Humpday Tuna...

Humpday Tuneage...

Reason Number 69 To Fish With A Buddy...

After seeing a Black Bear on a recent fishing trip, the following video has brought forth some alarm. Now not only will the Bear maul you, they are also training to go Bruce Lee on your ass...

URBAN WARFARE!

Honey I'm Home!

Well we made it back alive, and aside from a few weather and work set backs the week/weekend was pretty solid. We spent a total of four days on the water and who knows how many fish were caught! Volume 2 is in the works and will be up soon ( come on you can't rush these sort of things ). Until it's completion enjoy some guy in a sombrero chasin' largies...

SERIOUSLY DISTURBING!

In the wake of the recent BP oil spill I can't stop thinking about how our (BP) carelessness effects the world and how sadly most of it goes unnoticed by the majority of the human race. I wont insult your intelligence as I'm sure you are already aware of the cards that have been dealt to the Bluefin Tuna. In light of this PREVENTABLE case of the brain squirts I think it's time someone stands up for animals such as the Bluefin... Hell they can't do it by themselves.

How Will the BP Oil Spill Affect Critically Endangered Bluefin Tuna?

Potentially Serious Long-Term Impacts
The Gulf of Mexico, where a massive oil spill is taking place right now, is also the spawning ground for the critically endangered (according to the IUCN Red List) bluefin tuna. Stocks have already fallen about 90% since the 1970s, and they could fall even closer to extinction because of this catastrophe. Indeed, the location of the spill and the timing are particularly bad for the bluefin tuna...

Many fish are going down to the Gulf to spawn," said Jackie Savitz, a marine biologist with Oceana, an international conservation group based in Washington. "The larvae of the fish is actually the most sensitive life stage to the toxic effects of oil. And one fish that's spawning right now down there is the bluefin tuna."

The spill is right on top of one of the preferred breeding areas. And tuna isn't the only species that is at risk. This is a good reminder that while we must protect the shores from the spill, water ecosystems are also facing very serious damage that could take a long time to be repaired (if ever, in the case of species that are moving toward extinction).

(courtesy Michael Graham Richard)

A Little FLY Film Noir...

My lack of career + Whit having a day off yesterday = The River...

Whit and I threw caution to the wind yesterday afternoon to take full advantage of the blue bird skies and to work on her skillz. We made it to the RIVER around five and after a few tips from her instructor (now accepting new students for a small fee) I left her alone to become one with the long wand. I walked a little below her, not wanting to get a free piercing and first cast had a Bow hammer a soft hackle. I released the Bow trying to be as nonchalant as possible knowing this being Whit's second trip the rod may be in jeopardy if she has to go home with the skunk twice. I made sure all of my knots were still intact and began to flog the water again when the silence was broken by Whit yelling look, look... I turned to see this...

Followed By...

And finally an up close of her first Trout On The FLY (yes I had to hold it)...

I managed to pick up another on top before Whit started complaining about numbness in her lower extremities...

On our way out we were almost molested by the orange face bandit. The real Chester Cheeto was obviously a Goose...

Who knows I may be the next Lefty Kreh! Until next time "May A Large Trout Bendeth Your Rod".

WELL HUMP ME SILLY (PLEASE)...

Either way I think your in for a good time...

Tight Lines and Sixty Nines!

Toccoa Toonage Humpday Style...Hmmm

FLY hit the Toccoa Tail-water Saturday and normally a float on this magnificent stretch of Trout Heaven would warrant a post of it's own, full of Magnum Trout Porn and Hero Shot's galore... unfortunately twas not the case. After hitting up Unicoi to get the low down on the ho down and seeing the twenty five inch fish caught the day before spirits were high. These spirits were short lived as the eight hour tour aboard the Ladykiller was awarded with two fish, for a grand total of eleven between the three of us (how bad do we suck). That being said I feel like we could have used some help locating some of those trouts and who better to help with that than the DOGFATHER!

In the end I think this kid pretty much sums up the way we felt on the ride back to the cabin (minus shoving the remote up our asses)...

Tight Lines and Sixty Nines! J

Hooray Its Humpday!

Seriously...

A CASE OF THE MONDAY'S ON HUMPDAY!

Every humpday FLY will be bringing you a little something to get you through the rest of your hellish week. Will it be FLY related... probably not. I envision it being more like a therapist's view inside the mind of a schizophrenic. Enjoy!