keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 10, 2009, 7:57 am
My streak of 33 years without being called to Jury Duty, is over. I’ve received sage council from the folks at work; how I can spot a guilty fellow a mile away, it being an innate skill … Carry ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 9, 2009, 1:02 am
Fly tying is six weeks thinking of nothing but the fish, tying small stuff to smaller stuff, the shock and awe that all insects don’t suck blood or whine in your ear, the majesty of the first fish ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 7, 2009, 8:38 am
Another mass escape from a British Columbia fish farm unleashes 40,000 Atlantic Salmon into the Pacific Northwest. … funny how Salmon of any species avoid the “invasive” label, despite their ho...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 5, 2009, 8:23 pm
My yarn fetish hasn’t slowed any I’ve just become demure and sensitive to catcalls from the fellows keeping a manly distance from the yarn aisle and fidgeting under the weight of Madam’s purse....
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 5, 2009, 1:02 am
There’s a certain contentment knowing coarse fish will be around to confuse and entertain future generations of fly fishermen. They’ll be speaking with the same awe of “Silver’s”, “Grass�...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 4, 2009, 7:28 pm
They’ve done the “nasty” and as the details emerge we’ll find out whose lobby held firm as others quavered. The California Legislature signed the hotly debated water legislation late yesterda...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 3, 2009, 1:04 am
Closures to California state parks began yesterday in response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s request that the State Parks & Recreation budget save $14.2 million over the coming winter. In order to a...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 3, 2009, 1:02 am
Finding $87,000 while wandering about the riverbank fishing caused a stir a couple of months ago. In the US that kind of money wears felt soles – and heisting the equivalent in tackle would only tak...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 2, 2009, 1:02 am
Sure I’m bitter and resentful but as a lay scientist I thought I’d find out first hand which is higher in my esteem, cheap produce or inedible fish. If we measure just the carbon footprint, fish ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 31, 2009, 9:46 pm
I’ve got more than my fair share of hideous vices but gambling hasn’t been one of them… … actually I should retract that, as fishermen are among the most egregious gamblers known, we risk tim...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 30, 2009, 2:02 am
A German company unleashes tiny winged advertising on conventioneers, is this a portend of what fly shops will be springing on us come Opening Day?   The exploitation of farmed mayflies, each danc...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 29, 2009, 2:02 am
It’s Life’s Darkest Moment. All them hours painstakingly crafting a weekend trip to a trophy lake known only to a handful of trustworthy associates who aren’t, and its azure beauty has been desp...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 28, 2009, 2:03 am
You can only wrap graphite or mount cork on a cylinder in so many ways. Once you’ve run through the gamut of blank colors, off setting trim, and hook keepers, why not mimic Microsoft and start addin...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 28, 2009, 2:01 am

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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 27, 2009, 2:02 am
Science claims you’re all pansies. The “Post-Industrial Revolution Male”, whose big mouth, failing testosterone levels, and receding hairline mask a flaccid imitation of pre-Industrial Man. The...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 26, 2009, 2:02 am
I figure it was some great sin in a past life – nothing newsworthy or famous, just some callous Lothario that fleeced spinsters of their birthright, some real estate wunderkind that unloaded worth...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 24, 2009, 9:39 am
When queried about his Guinness Book of World Record attempt for most fish caught while chugging a ‘40’ “, Bob “Gutslammer” Muldoon grinned disarmingly and said, “it was like shooting fish...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 23, 2009, 2:02 am
Recent developments in Europe has the Partridge Hook company returning to UK ownership. Purchased by Fishing Matters, manufacturers of the Varivas and Order hooks. We can only hope for a return to th...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 22, 2009, 2:02 am
Fishing statistics are so rare I can’t help but pounce on them when offered. Like most pitchmen I’ll spin the numbers to prove something horrific and discard the facts enroute to a shaky conclusio...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 21, 2009, 2:02 am
The telltale squeal of feminine voices has me tightening my grip on Sweetpea’s arm, an attempt to steer her clear of a consumptive orgy while maintaining possession of wallet, credit cards, and our...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 20, 2009, 2:02 am
Science suggests there is more to the lateral line than we’ve suspected and may provide more than mere vibration detection. An interesting mix of attributes we’ve always thought fish had – and ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 19, 2009, 2:02 am
Having a eye for the next great fly tying material is one thing, ideas being the easiest part of the larger riddle, it’s the destruction and transformation that is the real test of invention. I’...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 16, 2009, 2:04 am
The lads at Fly Talk have dropped the proverbial fashion bombshell. For 2010 the well dressed fashionista will be daubing Starbucks from Jock Scott’s profile – while snarling at their apologetic c...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 16, 2009, 2:02 am
It’s one of many shortcomings in my personality, but I cannot help but admire those anglers that eye the conventional, scratch their chin and opt to blaze new trails. The results aren’t always su...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 15, 2009, 2:02 am
Reading the article is like having your buddy lean over at the conclusion of your Chinese lunch and mention, “add the words ‘in bed’ to your fortune.” In a set of recent experiments, research...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 14, 2009, 2:02 am
