On The Rise Set To Debut March 30

The first of 13 episodes of Trout Unlimited's On the Rise is set to air on the Sportsman's Channel March 30th. Hosted by Frank Smethurst, of Running Down the Man and Eastern Rises fame, On the Rise follows Frank as he travels across the country highlighting critical issues facing America's trout and salmon.

Frank has just arrived in Forks to shoot a couple of episodes highlighting the plight of Northwest steelhead, no word on if he brought his Bigfoot suit.

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RIP - Alex Chilton

You may not know him but you owe half of your music collection to the man.

Vintage Chum - 50's Striper Style

From Dr. Sam Snyder.

Came accross this pic in Gray's Sporting Journal, Vol 1, Issue 4, Summer 1976.
It wasn't caught on a fly, but still a sweet pic of Frank Woolner posing with a huge striper against his fly-ass fishing mobile. I think the pic is from the 50s, or so it says.

Of course Sam's e-mail got me curious about the man behind the fly-ass cammo beach buggy.

Frank Woolner was a World War Two combat correspondent who went on to become a nationally recognized expert on ocean and fresh-water sport fishing. He was also a newspaper columnist; the Editor of Salt Water Sportsman Magazine of Boston for over twenty years; and wrote or co-wrote seven books on fishing and hunting. He also co-hosted a weekly TV show in the Boston area for a number of years with his brother Jack called "Woolner Brothers Outdoors."

The man lived large. LINK 

Let Us Prey: Jimmy Buffett

From the SI Vault - more to love about Jimmy than kick ass tunes...

On a windswept coral reef in the Virgin Islands, an allegedly stupid fish and a supposedly intelligent fisherman square off in an epic battle of wits. Pity the great white hunter continue story

Thrills, Chills & Skagitopia

The 8th Annual Spey Days program is shaping up. Just announced is a the first Friday class, an all day session for 6 anglers with Simon Gawesworth.

Keep track of the latest at The Wide World of Spey Days Blog.

Unfortunately you won't be able to try out your new and improved spey technique on the resident steelhead.

"OnThe Fly"- Fly fishing legend Stu Apte

Fly fishing legend Stu Apte fishing for tarpon in Belize.

Watch Stu read excerpts from his book, Of Wind and Tides.