If you haven’t signed up yet for South Platte Pro-Am Carp Slam you can and should do so now. Even if you are not a local, it sounds like a good excuse to plan an end of summer getaway.

from the official site

It’s a fly fishing tournament where the finest professional and amateur anglers in the region (and beyond) match wits with the wily and elusive common carp. Carp are one of the most difficult freshwater fish to pursue on fly - meanwhile the urban South Platte River running through downtown Denver is one of the finest carp fisheries in North America.

The purpose of the tournament is to raise money for the reconstruction / rehabilitation of a roughly two mile section of the South Platte River below Chatfield Reservoir.

So now you know. It sounds like a good cause, a fun day, and credit needs to be given for the great name. The name alone is enough to get me running to check my diary.

see ya there :-)

Via Michael Gracie

I love reading old text books or newspapers and so on, especially from the end of the 19th century, because society as we know it has change in such a vast way since then, and this is most evident in editorials and text books.

One of the thing that I have noticed in common with all the books from that period - is the black and white philosophy (not racism, but right and wrong, good and bad and how clearly they are defined. Its as if grey only happened in the 1960’s). The thing that never fails to jump out at me is how chauvinistic society was at the time, and how gender based the thinking was.

I just read a great post on Fishing for History, in which Dr. Todd quotes an article form the New York Times, dated January 1891 which was very interesting to read.

It was all about collecting and displaying fishing paraphernalia and decorating a mans library or den with it.

The fisherman’s study or library is now receiving more attention than at any previous time, and all manner of devices in the shape of decorations are being placed upon the walls to remind the angler of enjoyable sojournings on stream or lake….If the angler’s wife is at all artistic she will see that the decorations in his den, smoking room, or whatever it may be called, are arranged in a tasteful manner and to his satisfaction.

In  another part of the article - the cons of stuffed fish are discussed

With a few pictures of trout or bass a start can be made…Sometimes an attempt is made to prepare decorations of stuffed fish. Stuffed fish, as a rule, are a failure. They seldom look well.

Anyway, go over and read, it will make your day

OK. If I would have fished a missile or mine or any other sort of ammunition, I for one wouldn’t necessarily keep it around as a memento….but then again - each to their own

via Connecticut Fishing Tips and News

More Bass. I haven’t been able to get out there for a while. This video is so tempting its really giving me a serious push in the waters direction.

via Montana Fly Fishing

Did your mom used to tell you to finish what was in your mouth before you go for more? Mine did, and judging by this next image - she was probably right

photo by Cliff Watts.

This bass hadn’t finished swallowing this bird that mysteriously flew into his mouth when he went for a second helping that just happend to be connected to a hook…

Read more on FS

via Buster Wants to Fish