Monthly Archives: April 2009
Operation Sponsor Gracie
Our man in Denver Michael Gracie has bravely entered the Costa 2-Fly competition in the Teva Mountain Games. Like Ricky Bobby at the end of Jackie Moon (or was it Anchorman? Old School?), Gracie’s got no corporate dough backing him … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Other Blogs, Pimped Content, Stupid Stuff
Buy Shirt, Help Oregon Bull Trout
Buy this t-shirt and 100 percent of the proceeds go to Oregon bull trout habitat . Go to The Caddis Fly Blog for details.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Other Blogs, Pimped Content, Save the World
NYC: Tiny Beasts
Them little croppies make the late lunch break worthwhile.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast, Stupid Stuff
CALIFORNIA: Save Delta Fish
A video calling to fight the attempt to eradicate striped bass from California waters. According to savedeltafish.com, this is not an invasive species issue but a water use exploitation issue. Here’s the petition to oppose the bill.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Media, Other Blogs, Pimped Content, Save the World
BOOK REVIEW: The Alaska Chronicles
A lot has already been said about this title, so I’ll just add this: The Alaska Chronicles is the best fly fishing book I’ve read in a long time. Miles Nolte’s efficiency of prose is top notch. He has a … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Lit, Media, Reviews, Worthless Opinions
FLORIDA: Drought
Work last week brought me down to South Florida and then up the Space Coast and into Central Florida, and the signs of drought are obvious. Old ditches on the roster are currently unfishable due to the dropping water levels. … Continue reading
Filed under Freshwater, Florida, Save the World, Media
BOOK REVIEW: The Big One
Score one for participatory journalism. In 2007 David Kinney, a career newspaperman, dove headfirst into the collective insanity that is the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. The result is The Big One, an exhaustively researched window into the … Continue reading
FLORIDA: Bass, Popper, Bust, Bliss
Here’s to the beautiful simplicity of popper fishing. Cast it into some vegetation, pop, stop, pop….what’s more visually gratifying then watching a bass connect? Not much.
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Photos
