Hitch hiking pinks

Normally picking up hitch hikers is discouraged these days. Paranoia about hollywood born - ax wielding psycho paths has us all giving that guy with his thumb up, a good hard look and some extra pressure to the gas pedal as we zip by; with only our exhaust fumes and echoing click of door locks to remind the hitch hiker that times are different now.

Not so in the Washington town of Buckley, at the White river. The army core of engineers gathers traveling salmon and trucks them up past damns that normally would stop them in their fins. word travels fast in the salmon world and it seems there are more of them hitching a ride past the damn this year than ever, the engineers can barely keep up with the legion of salmon returning to the White river.

Read more about it HERE

The Chirping hordes : Have pellet gun, will travel.

Chirping and tweeting on the lawn this morning were hundreds of the little pests. They stumbled about the grass as if they were searching for a set of lost car keys in unison. each one a thousand flies waiting to be tied and flung at savy, creatively tied fly appreciating trout.

Starlings are an introduced species of much malign, an unstoppable force in nature and most likely here to stay. The Government can't control them, let alone put a dent in the population of these native species-competing foreigners. To make matters worse starling droppings are found to have a corrosive agent that not only ruins the clear cote of your Vette, but breaks down concrete as well. If you want more starling doom and gloom click HERE.

On the bright side fly tiers have found it to be a useful element in their art. They can't be all bad.