‘Conservation’ Archive

Stopasiancarp.com January 16, 2010 No Comments

I received the email below from Tom Buhr today. Tom is the president of a grass roots organization that focuses on the Au Sable river in MI. He is the man we all wish we could be when it comes to having the balls and energy to fight the good fights and get motivated on [...]

Another Hatchless Boot Review. Patagonia Riverwalkers. September 29, 2009 No Comments

Why another boot review? Because I love these fucking boots and they deserve it. That’s why.
I’m fairly certain that I bought these last year and they were closeouts from 2007. If someone knows differently, I stand corrected. Patagonia is, as most of us know, expensive gear that is worth what you pay for it. Most [...]

A new guy’s view… September 22, 2009 1 Comment

This is a report from the “newbie” we took along with us for the  ASBWPA Clean Up. To be fair, this was not Scott’s first fly fishing trip so he really isn’t a true “newbie” but it was his first weekend on the Au Sable. We asked him to put together a little trip story [...]

Au Sable clean ups are coming up fast! Saturday Sept. 12th! August 26, 2009 No Comments

There are a few Au Sable clean ups coming and both are well worth the time spent. You never know what you’re gonna find either. People lose all kinds of interesting shit out there. My first year I found a pretty damn nice boat anchor. Shoulda kept that but at the time I didn’t have [...]

Thanks to “Little Timmy” and 40 Rivers… August 14, 2009 3 Comments

Photo courtesy of Fishbeer.com. Too many to choose from but Fat Tire in cans (its boat friendly!), acid reducer,  and a 10″ pepperoni log had to be it.
Thanks to “Little Timmy” for asking “which blog is for him”?. I say that knowing that his question could have been in jest which I will attempt to [...]

Better late than never May 12, 2009 No Comments

In an earlier post I said I would follow up on the trip to the Au Sable and tell the story of the drift boat so here it is.
I’ll keep the boat story short but remember I said it has been four long years. Most everyone I know has been tired of hearing about it [...]

“The Prius sped through a wooded area, clipped a weather monitoring shed, flipped, and landed in a river.” May 5, 2009 No Comments

I must admit, I work for an American car maker (so I may be a little biased) and we get a lot of bad press for a lot of different reasons. Some of it is deserved but a lot of it is mis-reported and, like everything else, the press chooses to ignore all the good news. Hell [...]

Video Friday May 1, 2009 1 Comment

The Swedes do it right. Snow, Skate, Fish…ahhh. Via FFFT.

twitter what? April 29, 2009 2 Comments

well I tried to get us on twitter once and our account was hijacked shortly after….so we are no longer @hatchless…please be kind and follow us here.
http://twitter.com/nofknbugs
fuckn haxxor

Boats, boats, and more boats… 2 Comments

Sometime last winter (2007) we decided that we absolutely had to have a boat for the upcoming season. We didn’t neccesarily think it had to be a drift boat (we didn’t think we could afford one) but whatever it was, it would surley act like a drift boat more often than not. We didn’t want [...]