Upper Sac, Scott, McCloud and Shasta Public River Access threatened (and that's bullshit)

'round the Beatdown, we don't have a whole lotta love for the tweedy little trout culture thing, but we've got a whole lot more hate for bureaucratic horseshit, especially when it only benefits a select few rich fuckers and steps on an angler's river access rights.

such is the case in the controversy going on in North California.

essentially, a single Siskiyou County Supervisor, whom we'll call Marcia "Only done it on my back" Armstrong stands between literally thousands of anglers, their right to wade a river within the navigable limits and the respectable amount of sustainable income they bring to a somewhat depressed economic region.

seems easy, right?

wrong, when Supervisor Armstrong's in the back pocket of ranchers, agriculture, timber, mining interests and dead set on implementing their shadily titled UNSUSTAINABLE Natural Resources "plan". emphasis on "resources" here, gents, when our commonwealth resources means dollars in the pockets of private industry.

we also admire when the media takes up a cause some might deem controversial despite the outright truths uncovered. such is the case at the Trout Underground and issues of river access set national precedent sometimes, so give the old man over there his due, buck the fuck up, get your read on and act, soldiers:

Chandler does the homework so you don't have to: