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Title: Unlimited Fly Fishing News and Articles...
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 01, 2019, 12:09:51 PM
First up:


A line to another era
Fishing pole repairman Dennis Evans a rare breed these days

When Dennis Evans isn't out fly-fishing, he's usually hunkered down in his small Toppenish shop replacing guides, cork handles or reel seats on fly rods.

"I can do anything that needs to be fixed on a rod," the 85-year-old quipped.

https://www.yakimaherald.com/lifestyle/fishing-pole-repairman-dennis-evans-a-rare-breed-these-days/article_00060fcc-5ad3-5bec-8def-6226a23851b0.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 05, 2019, 12:02:48 PM
next up a story about a 91 year old man who isn't ready to give up...

91-year-old Idaho man fly fishes in the Owyhee River

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https://idahonews.com/news/local/91-year-old-idaho-man-fly-fishes-in-the-owyhee-river
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 11, 2019, 11:08:08 AM
Why Fishing Rods Break (https://www.sportfishingmag.com/why-fishing-rods-break/)
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 23, 2019, 17:29:15 PM
Streams and lakes more crowded with anglers? More women fishing? Blacks and Hispanics also?

Check out all the fishing demographics you'll ever want to see

https://www.takemefishing.org/getmedia/d35536df-732f-4723-b620-6300405ef8f5/2019-Special-Report-on-Fishing_RBFF_FINAL2.pdf
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 24, 2019, 12:16:47 PM
VERNAL, Utah — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Ashley National Forest plan to save the native Colorado River cutthroat trout population in the High Uintas Wilderness.


"Unfortunately, habitat loss, coupled with cutthroats breeding with and competing with trout not native to the western United States, have caused dramatic declines in cutthroat trout populations across the West. The decline has led to concerns about the species' future," a news release from Ashley National Forest said.


https://fox13now.com/2019/07/23/utah-dwr-forest-service-to-restore-colorado-river-cutthroat-trout-population-in-high-uintas/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 27, 2019, 16:10:43 PM
Man drowns while fishing the Greys River

QuoteA 70-year-old man died Tuesday while fly-fishing on the Greys River after he slipped and his waders filled with water.
Mark Osmondson, 70, of Madison, Kansas, was 16 miles upriver from Alpine when he fell, Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson said.
"Osmondson was fishing with his longtime friend's grandson when he slipped on a rock, causing his fishing waders to fill with water," Johnson said. "Osmondson was unable to recover his footing and eventually floated nearly 2 miles down the river where his body was recovered."

https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/the_hole_scroll/man-drowns-while-fishing-the-greys-river/article_7f7a9a4e-f0ca-5202-b019-9474c66a055a.html

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Post by: Dougfish on July 27, 2019, 20:28:14 PM
Tighten up that wading belt, boys.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on July 29, 2019, 09:27:42 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 23, 2019, 17:29:15 PMStreams and lakes more crowded with anglers? More women fishing? Blacks and Hispanics also?

Check out all the fishing demographics you'll ever want to see

https://www.takemefishing.org/getmedia/d35536df-732f-4723-b620-6300405ef8f5/2019-Special-Report-on-Fishing_RBFF_FINAL2.pdf

No problem seeing Hispanics fishing here. Go to any delayed-harvest stream. They're the ones with the powerbait and the five-gallon bucket full of doughbellies.
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 29, 2019, 10:13:50 AM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on July 29, 2019, 09:27:42 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 23, 2019, 17:29:15 PMStreams and lakes more crowded with anglers? More women fishing? Blacks and Hispanics also?

Check out all the fishing demographics you'll ever want to see

https://www.takemefishing.org/getmedia/d35536df-732f-4723-b620-6300405ef8f5/2019-Special-Report-on-Fishing_RBFF_FINAL2.pdf

No problem seeing Hispanics fishing here. Go to any delayed-harvest stream. They're the ones with the powerbait and the five-gallon bucket full of doughbellies.

White bumpkins attempt to fill that niche on our nearby DH, but they never get enough of the "doughbellies".  Send some of your Hispanics north.

Disclaimer: Post is not "leftist political propaganda bullshit".
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Post by: Yallerhammer on July 29, 2019, 11:24:11 AM
At least they work while they're not poaching doughbellies.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2019, 20:30:28 PM
Be a trend-setter, wear your fly fishing vest in town...

Men Are Wearing Fishing Vests in the City (Really)
Humble, many-pocketed fishing and hunting vests are being reconsidered by designers and trendy types. Are you missing out?


https://www.wsj.com/articles/men-are-wearing-fishing-vests-in-the-city-really-11565107006
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 13, 2019, 10:25:04 AM
Ed Engle tells it....

https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/08/11/ed-engle-high-water-meditation/

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 16, 2019, 13:36:24 PM
An article on the Nantahala fish kill

read:https://www.cherokeescout.com/news-subscribers/fish-population-impacted-region-wide
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 24, 2019, 14:02:29 PM
The fish population in the Animas River in southwest Colorado has suffered a massive loss following a wildfire from June 2018: It's down about 80%.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wildfire-kills-80percent-of-fish-in-a-colorado-river/ar-AAHLOA8?ocid=spartandhp
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 24, 2019, 09:37:37 AM
https://www.fieldandstream.com/flyfishing-for-appalachian-brook-trout-with-iconic-yallerhammer/

Flyfishing for Appalachian Brook Trout with the Iconic Yallerhammer
A no-frills fly pattern that's been around forever still gets the job done
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 08, 2019, 14:32:13 PM
The Fonz is a Fly Fishing Fan!

QuoteAs he enters his mid seventies, Henry Winkler is experiencing an impressive late-career renaissance. Last year, he won his first ever Emmy Award for his supporting role as acting coach Gene Cousineau on Barry, the acclaimed HBO show. Alien Superstar, the latest in a series of best-selling children's books Winkler has written with a co-author, Lin Oliver, was published in early October by Amulet. And he is set to appear in Wes Anderson's highly anticipated forthcoming film, The French Dispatch, the release date of which is yet to be disclosed.

All of these accomplishments suggest Winkler has achieved a level of confidence that seems to have been lacking in his professional life since Happy Days, the TV show in which he starred as hip greaser Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, ended its decade-long run 35 years ago. What accounts for his recent success? He chalks it up, in large part, to an unlikely pastime: fly fishing.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/arts-entertainment/reel-talk-with-henry-winkler
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 04, 2019, 15:14:12 PM
Ed says December is fly tying month



It's no mystery why I start thinking about fly tying every year around this time.

The nights are getting longer and longer and I've convinced myself the fishing in December is never very good; although I'm not sure my fishing journals totally support that. I can remember decent December Blue-winged Olive and midge hatches from my angling youth, but I was tougher then. I'll admit I find it harder to amp myself up for a frostbite fishing trip nowadays.

https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/12/03/ed-engle-fly-tying-magic/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 12, 2020, 11:30:02 AM
Being an angler is more than catching fish

QuoteEDITOR'S NOTE: This essay by Luke Geppert of Dover earned second place in Trout Unlimited's 2019 Teen Camp Essay Contest. Participants at TU's regional Youth Fly Fishing and Conservation summer camps are invited to enter the contest. The 2019 essay prompt was, "Why is conservation important to fly fishing?" To learn more about the program, visit www.tu.org/camps.

https://www.unionleader.com/nh/outdoors/being-an-angler-is-more-than-catching-fish/article_a806de01-8ad8-5062-a647-c7cf7ee1eae4.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 13, 2020, 11:18:46 AM
Anglers searching for a fishing access site in Montana, or a good place for one in the future, now have a new tool from Montana Trout Unlimited.

On Wednesday, the nonprofit unveiled an  online interactive map  (http://map.montanatu.org/) of Montana's fishing sites. While Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks already has its own online fishing access map, Trout Unlimited doesn't just show access sites. Its map uses red diamonds to mark existing sites that it considers to be in need of improvement, and purple ones to show possible future sites — with the goal of bolstering public support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
https://missoulian.com/news/local/trout-unlimited-unveils-map-of-fishing-access-sites/article_3484d826-6176-5fbb-aa88-b468e50a6e47.html
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Post by: Big J on January 13, 2020, 11:37:03 AM
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-woman-kitchen-pot-katie-lou-gottlich-fishing-domestic-battery-pasco-1428599 (https://www.newsweek.com/florida-woman-kitchen-pot-katie-lou-gottlich-fishing-domestic-battery-pasco-1428599)

Fin sent me this one the other day.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2020, 11:42:02 AM
Nelson Bryant, 'Supreme Chronicler' of Outdoor Life, Dies at 96

QuoteNelson Bryant, whose lyrical columns in The New York Times for nearly four decades chronicled his love affair with fishing, hunting and outdoor life, and made him the dean of outdoor writers in America, died on Saturday in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. He was 96.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/sports/nelson-bryant-dead.html

QuoteHis first Times column, on Oct. 31, 1967, offered thoughts on pickerel vs. trout, and hints of the writer to come: "The thought of fly casting for a fish that bears a superficial resemblance to a snake may be more than some purists can stomach. Trout are beautiful and wise, pickerel are neither. However, a man cannot always chase rainbows."




read this article too: https://www.mvtimes.com/2012/11/20/writer-nelson-bryant-recalls-lifetime-hunt-13274/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 02, 2020, 13:22:24 PM
North Country Angling: The legend of Ora Smith

QuoteFly fishers are always looking for an edge in their pursuit of trout — a new fly rod or maybe a new fly line.
They are always looking for the latest and greatest fly to tie to the end of their line.
While the materials and the creativity for tying flies have never been greater than they are today, a look back in time can lead to the rediscovery of some tried and true fly patterns.


One of the old fly tyers who was both innovative and creative was New Hampshire's own Ora Smith.
Ora lived in the Keene area. He taught fly tying in adult education classes from the late '60's until the early '90s. He passed away in 2007

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/outdoors/fishing/north-country-angling-the-legend-of-ora-smith/article_9e52c37c-42b9-11ea-a1cc-37c757e81393.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 07, 2020, 10:26:52 AM
In the fall of 1832, Dr. Jerome V.C. Smith was crossing Mill Brook in West Tisbury when a disturbance in the water caught his attention. A passionate angler, Smith was stunned by the number of brook trout he saw and recalled the experience in his book, Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts, published the following year.

http://www.mvmagazine.com/news/2018/09/01/down-river


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2020, 11:53:33 AM
Fly collector Mike Kesselring will present the flies he's collected from locations around the globe at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Rendezvous Restaurant in Maggie Valley.


