Google, Bob Moog, and a little Theremin instruction booklet.

This morning on my way to the office on pop radio they mentioned that it was Bob Moog’s birthday and I nearly ran my car off the road in surprise! What do they know about Bob Moog? Well, it turn’s out that Google  put a little doodle of Bob Moog’s MiniMoog Synthesizer in place of the word Google [...]

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EPA releases Bristol Bay study, and opens up public comment, take action now.

Yesterday the EPA released their study on the proposed pebble mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay and opened up the issue for public comment. You can let them know how you feel about the subject by submitting your comments in the following ways. How to Provide Comments Preferred method:Submit them online at regulations.gov Follow the online [...]

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Video overview of the SmithFly 2X Pouch

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The Dogs of Bluegrass

I saw this on Bluegrass Blog and thought it worth sharing. I think I almost peed my pants when I got to the Ricky Skaggs one… hilarious!

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A new Fly Fisherman was Born

So yesterday I took my six year old son out for an all day fishing excursion in search of trout. He has accompanied me many times before to many different places, but yesterday seemed different for some reason. For one thing, we live in Ohio and it was over 70 degrees in March? Freaky! But [...]

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F3T tomorrow night in Columbus, be there!

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Google search trend shows an average decline of interest in Fly Fishing as well as seasonal swings, but is that a bad thing?

The chart above  from Google Trends shows a clear decline in the moving average for searches for the phrase fly fishing. The red lines I’ve added for emphasis. You can see clear seasonal shifts in the number of searches, but the overall decline is pretty eye opening. The good news is that this might mean fewer [...]

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Dolphins eating from a bait ball

Totally Amazing

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The Deacon Blues

So I lost a good friend yesterday. You see, I was elected as a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of Troy a few years ago, so I’ve been serving in that capacity for a while now. (And no my membership in the Presbyterian Church has nothing to with Norman McClean or the Book or [...]

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Freaky Fiddle Friday

Last week I was traveling so I missed out on a Freaky Fiddle Friday post. I’m making up for it this week by taking us way off the beaten Bluegrass path into mind altering, freaky fiddle land with a great clip of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This one features, I think, the original fiddle player Jerry Goodman, [...]

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