MOLDY CHUM

Aces and Eights

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Westside Fly

About time we shouted out our Westside brothers. LINK

McGuane Joins MidCurrent Editorial Board

One of the icons of fly fishing literature has joined Marshall's editorial board.

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Google Image Chum

Google Images has a little search trick that allows you to see images only from the website of your choice.

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Lateral Line Media

The crew at Lateral Line Media offer up web video services and the latest feed into the Chum RSS reader.

This post from the Roaring Fork should get your juices flowing. LINK

The International Brotherhood of the Flymph

This site is dedicated to Jim Leisenring and V.S.”Pete” Hidy, as well as the storied men who contribute to our sport, past present and future in the pursuit, understanding and teaching of fishing these deceptively simple flies.  LINK

Fly Fish Ohio interview with Jerry Darkes

Friend and colleague Jerry Darkes talks about fly fishing Lake Erie with Fly Fish Ohio.

In addition to being a sales rep, guide, fly tier and steelhead expert, Jerry is also a warm water fly fishing aficionado. 

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Six Degrees of Separation

While working the Patagonia booth at the recent Bob Marriott's fly fishing fair, I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Troyer. Jim, a loyal Chum reader, found our site through a link off The Trout Underground.

Turns out Jim is also an old friend of The Undergorund's Tom Chandler.

Top 10 Places You DO NOT Want to Fly Fish Before You're Buried in the Ground

Via: This Is Fly Daily LINK

The Angler's Net

The Angler's Net was created as a place for anglers to share fly fishing and tying videos.  LINK

FFF Code of Angling Ethics

The FFF has a code of ethics that many have never read.

The following is a shortened version suitable to be carried by the angler:

1.Fly anglers understand and obey laws and regulations associated with the fishery.
2.Fly anglers believe fly fishing is a privilege and a responsibility.
3.Fly anglers conserve fisheries by limiting their catch.
4.Fly anglers do not judge fellow anglers and treat them as they would expect to be treated.
5.Fly anglers respect the waters occupied by other anglers so that fish are not disturbed
6.When fishing from a watercraft, fly anglers do not crowd other anglers or craft or unnecessarily disturb the water.
7.Fly anglers respect other angling methods and promote this Code of Angling Ethics to all anglers.

Via: Aroostook flyers and tyers  LINK

This Fly - Issue Three is Now Available on the Virtual Newstand

Let's try this again with an active link.

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Trout Waders Father's Day Giveaway

Trout Waders is giving away a copy of So Many Fish So Little Time to a randomly chosen visitor who comments on their Fathers Day Post by 6/23.  LINK

While you're there check out the rest of their site.  LINK

Now With Real World Fly Tying

With Real World Fly Fishing 3.0 you can now tie a virtual fly with over 200 virtual materials to cast to that selective virtual fish.

So realistic you'll want to start your own Real World Trout Unlimited.  LINK

A sure sign the new school fly fishing demographic is alive and well

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Best Fly Fishing Club Logo You'll See All Day

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Because there's more to life than fly fishing

 

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You don't like the Drake?

George: Hate the Drake.

Elaine: I *love* the Drake.

Jerry: How could you not like the Drake?

George: Who's the Drake?

Elaine: "Who's the Drake"?

Jerry: The Drake is good!

VIA Thee Ass Hooked Whitey LINK

Another Voice Has Joined the Force

This site is about fly fishing and all other thoughts that pop into a creatively random head. Why The Wet Boots? It describes someone who fishes so much that when he/she puts on their wading boots, they are still wet from the last time and can't recall the last time the boots were actually dry.  LINK

Going Deep In The Name Of Trout Research

We had this originally teed up for A.M. tomorrow but The Underground launched it earlier this evening so we'll direct you there for the link and T.C's commentary.

Kirk Deeter dons scuba gear to document the way trout really feed underwater. He'll never fish the same way again.

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What Happens On A Fishing Trip -- Stays On A Fishing Trip...

And with good reason.  VIA: Fish This  LINK

Knotwork

Inshore light tackle fishing disciples.  LINK

Fiberglass Flyrodders

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247FF

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, fly fishing. LINK

My Fin is My Wisdom

I've been saving links to the shit load of new fly fishing type blogs so someday I can craft a massive post  highlighting all the sites we've neglected to highlight, link to etc. With that said, here's a new one we're going to call out immediately because I think for once no one else has posted it yet. LINK

Fishing Books and Videos

FishingBooksAndVideos.com specializes in hard to find, out of print, and rare books on fishing, fly fishing, hunting, and related topics. LINK

Time to Order Those Fly Fishing Themed Holiday Cards

VIA Fly Fisherman Holiday Card Center  LINK

Silver Lining

A field report by Dylan Tomine, a freelance steelhead bum, writer and recovering sink-tip addict.

The river is going out. Big time. Sure, it’s been raining since we started out six days ago and 17 miles upriver, but only enough to ensure that everything we own is wet. A week of dripping tents, soggy sleeping bags and wrinkled fingers isn’t so bad when the river’s green.  VIA Patagonia  LINK

The Intergalactic Double Haul

Tom Easton bought a ride for a size 22 dry fly on a private space launch.

Fly fisherman eat your hearts out! LINK

My trout fly may still have gone further on a single cast than any other in history, but it didn't get where it was supposed to. As any trout fisherman will tell you, that's pretty normal. LINK

As for the Longest Cast, I do think it safe to say that no one else in the history of fly-fishing has cast a fly sixteen miles (8 up, 8 down)!  LINK
 

Hey! Look what just popped up in Bloglines!

Amazing to think that a little over a year ago the fly fishing category had barely even discovered the whole blog thing. It's like the heady days of the dot.com craze when everything was measured in dog years.

So who will be the first fabuloso to come up with a fly fishing Vlog?

VIA The Trout Underground LINK

My Name is Luca

I dropped an e-mail to Luca Adelfio, the juice behind T.U.'s blog, and he kindly responded with some interesting details about his readership.

If anyone is interested, I'm happy to share what I know about the TU blog:

Our objectives with the blog are to increase website readership at www.tu.org by sharing info on angling the nation's top streams as well as educate readers about local conservation initiatives. I try to include both conservation project information as well as an angling report in each blog entry.

I don't think many 40+ year olds (the majority of TU's membership) read the blog, but a few are starting to, and the project has been well-received by 20 and 30 year olds. I have gotten e-mails from a couple folks who have joined TU after reading. I suspect that most of the readers who visit once keep coming back regularly.

A few of my entries (paticularly the ones that feature big fish) get upwards of 2000 readers.  I would say we are now averaging 500-1000 readers/article, but I only have access to the number of folks visiting the photo galleries,
not the entry itself. Our readership seems to be increasing steadily as more folks hear about it by word of mouth.

Overall, I think TU is pleased with the publicity we are creating w/out any advertising costs.  I hope that this medium will continue to provide a cost-effective way to bring attention to conservation efforts in the future,
particularly 10+ years from now.

Musings of a Trout Bum

Life is sweet when you are a trout bum.  LINK