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A prank call to a man who posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a "fishing buddy."

Some super slow-mo action of Flip casting.

 

 If so, you'd better wear protection while viewing Simon Graham's Baltic Pike Fly portfolio.

Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.
Join noted fly-fishing expert, Bob Gerding as he unravels the mystique of fly-fishing in New Mexico. Bob is joined by author John Nichols who takes you to his favorite fishing holes along the Rio Grande Gorge. Ti Piper, author of "Fly-Fishing in New Mexico", describes the spirit behind his search for the wild trout of the Pecos. And, Abe and Tim Chavez guide you along the world famous San Juan River to experience the thrill of fly-fishing for giant rainbow and brown trout.

Rivers on the Edge is a short film Charles Rangeley-Wilson made for WWF UK to support their campaign of the same name.
Rivers on the Edge introduces us to the English Chalk stream and demonstrates the threat they are now under due to the amount of water we use, an increasing population and the effects of climate change.
(Via: Caught By the River)

We've all heard about the giant islands of floating trash in both the Atlantic and Pacific. These photographs of albatross chicks were made in September 2009 on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.

We did a post on the Automatic Bobbin a while back.  Now there's a video showing it in action. 
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Watch the new video and see why Trout Unlimited is committed to protecting this national treasure for future generations. Or visit this TU site page to learn more.

Dave Lamoureux snags a big tuna off Provincetown Cape Cahhd.

Just a couple of days until the American Museum of Fly Fishing's Angler's All Presentation featuring former Vice President Dick Cheney as the keynote speaker! 
We just went to the AMFF site to check on any last minute updates and we find out that warming up the stage for Dick will be former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, current Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi, and the former bow tie wearing, Dancing with the Stars dropout and Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson. When you've already got Cheney as your keynote guy why not add a few of his friends?
The Wyoming Senate contingent can warm up the audience with how they helped Dick turn Wyoming's Powder River Basin into a forest of Halliburton drilling rigs and toxic alkaline holding ponds. Maybe Mr. Enzi can proudly share with the audience his 18% environmental voting record rating from the League of Conservation Voters? Tucker Carlson can then charm the crowd with how he is truly the face of the Fly Fishing Museum demographic. You know it was tough growing up as a kid whose Dad is the U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelles and with a Mom who is heiress to the Swanson Food conglomerate fortune. How many times poor Tucker had to beat up the other kids in Blue Blazers who made fun of his brother, Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. Finally, Tucker can offer up some pointers on how not to do the Cha Cha at the next singles dance down at the yacht club.

Dear museum execs and trustees,
If you're going to defend your Cheney invite by claiming your not a political organization you should not  torpedo that defense by inviting his political allies and commentators from "news" organizations that defended his shitty environmental policies.
Watch Tucker and Begala get their heads handed to them by Jon Stewart on Crossfire... the show was cancelled soon after this exchange.

Peter Wainwright and his colleagues at UC Davis study the weird ways in which fish eat.... now they’ve got a Youtube channel.
(Via: Discover)

Anglers today are traipsing across the globe in search of huge trout. Yet the United States holds some of the greatest trout waters in the world. Join Potamoi Media and anglers Devan Ence, Paul Nogueira and Jon Harp as they reexamine trout fishing in the United States. 30" 'bows on public water in the US? You'd better believe it.
One of the finalists in the Drake 5 Minutes of Fly Fishing film contest.

$10 each (free shipping) for the first 250 sold. These 250 folks will be entered to win a No Sports Hat and one limited edition Fly Wallet with the burned NSA Logo.  Get some now

Publisher Eichborn (with a fly as its logo) released 200 flies with lightweight banners, attached with wax. No flies were harmed in the making of this move.

"Hustle and Fish" Trailer V1 from Rollcast Productions on Vimeo.
Steve and Dave blew through their first 2 million copies and are currently on their yacht in the Seychelles dodging pirates and breaking gear on GT's.
In the meantime, we have a fresh new shipment of DVD's for the Chum Nation to buy now

 

From George Romero's latest.