Why You’re Not Looking At Pictures of Fish (And Why I Can’t See)
California’s General Trout Season ended last Friday — without my final, life-affirming trip to a nearby small stream. Clumsy. Thursday was set to be the last day on my nearby small stream, but Thursday...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving From The Underground
Hey, it’s Thanksgiving time again (I’m guessing September, October and November hid under the couch, because I really don’t remember them). Time to count the blessings that we should recognize on a...
View ArticleGrab Bag: Frozen, And An Old Sporting Clays Post
It was -1 degrees on the back porch this morning, and while some subset of Montanans probably think that’s just peachy, here in the saner latitudes it feels a little like the world outside is a single...
View ArticleHappy Holidays From The Latest Member Of The Trout Underground
Rosie: The newest member of the Underground It’s taken me this long to twig to the fact that my wife (the “L&T” to the regulars around here) has a habit of collecting strays. There was the...
View ArticleThe End Of The Drought That Wasn’t (The Sequel…)
I’m completing the Underground’s Trilogy of “here comes the massive, drought-ending storm” posts by noting it’s sunny outside. And in point of fact, it’s been sunny outside. So much for the end of...
View ArticleThe Latest Threat To Fly Fishing (We’ve Got the Gritty Documentary to Prove It)
While Chi Wulff writes thoughtful, intelligent pieces about legal threats to fly fishing, we’re willing to explore a darker, trendier threat to our beloved sport. Zombie beavers. Because the...
View ArticleThe Opening Day Fly Fishing Trip (Plus Bonus Content Where I Almost Say Mean...
California’s General Trout season opener leaps out of the cake tomorrow (Saturday, April 26), and while I’m stuck in a training gig, Older (and less attractive) Bro and I will find ourselves on a...
View ArticleHer Backcast Is Horrible and Her Loop Control Nonexistent. Feel Free to Ohh...
No form. But lots of fun. There was a time when a hole in my schedule might be plugged writing an article for this blog (like the fishing report and Gierach book review I owe you slobs), but these...
View ArticleRemember — Always Practice Safe Fishing…
This gem forwarded to us by Alert Underground Reader [Name Redacted], who clearly has issues we’re not going to explore publicly:
View ArticleWhere Do We Go From Here? (or, The Underground Ends?)
Sorry for the extended radio silence. The plan was to laze about (from a blogging perspective) for a couple months while the L&T and I discussed what we wanted to do when we grew up. When you’re in...
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