No one’s ever accused me of being a luddite. Nor am I a rabid early adopter of technology. This, however, is too promising to ignore. Fish are followers; trout pod up. While there’s something to be said about tradition in fly fishing, I’m game for anything that might lend a competitive edge. And if I [...]
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congratulations to a boy (and his parents)
Sean was awarded his A.S. in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement last night. That’s an accomplishment in itself. So was sitting through a ceremony that seemed a bit protracted and through speeches by speakers who sometimes veered away from the reason we were there: the accomplishment of these young people. I guess that’s almost to be expected [...]
WSJ: viral marketing victim?
That the Wall Street Journal printed a tidbit on fishing shouldn’t be too astonishing, the WSJ abandoned the high ground to add sports coverage about two years ago, but yesterday’s edition included an anomalous “factoid” that smells suspiciously like viral marketing in print. Bottom center of page D8 in the May 13, 2010 WSJ appears, [...]
it’s invasive species week:
Asian carp’s little bro’ on the attack
Earlier this year we had the fight to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by ending the Chicago diversion that artificially connects Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system. Now the Asian carp’s little brother is assaulting Mann Lake in Eastern Oregon. According to an Associated Press article, biologists with the Oregon Department [...]
