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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
AFFTA Goes It Alone On Trade Show: Hires Industry Veteran to Lead Effort
Though our previous post heaped truckloads of snark had bit of fun at the fly fishing industry trade group’s expense (AFFTA), it’s clear AFFTA’s serious about going it alone with a n…
- December 18th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-18
Victory for cutthoat trout in Northern Utah – Overgrazing permits repealed: http://bit.ly/7neEOE # Powered by Twitter Tools
- December 17th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Weekly Tweetfest
Teaching class; they're all watching Twitter at work. # 4 days until my four-nights-a-week teaching gig is over (Online Marketing Boot Camp). Class & Students great, but falling behind in lif…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Upper Sacramento Brown Trout Tapes Out at 27″ (or, Why We Officially Hate Wayne Eng)
Local fly fishing guide Wayne Eng used to grow so depressed when the Upper Sacramento River closed for the season, we considered confiscating his belt and shoelaces and placing him on suicide watch. N…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-17
Wayne Eng caught a 27" Brown trout on the Upper Sacramento on Woolly Bugger (rain driving river up, making it murky). Damn him. # Stuck for gift ideas? Buy your wife a brand new drift boat for C…
- December 16th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
A Bold New Plan For Revitalizing The Ailing Fly Fishing World (or, Death Becomes You…)
Would all sports – including fly fishing – attain a new sense of urgency if the price for failure was death? Incentive to improve your fly fishing game? Frankly, the Underground’…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-16
Bamboo fly rod building Geekfest video by Chris Raine (straightening strips with an air vise) http://bit.ly/5R5RBM # Powered by Twitter Tools
- December 15th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Do They Know It’s Chri… Uhh… Web 2.0 At All??
Another dose of beautifully done satire aimed directly at Web 2.0, proving once again a medium is best satirized when it’s used to convey the message. It’s all in a good cause; the LFM si…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Too Many Characters in Your Latest Mastertweet? Use The Shorter Thesaurus…
In an era when 141 characters is considered simply too damn long, a “shorter” thesaurus makes sense – especially one that’s no further away than your Firefox Search Bar: The Sh…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-15
Is your next fly tying lamp a blacklight? Singlebarbed reviews The New Scientific Angling, Trout and Ultraviolet Vision http://bit.ly/5Ebo13 # Perfect site for caffeine junkies & art lovers: Coff…
- December 13th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Fly Fishing the Upper Sac’s BWO Hatch (or, Are Trout Capable of Deceit and Revenge?)
You can’t ascribe human terms like “revenge” or even “manipulative bastards” to trout, but you damn sure can experience those feelings when you’re fishing for them.…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
A Single Enjoyable Paragraph on a Sunday Morning
A well-turned paragraph offers the same visceral satisfaction as a perfect cast (and it’s a lot harder to pull off), which is probably why I read and re-read so many of fly fishing’s bette…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-13
Doing good work in Central California: Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project http://bit.ly/74O4Eq # If at first you don't succeed… Heading out for second day chasing BWOs – only at th…
- December 12th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-12
Missed bulk of the BWO hatch on Upper Sac. Cold as hell, but #Patagonia Micro-Puff jacket was toasty (it was better than the fishing) # Powered by Twitter Tools
- December 11th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Off Chasing BWOs (or, Fly Fishing in the Snow for Redemption)
After exposing the terror war being perpetrated on fish, I looked out the window (as fly fishermen often do), and noticed it was snowing lightly. And that air temperatures were hovering around freezi…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Collateral Damaged Publishes “Top Ten Marketing Blunders of the Year”
‘Tis the season for eggnog, sales, and yes – endless year-end “Top 10″ lists. This one, however, was produced by none other than funnyman Constantine Von Hoffman, so I’m…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
More on the Fishy Terror War (A Report From a Yellowfin Tuna On The Front Lines)
