Cold Fish Relief

BORED? LOST? LONELY?

Get Laid At The Underground

Fishing For Love In All The Wrong Places

.Now there's an idea!
A dating service to service fly fishers.

.. Winter up here is just around the corner, (there's only two feet of snow on the ground so far,) and it just might be the perfect idea: a cure for CABIN FEVER.

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.. Click over to The Trout Underground and see what they're up to for the winter. (By the way, CATCH.COM is for sale cheap -- a measly $200,000 will buy you this top domain name.)
.. We know that big fish grow larger in proportion to the distance from the event and the number of times the tale is told. Perhaps the gnomes at the underground can do the same for wimmen of dubious quality on their service.
.. We are waiting with baited breath for the expansion of the site to include video dating and even, perhaps, the diaries of a mad fishwife.
.. Sadly, the staff writers at The Trout Underground have lost their creativity and are seeking your help for the generation of creative slogans for their promotional literature.
.. Happily, the readers of fish blogs are creative enough for the challenge. For your creative efforts you will be published on the blog -- AND, Wally will lick your words into fame and fortune as he selects the best of the best.
.. The winner will be rewarded with a copy of the Patric McManus book "KERPLUNK!"
.. As a bit of additional incentive to get your creative juices flowing we've included the following tidbits to enhance your imagination.

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DATE WITH A FISH??

FISHING ON A DATE

NAT & ALEX FISH FOR LOVE

FISHING FOR LOVE

Montana's Own

Dead At 69
October 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007
R.I.P.

.. Official Site
.. AP Story

INTERREGNUM

A BRIEF PAUSE FOR WINTER

Visit The Secret Life Of Lobsters

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.. Still a few days left to slog down to the South Fork of the Madison River. Big fish await the adventurous. The snow is now two feet deep - but it's soft. Take a long rod and dap for the submarines parked in the undercuts and holes. Bright colors or white - or black and dark - or anything in between about two inches long. Big leaders and hold on.

Ecological Release

SOUTH FORK HOT & SNOWY

Hitchhikers Abound

.. A foot of snow and icy trails have not stopped the neighbors from visiting the good pools of the South Fork of the Madison River. The run is on and there's only a few days left. Large Woolly Buggers, Dark Spruce Flies, and Yellowstone Spruce Flies are the offerings being used to catch the late fall behemoths. Fish to 7# have been reported.
.. The big fish have crossed the road and are as far up as the springs. Pop cans and litter make fishing a bit of an unsightly experience but today's snow should obliterate the trash. The bridge pool below the forest service road bridge has been an excellent place to catch the resting giants --- Long Rod, Careful Backcast, Avoid Willows, Land Submarine!
.. Protect Your Waters has an article about, (and reference to,) the growing trend to consciously and deliberately move about invasive species. Right now the movement is centered on endangered species. Read it HERE & HERE.
.. The question posed by the article in Economist.com bears consideration:

Once the tinkering has started, who takes responsibility for negative outcomes, like losses to agriculture or changes to the aesthetic value of an area? There are too few good answers to these questions, and we need them, as the trend toward deliberate ecological modification looks set to continue.

.. Most of the fish in Yellowstone are transplants, (including the current stock of large brown submarines in the slim water of the South Fork.)photo courtesy David B. Robert: Gallery, Site.

.. Stop Hitchhikers also reports about the drive to eliminate the bluegill from Japan. The fish was initially a gift of "Hizonor" Mayor Richard J. Daley to, (then prince,) Emperor Akihito, in 1960. It has since taken over the moat at the imperial palace and moved on to surrounding waters and Japan's largest lake; Lake Biwa. The emperor has make a public statement regretting the situation and is encouraging the population to eat - not release the "Prince Fish." Read it HERE.
.. A review of the problems facing the local fish population, (particularly the Cutthroat strains,) can be found HERE. (The Yellowstone Cutthroat pages are HERE & HERE.)

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From The Horse's Mouth:
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Time To Shovel The Sidewalk

Retrospective

TAKE FIVE

Remaking the Fishing in Yellowstone National Park

.. The Jack Byroth note is worth the read. Read it HERE. Good reading and good references for the research inclined.

BIG TIME HELP FOR TROUT

T.U. & Whirling Disease Foundation Join Forces

.. Protect Your Waters let's us know about a merger in the efforts of Trout Unlimited and The Whirling Disease Foundation to combat the Myxobolus cerebralis parasite that causes whirling disease as well as the broader issues of invasive species.

.. Read it here:
Protect Your Waters
Denver Post
T.U. Home
T.U. Press Release
Whirling Disease Home
Whirling Disease Interactive Mapping Project (MSU)

CARRY Formula 409 !!
(click image for large view)

Dr. Julie Ball Rocks

HERE'S YOUR WINTER ENTERTAINMENT

Read Her Blog

see her in the news

get her calendar
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.. Or, you can visit THE HORSES MOUTH on Friday, and the six other days too: we do. The site is evolving nicely and has a growing list of fishing links . . . . . yee-ha!

Where have all the salmon gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the salmon gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the salmon gone?
Girls have fished them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

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.. Or, try Angie's SHRINE TO THE FISHING GODDESS site. Check out the growing gallery on the LOVELY LADIES PAGE. OR - - - - MY PMS PAGE.

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.. For the visually oriented that demand live action try fishin n chicks. Sample below.

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.. We're having sausage and eggs before going to Cameron.