QuoteHis fishing collection, meanwhile, includes more than 18,000 flies, 380 fly fishing books, 50 fly rods and 45 fly reels. Due to limited space, Kesselring will present just the international part of his collection, which includes handtied flies from far-flung places such as Tasmania, Argentina, Siberia, South Africa, Japan, Ireland and Norway.

The presentation is offered as part of Trout Unlimited Cataloochee's regular monthly meeting. A social hour and swap meet will be held at 5:30 p.m. ahead of the 6:30 presentation.

https://www.smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/28622-see-how-flies-are-tied-worldwide
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2020, 11:59:00 AM
Huey Lewis, along with Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Belushi and Tom Brokaw, is also set to appear in the seven-episode fifth season of the fly-fishing TV series "Buccaneers & Bones" on the Outdoor Channel this week.


https://keysnews.com/article/story/huey-lewis-power-of-fly-fishing-and-charity-coming-to-the-keys/
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Post by: Dougfish on March 06, 2020, 14:04:31 PM
Is the episode with Belushi going to be a Weekend At Bernie's-like fishing show?
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 15, 2020, 10:58:34 AM
Ed Shenk, 93, of Carlisle, PA, passed peacefully on April 10, 2020.

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QuoteHis favorite pastime was fly fishing. During his lifetime he wrote a book on fly fishing and wrote many articles about fly fishing, fly tying, hunting and trapping for sports magazines.

https://cumberlink.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/ed-shenk/article_e6d4d2ce-31e2-5575-ab16-7963383ba983.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 16, 2020, 13:38:34 PM
QuoteDan Bailey's Fly Shop is under new ownership as of Wednesday afternoon, according to new co-owner Dale Sexton.
"We now officially own Dan Bailey's fly shop," Sexton said.
 
Sexton, owner of Timber Trails, an outdoor recreation and rental company in Livingston, purchased the fly shop in a 50/50 partnership with Kansas City business owner Mark Gurley. Gurley, who learned to fly fish from Sexton, has frequently traveled to Livingston over the past 20 years to partake in fly fishing.

Sexton will operate the majority of the business.

The sale applies to the Dan Bailey's brand name as well as the iconic storefront on 209 W. Park St. The sale also includes the store's current inventory as well as any intellectual property associated with the brand name.


https://www.livingstonenterprise.com/content/bailey's-fly-shop-now-under-new-ownership
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 18, 2020, 11:13:39 AM
Covid Claims Life of Fly Fisherman.

Marlborough – Armand Courchaine was born on March 18, 1944 in Fall River, MA, and he died peacefully at UMass-Memorial Marlborough Hospital on April 14, 2020 at the age of 76, after a tough battle with COVID-19. Armand was predeceased by his parents Leo J. Courchaine and Emily Boudreau, his first wife Theresa, and a long-time partner Celeste.

https://www.communityadvocate.com/2020/04/17/armand-courchaine-76-community-volunteer-avid-fly-fisher/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 29, 2020, 13:06:19 PM
Might not be fly fishing but pretty cool

https://www.skyhinews.com/news/11-year-old-from-breckenridge-catches-30-pound-lake-trout/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 01, 2020, 13:06:13 PM
The mandatory 14 day quarantine for out-of-state visitors is having a big impact on some who work in the industry.

>>>Forrester said 90% of his guests come from out of state. With the current mandatory quarantine for out-of-state guests, he said he hasn't received a deposit for a trip since March. He said June, July and August are typically the busiest months of the year for fly fishing.

Forrester said, "A fourteen day quarantine, that's detrimental to us. I've got people coming in here June 1. I've got two groups. Both of them have actually made deposits. Both of them are old clients. If we don't open up before the end of May, they can't come because they invite people. And, then they pay for their airfare. If they don't know by May 15, then most likely, they are going to have to move or cancel."


https://www.kulr8.com/news/mandatory-quarantine-for-out-of-state-visitors-having-big-impact-on-fly-fishing-resort/article_d6ec1b5e-8b9b-11ea-8588-5fe8b9fe3539.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 21, 2020, 10:19:18 AM
The March Brown and Grey Fox Mayflies: confusion and mystery

QuoteUp until recently, both flies were classified in the genus Stenonema (March Brown, S. vicarium and Grey Fox, S. fuscum). Then at some point around 1981, W. Patrick McCafferty, professor of entomology at Purdue University, reclassified several members of the Stenonema group of mayflies into a new genus he named Maccaffertium. Not only that, but he also consolidated March Browns and Grey Foxes into one species, Maccaffertium vicarium. He also changed the name of the Light Cahill from Stenonema canadenses to Maccaffertium ithaca! So, from a taxonomic standpoint, the old names are out and the new are in, perhaps a tribute to McCafferty's expertise as an entomologist.

https://riverreporter.com/stories/the-march-brown-and-grey-fox-mayflies-confusion-and-mystery,37386
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 28, 2020, 17:59:57 PM
Here's how you can catch 20 American shad in just a few hours

>>>As soon as Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Augusta was removed in 1999, Willie Grenier of Waterville was among the anglers trying to figure out the new fishery that would result.
Some of his old haunts for brown trout fishing weren't as productive, but other spots — and other species — quickly teemed with fish. Among the fish that flourished: American shad, which were suddenly able to swim into waters that they'd not had access to in more than 100 years.

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/05/28/outdoors/heres-how-you-can-catch-20-american-shad-in-just-a-few-hours/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 04, 2020, 10:33:22 AM
Colorado researchers spent decades trying to save disappearing rainbow trout.

Finally, they're making progress. Genetics from Germany and a hardy cross with Gunnison River trout seem to be overcoming a nightmarish parasite that causes deadly whirling disease

https://coloradosun.com/2020/06/04/colorado-rainbow-trout-whirling-disease/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 07, 2020, 08:10:21 AM
The Fishing Report: Fly Fishing for Halibut


>>>When David Bayes told me that I could catch halibut on a fly rod if I came to Homer in late May or early June, I was intrigued.

Since halibut fishing often calls for several pounds of lead, large circle hooks with bait and a rod and reel combination that feels so stiff if could lift a small pickup truck off the bottom of Cook Inlet, the idea of potentially hooking up with a several hundred-pound halibut on a relatively flimsy fly rod stuck in my head.

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/The-Fishing-Report-Fly-Fishing-for-Halibut-571032911.html

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 07, 2020, 11:08:53 AM
Authors roll two lifetimes of bluegill fishing know-how into one diary

>>>rom the miserable failures to magnificent moments, fishing authors and instructors Terry and Roxanne Wilson have rolled two lifetimes of bluegill fishing experience into a short 140 pages in their most recent how-to book.

For "The Bluegill Diaries: A Fly Fishing Chronicle" the husband-and-wife team pulled stories from more than five decades of their diary entries to update and enhance what they provided in their 1999 book, "Bluegill ... Fly Fishing & Flies."

https://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/authors-roll-two-lifetimes-of-bluegill-fishing-know-how-into-one-diary/article_59c0c54c-ef64-5bdc-99cb-1b659e6157e2.html



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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 08, 2020, 11:50:39 AM
>>>Wait before you judge. Take a deep breath. Because you can.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, I've seen countless people on social media expressing their rage — not about George's death or about the underlying problem of inequality in our country — but about looting and physical damage to property


https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/thoughts-killing-george-floyd/7715062
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 16, 2020, 10:56:15 AM
How Fly-Fishing Practically Invented Social Distancing

>>>Without a shadow of a doubt, now is a time to be completely engaged. Between a novel pandemic and a social justice movement proving to be downright revolutionary, this is your time to secure the health of equality necessary for every thriving community.

Now and again, a break is healthy, whether it's a temporary ban on screen time or a day on the trail. One outdoors sport in particular feels particularly timely right now as it has some useful etiquette built into its very nature. That sport is fly-fishing, the hobby that practically invented social distancing.

There are exceptions to everything, but generally, fly-fishing is built on a framework of peace and quiet. Certain insect hatches or famous stretches of river draw larger crowds than others but for the most part there's an unwritten rule that a rather large personal bubble will be preserved while on the water, rod in hand. When you tie a fly onto your leader and prepare to cast, you sign an oath to both the environment and those looking to savor it


https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/fly-fishing-invented-social-distancing/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 21, 2020, 21:41:44 PM
Outdoor Report: Cribbage, fly-fishing and family


https://www.vvdailypress.com/lifestyle/20200621/outdoor-report-cribbage-fly-fishing-and-family
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 27, 2020, 10:35:48 AM
Fishing hat loaded with memories worth retrieving


>>>I walked across the four-lane highway and listened to a meadowlark. Saw the flickering tail of a deer. I picked up the hat and set it on.

Good hats are hard to find, I said aloud to no one.

Then I went back to the pickup truck, cut across the grassy median and trundled west to home.

https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/fishing-hat-loaded-with-memories-worth-retrieving/article_bf0928e5-e4c4-52ac-b19d-40e127868147.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 12, 2020, 11:17:28 AM
https://wr.al/1IUrE

Tom Earnhardt; Good buffers make good neighbors

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 18, 2020, 10:17:43 AM
Concerns grow as COVID-19 causes crowds at Caney Fork River


>>>DEKLAB COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — As people find ways to safely get out of the house during COVID-19, conservationists worry the added crowds are putting stress on Tennessee's natural areas.

One of those concerned conservationists is Chris Nischan, who works as a fishing guide and has been on DeKalb County's Caney Fork River for decades.

"I started the fishing the Caney Fork when I was 15 years old, and I'm 57 now," Nischan said, while fly fishing Friday morning.

Fog was still coming off of the water when Nischan said he had already been out on the river for about an hour and a half.

