By Scott Bestul

Last weekend—seated comfortably in an Alabama box blind overlooking a food plot on a sunny, pleasant afternoon—I couldn’t resist text-messaging a buddy back in the Midwest.

“How is the weather back in paradise?” I queried, feigning innocence.

“Stupidly cold. How ‘bout you?” was Ted’s too-good-to-pass response.

By John Merwin

It's pretty hard to avoid the Super Bowl, even though I'm not a wild-eyed sports fan. So I'll be glued to the television set this Sunday like millions of others. But I'll also have a fishing something in hand.

The mute button on our remote gets a pretty good workout through all the commentary that surrounds the actual game. While that's going on I'll be practicing a couple of fishing knots. I've already put a spool of mono, some paperclips, and a pair of clippers on the living room table.

By Dave Hurteau

From The Capital Times:

The state Natural Resources Board voted unanimously Wednesday to ask the Wisconsin Legislature to approve a statewide ban on baiting and feeding of deer.

By Tim Romano

Photo by Tim Romano

While I know plenty of you have most likely heard the news, I felt I had to make sure that the Fly Talk nation was aware of what has transpired. The Fly Fishing Film Tour's original members, better known as AEG resigned on New Years eve effectively shutting down the tour for this year. Nobody really knows for sure what happened, but a lot of people were bummed that the film tour (a Warren Miller-esque tour for fly fishing movies) wasn't going to make the rounds.