This gives the word Flying fish, a whole new meaning,

A quick one with April V & Andrea

Well here is just a "quick one" with April and Fly Nation, great laughs , great fun - enjoy!!!


Fly Nation - The Bloopers, Outtakes and Unseen Footage Preview from Nick Pujic on Vimeo.

Beautiful Christmas greeting picture!!!!

Sometimes things are not what like they look like !!!!

After sending this Christmas greeting picture out to a lot of people, I know through the fly fishing scene, I have received so much positive response. People wrote how idyllic it was, and how beautiful and charming this little river was.

BUT!!!!

This place is located outside Copenhagen, in a national park called "Dyerhaven" (The Animal park) because it filled with big deers and used to be the Kings hunting ground back in time.

But this river which runs through this national park, is SO polluted that it is a mystery that anything can survive for more than 10 minutes in this so called river.

The reason why I expose this truth is because i feel a bit tired of all the shit, that goes on around me. The politicians talk but do not act - nothing new about that behavior.

Today my friend Svend Erik send me a video from Danish TV which show a new environmental treat occurring in the Danish oceans, as if we didn't have enough already. It is a innovative algae brought to this region with the blast water from ships - again!!!

Here is a link to this horrifying video (it's in Danish,but I think it will make sense anyway)

The poison Chatonella algae

Very, very sad indeed!!!

Target says NO to dirty gold

3rd largest retailer signs on to
the Golden Rules of Responsible Sourcing

On March 24th Target, the third-largest retail chain in the U.S., signed on to the No Dirty Gold campaign’s "Golden Rules" for more responsible metals mining.

In doing so, Target sent a clear message to its consumers and suppliers:  they want nothing to do with dirty gold.

Because Target is one the top 10 retailers of jewelry in the country, its support could significantly boost the effort to clean up gold mining. To date, more than 70 other jewelry retailers with combined US sales of more than $13.5 billion - nearly a quarter of the US market - have signed on.¨

This has happened because of "consumer power". 

More than 100,000 people have signed on to the No Dirty Gold consumer pledge. And thousands of these No Dirty Gold members, and over 20,000 members of change.org, the world's fastest growing platform for social change, have called on retailers and mining companies to provide alternatives to dirty gold.

It looks like this - 

Take Action here.

"Consumer power rules!!!"

Spirit Bear

National Geographic photographer shooting a photo series of a white bear, a so called Spirit Bear. It's a fantastic video, which make you think about what will happen to all these life forms in the future, with a rapidly changing world. I hope we humans will show respect and humbleness enough to protect these areas of pure unspoiled nature beauty.
Hope you will enjoy this movie as much as I did.


Spirit Bear Scene Excerpt from EP Films on Vimeo.

Huge Char

A friend of mine send this to me and I must say this is a fantastic char, and it was caught on a fly - a perfect catch - but the best part is that this beautiful fish was released right after the photo was taken - that's the spirit guy's :O)

This huge char was caught by Craig Blackie (holding rod). It weighed over 24 lbs and is estimated to be the largest fly-caught char on record. Both guys in the shot are fish biologists and they specialize in salmonid morphology and taxonomy.

Sea trout fishing in Denmark.

Had a little trip the other day to a place called Isefjorden, but the water temp was only 1.2 degrees, which is still a bit too cold to create any action.
But I brought the camera, and here is a few shot from that morning - No fish were caught, but I had a good time with my friend Svend who is a sea trout freak like myself :O)

A great little video from USSR !!

Say NO to genetically modified salmon - Take action now!!

The FDA is close to approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption. This decision could be disastrous for wild salmon in the U.S. and around the world. We simply can’t let it happen. If genetically engineered salmon are produced on a commercial scale, fisheries experts say they would inevitably escape into the wild. And if that occurs, it could cause catastrophic damage to the last remaining stocks of wild salmon. Please, sign our petition today and tell the FDA to say NO to genetically modified salmon.

USE THIS DIRECT LINK

Shaken but not Sara P!!!!

Click on this picture - very interesting gesture!!!

Team work sometimes work in mysterious ways

The fishing Beatles!!!

Just because you are a pop star, that doesn't mean that you couldn't be a fishing freak!!
Here's a shoot of The Beatles from 1964 in Seattle. Fishing from their hotel suite window!!

Huge Gaula Salmon by Manfred Raguse from the NFC.

River Gaula 2010 - Huge Salmon (35 pounder) on the NFC-Beats on a Orvis Helios rod! from Norwegian Flyfishers Club on Vimeo.

Creative approach!!!

Earthquake in New Zealand - PLEASE HELP NOW!!

What has happen in New Zealand is a tragedy, an I will do what I can to help out, event hough is is difficult when I'm located on the other side of the planet.
But we can all help by donating some money to the people of New Zealand.
Craig from Castabroard, who I has shown his beautiful pictures here on the Pool 32  blog, have send me this message, so if any of you readers out there want to help out, then use this link to donate what ever you can spare, even a small amount will help a lot.

All of our thought and prayers go to the New Zealand people in this difficult time they are going through.

Pool 32
Mark W.

Use this link if you would like to donate some money to New Zealand

PS. it looks like this

A steelhead family

A Steelhead Family - Official HD video 3.1 from Andrew Hardingham on Vimeo.

Let the net-cage salmon farming industry know you refuse to buy BC farmed salmon!

Help Pool 32 support this cause!!

Say no to farmed salmon - send a pre-made message to Oceans & Fisheries Minister Gail Shea, Mainstream (Cermaq), Grieg Seafood and BC Premier Gordon Campbell.

Use this direct link to find the pre-made message, and send it today

It looks like this!