"There's just something, something very special about it," he said in between casts.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/concerns-grow-as-covid-19-causes-crowds-at-caney-fork-river

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 03, 2020, 10:42:49 AM
Ernest Hemingway and the Sault's 'wild nightmare kind of fishing'

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Fishing on the Sault Rapids. Sault Ste. Marie Public Library photo
From the archives of the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library:

>>>Ernest Hemingway is best known for his literary contributions. A winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, he wrote such classics as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea.

He also served in the First World War, worked as a journalist, married four times, and was a prolific sportsman before ultimately taking his own life in 1961. But did you know he has a Sault Ste. Marie connection

https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/ernest-hemingway-and-the-saults-wild-nightmare-kind-of-fishing-2609333


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2020, 10:29:01 AM
Opposition grows to new Colorado rule requiring purchase of hunting, fishing license to access some public lands

>>>An animal rights group opposed to hunting has sued Colorado Parks and Wildlife over a new rule that requires visitors to buy a hunting or fishing license to access State Wildlife Areas and State Trust Lands. The lawsuit comes as a diverse group of users of state public lands — hikers, climbers and paddlers — urge Colorado Parks and Wildlife to delay implementation of the new licensing regulation.

The license requirement imposed at the end of June fails to distinguish between residents and visitors who who buy licenses for hunting and fishing and people who might buy the license for non-consumptive uses of public lands like hiking, bird-watching, rafting and stand-up paddling, Friends of Animals argued in lawsuit filed Tuesday in Denver District Court. 


https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/06/colorado-hunting-fishing-license-rule-public-lands-opposition/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2020, 10:32:58 AM
EPA settles lawsuit with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

Utah's lawsuit was one of several legal claims filed over the incident, but no other settlements have been reached, the EPA said Wednesday

>>>
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years ago.

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed to fund $3 million in Utah clean water projects and give another $360 million to the state for remediation projects at abandoned mine sites, the federal agency said Wednesday in a joint news release with the Utah attorney general's office.


>>>The spill released 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of wastewater from the inactive Gold King Mine to pollute rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, including on Navajo Nation lands. Some waterways turned an orange-yellow color.


https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/06/gold-king-mine-spill-lawsuit-utah-settlement/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 07, 2020, 10:24:58 AM
Prince Charles plans to extend his summer holiday at Balmoral 'for an extra week because the fishing is so good', royal photographer says

>>>The Prince of Wales plans to extend his summer holiday at the Queen's Balmoral estate 'for an extra week because the fly fishing is so good', according to a royal photographer.

Prince Charles, 71, and the Duchess of Cornwall, 73, apparently kicked off their break at their Scottish residence of Birkhall this week after he paid a visit to Caithness General Hospital in Wick on Friday to thank frontline workers, Hello! reported.

And the heir to the throne already plans to stay for seven days longer than planned so he can continue to pursue one of his favourite hobbies.

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, royal photographer royal Tim Rooke claimed a local told him Charles 'has decided to stay up for an extra week because the fishing is so good'.


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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8599367/Prince-Charles-plans-extend-summer-holiday-Balmoral-extra-week.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 08, 2020, 10:33:22 AM

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>>>Dale Sexton and a business partner have purchased the iconic Dan Bailey's Fly Shop in downtown Livingston. Sexton has merged his former outdoor shop, Timber Trails, with the older store. 

https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/famed-livingston-fly-fishing-shop-in-new-hands/article_e9078054-4a92-50b4-8911-6eccaeb06879.html


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 12, 2020, 18:11:52 PM
TU Embrace a Stream works on the Davidson River restoration 


https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzGUezjc4R/?igshid=3em6ncxli0ra

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 16, 2020, 14:16:53 PM
Tom Earnhardt on the Patients a Hugh Morton

https://wr.al/1Iic4

North Carolinians of my generation knew Hugh Morton as the person most responsible for bringing the "Battleship North Carolina" to Wilmington, as a strong voice for saving the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, as an ardent environmentalist, and as the developer and protector of Grandfather Mountain.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 21, 2020, 11:39:44 AM
Fish tales: The time that salmon hopped into the boat

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>>>A couple weeks back, I asked BDN readers to share some fish tales, recognizing that nearly anything can happen on a fishing trip, and hoping others shared my view that you don't have to actually catch anything to end up with a whopper of a story.

read://https_bangordailynews.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbangordailynews.com%2F2020%2F08%2F21%2Foutdoors%2Ffish-tales-the-time-that-salmon-hopped-into-the-boat%2F

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 23, 2020, 09:26:57 AM
Angler lands record Yellowstone cutthroat trout


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>>>The recent catch of a 30.5-inch Yellowstone cutthroat trout has been approved by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game as a state record.

Sam Hix, visiting from Bellaire, Texas, caught the behemoth on Aug. 7 while fly-fishing on the Snake River with Idaho Falls guide Josh Heileson.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/angler-lands-record-yellowstone-cutthroat-trout
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 09, 2020, 09:30:18 AM
Grants to help boost brook-trout fishing in Eastern WV

>>>Brook-trout habitat in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands and Eastern Panhandle will soon get an upgrade.

Armed with $827,000 in grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contractors for the Trout Unlimited conservation organization will improve in-stream habitat, plant streamside trees to provide shade, and will reconnect stretches of stream that have become isolated from one another.

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced the grants Sept. 3. The projects will focus primarily on headwater tributaries of the South Branch of the Potomac, and on tributaries of the Cacapon River.

Dustin Wichterman, who coordinates the work for Trout Unlimited, said $476,470 of the money will be spent in the South Branch watershed upstream from Franklin, in Pendleton County. The remaining $350,630 will be spent in the Cacapon watershed. Both projects will include work on public and private land.

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/outdoors/hunting_and_fishing/grants-to-help-boost-brook-trout-fishing-in-eastern-wv/article_281c0799-63fa-5089-81c2-94c336d5f916.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 09, 2020, 09:38:30 AM
Smith Creek: Tales of a favorite drainage

>>>Everyone should have a favorite drainage to pursue their outdoor activities. Smith Creek, in Boundary County, checks all of the boxes for me.

As it flows from the Selkirk Mountains into the Kootenai River, Smith Creek sources underneath Lions Head Ridge and Smith Peak. Cow Creek, an aptly named tributary because of Forest Service grazing allotments, joins Smith Creek near the old Dirt Oven site. The lower reach, below the spectacular Smith Falls, is channelized as it passes through the Boundary-Smith Creek Wildlife Management Area.

To qualify as your favorite, you must first establish a personal history with a watershed.

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2020/sep/08/smith-creek-tales-favorite-drainage/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 09, 2020, 09:45:36 AM
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/weird-hidden-talents-rockstars-iron-maiden-david-bowie/

>>>Roger Daltrey from The Who
The Who frontman Roger Daltrey's luxurious rural estate has grown from 35 acres to over 400 acres under his stewardship since 1971 and he would often invite friends to go trout fishing on his land but, in a change of heart, decided over thirty years ago to open it up to the public.

Daltrey felt it was selfish to have this trout farm just for himself so, in 1981, he decided to open Lakeland Trout Fishery and has never looked back since. Speaking to Surrey Life in 2018 about the fishery, he said that he has "met lots of people who are more interested in fish than rock star Roger".

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/786529030480683008?s=20

https://youtu.be/ypQMCVgilhQ
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 10, 2020, 10:14:04 AM
Dead rainbow trout floated on the South Platte. Could fish detectives crack the case?

>>>Two weeks ago, Rick Mikesell started his morning the way he often does before heading in to his job as operations manager at Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver — he wet a line in the urban stretch of the South Platte River near the Interstate 25 overpass.

An isolated downpour the day before had bumped up the river's flow, and perhaps cooled it off a bit amid a stretch of blistering heat, and just as he suspected, his beloved carp were in fine form. Then he noticed a couple of dead rainbow trout floating nearby.

He didn't think much of it — rainbows are cold-water fish, and though some have been stocked by private interests and have adapted to this relatively warm stretch of the South Platte, it's not uncommon to find one that has succumbed to high temperatures. But then he saw another. And another. And another.

When the count reached a half-dozen, he grew concerned.



https://coloradosun.com/2020/09/10/dead-rainbow-trout-detectives/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 10, 2020, 10:21:29 AM
Appreciating a legend while he's still around

>>>I took my time with John Gierach's latest work "Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers," which is not my usual program with his books. He's written 20 over his career, and I usually reach the back cover in a week or two.

>>>At some point, Gierach will write his last book, and in a year filled with eulogies of cultural icons, sporting icons and even traditional or historical ideas, I wanted to sit for a while in the moment of living appreciation. Gierach will write more books, but life happens.

As long as he is writing, I will be buying. He'll write about rivers I've fished, rivers I'd like to fish and rivers I'll never find out about because he's sworn them to secrecy. And that will never get old.

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/appreciating-a-legend-while-hes-still-around/


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 10, 2020, 10:31:22 AM
Colorado River Flow Now Part Of Caddisfly Battle In Bullhead City

>>>Bullhead City is located along the Colorado River, across from Laughlin, Nevada.

The area is known as a place to take advantage of Arizona's mild winters, to gamble or spend time along the river.

But it had a problem. Twice a year, caddisflies emerge from the river in swarms.

"They don't bite. They don't sting. They just are a nuisance. They get into people's food. They get into people's ears, noses. They're all over you," said Michael Cavallaro, a pest control expert for Bullhead City.

Caddisflies are commonly found wherever there is clean water, but the population near Bullhead City has exploded. Nobody knew what to do about it.

https://kjzz.org/content/1616749/colorado-river-flow-now-part-caddisfly-battle-bullhead-city
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 14, 2020, 10:11:51 AM


Get tips on tying flies at September 16 MDC virtual program


>>>People wanting to learn more about how to tie their own flies can get information at the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) free virtual program "Fly Tying for Beginners." This online program will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 and is being put on by the staff of MDC's Springfield Conservation Nature Center. This program is designed for all ages. People can register for this program at:
https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/174110



https://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20200913/get-tips-on-tying-flies-at-september-16-mdc-virtual-program


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 15, 2020, 08:18:12 AM
DEC: Salmon River low water level closes fly-fishing section until 'further notice'

>>>Normally, the Lower Fly Fishing-Only Zone on the Salmon River is open from Sept. 15 through May 14 each year.

