it's supposed to... The Rapid River in Maine was lots of smallies, few brookies. It's scary. Happy fishing, Will (from Berkeley)
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Brian; The river's *very* fishable right now, but I'm steering clear. The LT Nancy and I hiked a 13 mile round trip to fish an alpine lake today. Report later (after I've soaked my poor feet). Tomorrow I'm eyeing another alpine lake (this one's almost drive-up so I can lug in a float tube), and maybe Monday I'm hitting a small stream. Good luck, and let us know how the crowds were.
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It's nice that this online community does not take on the character of so many other fly fishing forums where so many threads on Camp;R, use of indicators, etc. turn into flame wars due to the egos of a few individuals. Keep up the good work! Looks like flows on the river are going to drop under 700 cfs later this weekend so the river just continues to get more fishable by the hour :-). Going to try ... more it later this evening. Hopefully the crowds will be over on the McCrowded and not on the Upper Sac. Brian
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Good Job Tom! Keep up the good work.
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I think one reason your blog is successful, is that it is about fly fishing, and it leaves the competitive aspects out of it. This doesn't mean not to try and be good at it - casting, tying flies, reading water, and doing it with some panache, but at its true essence, it is the ongoing mastery of the skills that make it enjoyable, and make it a worthwhile life time pursuit. One person who is always ... more a good influence is Dave Roberts. He is an expert, but is not competitive. He'll tease you, teach you and laugh at you, but he won't compete with you. My guess is your approach is similar.
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