Catching Schrödinger’s Trout by Ian Surkowski. MIT Press. Ian Surkowski, the Pamala Leonard Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the California Institute of Technology, has written a book that will likely change how everyone—scientist and layperson alike—thinks about fishing for trout. Although Dr. Surkowski received the prestigious Fields Medal for Read more…
STORRS, CT—A University of Connecticut Professor of Logic, Leann Jackson, is believed to be the first fly angler to fish the famed Delaware River yesterday when she should have been there today. An avid angler for much of her life, Ms. Jackson regularly makes the four-hour drive to upper New Read more…
JACKSON, WY—Wyoming angler Wyatt Mitchell recently landed a fish most anglers only dream about. “I knew this fish was special, but I had no idea how special until I took it to Jackson’s Big R Ranch & Home store to have it measured and weighed,” Mr. Mitchell said during an Read more…
CONCORD, MA—Philosopher-naturalist David Henry Thoreau has long inspired anglers with assorted versions of the misattributed mantra: Many go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after. But a Ph.D. student at Southeastern New Hampshire University, Arthur Bigastrio, recently discovered a series of Thoreau’s never-before-seen Read more…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the first time in the nearly ninety-year history of Galloup polling, Americans prefer a good day at work to a bad day of fishing. Thirty-nine percent of U.S. adults selected a good day at work, thirty-three percent chose a bad day of fishing, while the remaining twenty-eight percent Read more…
VAUGHAN, Ontario—Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO), a leading global eye health company, has announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency—has approved the world’s first single-use disposable flies. “The Covid-19 pandemic spurred a dramatic increase in fly anglers, and optometrists have reported a Read more…
DULUTH, MN—Long-time Duluth resident Lars Gunderson recently revealed the world’s most secret fishing location. “In all the years I go to this spot, not one time do I see other person, other person’s footprints, other animal, other animal’s footprints, or any signs of any person or thing that knows this Read more…
#10: They smoke them when they aren’t fishing. #9: Mark Twain. #8: No one can tell you’re smoking a cigarette from over one hundred feet away. #7: Demi Moore. #6: It is illegal to possess, use, sell, or cultivate cannabis on federal land. #5: Clint Eastwood. #4: Skoal? Do I look Read more…
A: Take off your clothes. B: Put on a wide-brim hat and some comfortable ankle-high wading boots. C: The end.
NEW YORK—A powerful group of fly-fishing anglers, The Progressive Anglers for Linguistic Equity (PALE), has gotten recent attention for demanding the fly-fishing community stop appropriating Latin names for flies. “The Latin language has a rich and storied history in medicine and law and should not be used for the casual Read more…