Not this fall.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the popular, catch and release zone, which stretches from the County Route 52 bridge in Altmar upstream .25 mile to the marked boundary at Beaverdam Brook, will remain closed until "further notice."

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2020/09/dec-lower-fly-fishing-only-zone-on-salmon-river-closed-until-oct-31.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 21, 2020, 08:26:30 AM
Fishing report: Know your bugs

>>>How important is it for us to know about what insects are in the Bitterroot and when they hatch? I have always promoted the pocket guide for insects written and published by Orvis. A new book has been published, written by Paul Weamer, titled "The Bug Book: A Fly Fisher's Guide to Trout Stream Insects." This book promises us a complete guide to aquatic entomology for fly fishermen, covering all the important insects and their imitations for the entire United States. I don't know about you but I don't plan to fish all of the United States in the remaining years of my life. I plan to fish a few rivers in Montana and maybe Wyoming, but do I care about the hatches in New York or Maine? Are the insects the same there as they are here? The answer to these questions and others that you may have are in the book or books that have been published in the past. Insects won't evolve in my lifetime or in several lifetimes to come, but knowing about your own home river might be a challenge to the novice fly fisherman.

https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_67bc13b6-8bfb-5de7-b9a8-6e372eb3cad4.html


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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on September 21, 2020, 09:38:28 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on September 21, 2020, 08:26:30 AMFishing report: Know your bugs

>>>How important is it for us to know about what insects are in the Bitterroot and when they hatch? I have always promoted the pocket guide for insects written and published by Orvis. A new book has been published, written by Paul Weamer, titled "The Bug Book: A Fly Fisher's Guide to Trout Stream Insects." This book promises us a complete guide to aquatic entomology for fly fishermen, covering all the important insects and their imitations for the entire United States. I don't know about you but I don't plan to fish all of the United States in the remaining years of my life. I plan to fish a few rivers in Montana and maybe Wyoming, but do I care about the hatches in New York or Maine? Are the insects the same there as they are here? The answer to these questions and others that you may have are in the book or books that have been published in the past. Insects won't evolve in my lifetime or in several lifetimes to come, but knowing about your own home river might be a challenge to the novice fly fisherman.

https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_67bc13b6-8bfb-5de7-b9a8-6e372eb3cad4.html


Never heard of Paul Weamer, but it appears he is one hell of a photographer, and this text seems worth it.

From my brief perusal of his work, it seems he has a certain concentration on the upper Delaware River watershed.  Fishing trips to the west and east branch of the D were some of my favorite angling memories.

There was an eddy downstream of Deposit that I visited several times.  I'd perch on the left descending bank and watch for hours and hours this eddy for emerging insects.  I collected a ton of different mayflies, and it was the only place I have ever fished where a brown would be feeding on one species of mayfly, and another brown a few meters away would be feeding on another species.  It was damn fun!  I still have many of the mayfly and caddis specimens in storage.  Most of the "yellow" mayflies I gave to a researcher in Indiana who was revising the group.
 
More power to those that want to expand their understanding of the critters.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 24, 2020, 11:16:25 AM
Kill fish to save fish: Behind Colorado's effort to revive the Rio Grande cutthroat trout

The multi-agency project to restore the native species has been years in the making. But the optics still can be shocking.


>>>On a beautiful early September day, Ken Gierhart hiked a trail familiar since boyhood to Music Pass in the Sangre de Cristo mountains above Westcliffe. As he dropped off the saddle toward the Sand Creek lakes, he noticed people heading the opposite direction with fishing poles.

"How's the fishing?" he asked one woman.

"They're all dead," she replied, saying nothing more as she passed.

Puzzled, Gierhart came upon another woman heading away from the lakes and tried his question again.

"There is no fishing," she said. "They're all dead."

This time, the angler paused to explain that Colorado Parks and Wildlife, according to signs posted in the area, had used a chemical called rotenone to kill all the fish in the lakes and Sand Creek, which meanders south down the mountain before veering west to eventually disappear, after 13 miles, into the depths of the Great Sand Dunes.

https://coloradosun.com/2020/09/24/kill-fish-to-save-fish-behind-colorados-effort-to-save-the-rio-grande-cutthroat-trout/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 26, 2020, 12:12:09 PM
Alaska's Tongass National Forest combats climate change, supports Indigenous communities, provides clean water

>>>A plan released by the U.S. Forest Service will set the stage for the federal government to open millions of acres of old-growth temperate rainforest to logging and development. 

The Final Environmental Impact Statement, issued Sept. 24, is one of the last big pieces needed before the administration can remove protections from more than half of the 16.7 million-acre Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

Proposed changes would exempt the Tongass from a law called the "Roadless Rule," which is designed to protect the very wildest parts of America's forests from reckless development. For the most part, people don't want this to happen: a majority of some 140,000 public comments solicited by the Forest Service about the plan favored keeping the Roadless Rule intact. And the president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has said this rule-making process "repeatedly disrespected and ignored sovereign tribal nations and their tribal citizens." 

https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/3-reasons-ramped-logging-our-biggest-national-forest-could-be-disaster#
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 03, 2020, 08:20:07 AM
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Nate Burr of Rexburg hoists at 31-inch Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout from the Snake River, clinching the newest Idaho catch/release state record fish.

https://www.ktvb.com/article/sports/outdoors/yellowstone-cutthroat-trout-catch-and-release-new-idaho-record-nate-burr/277-3a0eb8a6-71ce-47ef-b210-49e68e590520

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 10, 2020, 11:05:02 AM
Experienced Perthshire anglers left stunned after 20lb salmon leaps right into their boat
Arnot McWhinnie and Peter Keay, friends for decades with a combined 120 years salmon fishing between them, were left open mouthed with amazement

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>>>Two experienced anglers were left stunned when a 20lb Atlantic salmon leapt right into their boat.

>>>" I heard Peter's warning shout and my first reaction was to look at the rods thinking a fish was on. Then something slammed me in the back as Peter roared a salmon had jumped into the boat.

"It was absolutely amazing. The salmon smacked me a couple of times before Peter managed to grab it and held it for a very hurried photograph before returning it to the river.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/experienced-perthshire-anglers-left-stunned-22821118
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 13, 2020, 08:37:09 AM
Colorado cutthroat restored to 23 miles of Hermosa Creek
Decades-long project creates longest continuous stretch for native fish

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>>>A decades-long effort to restore the Colorado River cutthroat trout to the upper reaches of Hermosa Creek has been completed, resulting in the largest continuous stretch of waterway for the native fish species in the state.

"This is a 35-plus-year vision come true," said Jim White, an aquatic biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

After Western settlement in the late 1880s, the Colorado River cutthroat trout were fished to the point of extinction. Then to make matters worse, settlers dumped other, more competitive species of trout into the cutthroat's habitat.

https://durangoherald.com/articles/349899-colorado-cutthroat-restored-to-23-miles-of-hermosa-creek
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 17, 2020, 08:48:38 AM
Hatchery salmon that survived Archie Creek Fire will be raised at elementary school

>>>ROSEBURG, Ore – The 700 coho salmon juveniles from the Rock Creek Hatchery that survived the Archie Creek Fire will be raised at Eastwood Elementary School and released next spring in Cow Creek, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlifre said Thursday.

"This is a great outcome for the coho juveniles, and we're grateful for the partnership with Eastwood Elementary where we've had the ODFW 'Fish Eggs to Fry' program and a steelhead smolt program for years," said Evan Leonetti with ODFW. "It's a change for the kids to raise coho instead of steelhead, and it's a great opportunity for them to learn more about our native salmon."

The coho were the only juvenile fish to survive the fire. Another 700 adult spring chinook and summer steelhead survived and were transferred to Cole Rivers Hatchery and are being spawned to meet Rock Creek's production goals.

The fish will be headed to Eastwood elementary next week.

https://kcby.com/news/local/hatchery-salmon-that-survived-archie-creek-fire-will-be-raised-at-elementary-school
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 22, 2020, 08:45:36 AM
https://www.bayjournal.com/columns/bay_naturalist/wild-brook-trout-if-they-re-seen-the-water-s-pristine/article_6d7f1f86-0f1c-11eb-abdd-0ba0d2747f4f.html

>>>Recognizing the uniqueness of eastern brook trout and its decline in this region, an alliance, the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture, was formed in 2004. This partnership of state and federal agencies, regional and local governments, businesses, conservation organizations, academia, scientific societies and private citizens is working to protect, restore and enhance brook trout populations and their habitats across their native range.

Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture works on a variety of activities including identifying and prioritizing brook trout restoration and conservation projects; restoring brook trout habitat using bank stabilization, instream structures and streamside plantings; removing dams and other stream blockages; and promoting livestock fencing.

These efforts not only help brook trout but provide economic benefits to local communities by providing buffers against flooding, increasing fishing and other recreational opportunities, and improving the local environment.

From 2006 through 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Habitat Action Plan funded 88 eastern brook trout conservation projects from Maine to Georgia: three in Maryland, 14 in Pennsylvania, three in New York, five in Virginia and nine in West Virginia. Two hundred forty different organizations were involved in these projects at the local level.

Forty-nine projects enhanced 240 stream miles, while another project enhanced 157 acres of lake habitat. Twelve projects resulted in enhancing and/or restoring 357 acres of riparian habitat.

Forty-three projects removed 103 barriers to fish passage, reopening 321 miles of stream to brook trout and other fish species.

For information about protecting and restoring brook trout, visit the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture at easternbrooktrout.org.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 24, 2020, 12:49:10 PM
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bernhardt Announces 30 New National Recreation Trails in 25 States

>>>Like administrations before it, the Trump Administration continues to add new National Recreation Trails across the country. And 1,275 new trail miles are now open to the public.

From national water trails to accessible trails for people with disabilities, new National Recreation Trails are now in motion across the country.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the new trail designations from Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There, 76 miles of the Colorado River became a new national recreation trail, the Mohave Water Trail.

"I encourage Americans to get outside, enjoy our incredible public lands, and visit a nearby national recreation trail. Spanning more than 83,000 miles, larger than the interstate highway system, the National Trails System provides easy access to a wide variety of outdoor experiences," said Secretary Bernhardt.

