We Are Doomed !

According to some scientist, the earth axis is shifting due to the extraction of ground water. Sounds odd at first, but correlations must be made to explain an event in the natural world. This is one I have to question, and further investigation is required before I start nailing everything down.

Think about it, most water is locked up in glaciers, oceans and deep lakes, while a small percentage is in ground water. Doesn't water naturally recycle, come on don't think that hard! You would think that all that oil that's pumped out of the ground and according to experts in the seventies should have ran out like last week, would have a similar effect. 

Before everyone loses their collective cool, global climate change and the heating of the atmosphere is real.  Droughts, torrential rains and wild weather swings are in our future and the past. So hold on and fasten your seat belt.

I remember reading a study a few years ago about the polar axis shifting. It turns out that this occurs every few hundreds of thousands of years. So the headlines written to catch our attention is just that a technique to read that story. Most scientific studies are usually peer reviewed for content and accuracy of the techniques to reach a conclusion. Some are theoretical in nature and others are flawed and disproven by additional studies. I could rain the 24 hour news cycle and the search for news, but that's for another day. In the meantime, conserve the waters. 

Tight lines,,

Art

How to Really Catch Trout and make it Look Easy

 It's not the fly, but the fisherman. A good fisherman observes before approaching and blindly casting. Subtle often minor events affects how a pool will fish. An inadventant shadow, a careless splash, too many false cast or too many fisherman working the pool beforehand are examples of how a fish may respond to your fly. The difference between a good fisherman and a great fisherman is a couple of split shots. Fish not rising, laying on the bottom? Look and observe, maybe just resting, maybe subtly feeding with only slight body motions. 

Nothing happening, move on try another location. After a couple of fly changes, varying presentations there is no need to pound the water for an hour. Only 10% of a river actually holds fish, so find another 10% place. Quietly moving and slow they dart out of unexpected places as you stumble over them. Only the stockies are bunched together for safety, the wild fish are survivors. 

My last couple of years fishing on that favorite stream, I only used four patterns that actually worked. The secret was to Trust Your Fly. Experimented  with many, but it came down to four. They're my four, you'll have find your own. Everyone eventually finds their four and they are always different. Again the secret is trust your fly. After all it's not the fly, but the fisherman!

Tight lines y'all!