I'm tieing some of Sister Corley's Carp flies and found out the Mallard color of Boa yarn is no longer made. That virtually guarantees the fly works, either that or I've got a lifetime supply of algae colored frill for use in making loinclothes, or a paintball ghillies suit.

The World's smallest fishing reel designed to spool DNA strands, none of these engineers could possibly be fishermen - as we know even the best of reels can lead to tangles. I assume they're using Messenger RNA as backing.

The Top 10 items that transformed fishing forever would have to include the pop top beer can. I can't fathom what the Wall Street Journal or the American Sportsfishing Association were thinking. A list of the Top 10 fly fishing breakthroughs would have to include instant coffee or divorce, or both.

Illesia is the online journal of Plecoptera researchers, outlining new additions to the Stonefly genus and offering a rare glimpse of some of the true tools used in identification. Fishermen proudly yell of their discoveries and may pause a bit in their lust for latin when they realize they're not even close. It's all part of the sport, couch anglers and instant entomologists - all to be taken with a grain of salt.

Sometimes California adds an additional burden for a fisherman, especially when you have to adapt flies to nouveau cuisine. Take the San Juan Sushi fly as a case in point, a timeless pattern destroyed by California taste buds.

Had to work straight through the weekend again, but I did get a chance to sneak out before dark last night to observe the “Carp Conundrum” and see if I could puzzle out a solution. The issue isn’t their willingness to feed, it’s a combination of murky water coupled with what and how they eat. I [...]

I’ve been struggling with the need to update my aging float tube, now I’m glad I waited. The eighties version surrounded the angler in a donut of inflation - with little fear of slipping out of the beast accidentally. The latest tubes offer the open front - which aids an awkward entrance and exit ritual, [...]

It’s too damn convenient a tale not to have some kind of unsavory involved. No one busts a rod without pointing fingers and wailing horribly, and the deadpan delivery aroused my suspicions: Adding to the Extreme Fishing Situation (imagine a rock soundtrack playing under this report) was the oddly pleasant high-modulus “crack” generated when a [...]

Dohiku barbless hooks are new to me at least, offered in black nickel finish with a hint of sproat bend and upturned point. Not your common Tiemco stuff - with nice wire that looks like it could accomodate large fish, rather than bend hopelessly in the face of Carp.

Tanker 00 used to be next door to me when I lived in Redding, now they're buzzing the high rent real estate in Santa Barbara.