Fishing

The Missouri Department of Conservation is set to host a fly fishing and fly tying workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5. The workshop will be open to the public and will be offered free of charge. The workshop will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and will include lessons on fly tying as well as proper fly fishing technique.  

BED-and-breakfasts are starting to man up, doing away with the lace bedspreads and trading high tea for brewskies. In Pittsburgh, the Mansion at Maple Heights, owned by a former Pittsburgh Steeler, Chukky Okobi, offered a $995 two-night Gridiron Getaway this football season that included two tickets to a Steelers game, a ride to and from Heinz Field and Saturday college football viewings in the B & B's theater room with 119-inch HDTV and surround sound. Whispering Pines Bed and Breakfast in Dellroy, ...  

BATON ROUGE , La. A small, young Baton Rouge company is growing in hard times — and signing big clients — by turning training digital. Learning Sciences Corp. , about 18 months old, has signed The Fox Network Group , NBC Universal , the Sports Production Safety Group, the HEI hotel management company, PCS Nitrogen in Geismar and Louisiana state government agencies, says Chief Executive Officer Peter J. Ranzino . The firm has created two programs for Fox. One explains hearing safety practices required by OSHA .

Our association with Learning Sciences Corp. has been a productive one. We have been implementing a new learning management system provided by Learning Sciences.   -Michael Hebert

 

That downtown's most coveted dining location was left to idle away for years is astonishing. Developers lined up after Lee's Lakeside closed in July 2005, but legal squabbles delayed any restaurant opening until July of this year. Credit Manny Tato, owner of the Spice Modern Steakhouse, for finally reopening the doors to this inviting space; credit his interior designer for Pesca's purposefully nautical décor, evocative of a cruise ship restaurant.  

THEY have survived stormy seas, Cod Wars and faced death and injury on a daily basis to ensure we can feed our appetite for fresh fish. Now, hardworking fishermen on the East Coast are being offered a helping hand by the Fishermen's Mission, which has appointed an East Riding's auxiliary superintendent. The charity aims to stamp out poverty and despair by providing emergency welfare and support to fishing communities 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Because of this, in years gone by there was a 'live for today' attitude.   -Mike Smith

 

So far, our visit to the Georgia Aquarium has taken us through a corridor of endlessly racing, mesmerizing jack crevalles , delicate jellies dazzling us with their floating dance , a kelp forest and the biggest coral reef exhibit I've ever seen, complete with waves surging dramatically overhead. River Scout, Georgia Explorer , Tropical Diver and Cold Water Quest are definitely worth visiting. The touch-pools are a visual and tactile treat, and offer more than the standard horseshoe crabs and starfish.  

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic, the professional bass fishing world championship, will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports today. The broadcast will air from 1-2 p.m. and will feature highlights from three days of competition, with a focus on the crowning of the 2009 Toyota Texas Bass Classic champion. "This will be a show that no fishing fan wants to miss," said CBS co-host Dave Mercer.  

Soon after filing a class action last spring against the maker of a dietary supplement called Procera AVH, Thomas Clarke Jr., a partner in the San Francisco office of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, uploaded a video on YouTube about the class action and talked to a television reporter for a news story about the litigation. Now, Brain Research Labs, the defendant in that class action, has sued Clarke and his law firm, as well as the plaintiff named in the complaint, saying their comments on TV ...

picked on a particularly vulnerable industry -- the supplement industry   -Thomas Clarke

 

Scientists discovered evidence that a new fish may be coming to town... but nobody wants it here. DNA samples show the invasive Asian carp may be above the electric barrier in Illinois designed to stop it from getting into Lake Michigan. The gigantic fish eat so much, some other less aggressive fish starve to death.