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Entries by El Guapo (8676)

Wednesday
Apr012009

Ward Lockwood's Fly Fishing

Fly fishing meets Cubism.

John Ward Lockwood's works are in the permanent collections of 17 museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Denver Art Museum, the McNay Museum of Art in San Antonio, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  LINK

Tuesday
Mar312009

Scanout Magazine - The Silver King, Miami Beach Style

Tim Pask has launched, Off the Road, an on-line magazine chronicling his travels and photography.

Check out his first issue.

Tuesday
Mar312009

Proposed Pipeline Sparks B.C. Oil Spill Fears 

More news on the proposed pipeline project that the Dogwood Initiative is fighting with their No Tankers Campaign.

Pipeline megaproject would result in heavy tanker traffic on B.C.'s north coast

Concerns are mounting over a proposed twin pipeline megaproject running from Alberta to British Columbia that would cross hundreds of kilometres of untouched wilderness.

Friends of Wild Salmon (FWS), a citizens’ coalition based in northern B.C., is calling for a public enquiry into the project. FWS coordinator Pat Moss says that aside from tanker traffic, the location of the pipelines, which will cross hundreds of salmon streams and two major rivers, is a worry.

“Certainly the biggest single concern would be a major oil spill from a tanker on the coast as there’d be so much oil spilled at one time. But the pipeline also crosses over a 1,000 kilometres on its way to the coast, which includes numerous crossings of the Fraser and Skeena rivers.”

LINK (Via: Epoch Times)

Previously on MC. LINK


Tuesday
Mar312009

Brownlining Hall of Famer

Shaun Brown, 14, managed to hook this ugly-looking creature from the less than exotic surroundings of the Grand Union Canal in Leicestershire.

LINK  (Via: The Daily Mail)

Monday
Mar302009

A Hobo Runs Through It

While travelling last week in Salt Lake I was able to catch the rockin sold out Fly Fishing Film Tour stop at the Tower Theater and spend some quality time with tour crew pals Thad, Matt and Mad Dog.The following day we had the choice of throwing some delicate dry flies on the Lower Provo or going Brownlining for Golden Bones in downtown SLC.

Golden Bone on the bank.

Matt with the slab of the day.

Could I have a piece of bread please.

Ty toad, probably won't make the Patagonia fly fishing catalog.

Matching the hatch.

Monday
Mar302009

Quality Waters?

One of the biggest impacts on the quality of steelhead fishing on the Skeena is the commercial gillnetting bycatch that damages critical early steelhead runs. Despite reports that have shown the economic benefits of the sport fishery far outweigh those of the commercial fishery, the Canadian Department of Fisheries continues their misguided management of the resource.

With just three months before the start of the commercial fishing season, the North Coast Steelhead Alliance has sent an open letter to the Canadian Department of Fisheries, taking them to task for not implementing strategies to reduce the commercial harvest impact on steelhead runs. 

LINK  (Via: Skeena Fisheries Blog)