| Fishing News From Around The World |
| Sun, 4 Apr 02010 |
| Tippets: $35 Yak Rack, Maine's Unannounced Season, Sally Jesse Raphael |
| New gear: Yakima's $35 foam block car-top kayak rack. Is it the lampreys, or just a normal cycle? Ohio's "Steelhead Alley" producing fewer fish for anglers. Proactive Maine senator stumps anglers with early, unpublicized season opening. Sally Jesse ... |
| Sun, 4 Apr 02010 |
| Cold and Happy on the Pere Marquette |
| Howard Meyerson's conversion to a steelhead fly fisherman is complete after he's tutored by guides from the Pere Marquette Lodge. "Darkness was approaching when a silver torpedo hit my fly hard, ripped some line off my reel and left me standing like... |
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| Sat, 3 Apr 02010 |
| Tippets: Jim Range Casting Call, National Park Week, New San Juan River Habitat |
| Jim Range National Casting Call less than three weeks away. All 392 national parks will have free admission during National Park Week, April 17 to 25. What to do on your way to fly fish in Mexico's Sian Ka'an preserve. BLM project creates new San J... |
| Sat, 3 Apr 02010 |
| Video Hatch: Beattie's "Off the Grid" |
| RA Beattie's latest project -- another assemblage of stunning clips taken while he traveled North and Central America this past year -- includes footage of big trout taking big, bushy dry flies, migrating salmon, tailing bonefish and jumping tarpon. ... |
| Sat, 3 Apr 02010 |
| "Sleeping In The Dirt" Releases Third Issue |
| Midcurrent photo contributor Aaron Otto just released the third "issue" of his online magazine "Sleeping InThe Dirt." Contributors include Brian O'Keefe, Alex Landeen, Jay Morr, Rich Schaaff, Brian Schiele (who writes about his favorite camera, the p... |
| Fri, 2 Apr 02010 |
| Economic value of sport fishing |
| Sport fishing can be a real economic engine for local economies. As much as you and I probably already know this, we still have to beat government agencies about the head with data because the only day to day numbers they will see are from fish landi... |
| Fri, 2 Apr 02010 |
| Video Hatch: Fly Fishing Taos, New Mexico |
| Nick Striet -- fly fishing guide and son of long-time New Mexico expert Taylor Striet -- talks about Taos, New Mexico's fishing seasons and diverse opportunities, which include fishing everything from the Rio Grande to small streams up at 10,000 feet... |
| Fri, 2 Apr 02010 |
| Tippets: "Pipeliner," Bahamas Bonefish Gold, NC's Trail Success, Actor Christoph... |
| True/Slant and Fly Talk pick up on "Pipeliner." (Yes, it's a spoof.) Bahamas nets nearly $144 million annually from flats fishing. Is North Carolina's "Fly Fishing Trail" a model for local economic recovery? Fly fishing people: "Back to the Future" ... |
| Fri, 2 Apr 02010 |
| New Lenses for Anglers (Very) Serious About Photography |
| The editors over on the PopPhoto.com blog take the lens caps off of two new pieces of glass unveiled February 9th by Nikon and angling photographers should be happy there's a couple of hyper fast new wide lenses to choose from. "The first is a 24mm ... |
| Thu, 1 Apr 02010 |
| Sadly this is not an April Fools post... |
| Fellow fly angler, Kurt Finlayson, sends sad news to all anglers thinking about spending their hard earned cash to fish in Utah. He writes: "Anglers in Utah recently lost a major stream access battle.The Utah Legislature passed the bill during this p... |
| Thu, 1 Apr 02010 |
| Bristol Bay Salmon Plan Massive Suicide Protest |
| (Iliamna, AK) Insider sources within the piscatorial community recently revealed plans for a massive protest against the proposed Pebble Mine project within the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The source, who for the sake of anonymity we shall refer t... |
| Thu, 1 Apr 02010 |
| Pipeliner: Fly Fishing's Gritty New E-Zine |
| Stunning photos, gripping stories, and uncanny insight -- all with a keen eye for what is edgy and transgressive in fly fishing. It's what you'd expect from a new e-zine that emerges from the dark tunnel of tradition to stare boldly across the ditche... |
| Wed, 31 Mar 02010 |
| Patagonia launches Fly Fishing E-Catalog |
| Our friends over at Patagonia sent us this release, which since they are our friends, we decided to publish in it's entirety. In the interest of full disclosure, these guys have bought us an adult beverage or two in the past. Notwithstanding their p... |
| Wed, 31 Mar 02010 |
| Interview with Fly Fisher and Photographer Andy Anderson |
| TR: Tell us a little about yourself. Do you have a significant other? AA: Yes, I have a wife of 31 years and three children. I just purchased a drift boat and I'm loving it. I also have a Airstream that I use when I'm on location. TR: Where do yo... |
| Wed, 31 Mar 02010 |
| April 19: "Tarpon" Night at Key West Bight |
| Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via FlickrIf you're lucky enough to fishing in the Lower Florida Keys in late April or just looking for an excuse to go, be sure to attend Tarpon Night with scientist Kathy Guindon on the 19th in Key Wes... |
| Tue, 30 Mar 02010 |
| Tippets: Rare Greenback Video, "Synthetic Fish" Interview, Tenkara Bum Site |
| Kirk Deeter takes a waterproof camera to a secret Colorado creek for rare Greenback cutthroat footage. The Fish Schtick interviews An Entirely Synthetic Fish author Anders Halverson, and Keith Barton reviews the book. (Read Samuel Snyder's review on... |
| Tue, 30 Mar 02010 |
| Featured Photographer: Alex Landeen |
