Archive for January, 2012

On the road (again).

Posted in Ditch Fishing, Friends of Buster, Goin' back to Cali...I don't think so., Maybe you had to be there, No Thanks - I have enough bait, The Globetrotting Angler, The Road, THIS is gonna be painful, yet another excuse fer drinkin' on January 31st, 2012 by G_Smolt

Big Ups to the SacTown Posse and the Truckee RiffRaff Association for the good times last week. Barring liver-replacement therapy and/or a sudden, inexplicable aversion to whoop-ass good sushi and company, I will be down for the Show next year.

Things we should probably remember for next year:

If you meet a girl with a large bird tattoo, don’t ask her why she decided to get a big cock on her back.

Fro’s is too damn expensive for people in the fly fishing industry, but staying away from food that good is tough.

Regardless of your intent, “Golden Water” is not a phrase to be used in the presence of hot waitresses unless you feel the need to be known among the waitstaff as “the guy with the pee thing”.

No more than 3 tall bastards in a drinking circle.

If you get 2am taco debris all over your iPhone while Siri is giving you directions, simple 5 minute drives can and will turn into 40-minute, 5-freeway clown-car rodeos.

Karma has a way of catching up with lowholers – wait until they fall in before yelling at them.

Just because April was at that one bar last year doesn’t necessarily mean there will be hot chicks there this year.

Using awkward hand signals while vaguely referencing obscure fishing practices is not a good idea in the company of smartass fishing guides.

Thanks to JerkBait and the Loose Cannon for lettin’ me ride shotgun all week, and if I ever find my phone, I’ll make sure to get that video of the Hooters chick riding the “Barstool Bull” into your sweaty hands.

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Tuna Tenkara

Posted in Ask Izaak, Bamboo - Not just for tweedbags, How To Cook A Wolf, Know from where your dinner comes, Lazy Ass YouTube Posting, Lower down on the foodchain, Old Timey News Reel, Real Heroes of Fly Fishing, Uncategorized on January 30th, 2012 by Tosh
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Point to Point Navigation

Posted in Flotsam, Gone fishin', I'd like to thank Crown Royal, Nevermind, not even remotely related to fly fishing, Of Marginal Importance on January 29th, 2012 by Salty

I’ve cut back on my own tracks. I haven’t done that before, moving back to place I left previously. Last spring I moved back to Florida and in so many other ways, I started right back where I was a few years ago. I came back for a job and a future I thought I could predict. I have the job, but the future, as it will, has changed from what I thought it would be. My wife and I split up and I’m moving out. I’m rebuilding a life from the bottom up again and wondering what I’m doing half the time. Eight years ago, I was in the exact same spot, and there are times where I lay awake and wonder how I got here again. I have some great friends, one in particular, who has been there for me through this whole experience. There are times where I don’t know how I’ll ever say thank you in a way that conveys the depth of that appreciation. That particular friend is now going through her own hard time. I’ve tried to be there for her and tried to offer the same support and help that she has offered me. In the end that is all we can do for each other. Be there with a hand and a kind word and an open ear. Sometimes I feel like I am stumbling around, not sure of what I’m doing. I’m about to turn 35 years old, and I don’t know anything more than when I was 5 years old.

 

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Green With Envy

Posted in Absolute Horseshit, All that is way fucking wrong, Chafed, completely sober bone-headedness on January 21st, 2012 by Smithhammer

Hey Front Range – maybe you should have wondered where the water was going to come from before you approved all the rampant development of the last couple decades? Just sayin’…

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This Be The Title of Wally’s Post Bout Capr Fission

Posted in Capr!, Redefining "Professional" on January 20th, 2012 by Wally

Kirk Deeter of Fly Talk makes a few fly fishing predictions for the coming year. Most of them are reasonable enough and will probably come to fruition but it’s #3 that catches my attention.

Fly fishing will see successful competitions happen that will actually promote the sport. Only they won’t revolve around trout. (We tried, but it’s hard to find a fair and legitimate format; one-flies are for fun). And they won’t revolve around bass. (That market is already cornered, and the bass people don’t want us). It’s going to revolve around carp fishing with flies. Just you watch.

I admit that I like this idea. For years now the wife has been bugging me to get a second job and being a pro carp angler on “The Tour” sounds good to me.

What if?

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Besieged by Bastards

Posted in Absolute Horseshit, DOOSHTASTIC!, Foes, fuck you you fucking fucks, Us vs. Them on January 18th, 2012 by Wook

Lots of sites going dark today, WordPress included, but we figured since it was already a bit dim (and musty) around here anyway, we’d just post this.

(btw, image totally ganked from somebody on the intarwbz without permission)

And this just for clicks.

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