Reports of terror activities aimed directly at fish are pouring into the Underground, and – despite the obvious risk to ourselves – we’re forging ahead and reporting them. This chill…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Horrifying, Bikini-Clad Terrorist Attack On Our Fishy Friends
If you’re like most Undergrounders, you’re ever-vigilant to the threat of terrorism against our fishy friends, which is why we’re compelled to publish this chilling video documenting…
- December 10th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Weekly Tweetfest
Prospective Client Quote of the Day (after balking at paying me to setup blog/email system) "Just tell us what to do in an email." # Solved Web site problem for client with help of VivaThem…
- December 9th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-09
"Weather Nerd" Ian Rutter called to say California's drought may be breaking (long term forecast). Crossing my fingers, hoping he's right. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- December 8th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Something’s Freezing Over, and I’m Hoping It’s Only My Fingers (or, Why I Don’t Fly Fish In The Single Digits)
The thermometer outside World Headquarters/Man Cave read 3 degrees this morning (the thermometer inside the Man Cave read 37 degrees, which suggests I’ll soon be increasing my carbon footprint).…
- December 6th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Blogging For Money? The Feed Pauser Plugin Offers You (and Your RSS Feed) a Second Chance
With more copywriters business blogging for bucks (say that three times fast), and people now accessing streams of information more or less instantaneously, the dangers of the WordPress “Publish…
- December 4th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-04
Hunter poaches buck, newspaper photo gets him busted (duh!) http://bit.ly/4Wqyvs # Stunning nature photography: 100 days in Glacier National Park http://bit.ly/4XOuVJ # A rare gear tip – it'…
- December 3rd, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Weekly Tweetfest
From The Early Morning Surprises Department: "Hoosegow" was in my spell checker. # Cutthroat Stalker's Year in Pictures (in slide show format) http://bit.ly/4Xe0ZJ # A talented writer j…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Fanny Krieger (of Mel & Fannie Fame) Launches DVD Aimed at Kid Fly Fishers
In what may be the only non-Tiger Woods related article on the Internet, the Underground can’t help but notice that kids are fly fishing’s hottest properties right now. That may be because…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-03
From The Early Morning Surprises Department: "Hoosegow" was in my spell checker. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- December 2nd, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-02
Cutthroat Stalker's Year in Pictures (in slide show format) http://bit.ly/4Xe0ZJ # RT @matt_weiser: Hope they're right: Forecasters predict above-normal rainfall for CA through March: http://…
- December 1st, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Fly Fishing’s Trade Show Death Match Continues – Only Now It’s AFFTA’s Own Partner Sniffing Blood
While the fly fishing industry typically generates all the corporate bloodletting of your average kitten fight, in recent years we’ve been treated to the spectacle of a meltdown in AFFTA’s…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-01
Scottish brewery (who else) releases world strongest beer (Underground readers trampled in rush to buy) http://bit.ly/71SXSz # Screw the words – Tamanawis fly fishing blog serves up a heap of n…
- November 30th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Fly Fishing the BWO Hatch When You Haven’t Fly Fished a BWO Hatch in a Year (or, Ouch)
The bugs had just started and a few trout were rising, and it was suddenly very clear I’d spent most of my summer fly fishing small streams. Well, somebody caught something. It just wasn'…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
The New Daughter vs. Writing Routine Death Match (or, Sleepless in Shasta)
It turns out that pitting our tiny new daughter against my previously comfortable writing routine results in the following: the wholesale slaughter of the routine. Embarrassingly, I had to read my own…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-30
Pretty brown trout illustration at Yuhina Illustration blog: http://yuhinaillustration.blogspot.com/2009/11/fall-brown.html # Powered by Twitter Tools
- November 29th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Post-Thanksgiving, err… Post
The bird has been eaten and the relatives are seeing our driveway in their rear-view mirrors, and while holidays are always hectic, this might be the first in recent memory when fly fishing wasn’…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-29
