keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 14, 2009, 1:02 am
With our faddish nature I’m always surprised fishermen aren’t more fashion conscious. Our weakness has always revolved around something new as a wholesale fix for all our fishing ailments. In the...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 12, 2009, 12:33 pm
On the heels of safe sex comes “safe angling.” No condoms here as you’re already sheathed in rubber … It’s toxin-free angling with hook, line, and sinkers all biodegradable or pose a dimini...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 11, 2009, 5:30 pm
I want to call him Wil E. Coyote – what with tiptoeing around a couple thousand pounds of hungry bear to snatch dinner … There’s a slim chance you could train a black Labrador to do somethin...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 10, 2009, 1:02 am
I see one of those “coat of many colors” yarns and I can’t dig the pocketbook out fast enough. The Good News is these mixed-color yarns are all the rage, the Bad News is fashion is capable of t...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 8, 2009, 8:44 pm
Some small segment of the readership gnashed teeth when the news broke of Hummer being sold to a Chinese company. Monstrous vehicles and the taming of wilderness go hand in hand with the fishing ethic...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 8, 2009, 1:02 am
Bait fishing wasn’t so bad, especially after we discovered which of our dumb-assed buddies was really interested in fishing, and which were there just to break rods. Lure fishing was better. We wer...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 7, 2009, 1:02 am
My first commercial order was for two dozen Adams. I was 16 at the time, and quality control was letting the glue dry and giving it a couple of half hearted tugs – followed by a rigorous review of p...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 6, 2009, 9:27 am
Now what are you quibbling about? You get her name and number – and that of her legal counsel, guaranteed. … you thought it was going to happen differently. Some sultry pose, and a husky voiced w...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 4, 2009, 1:04 am
My lampooning of dry fly fishermen is well documented, so I thought I’d take my comeuppance like a Man… I’ve got a half dozen experimental colors of “Dubbing X” made, about an ounce of each...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 4, 2009, 1:02 am
Dear Older Bro, You’ve been quiet of late which means you’ve found the joke gift that will enrage me – while you scuttle behind the Christmas tree and Ma’s protective skirts – making fu...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 3, 2009, 1:02 am
I’m the doubting kind and figure insects had nothing to do with it. The truth is the EPA was so afraid that Steven Seagal would portray another of their employees – by filming a sequel to his �...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 2, 2009, 1:02 am
Per request I’ll continue to post additional fly beautification tips in a weekly format. These will comprise hardscrabble lessons learned somewhere after beginner and before complete mastery. Most ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Dec 1, 2009, 1:02 am
Screw the gnashing of teeth, mock concern, and “woe is me” populist reaction, we’re being assaulted by air, land, and sea – and it’s about time we exploited the little SOB’s … … and i...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 30, 2009, 1:02 am
The old days of lopping the head off a gobbler in your backyard are antiquity. Gentrification assured by CC & R’s that prevent live poultry on your acreage and expressly prohibits the stalking and s...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 25, 2009, 1:02 am
While the rest of you are droning on about weights and tapers, modulus and action, I’ll be downstream …. … just me and my Blue Water Barbie. Via John Merwin and his Honest Angler blog, comes a...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 23, 2009, 6:41 pm
Despite two years of closure the count of returning salmon at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery is down 60% compared to last year. Scott Hamelberg, the hatchery’s manager, said Thursday that o...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 23, 2009, 1:02 am
As we mentioned in Parts 1 & 2, the measure of true fly beauty is held by fish not humans. Unfortunately only averaging  9 days afield your flies are viewed most by people, and suffering their conti...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 21, 2009, 1:35 pm
If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of the genetic hackle business – how years of careful selection and good genes yields those yard-long saddle hackles and expensive rooster necks �...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 20, 2009, 1:02 am
It’s one of those questions that has plagued me for the last couple of years, what happens to fish subjected to the annual torrent of runoff and massive amounts of debris dislodged from upstream. T...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 19, 2009, 1:04 am
Science has
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 19, 2009, 1:02 am
Cameron Mortenson of The Fiberglass Manifesto recently gave away a set of the Precious, for any stalwart willing to tie midges. A worthy contest, liable to bring the worst of a fellow’s character to...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 18, 2009, 1:02 am
If you’re as uncomfortable with the building storm of Xmas advertisement, cognizant that the undeniable forces of consumerism lack the courtesy of waiting for Thanksgiving, you’re not alone. The ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 16, 2009, 1:04 am
The second issue of “Fish Can’t Read” debuted yesterday, and the boys at Dry Fly Media have really done a bang up job. Lot’s of diverse content, photo essays, and meat … from numerous contin...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 16, 2009, 1:02 am
I don’t expect Science will ease a fly tier’s burden anytime soon. Even if they manage to add the vocal gene into a Salmonid and trundle the tank up to the podium … while all us fishermen crane ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 14, 2009, 1:02 am
You saw it, you loved it, and now you can drive the wimmenfolk batty with the original DVD, or merely the soundtrack – or both. Rivers of a Lost Coast has been released on DVD, available for $29.95...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 13, 2009, 1:02 am
Seeing a new wrinkle in any of our traditional regalia has always piqued my interest. Cameron Mortenson at the Fiberglass Manifesto (via Moldy Chum) sent me a little tidbit figuring it would whet the ...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 12, 2009, 8:24 am
It’s one of many angling axioms, how the outdoors-fishing ritual guarantees some unnatural food tucked away in a vest, or cooler, and daylighted with great trepidation knowing the catcalls and scorn...
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keith b. posted an article on Single Barbed - Nov 11, 2009, 10:31 am
While the California legislature and the Governator play the superlatives game; beaming smiles and back pats – sheathing their weapons temporarily while gushing meaningless platitudes about how ...
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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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