While the massed regiments of printed media reel about in disarray, the agile “angling Taliban” are up to new, better, bigger, and more… The checkout counter at Safeway lost three stalwarts in ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 13, 2009, 2:04 am
Questionable sense of humor, suspect hygiene, butchery of English – all the important traits end with my passing. Sure, I have regrets. Not being able to slap a “My kid is doing 5 to Life at San ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 13, 2009, 2:02 am
The latest viral video to sweep the Internet and it’s not angling’s finest hour… I’ve always prided myself on not caring what bit my fly, and with all the goat carcasses and derelict automobi...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 12, 2009, 2:02 am
I’ve always likened the traditional dry fly as the fly fishing equivalent of the Japanese Tea ceremony. You can tie a million of them and the number of times you’re pleased with the result you can...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 10, 2009, 7:12 am
Powerful, controversial, and completely riveting. A sobering look at the state of the world’s oceans and the long term impacts to the planet. End of the Line – Episode 1 End of the Line R...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 9, 2009, 2:02 am
Would you date a gal with a chronic drooping backcast? The Internet holds countless mysteries, and I’ve been scratching my chin on this flavor for some time. Is it art, self expression, Photoshop, ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 8, 2009, 2:02 am
While the UK is still mourning their lost brute Benson, Germany has countered with a new world record common carp. Landed last week, “Mary” flattened the scales at 86 pounds 6 ounces. It’s plai...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 7, 2009, 2:02 am
In light of Federal Trade Commission ruling, I need to confess that Singlebarbed.com did in fact give me a set of the Precious (Sixth Finger scissors) and that I did willfully foist said device on the...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 6, 2009, 2:02 am
If your tailing loop is more convoluted than most or a gob of pancake makeup will make you prettier than Brad Pitt, you might consider being immortalized on celluloid. Unfortunately you’ll have to...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 5, 2009, 2:04 am
Beginning May 1st, 2010, Washington fisheries officials are proposing a single barbless hook restriction for the Columbia River. Washington fisheries officials are about to deliver a bombshell on Col...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 5, 2009, 2:02 am
Us native Californian’s pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the next great trend – even marginal ones, just so we’re seen as holding up our end… … and a pear shaped angler trudging...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 3, 2009, 1:45 pm
Angling art takes many forms and covers multiple mediums – yet only the Pristine seems worthy of immortalizing. Us fellows that trod mud amidst the savagery of the rural-urban interface rarely see...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 2, 2009, 2:02 am
You can rest easy knowing ALL the important freshwater gamefish will not be contracting Swine Flu. Having endured mandatory training due to employment with a “first responder” organization,  it...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Oct 1, 2009, 2:02 am
I’ve been holding this one close to the vest for fear of upsetting the Roughfisher, knowing once he catches a glimpse of what’s possible, we’ll be seeing “Darth Earthworm” and the San Juan W...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 29, 2009, 8:07 pm
Me, I can’t help it. Fly fishing is like the stock market and every channel has some nicely powdered fellow telling you what to buy. Most ignore the larger picture in favor of the populist message; ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 29, 2009, 2:02 am
The scorn of the fly fishing elite we could shrug off, but brownliners as role model for the latest Zombie flick is applying the boots to our prone form. It wasn’t the steady persecution nor threat...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 28, 2009, 2:02 am
In Spring a young man’s thoughts turn to love – and in Fall, us mature types think of love too, how much we’d love it to be cooler… I’m tired of dusty creeks and the rattle of discarded wat...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 26, 2009, 10:15 am
It’s one of those moments where you look at your buddy and wonder what hideous crime was committed in a past life that you’re deserved this fate … Extreme videos Nice fish to the boat only R...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 24, 2009, 2:02 am
I get envious when I see a grinning angler holding a yard or more of dripping chrome. I realize he’s still under the influence of all that adrenaline – which makes the grin appear natural… It i...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 23, 2009, 2:02 am
Talk about a “bait and switch” – I was all geared up to insist we all buy it so that our corpse was indistinguishable from the bottom, guaranteeing our watery resting place was undisturbed. Or,...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 22, 2009, 2:02 am
I’m in that tiny minority of fishermen that see the Big Picture and won’t lose any sleep over whether a trout fed on deep fried Snicker bars is a true world record or not. I attribute my pragmati...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 21, 2009, 2:02 am
There’s at least 175 ways to get this outcome accidentally, but only one way to do it intentionally… Grizzly is one of those “must have” chickens that’s used on absolutely everything. Big f...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 19, 2009, 10:25 pm
The US Geological Survey released a study this week suggesting bass are especially prone to gender-bending and are doing so with great gusto. … makes me wonder whether the professional BASS circuit...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 18, 2009, 2:02 am
I keep harping on the need for a genetic superfish and unfortunately science seems hellbent on granting my wish. Scientists have been working on reducing painful conditions in farmed livestock so th...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Sep 17, 2009, 2:02 am
Now that the prototype has dried out I can claim that it runs in the family. Idiocy mostly, but occasionally us Singlebarbed menfolk come out of the kitchen clutching some napkin-based idea that’s b...
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