(It's important to note that these 1,200 miles of trails already existed; they are just now getting a new designation.)

https://gearjunkie.com/new-national-recreation-trails-2020
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 03, 2020, 08:24:32 AM

Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard on solo music, fly fishing and feeling like an alien

Anthony Mason talks to Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard about going solo, making deeply personal music about family, love and racism, and how you're most likely to find her in the river these days, fly fishing.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 12, 2020, 09:14:28 AM
Arizona Agencies Will Pay Anglers To Catch Brown Trout At Lees Ferry

>>>Lees Ferry on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam is a world-famous rainbow trout fishery. But in recent years a different nonnative fish, the brown trout, has started to grow in numbers. The brown trout is a predatory fish that gobbles up not only the rainbows but also endangered native species in the Grand Canyon. Now, state and federal wildlife agencies have come up with a plan to reduce their numbers. They're paying people to go fishing. Starting today, anglers can earn 25 dollars a head for catching and harvesting brown trout. KNAU's Melissa Sevigny spoke with Ken Hyde, chief of science at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about the new incentive program.

https://www.knau.org/post/arizona-agencies-will-pay-anglers-catch-brown-trout-lees-ferry
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 13, 2020, 09:48:08 AM
Flooding and Blocked Streams Endanger VA Trout

>>>This week's heavy rain caused flooding in areas where streams are blocked by rocks, leaves and tree limbs.  Those barriers are an inconvenience for people, but they're threatening the survival of another species beloved here in Virginia.  Sandy Hausman reports on a team effort to save our brook trout. 

Claire Catlett says she's got the best job in the world – wading into Virginia streams on behalf of the Piedmont Environmental Council.

"As you walk in the creek, you're able to catch the fish in your nets and put them in buckets," she explains. "If there are enough young fish, it  shows us that they are reproducing.  We also want to see the bigger fish, because that means this habitat is suitable for longer lifespans."

For months now, she and her colleagues have been counting, measuring and assessing the health of colorful brook trout and American shad -- to find out if manmade bridges and culverts are causing a build-up of rock and soil -- keeping fish from swimming upstream to lay their eggs.

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Celia Vuocolo and other scientists are working with engineers to improve the odds for Virgiia's brook trout.

https://www.wvtf.org/post/flooding-and-blocked-streams-endanger-va-trout#stream/0
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 19, 2020, 10:30:57 AM
A lesson in patience from a man who loved life

>>>Some people love to share life.

Pete Buckley was one of them.

Pete was a member of the community. He was a member of the Rotary Club, involved in non-profits, ran his own insurance business, had his ring of friends and with his wife, Muriel, raised a family who attended Warwick schools and have stayed on to have families of their own.

Pete had a passion for fishing and especially fly-fishing and that's what introduced me to his spirit of adventure.

As fishermen are renowned for, Pete was adept at telling a good tale. The circumstances surrounding a catch would come to life as he described reading a stream's flow, watching the hatch, selecting a size 18 royal coachman from his fly box and tying it to hairline tippet before deftly casting between the overhanging branches to have it drift freely downstream.

That would be the moment in his story when he'd pause. He had you hooked.


https://cranstononline.com/stories/a-lesson-in-patience-from-a-man-who-loved-life,156855?


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 21, 2020, 09:36:11 AM


Fish Tales: Montana loses another fishing legend

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>>>On Nov. 10, 2020 Montana lost another fly fishing legend, Paul Roos of Lincoln.

If you are a guide or outfitter, have fished the Big Blackfoot, or leafed through an Orvis catalog you have probably heard of him. If not, his name will go down in history with many of the great conservationists in the fly fishing industry. Pat Barnes, Dan Bailey, Bud Lilly, and George Grant are a few that come to mind.

His name is synonymous with the Blackfoot as are the others and the rivers they made a living on and helped protect. Paul began his guiding career in 1970. At the time, the Blackfoot wasn't much of a fishery.


https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_c143dbf0-ede5-537b-9929-01c877c8f3b9.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 22, 2020, 15:02:10 PM
FISH ON!
Tom Rosenbauer Bio

>>>Tom is a self-proclaimed geek whose desk has long disappeared under stacks of books, papers, and fly-tying materials in mad-scientist disarray. He is credited with bringing bead-head flies to North America, and is the inventor of the Big Eye hook, Magnetic Net Retriever, and tungsten beads for fly tying. He is the kid who spent his youth capturing reptiles and amphibians, and while the other kids played sports, he was fishing on a pond near the school and discovering wild brook trout in a suburban Rochester stream. A bicycle to local streams evolved to a car headed to the Catskills and Adirondacks. He was a commercial fly tier at age 14.


https://www.orvis.com/s/tom-rosenbauer/15263
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 23, 2020, 09:23:47 AM
Pandemic Crowds Bring 'Rivergeddon' to Montana's Rivers
As urbanites flock to forests and rivers to escape coronavirus threats, trailheads are cramped with parked cars and fishing on the Madison River is like a Disneyland ride.

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Trail head parking nightmare

>>>BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Madison River rushes down out of the snows and springs atop the Yellowstone plateau, a dark blue, rock-studded, world-class fishing stream.

The fishing season is nearly finished, but a season of discontent continues. Throughout the summer and fall, there have been traffic jams on the river, and the number of large fish has declined.

"You're in a flotilla with five boats in front of you and five in back of you," said Carl Hamming, a board member of a local chapter of Trout Unlimited, which wants to limit commercial guides on the river. "It seems like everyone was flocking to Montana this summer," he said.

https://nyti.ms/35VEcyH




Note: If they keep going in that direction the Madison will soon be as crowded as the South Holston! jis say'in
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 24, 2020, 09:18:55 AM
>>>The long-whispered-about purchase of the South Fork Lodge in Swan Valley was completed this summer.
Jimmy Kimmel, Oliver White buy South Fork Lodge

Comedian and late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" purchased the famed property on the South Fork of the Snake River in June with partner and well-known guide Oliver White. The lodge is situated on a stunning bend in the South Fork of the Snake River just off U.S. Highway 26.

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The purchase price could not be determined but the 25.83-acre property was listed for $7.95 million.

https://www.postregister.com/news/local/jimmy-kimmel-oliver-white-buy-south-fork-lodge/article_41fb1780-887c-53be-a8ab-27fee7df708a.html
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Post by: Onslow on November 24, 2020, 17:08:45 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on November 23, 2020, 09:23:47 AMPandemic Crowds Bring 'Rivergeddon' to Montana's Rivers
As urbanites flock to forests and rivers to escape coronavirus threats, trailheads are cramped with parked cars and fishing on the Madison River is like a Disneyland ride.

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Trail head parking nightmare

>>>BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Madison River rushes down out of the snows and springs atop the Yellowstone plateau, a dark blue, rock-studded, world-class fishing stream.

The fishing season is nearly finished, but a season of discontent continues. Throughout the summer and fall, there have been traffic jams on the river, and the number of large fish has declined.

"You're in a flotilla with five boats in front of you and five in back of you," said Carl Hamming, a board member of a local chapter of Trout Unlimited, which wants to limit commercial guides on the river. "It seems like everyone was flocking to Montana this summer," he said.

https://nyti.ms/35VEcyH




Note: If they keep going in that direction the Madison will soon be as crowded as the South Holston! jis say'in

The TV series Yellowstone probably isn't helping either.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 27, 2020, 09:18:45 AM
Sign up now and be the firs to own a Hemingway Rod and Reel or boat!  :o


The Ernest Hemingway Inshore Collection.

Saltwater bamboo fly rods, reels, stand-up paddle boards, and inshore fishing boats.

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Fly-Fishing the Ernest Hemingway Way

A new fly-fishing heritage collection inspired by the 'Old Man and the Sea' author's favored gear lets anglers cast lines like the legend

>>> WHEN ERNEST Hemingway's well-worn steamer trunk containing his fly-fishing gear disappeared from a train bound for Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1940, the loss was so crushing that the author never again waded in the shallows. Instead, he concentrated his angling efforts far offshore, catching record-breaking pelagics like sailfish and marlin.

The trunk's disappearance also "shook" the family, said his great-grandson Patrick Hemingway Adams, who is helping launch the Hemingway Inshore Collection of rods, reels, inshore boats and more designed after the old man's heart.

Debuting Dec. 1, the handcrafted 9-weight fly reels ($1,200, ernesthemingwayinshore.com) are machined by Everol, an Italian brand favored by the author for their performance and durability. Each comes in a mahogany box packed in freshly planed wood shavings, smelling the way you'd expect anything "Hemingway" to smell: earthy, warm, woodsy.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fly-fishing-the-ernest-hemingway-way-11606403239
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 17, 2020, 09:29:05 AM
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>>>Formerly known as Highland Outfitters, Boone's Fly Shop is located on the second floor suite of a refurbished and old antique building at 140 S. Depot St., Highland Outfitters is a full-service company ready to supply all of your fishing gear needs and put you on the water with experienced guides. Some of the prime fly-fishing rivers and streams serviced by the company are found in Linville, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk and Boone as well as the Watauga and the South Holston Rivers in Tennessee.

Owner Alex Dale found success with his Highland Outfitters store originally located in Linville. Then, he started a second business with the Foscoe Fishing Company located on Rte. 105 outside of Boone, which is still in business. Then, when he found out that this prime piece of real estate was open to rent in downtown Boone, he decided to take a leap and move his Highland Outfitters operation to the downtown area where the tourists and potential fly-fishing enthusiasts are thick, especially during the holiday months.

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/fly-fishing-in-the-high-countrys-winter/article_e8af3e6d-53fc-542a-8b9d-24a52a9dc0c3.html

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 11, 2021, 09:01:31 AM
One-On-One With Orvis President Simon Perkins

>>>With fishing license sales up across the country, angling gear companies have been reeling in sales during the pandemic, helping fuel both participation and the continued protection of our natural resources.

