Hustle & Fish and the Staxx Brothers Home Cookin': Friday, July 17th at the Tractor (Seattle)

For those who missed the first Hustle and Fish launch party at the Nector you're in luck.  Performing live this Friday night (tomorrow) at the Tractor are the Staxx Brothers ($8 presale at ticketweb.com or at The Tractor box office.) Their stuff rocked in the film, and it certainly loses zero momentum live.  The band will be performing tunes from the release of their new album - We are the Blaxstonz.  It features two kick ass songs that added flavor to Hustle and Fish and were previously unavailable (Name Dropper and 1992).

Stay tuned - we're putting together an iMix for the public to access soon.

June Slab of the Month Results

Thanks for the 706 votes Chum Nation - nice community contribution for sure!  June was a tough one.   As such, we're making an executive decision to announce Co-Winners.

Sammy Hignell-Stark (the people's choice) and Alex Lovett-Woodsum (the choice where pure slabbage simply cannot be ignored) should be proud.  Many a entry was worthy and these ladies kicked a very solid amount of buttocks.

Stay tuned for July voting. We've got another slab infested situation brewing.

Vote early and vote often

If you've been with us this long, you understand our believe that wild salmon and steelhead conservation is the ticket to sustainable, quality fisheries.  And, we feel it is paramount that our Washington state leaders understand that we are not alone in this belief. 

If this is important to you too, then we encourage you to fill out the 1 minute survey on the right sidebar right here on the WDFW website. 

NEWS RELEASE
Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission
July 13, 2009
Contact: Susan Yeager, (360) 902-2267

Commission surveys public priorities
for a new fish and wildlife director

OLYMPIA – Should the next director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) focus on restoring wild salmon and steelhead populations, or on improving statewide fishing and hunting opportunities?

That is one of several options posed in an online public survey by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, which is currently accepting applications for the state’s top job in fish and wildlife management.

Anyone interested in sharing their ideas about qualifications for that position can do so on the commission’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/ . A job description and application form are also available at that site.

Phil Anderson has been serving as interim director since December, when Jeff Koenings resigned after 10 years as director of the agency.

“We’d like to hear from anglers, hunters and everyone interested in the future of our state’s natural resources,” said Miranda Wecker, who chairs the nine-member citizen commission responsible for setting policy – and hiring a director – for WDFW. “We’ll consider those responses as we get down to the business of selecting a new director.”

So far, 21 candidates have applied for the position, said Anthony Cesario, a state Department of Personnel recruiting consultant, who updated the commission on the executive search during a public meeting July 10-11 in Olympia. “About five of those candidates appear to be qualified,” he said.

Wecker said the commission will review the qualifications of specific applicants at a meeting scheduled Aug. 6-8 in Colville. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, she said.

You asked for it...

...and you got it.  Chum Euro TROUT decals available here for 3 bones.

More species to follow- stay tuned.

Art Auction to Benefit the American Museum of Fly Fishing

Dick Cheney on black velvet not part of the collection.

LINK (Via:The Angler's Net)

Five posts per page

Note: for the next few days blog posts will be set at 5 per page (instead of our normal 10).  We're tweaking a few things to speed up page load time.