Salmon for Thanksgiving? (Fly Fishing in Yellowstone is on the Road to Chetco) http://tinyurl.com/ykqxxdw # Powered by Twitter Tools
- November 26th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Weekly Tweetfest
Great client, brilliant product… biggest chunk of the phone call was trying to find a revenue stream in all the genius. # Stunning images from National Geographic's 2009 Photo Contest: http…
- November 25th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-25
When nature isn't enough, stock the really big trout, then pretend they're wild (Turning over small stones blog) http://bit.ly/67tpFs # Several really, really, REALLY good reasons to give up…
- November 24th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Reality TV Show Follows Game Wardens Around Underground’s Home Turf
Any Undergrounder who badly wants to be on television might want to commit a major wildlife-related crime in Northern California right now – it seems a reality TV show is being made about Northe…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Tom McGuane Awarded Fly Rod & Reel Magazine’s “Angler of the Year”
Following in the footsteps of earlier awards to writers John Gierach and Ted Williams, Fly Rod & Reel has chosen author Tom McGuane as their 2010 Angler of the Year. With so many of McGuane’…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-24
Moab man lives in cave, doesn't use money (sounds like some fly guides we know) http://bit.ly/5OsKwG # Looking for new patterns to try? Nice pics of several (typically elegant) English flies: htt…
- November 23rd, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-23
Out, damn sun! BWO trip planned, the unwelcome sun poking head out. Only fly fishermen curse when they see the sun, feel the warmth… # Ask About Fly Fishing Internet radio does midge fishing wi…
- November 22nd, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-22
What happens to fish during severe floods? Turns out, lots of 'em die: http://tinyurl.com/yesrp94 # Powered by Twitter Tools
- November 21st, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Ultimate Fly Fishing Video (or, Another Fly Fishing Sign of the Apocalypse)
Found via one of those time-wasting wretches at Buster Wants to Fish (we’re pretty sure it was that Salty bastard), comes this – the cleanest example yet of Technology Put To Its Highest P…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-21
Guide Ian Rutter's Top 10 Tips For Fly Fishing With Nymphs in the Winter Months: http://bit.ly/7r4Xsm # Powered by Twitter Tools
- November 20th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Snow Falling on Wally: Why Everything Looks Shiny & New at the Trout Underground
The snow’s falling at Trout Underground/Man Cave World Headquarters, and while the fluffy white stuff will bring curses in February, today it makes everything look shiny, clean and new. Even the…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-20
RT @fishwisconsin: "When you are on the river, ocean or in the woods, you are the closest to the truth you'll ever get" -Jack Leonard # Angler catches 37 YEAR OLD lake trout… http…
- November 19th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Copywriter Underground
Weekly Tweetfest
Got sucked into playing with new Linux editor (UltraEdit) and old one (Bluefish). Will I ever be happy with my word processor (no!) # Stalking as social media marketing technique? (Not if you're…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
Your Thursday Moment of Fly Fishing Satire (Watch Now And Get a Second Helping of Satire FREE)
The Underground’s always up for a good spoof, and this one – sent to us by Alert Underground Reader Andrew (if that is his real name) – is short, but amusing. As an added FREE BONUS…
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-19
Another reason I catch & release: mercury found in fish from all regions of USA: http://tinyurl.com/ylhn2zq # Powered by Twitter Tools
- November 18th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-11-18
Got some great fly fishing photos? Maybe Toyota's stolen them for their Web site: http://tinyurl.com/yhsguc4 # Snowing (for real this time) at Trout Underground/Man Cave/ World Headquarters (need…
- November 17th, 2009
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TCWriter has posted a new entry on: The Trout Underground
My Absolutely Final Closing Day Post (I Promise. Really. No More Fly Fishing Reports From Closing Day. Truly)
OK. I lied to you. Last week’s trip to an alpine stream wasn’t my last of the general trout season, but then, after my flyfishfromhome.com post, let’s face it – you’d be…