SGB Executive caught up with Orvis President Simon Perkins for his take on how the business has evolved during the pandemic, its growing apparel business, DEI initiatives, conservation battles, hiring a new product director, and how working as a fishing guide in Montana for a decade has helped him run one of the industry's top brands.




https://sgbonline.com/one-on-one-with-orvis-president-simon-perkins/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 26, 2021, 10:17:24 AM
Forbes did an article on The Flyloards


https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2021/02/25/flylords-the-forbes-interview/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 05, 2021, 08:17:53 AM
That damn movie, you know which one I'm talking about, is still attracting more people to OUR sport.... that and the damn pandamic...



Fly fishing school left me tied in knots
If Brad Pitt weren't so darn handsome we could have skipped this midlife crisis.

>>> worry that may come across as bragging, or degree-shaming. But please know that this diploma attests that I "possess the skills and knowledge necessary to enjoy a lifetime of fly fishing," and I'm now fairly certain that a lifetime of fly fishing is one of those chronic diseases that are probably best to avoid, like leprosy or golf.

No, this certificate is nothing more than written proof of a midlife crisis, one I can now see was triggered by a willful denial of failing eyesight, the ridiculous male desire to pursue simple pleasures in painfully complicated ways, and an undeniable attraction to Brad Pitt. It is also a reminder of the $399 I owe my credit card company for the class.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/04/metro/fly-fishing-school-left-me-tied-knots/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 07, 2021, 09:09:23 AM
I Went To The Woods: Getting down to it
You're here to catch a steelhead, not to fit in.

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>>>You fish down to the end of the section and battle a little shaker trout for a few seconds before it comes off. You start walking back down the river feeling like you've spent most of the day tying knots, switching tips, leaders and hiking. Now you're back to where you started and you're hungry. For food. Food for steelhead. For a spoon.


https://www.juneauempire.com/news/i-went-to-the-woods-getting-down-to-it/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 10, 2021, 17:31:55 PM
Celebrating a Life Outdoors: Leigh H. Perkins, 1927-2021

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>>> Leigh H. Perkins, who purchased The Orvis Company in 1965 and over the next three decades transformed it into one of the country's most respected sporting, apparel, and dog brands, passed away at the age of 93 on May 7, 2021, in Monticello, Florida.

Although he built his reputation as a shrewd businessman and marketer, Leigh was most at home wading in a trout stream or walking behind a bird dog in the field. He was a lifelong outdoorsman who hunted or fished more than 250 days a year into his 90s, and his reverence for nature was at the heart of his drive to conserve land and water resources for future generations.


https://news.orvis.com/uncategorized/celebrating-a-life-outdoors-leigh-h-perkins-1927-2021
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 27, 2021, 08:08:28 AM
Wilderness trout removal project stalls pending review

>>>A project to remove rainbow trout from a wilderness stream to protect native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park is being postponed following delays generated by Montana legislation and a re-examination of fisheries statutes.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks — in collaboration with the Custer Gallatin National Forest and the National Park Service — had proposed beginning to remove rainbow trout from Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness this summer. The project called for applying chemicals to kill the fish. The stream would eventually be restocked with native cutthroat.

https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/wilderness-trout-removal-project-stalls-pending-review/article_cb36cec7-c0e8-5be8-9986-a9a193a82266.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 28, 2021, 11:46:54 AM
To Fish These Big Trout, Bring a Ladder
Landing the highly coveted Lahontan cutthroat trout requires special skill — and equipment.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/sports/lahontan-trout-pyramid-lake.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 28, 2021, 11:50:19 AM
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mountainriver


This Film Explores the History of the Esopus Creek and Ashokan Reservoir

>>>A local documentary filmmaker teams up with Ulster County fly fishermen to tell the story of the Hudson River tributary in Mountain River.
In the middle of the Catskills runs a 65-mile Hudson tributary with a fascinating history.

The Esopus Creek, which flows across Ulster County, takes its name from the Esopus tribe of the Lenape. This community lived on the lower half of the creek when the Dutch settled in the Hudson Valley in the early 1600s. Today, fly fishers flock to the Esopus Creek every spring and summer. This important body of water has captivated historians, artists, and environmentalists alike.


https://hvmag.com/life-style/history/esopus-creek-mountain-river-documentary/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 20, 2021, 09:32:48 AM
Fly fishing shop, guide service opens in Salem


Anew full-service fly shop and guide service has opened in Salem.

Carter Fishing Company specializes in fly fishing, offering customers the clothes, rods and reels necessary to head out to the water on their own or customized, guided trips if they want to bring an expert along.

Jeremy Carter, a Salem native, has experience working as a guide in North Carolina and Colorado — Carter actually met his wife when he was her guide on a fishing trip in Colorado.

A few years after returning to his hometown, Carter decided to open a local business to serve his own community.

"I've always felt like there was a need for it within the fly fishing community. We're right in the middle of some of the best fishing I think really in the country," he said.

https://roanoke.com/business/local/business-intel-fly-fishing-shop-guide-service-opens-in-salem/article_14c18842-ce12-11eb-b003-73e72ab75890.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 22, 2021, 11:14:49 AM
Death of a fly-fishing hero: John Maclean writes the history behind 'A River Runs Through It'

>>>"After you have finished your true stories sometime, why don't you make up a story and the people to go with it? Only then will you understand what happened and why. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us." — "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories," by Norman Maclean

Almost salmon-like in its brawny proportions, the 7- to 8-pound rainbow trout John Maclean reeled in while fishing the Blackfoot River left him awestruck.

"I'd never seen a Blackfoot rainbow that big before, never," he wrote of the catch-and-release experience for a magazine article.

The story was read by an editor for HarperCollins Publishers who contacted Maclean and asked if he would consider expanding the article into a book about his well-known family and its ties to Montana.

New book
Recently released, "Home Waters, A Chronicle of Family and a River" delves into the background of what is the most famous Montana fishing story ever written — "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories," published in 1976. Written by Maclean's father, University of Chicago English professor Norman Maclean, "A River Runs Through It" has attained cult status.
"The book just grew from no initial plan to what it eventually became," the 78-year-old author said in a recent telephone interview. "I call it a chronicle."

https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/death-of-a-fly-fishing-hero-john-maclean-writes-the-history-behind-a-river-runs/article_9a763e49-8f00-529a-8cb9-486015db9e87.html
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Post by: greg on June 22, 2021, 22:05:25 PM
Got a signed copy about a week ago. Half way in. Very good so far.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 06, 2021, 08:21:15 AM
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter discuss their 'extraordinary' 75-year marriage


>>>At the same time, they also make an effort to "share as much as we possibly can," he said, from bird watching to skiing to, especially, fly fishing, which they have done in over a dozen countries, he said.

"We make a big one-week trip out of that," he said. "We have made that a major part of our recreation."

Jimmy Carter tells us that he and his wife were still routinely fly fishing at their home in Plains as late as last year.

"We're always looking to do things or find things we can do together, like fly fishing and bird watching and just going out to the pond, catch a fish," Rosalynn Carter said.


https://www.kake.com/story/44242361/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-discuss-their-extraordinary-75year-marriage
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 08, 2021, 10:57:28 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/CREfjS2NwYq/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 13, 2021, 08:34:50 AM

Group helps Vietnam veteran get final wish: One last fish

>>>(WYFF/NBC News) — Spartanburg, South Carolina, based Veteran's Last Patrol recently collaborated with North Carolina fly-fishing stalwarts Davidson River Outfitters to fulfill a veteran's last wish: catching one last trout.

Robert J. Houk has Parkinson's disease and recently underwent heart surgery.

Doctors told him in April that he would not live to see May.

"They told me I wouldn't make it to dark," Houk remembers. "I showed them!"

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https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/group-helps-vietnam-veteran-get-final-wish-one-last-fish/article_227379a0-e35c-11eb-8621-2b860f2a65fd.html


Kudos to DRO --- watch the video in the link...
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Post by: Big J on July 15, 2021, 08:25:17 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 20, 2021, 09:32:48 AMFly fishing shop, guide service opens in Salem


Anew full-service fly shop and guide service has opened in Salem.

Carter Fishing Company specializes in fly fishing, offering customers the clothes, rods and reels necessary to head out to the water on their own or customized, guided trips if they want to bring an expert along.

Jeremy Carter, a Salem native, has experience working as a guide in North Carolina and Colorado — Carter actually met his wife when he was her guide on a fishing trip in Colorado.

A few years after returning to his hometown, Carter decided to open a local business to serve his own community.

"I've always felt like there was a need for it within the fly fishing community. We're right in the middle of some of the best fishing I think really in the country," he said.

https://roanoke.com/business/local/business-intel-fly-fishing-shop-guide-service-opens-in-salem/article_14c18842-ce12-11eb-b003-73e72ab75890.html

Ha! That is a few blocks away from my office and I had no idea it was there
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Post by: Dougfish on July 15, 2021, 09:11:30 AM
I'm headed over in an hour, BTW.
Lunch at Joe's, J?
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Post by: Big J on July 15, 2021, 12:18:43 PM
Quote from: Dougfish on July 15, 2021, 09:11:30 AMI'm headed over in an hour, BTW.
Lunch at Joe's, J?

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Shop wasn't bad.  Hopefully he continues to expand and add some fly tying materials. 

Joe's Deli has the best sandwich in the Roanoke Valley.   V:;
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Post by: driver on July 15, 2021, 15:40:44 PM
I just got a hard on looking at that sandwich. Durham has some world class food joints, but a deli isn't one of em.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 26, 2021, 07:15:42 AM
This is why we can't have nice things...

Ramey Creek/Roaring Fork Creek Brook Trout Stream
   Demise on Blue Ridge Parkway


>>>The big concerns are the Bottomley companies can use this land for agriculture for few years and then turn it into a real estate development circumventing all the permitting process, erosion control and scrutiny for such a huge development of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Also, other companies will learn the same tactic, buy huge swath of land anywhere, clear it, put some cattle or a corn field on it avoiding rules of the land and later turn it into multimillion-dollar houses. As long as that agriculture exemption is on the books, most government agencies will find themselves helpless to do anything until the damage is done and then can possibly file for violations.


https://www.blueridgetu.org/rameycreek.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 18, 2021, 08:30:09 AM
Grayling Revival: Researchers hope to reintroduce a once-abundant native fish


>>>"The town of Grayling is actually named after the fish, and unfortunately the fish is no longer here," Nicole Watson said. "You see the pictures of grayling, the mounts of grayling, the artwork, and to not have them actually in the streams in a community that relies so heavily on the fishing industry, it's really a shame."

