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Urban Casting

I love getting things in the mail and a few days ago I was delighted to see a package arrive at the house addressed to me.  My buddy Dave who lives in Brooklyn, New York had sent me a birthday gift.  The gift is a tee shirt promoting the Brooklyn Fishing Derby put on by the Brooklyn Urban Anglers Association.  I love this!  Check out their website.  The two types of fish for the derby are stripers and blues.  There is a handful of fly fisherman that participate and lots photos of some good looking fish. Also the best part of the web site is the map of the the tournament area.  Below the map they make the recommendation  to carry "a knife to cut line and deter any would-be people who may be up to no good",  and also they advise anglers "be aware that we won’t bail you out if you get arrested." Not quite sure why fishermen would be getting arrested but heck, it sounds fun!  I am having vision of going to the Guggenheim Museum to check out a show then catching the subway over to the river for some casting. 

Thanks Dave!

Recycled Weekend

Teeg Stouffer atop a fish tank used to show how lures work.

Dick’s Sporting Goods store just opened three new stores in Tulsa and this weekend was their grand opening.  They had all kinds of things going on at the store such as giving out door prizes and big sales, but the one thing that caught my attention was a seminar on fishing conducted by Teeg Stouffer.  Well, to be honest the fish tank caught my attention and getting to meet Teeg and learn a little about his organization was the prize.  Teeg runs an organization called Recycled Fish that promotes a “national movement of fisherman who live a lifestyle of stewardship on and off the water.”  ( http://www.recycledfish.org/about-us/our-philosophy.htm)  When I went to Dick’s yesterday I went there thinking I would hear a sales pitch about how great this rod or lure is and I did hear that, but I also heard about how important it is that we protect our waters.  Teeg sat atop this fake bass boat and preached the virtues of changing our lifestyle for the benefit of wildlife.  It was encouraging.  I’m still learning about his organization, but I like what I see so far.  One added bonus is Teeg fly fishes!  

After Teeg finished his presentation and I had gotten a few photo’s I was feeling encouraged about recycling.  I thought that it was just strange that I spotted these two guys across the parking lot using a hand crank pump to put recycled cooking grease into an old converted school bus.

Max and Christian on their cross country adventure. 

Max and Christian are driving across the country on grease they’re getting from restaurants.   Both of them were very patient with me and answered all my questions.  Their adventure seems so fun too me.  So far they have spent no money on fuel and they have been traveling on their ability to improvise.  I wish them the best.