| This week's new featured MidCurrent photographer is Alex Landeen. Landeen says: "If you take a photo of something interesting, people will look at it. If you take a photo of something that is not interesting but do so in a creative way, people will l... |
| Tue, 30 Mar 02010 |
| Patagonia Goes Paperless With New Fly Fishing Catalog |
| Promising it will save 176 trees and eliminate 74,826 gallons of wastewater, Patagonia just launched their first-ever "e-catalog," the 2010 Patagonia fly fishing product guide. Casey Sheahan, Patagonia’s angling CEO: “The fishing market is the right ... |
| Tue, 30 Mar 02010 |
| Crazy for Tenkara |
| Image by mcarpentier via FlickrTenkara wins another convert in the form of author and photographer David Dirks, who calls the simple and effective technique a revelation. "Traditional tenkara line consists of about 10 feet of hand-woven monofilament... |
| Tue, 30 Mar 02010 |
| New addition to the bookshelf. |
| But not before it gets a reading. "92 in the shade" by Thomas McGuane. Not sure who Chuck is but he got the book signed back in 1992 |
| Mon, 29 Mar 02010 |
| Gill nets in the news again in NC |
| The MFC in their infinite wisdom has come up with another half baked compromise. I say, not so much. Just wondering how long this can go on before the feds step in and totally take over flounder and turtle rules in this state and then the boys who f... |
| Sat, 27 Mar 02010 |
| Customer Service Excels |
| With a weekend full of guide trips approaching,weds finds my trim tab down on my Hell'sBay skiff. I call Lenco for a replacement part and customer service answers on one ring and simply says"Can I help you?"A few minutes later the part is being sent |
| Fri, 26 Mar 02010 |
| GaGa for Fishing? |
| The Daily Star is reporting that Lady Gaga and friends recently spent some time fishing: “She’s pretty eccentric, she didn’t take her heels off once. “She went down to Onetangi beach to go fishing in her eight-inch heels, undies and a man’s business ... |
| Mon, 22 Mar 02010 |
| Would you rather have rain forests or oceans? |
| Fishing helps save rain forests. Did you know that? Ray Hilborn knows, and he thinks you should pay attention. This is an example of a useful idea taken to a silly place. Let's compare the impacts of ocean fishing with land-based agriculture (a usefu... |
| Mon, 22 Mar 02010 |
| Gyoko Band |
| Gyoko is a Japanese Music group trying to promote the eating of fish to the youth of Japan. It seems their taste for Bluefin and Blubber isn't keeping pace with prior generations and Goyoko sings about the joys of fish in an attempt to boost demand. |
| Mon, 22 Mar 02010 |
| Alaska Bans Felt Soles |
| The Alaska Board of Fisheries announced that it will outlaw felt soled wading shoes starting in 2012. Trout Unlimited made the request and their blog has news of the decision. "The board on Friday, March 19, passed the proposal unanimously after he... |
| Wed, 17 Mar 02010 |
| Chat with Ross Reels via Twitter |
| Ross Reels will be chatting live via Twitter handle @FlyFishPro today from 3-4 PM MST (5-6 PM EST). Log in and ask them everything you wanted to know about their fly fishing gear. While you are there make sure you follow @FlyFishMagazine. We promise... |
| Wed, 17 Mar 02010 |
| VS back on Direct TV |
| VERSUS Field & Live Sports Return to DIRECTV: DIRECTV and VERSUS Reach Carriage Agreement El Segundo, CA, and Philadelphia - DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the dea... |
| Tue, 16 Mar 02010 |
| Adventure science |
| Hauling a 120 kilo sled across the Arctic ice, and SWIMMING ACROSS OPEN WATER where cracks separate chunks of floating ice. This is Swim Around Bainbridge on steroids. The Catlin Arctic Survey 2010 will trek across the Arctic in winter, in order to s... |
| Mon, 15 Mar 02010 |
| Shrimp on ice |
| What lives under Antarctic Ice? Scientists thought maybe nothing, except those silly little microbes that live everywhere. But guess what happens when you do an actual experiment, sometimes you find a big surprise. Like the false bologna sandwich hyp... |
| Mon, 15 Mar 02010 |
| Here Kitty Kitty |
| Ever feel like something is watching you? It seems that a motorist sighted a Cougar in NJ, and not the kind that hang out at shore nightclubs during the summer months. "Officers did find "feline tracks" in a muddy creek bed bear Robertsville Road, ac... |
| Mon, 15 Mar 02010 |
| Orvis finds Podcast Success |
| This week an article on the Times Argus Newspaper's website gives insight in to success that Orvis has found through their Fly Fishing Guide Podcast hosted by Tom Rosenbauer. The podcast continues to grow in popularity and bring them more customers ... |
| Sun, 14 Mar 02010 |
| Bluefin tuna get their day in court |
| The fish fight back, this time thanks to the Prince of Monaco. Now that's a strange twist of fate, suitable for a new "Alice in Wonderland" movie. Bluefin tuna may get some long overdue protection if all goes well at the ongoing CITES convention that... |
| Thu, 11 Mar 02010 |
| Eel armor the next step in personal protection |
| If you want lessons in protection, look to the ancient armored dinosaur eel. It has multi-layered scales that are teaching materials scientists some new ways to resist dangerous attacks, and may lead to the next generation of body armor for people. A... |
| Thu, 11 Mar 02010 |
| Commercial fishermen are trying to pull the wool... |
| ...over the eyes of the general public. They are passing on the story that environmental groups are trying to ban ALL fishing. Whatever. Jeffery Weeks of southern NC wrote a good story about it:http://captgordon.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/the-hypocris... |
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