Watson, a PhD student at Michigan State University, brings the arctic grayling eggs back to her lab to rear them. The eggs and the research Watson conducts with them are the foundation of Michigan's Arctic Grayling Initiative, a collaboration between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and 45 regional partners.

The goal: bringing the arctic grayling back to northern Michigan.

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/08/grayling-revival-researchers-native-fish/
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on August 19, 2021, 02:13:26 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 06, 2021, 08:21:15 AMJimmy and Rosalynn Carter discuss their 'extraordinary' 75-year marriage


>>>At the same time, they also make an effort to "share as much as we possibly can," he said, from bird watching to skiing to, especially, fly fishing, which they have done in over a dozen countries, he said.

"We make a big one-week trip out of that," he said. "We have made that a major part of our recreation."


Jimmy Carter tells us that he and his wife were still routinely fly fishing at their home in Plains as late as last year.

"We're always looking to do things or find things we can do together, like fly fishing and bird watching and just going out to the pond, catch a fish," Rosalynn Carter said.


https://www.kake.com/story/44242361/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-discuss-their-extraordinary-75year-marriage
I always thought Jimma was a nice guy. He's done a lot of nice things through his charities. He never cashed in and got rich like so many others. Too bad he was the worst Commander and Chief in my lifetime. I heard he has Joe's photo hung up in his study. Jimma may live long enough yet to be supplanted by Joe at the pace Joe is going. But now Billy, Billy was good people. :laugh:

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 21, 2021, 07:36:36 AM
'Loved To Death:' Montana's Fishing Spots Suffer During Persistent Drought


>>>Where there's stressed fish, there's stressed fishing guides. As Montana and much of the west feel the effects of persistent drought, those with a line in the future of the state's fisheries are navigating high temperatures, low flow and closures across the state.

Just south of Dillon, anglers flock to the Beaverhead River below Clark Canyon Reservoir. The dam-controlled flows run cool and clean — something trout and anglers can't resist.


https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2021-08-18/loved-to-death-montanas-fishing-spots-suffer-during-persistent-drought

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 21, 2021, 07:38:35 AM
Opinion: Resisting the call of the Deschutes

>>>Every March, I begin looking forward to late summer afternoons at the mouth of the Deschutes River. The kaleidoscope of kite sails around Hood River and the creosote smell of railroad ties in The Dalles signal that I'm getting close to once again, experiencing world-class fishing — swinging flies for wild summer steelhead on a majestic western river.

>>>Alas, it's not a good time to be a steelhead, nor a steelhead angler. Thanks to drought and extreme heat, water temperatures in the lower 40 miles of the Deschutes are dangerously warm, exceeding 70 degrees some days. That's prompted fishing closures on the Deschutes (and some other rivers) after 2 pm when river temperatures reach their maximum. Warm water holds less oxygen, exacerbating the stress that fish experience when hooked to often fatal levels.


https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2021/08/opinion-resisting-the-call-of-the-deschutes.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 31, 2021, 09:30:38 AM
4-year-old Lands Record Golden Trout, Adding to Family's IGFA Honors
This Virginia family keeps landing record fish. Their latest catch, a 2-pound golden trout from the Wyoming backcountry


>>>If you happen to meet 5-year-old Caroline May Evans, she may want to tell you about the fish she caught. It's a story worth hearing: She and her mom and dad hiked 12 miles into the remote Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, where she swung a red worm over the outlet of a lake with no name and caught what turns out to be a world-record golden trout.


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Post by: Phil on August 31, 2021, 09:32:20 AM
Red Wigglers get 'em every time
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 22, 2021, 14:32:27 PM
Plan would use poison to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout

>>>Wyoming has launched a long-range plan to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout to the Bighorn Basin and make parts of five watersheds the sensitive species' exclusive domain.

The Game and Fish Department earlier this year completed a conservation plan for the basin east of Yellowstone National Park that includes poisoning fish in the select drainages as part of Yellowstone cutthroat restoration. Non-native cousins like brook and rainbow trout are "the greatest threat" to Yellowstone cutthroat and "the greatest impediment" to their conservation, Game and Fish states in its plan.

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Because rainbows cross-breed and produce hybridized "cut-bow" offspring, preserving true Yellowstone cutthroat requires maintaining numerous populations that are isolated from other species. "Headwater isolation" is the agency's preferred method of achieving the goal.

https://www.wyofile.com/plan-would-use-poison-to-restore-yellowstone-cutthroat-trout/


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 02, 2021, 08:21:33 AM
A Woman's Journey Of Fly Fishing In Pisgah

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Jessica Whitmire is pictured here with son, Waylon, and husband, Chris Franzen.


Transylvania County is well known for its forests, mountains and rivers, a natural wonderland that is open to all. Or is it? Jessica Whitmire will share a program, "A Woman's Journey of Fly Fishing in Pisgah: The Footprints We Leave," that shares her lifelong journey in the outdoor recreation in the county with a focus on Fly Fishing.

This session will be at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9. The meeting will be held at St. Timothy's United Methodist Church, 1080 Asheville Highway, and the public is invited to attend. COVID-19 precautions will be taken, and all attendees are requested to wear masks to this meeting.

Many of us may not be familiar with fly-fishing other than watching as others are standing in the Davidson or French Broad rivers or other local streams. Fly Fishing may look complicated or seem to require patience, but practitioners tout its blend of nature, skill, beauty and fishing. Whether fishing alone or with others, one is trying to understand and appreciate the interactions across and within nature. It seems to pull one into the importance of guarding native species and promoting good water quality

https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/story/2021/11/01/outdoors/a-womans-journey-of-fly-fishing-in-pisgah/51735.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 06, 2021, 08:35:21 AM
Noted author tells of family legacy, concern for the future in new Blackfoot River video

>>>MISSOULA — The Maclean Family is once more calling for passage of the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, with noted author and fisherman John Maclean appearing in a new video where he calls the Act "good compromise legislation."

"It would help protect the upper reaches of the Monture Creek and the North Fork of the Blackfoot. These are vital spawning grounds for the Blackfoot," John Mclean says in the streamside interview.

https://www.ktvh.com/noted-author-tells-of-family-legacy-concern-for-the-future-in-new-blackfoot-river-video
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 01, 2021, 09:37:16 AM
Fish stranded after Hebgen Lake Dam glitch cuts off water to Madison River

>>>A dramatic plunge in the upper Madison River due to a problem at the Hebgen Lake Dam has stranded some fish and bodes ill for brown trout eggs resting in now exposed gravel.

"It was pretty ugly up there," said Kelly Galloup, owner of a fly-fishing shop close to the dam.

Overnight releases from the dam plunged from about 650 cubic feet per second to 195 cfs in a freefall recorded on U.S. Geological Survey's streamflow gauge below the dam. Likewise, the gauge recorded a sharp decline in the water temperature as it went from 39 degrees to 32 before rebounding to 34 degrees after the gauge was exposed to the air.

"NorthWestern thought it was a glitch in their gauge," Galloup said.

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https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/fish-stranded-after-hebgen-lake-dam-glitch-cuts-off-water-to-madison-river/article_7f3050a4-4c27-5e38-a99a-386ceed2530c.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 01, 2021, 10:55:58 AM
[instagram] https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8iE0ivS-R[/instagram]
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 02, 2021, 11:57:34 AM
Bounty Grows On Brown Trout Caught Below Glen Canyon Dam

From now through the end of January anglers can earn added cash bonuses for participating in the Brown Trout Winter Bonanza. There will be a month-end bonus of $500 for the largest brown trout (determined by head length) and $500 for the most brown trout harvested from that particular stretch of the Colorado River. This is in addition to the $33 reward per brown trout, plus $50 for every three brown trout harvested during the month, and $300 for a brown trout caught with a PIT tag.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/12/bounty-grows-brown-trout-caught-below-glen-canyon-dam
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 09, 2021, 09:21:49 AM
Pisgah's Setzer fish hatchery to expand; education building won't be rebuilt after flood

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST, N.C. (WLOS) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has announced the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education board has voted not to rebuild the education building after it was destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Fred in August.

Instead, the Bobby N. Setzer Fish Hatchery, which was virtually wiped out in the flooding as 67% of its trout population was lost, will be expanded. Trout production will also be increased.

With the change, the wildlife commission will implement a new educational model that best utilizes the talents of the education center's staff to conduct programs across Western North Carolina.

https://wlos.com/news/local/pisgah-bobby-setzer-fish-hatchery-expand-education-building-wont-be-rebuilt-after-flood
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Post by: troutboy_II on December 09, 2021, 11:02:37 AM
Well, I guess that's OK, but what about the bathrooms?

TB
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Post by: Dougfish on December 09, 2021, 19:38:52 PM
Quote from: troutboy_II on December 09, 2021, 11:02:37 AMWell, I guess that's OK, but what about the bathrooms?

No bathrooms will eliminate some fisherman? LOL.
I enjoy shitting in the woods.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 10, 2021, 10:42:22 AM
https://youtu.be/UsApOHkjJQ4

https://tnflyco.com/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 10, 2021, 10:50:07 AM
Anglers credited with saving fellow fisherman on Elk Creek in Erie County

A fisherman is fortunate to be alive thanks to the other people along a stream in Girard Township, Erie County.

State Police Trooper Katelyn Blount said Wednesday evening that a man, estimated to be in his early 60s, was fishing shortly before noon on Dec. 3 when he slipped and fell into Elk Creek.

He hit his head and was floating in the river, she said, before other fishermen pulled him out of the water and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR.)

The incident happened along North Creek Road near the train bridge in Girard Township.

https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/outdoors/2021/12/09/anglers-saved-fellow-fisherman-elk-creek-erie-county-pennsylvania/6442576001/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 10, 2021, 10:55:28 AM
Quote from: troutboy_II on December 09, 2021, 11:02:37 AMWell, I guess that's OK, but what about the bathrooms?

TB

I'll bet they put in port-a-johns ... might be there already ... heavy use area for hiking as well as fishing...
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Post by: troutboy_II on December 10, 2021, 14:29:02 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on December 10, 2021, 10:55:28 AM
Quote from: troutboy_II on December 09, 2021, 11:02:37 AMWell, I guess that's OK, but what about the bathrooms?

