Recycled bottle ship Plastiki, crosses Pacific

by Wayne Mumford on July 26, 2010

12, 500 recycled plastic bottles, an irrigation pipe for a mast, solar and wind power, a 15×20 cabin; put it all together and you have the Plastiki. The ship, made of entirely recycled materials just completed a four month crossing of the Pacific from San Francisco to Sydney.

Could this spur a whole new trend in the boating world? Lets hope so, there’s probably enough plastic and plastic bottles floating the oceans to retool every vessel on it.

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Making Bass Poppers, Foam vs Cork

by Wayne Mumford July 25, 2010

I did a little battle last season with cork poppers- cutting, shaping, sanding, poking holes through bodies for legs (and myself) and so forth. I bought some foam blanks in typical shapes which are fine but can get a little spendy and I had to mail order (wait, no way) and it seemed like I [...]

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Kermit’s a Goner

by Wayne Mumford July 24, 2010

While the top water bite is not exactly going gang busters yet we still had a few takers. I drug out some of my foam frog top water fly experiments to see how the pike would size them up.
The little league guys thought it looked pretty good, this one just about downed the whole works. [...]

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Another Way to Spend Money Online

by Wayne Mumford July 24, 2010

Here’s a new twist on outdoor discount purveyors finding a way into your billfold. 20 minute deals on all the latest brand name gear for outdoor adventure. So far I haven’t seen anything directly related to fly fishing or fishing in general but lots of other temptations like clothing layers, shell coats, head lamps and [...]

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You know when you’ve had a bad day when-

by Wayne Mumford July 21, 2010

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Foam Topwater Bass Bugs

by Wayne Mumford July 18, 2010

I’m staggering to the finish of ten day absence from the US workforce, vacation in other words. One can never be to prepared for vacation, blown boat trailer tires, boat trailer wiring meltdowns, truck front ends falling apart and such. I’m trying to figure out what nasty thing I did to be visited the the [...]

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Noxon Bass Road Trip

by Wayne Mumford July 12, 2010

Friday we bailed for the Jr. Bassmaster qualifier at Noxon Reservoir. The weather was finally looking up but water temperatures and color were a mystery. Turns out the water has been cooler but clarity was pretty good. There were still some fish finishing up spawning unfortunately one familiar area was so choked with Millfoil (Myriophyllum [...]

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Improving Your Casting Fundamentals to Catch More Fish

by Wayne Mumford July 5, 2010

This week’s upcoming show at askaboutflyfishing.com:
Dusty Wissmath, a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting
Instructor, will explore the fundamentals of casting that are
so important to catching more fish. Are you struggling with a
castitng problem? Here’s your chance to ask a question of one
of the best casting instructors around.
On our upcoming broadcast with Dusty Wissmath we will [...]

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