ACTION ALERT: SB221 and SB277

Posted on April 22, 2013 by flyfishnevada

Don’t let them take away your rights!!!

Two bills restricting gun rights are making their way through the Nevada Legislature.  They are SB221, a bill claiming to change mental health provisions but is really universal background checks, and SB277, a law making it easier to strip your Second Amendment rights if you refuse mental health treatment.  Neither bill will do anything to stop violent criminals or insane individuals from breaking existing laws and using firearms to kill others.  Go to https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/77th2013/A/, search for SB 221 and SB 277 and indicate you are against the bills.  You may also leave a comment but if you do, keep it to the point, polite and respectful.  Please pass this on to your friends, family and coworkers!

This fight is not over.  There are people at all levels of government who want to strip you and I of our rights.  If your Senators and/or Assemblymen are Democrats, write or call them to let them know you do not support these bills and they cannot expect your vote if they support them.  Make your voice heard!

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Shameless Self Promotion

Posted on January 27, 2012 by flyfishnevada

To break up the mid-winter monotony, I’ve been finishing up my new book, Las Vegas – Cheap and Easy.  I’ve been working on this for over a year on and off and it’s nice to finally have it out the door.  It’s an ebook.  I’ve made a decision that ebooks are the way to go.  Real books are a dying breed.

I hope I’ve managed to put together a helpful book that will bring a lot of value to people.  My premise was that normal travel guides were kind of useless for Las Vegas.  They just go out of date so quickly.  I worked in Vegas for years and saw just how fast things changed.

Not just tearing down and building new casinos, but inside the casinos too.  One day there’s a restaurant and seemingly the next, it’s a poker room.  If you bought a typical travel guide just a year ago, it’s out of date.  Now you need to buy another?  Screw that.

I’ve tried to explain how to use the resources on the internet to not only get the best Las Vegas deals, but to figure out where to eat and what to see and do.  It’s full of advice, recommendations and tips & tricks.  All stuff I learned traveling there for work for almost 15 years.  Hopefully people will find it helpful.

Anyway, you can find Las Vegas – Cheap and Easy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords and soon on iBooks, Sony and Diesel.  If you’re headed to Vegas, check it out.  Can’t go wrong for $6.99.  A whole book for the cost of a single bass bug!

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The Other East Fork

Posted on November 3, 2011 by flyfishnevada

The East Carson, wild and scenic, indeed.

Around these parts, there are three blue ribbon streams that flow into Nevada and die.  The Truckee flows out of Lake Tahoe and ends up in Pyramid Lake.  The East Walker flows out of Bridgeport Reservoir and, after mixing with the West Walker, eventually flows into Walker Lake.  The East Carson River flows from the mountains around Highway 4 and, after joining the West Carson, goes to die in the Carson Sink near Fallon, Nevada.  By the way, the other major river system in Nevada that doesn’t flow to the ocean is the Humboldt. (more…)

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Some Posting Adjustments

Posted on August 12, 2011 by flyfishnevada

I’ve done a little thinking and I’ve made a few decisions about posting formats and such going forward.  Nothing major.  You’ll still see reports when I go fishing, including pictures, and occasionally other fishing repeated posts.  The changes are more in the format of the posts.

Last year I stopped using the waters name and date I fished that water as the posting title, opting for more creative titles.  That will continue, but I will no longer list the names of certain waters in the text either.  I used to feel that most waters had some much available information available on the internet that my contribution would be a drop in the bucket.

However, I’ve changed my opinion (more…)

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The Attraction of Attractors

Posted on March 18, 2011 by flyfishnevada

I freely admit that I am not a match the hatch type of fisherman.  I will try to tie something on that approximates what seems to be hatching, but I rarely spend too much time or thought on it.  I have a few favorites that always seem to find their way onto my leader.  Considering where I do most of my fishing, that’s probably a good strategy.

Clockwise from the upper left: Chernobyl hopper, wooly worm, yellow humpy and a bead head prince nymph. All successful attractor patterns.

The climate and conditions in Nevada and the Sierras (more…)

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