TB

I'll bet they put in port-a-johns ... might be there already ... heavy use area for hiking as well as fishing...

You forget my fishing partner is Trout_Girl...

And, to be fair, at almost 72, a head is preferable to shitting in the woods. Just say'in.  :wave

TB
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 17, 2021, 09:54:47 AM
Diver rescues cherished fly rod from reservoir's depths

>>> Ben Borcher was fishing in August with his son, Christian — just the two of them in a small raft on Cody Reservoir.

Alongside Ben was a very special fly-fishing rig. He had helped pick it out for his father's 59th birthday. It was the nicest fishing pole Lynn Borcher had ever owned.



https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackson_hole_daily/state_and_regional/wynews/diver-rescues-cherished-fly-rod-from-reservoir-s-depths/article_6c9415ff-f8d4-513f-97ab-0e277807984f.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 09, 2022, 21:24:51 PM
Flylords (Instagram) asked a question "who would you most like to fish with" John Gierach was the number one answer! No surprise there

They posted a short clip of John on the gram today

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He's getting old, like the rest of us!
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 23, 2022, 09:09:12 AM
Clouser made his mark fly fishing for smallmouth bass

>>>A faction of eastern fly fishers who hang their hats on smallmouth bass cling to a small set of heroes. One of which is Bob Clouser. Most recognize Bob as the inventor of the ever famous Clouser Minnow. He is also an expert fly fishing instructor, guide and author of countless articles and books on the sport of fly fishing.

Bob Clouser is not your typical fly fishing expert. He's not a famed trout guide from the Rocky Mountains who has not spent years drifting the 100-mile riffle of the Madison or leading adventures to opposite ends of the earth in search of monster trout. Bob has made his mark on the sport of fly fishing by staying true to what he loves, Pennsylvania and smallmouth bass.

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https://www.therepublic.com/2022/01/22/clouser-made-his-mark-fly-fishing-for-smallmouth-bass/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 26, 2022, 09:38:10 AM


Judge refuses to exempt Colorado river guides from new $15 federal minimum wage
The $15 minimum wage requirement involves federal contracts and holders of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management special-use permits — including outfitters and river tour guides.

Colorado river guides working on federal lands will receive minimum wages of $15 per hour this coming season, after a federal judge on Tuesday denied the Colorado River Outfitters Association's request to be exempt from the Department of Labor's new rules.

"Plaintiffs have not shown a likelihood that they ultimately will establish that the Biden rule is arbitrary and capricious," wrote U.S. District of Colorado Chief Judge Philip Brimmer, a George W. Bush appointee.

Duke Bradford, owner of Arkansas Valley Adventure and the Colorado River Outfitters Association, which represents 150 independent operators, sued the U.S. Department of Labor and its Wage & Hour Division this past month over the new wage rules.

The rules at issue are set to take effect on Jan. 30 and require covered federal contracts and holders of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management special-use permits to pay a minimum wage of $15 and $22.50 for work in excess of 40 hours per week.

The river outfitters claim the federal government arbitrarily imposed the new wage rules on outdoor guides, which were exempted under Trump and would render multiday tours through the wilderness unaffordable. Colorado's minimum wage is currently $12.56 and $9.54 for tipped workers.

With the permits held by Bradford and Arkansas Valley Adventure expiring in April, the court found they demonstrated standing to sue. However the court did not find the same for Colorado River Outfitters Association which did list members with upcoming permit renewals and therefore did not clearly demonstrate "a CROA member will suffer even a dollar of economic harm."

Under President Barack Obama in 2014, guides and outfitters fell subject to federal minimum wage requirements under a broad rule implementing a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractors. In 2018, President Donald Trump carved out an exemption for seasonal recreation services including "river running, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, camping, mountaineering activities, recreational ski services, and youth camps."

https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-refuses-to-exempt-colorado-river-guides-from-new-15-federal-minimum-wage/
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Post by: trout-r-us on January 26, 2022, 12:22:50 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 23, 2022, 09:09:12 AMClouser made his mark fly fishing for smallmouth bass

>>>A faction of eastern fly fishers who hang their hats on smallmouth bass cling to a small set of heroes. One of which is Bob Clouser. Most recognize Bob as the inventor of the ever famous Clouser Minnow. He is also an expert fly fishing instructor, guide and author of countless articles and books on the sport of fly fishing.

Bob Clouser is not your typical fly fishing expert. He's not a famed trout guide from the Rocky Mountains who has not spent years drifting the 100-mile riffle of the Madison or leading adventures to opposite ends of the earth in search of monster trout. Bob has made his mark on the sport of fly fishing by staying true to what he loves, Pennsylvania and smallmouth bass.

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https://www.therepublic.com/2022/01/22/clouser-made-his-mark-fly-fishing-for-smallmouth-bass/


So basically Clouser "developed" a "fly" that mimicked the bucktail jigs that most everyone had been using all along with spinning gear to attract brown bass on the Susquehanna. Fly fishers that would never dream of fishing a jig on the fly rod quickly adopted the clouser minnow as the miracle "fly" for smallies and other gamefish.  :Dance  Go figure.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 27, 2022, 09:17:35 AM
Historic gift to fuel growth of Penn State's fly-fishing program
The program will be renamed in honor of legendary angler and University alumnus Joe Humphreys

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Wrestling fans flanked fly-fishing enthusiasts at the Penn State vs. Rutgers tournament on the night of Jan. 16, drawn together by a 93-year-old Penn State alumnus whose decades of achievements have spanned both sports. Before garnering fame as a world-renowned fly fishing icon, Joe Humphreys faced down foes on the wrestling mats of Rec Hall and demonstrated an athletic prowess that he would later parlay into acumen as a coach and instructor, culminating in his induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame in 2013.

University officials chose the wrestling event as an apt backdrop to announce the receipt of an anonymous gift that will honor Humphreys' legacy and provide substantial financial support to Penn State's fly fishing program. The $250,000 endowment will help to secure the program's status as a top-tier educational leader in the sport of angling. The College of Health and Human Development, which houses the program within the Department of Kinesiology, will honor the donor's request to rename the program the Joe Humphreys Fly Fishing Program in recognition of the contributions that Humphreys made through 19 years of teaching and half a century of advocacy and fundraising.


https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/historic-gift-fuel-growth-penn-states-fly-fishing-program/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 01, 2022, 10:53:47 AM
Angler Made $61,000 Last Year Catching Pikeminnow in the Columbia and Snake Rivers
Oregon and Washington are paying anglers bounties to catch and keep pikeminnow

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>>>The unnamed angler caught and removed 7,185 of the unwanted fish from the two rivers over a five-month period last year, according to the Tri-City Herald. And although he was the top-earner in 2021, he was certainly not the only angler who was able to subsidize their fishing habit by participating in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program


https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/angler-paid-61000-bounty-for-catching-pikeminnow/


https://youtu.be/e0NNS3pc9Hg

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 04, 2022, 13:08:25 PM
"Freedom to wade": 80-year-old Colorado fisherman notches win for public access to rivers
Public should have legal access to wade in "navigable" rivers, retired physicist Roger Hill contends


>>>Colorado's Court of Appeals has cleared the way for 80-year-old fisherman Roger Hill to fight for his right to fish in peace on his favorite stretch of the Arkansas River as it flows down from snow-packed mountains.

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This court ruling also means any other Colorado resident who has been forced off a river, from the Animas to the Yampa, can go to court to protect public access. A three-judge panel unanimously rejected the position of Colorado's government, which sided with landowners against Hill. Colorado allows private ownership of riverbeds while all other states treat rivers deemed "navigable" as public.

"I just like to get out on a clear stream and I enjoy watching the fish," Hill said from his home in Colorado Springs, delighted at the decision in what he describes as a decade-long life mission.

"We're going to get a chance to establish this as the law of Colorado – the freedom to wade in rivers, whether you fish or not, the freedom to have your feet on the bottom of a river," he said. "It could open access to waters I am dying to fish if I live long enough."

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/02/03/colorado-rivers-public-access-case/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 06, 2022, 06:24:13 AM
I'll just put this here;


MANTEO, N.C. (WITN) - The National Park Service provided updates on the three vessels grounded on beaches at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Authorities said the 55-foot yacht Vivens Aqua came ashore on the morning of Jan. 25th near the south end of Ocracoke Island. All fuel oil has been removed from the yacht and no injuries have been reported, but it is still on the beach. The NPS says no attempts to remove the vessel have been made in the last couple of days.

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https://www.witn.com/2022/02/03/update-two-vessels-join-yacht-being-grounded-outer-banks/

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 20, 2022, 09:17:42 AM
Of Fish and Men: A Short History of Salmon Fishing in the Columbia River Basin
The industrialization of the Columbia River continues to destroy local salmon ecosystems and the livelihoods of Indigenous fishers who depend on them.

>>>The bad news first: salmon runs have been in further decline, harmed by dams, overfishing, and by environmental degradations caused by farming runoffs, construction, land fragmentation, local logging and mining, and now the universal water-heating effects of climate change.

The good news next: organizations like CRITFC play a central role in trying to manage, restore and improve the situation, representing the four regional tribes: the Nez Perce, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. With over 100 employees across multiple departments, they use biological research, fisheries management, and hydrology to support the protection and restoration of Columbia River Basin salmon, lamprey, and sturgeon. Equally importantly, they continue to ensure that tribal treaty rights are protected, with the help of their lawyers, policy analysts, and fisheries enforcement officers.


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https://www.orartswatch.org/of-fish-and-men-a-short-history-of-salmon-fishing-in-the-columbia-river-basin/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 25, 2022, 09:23:22 AM

She left a corporate job to handcraft custom fishing nets
The Wayward Trading Post sells custom, handmade nets for fly fishing aficionados.

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>>>When the corporate life grew stale and the drumbeat of the Great Resignation grew louder, Tina Lewis cast her attention and artistic ability toward the unlikeliest product.

Lewis, 40, crafts custom, handheld fishing nets prized by fly fishermen from the Poconos to Sweden. