Kern River - North American Ape Sanctuary

I recently was driving on Sierra Way coming back to Kernville and driving just past the South Fork Bridge near the Kern River Preserve. It was approaching dusk so the lighting was still very good. As I traveled about 500 yards on the road past the bridge, I see this very hairy ape looking creature running upright on 2 feet very fast and crossing the road.

Read flyguy's story here

Vintage Chum - Billfish Edition

The Man Who Changed Fly Fishing Forever

How a refugee from Hungary found his way to Florida and invented a reel that would tame the biggest, baddest fish in the sea.

LINK (Via:Garden and Gun)

Seriously?

Save the Skykomish

Despite widespread opposition, a Washington State utility company “SnoPUD” has proposed building a new dam and power plant on the protected Skykomish River.  This environmental catastrophe would dewater over a mile of river, including two pristine waterfalls, Canyon Falls and Sunset Falls.

SnoPUD’s proposed dam is a $150 million boondoggle that would produce minimal energy – less than 1% of their energy portfolio – while posing serious risks to our environment, endangered species, recreation opportunities, and quality of life.

At present, taxpayers are spending $324.7 MILLION to remove two Washington State dams on the Elwha River.

Anyone want to weigh in on this shit?

Ink the petition here

Vintage Chum

"Tobacco River, Aug 29, 1954. 16" Rainbow and 14" Brook"

Sent by chummist, Carl Leonnard.

Andrew Herd's The History of Fly Fishing

The History of Fly Fishing (originally published as The Fly) has been completely revised, rephotographed and greatly expanded to 440 full-colour pages. This lavishly illustrated work charts the development of fly fishing from humble beginnings to the modern day. The text of the new edition includes an extra 42,000 words, greatly expanding and updating the original and adds many completely new subjects - for example the history of fly tying equipment, the story of fish stocking and much more about the history of fly fishing in America. Additional volumes, Trout Fly Patterns 1496-1916 and Salmon Fly Patterns 1774-1914, will soon be available, listing thousands of fly dressings dating from medieval times to the beginning of the twentieth century. 

LINK (Via: Medlar Press)