Man breaks into bookshop - just to read JR Hartley

In a bizarre re-enactment of a famous Yellow Pages advert, a drunken burglar this week broke into a Tonbridge bookshop and read Fly Fishing by JR Hartley before calling police to confess his crime.

LINK (via: This is Kent)

'He's still able to fish the pants off of all of us'

Anyone who's dropped a line in the North Umpqua River has probably seen him: an 89-year-old man who has made it his life's passion to be a good fisherman.

The North Umpqua is one of the world's premier fly fishing destinations. This river was put on the map thanks largely in part to the work of Frank Moore, fly fishing legend.

LINK (via: KPIC)

'Dr. Trout' battles the planet's most dangerous diseases

In his day job, Marshall Bloom is the associate director for scientific management at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories.

Away from the lab, he's an avid fly fisherman and conservationist; his license plate says DRTROUT. Now 67, he's spent more than two decades as a voluntary leader of Trout Unlimited, working locally and nationally, lobbying the Montana Legislature, and organizing fund-raisers and so on. Bloom's conservation efforts -- securing water for fish and coping with fish-killing whirling disease -- have been "amazing" and had "an enormous impact on fish habitat" in the state, according to a former director of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

LINK (via: High Country News)

Portland Chefs on a fly fishing weekend: Recipes for food, drink, and cheer

Armed with fly rods, waders and plenty of tippet — as well as enough food, wine and whiskey to feed and souse an army — they’ve traveled three hours from Portland via gently undulating back roads for fresh air, the challenge of cunning prey and, ultimately, an incomparable meal.

LINK (via: Oregon Live)

Fish give Chipper fly fishing gear as farewell gift

Jones added to his growing collection of farewell gifts before his final game in South Florida on Wednesday night, which the Braves won, 3-0, as the Marlins presented him with a Sage fly-fishing rod and Sage reel with travel kit.

LINK (via:The Atlanata Braves)

Fly Fishermen Benefit From Low Stream Levels

One of Colorado's recreational industries is experiencing an early season boon because of this year's low snowpack and ever-worsening drought. Fly fishing enthusiasts are loving the low stream levels, and fly shops are filled with customers.

From Aspen Public Radio, Luke Runyon reports.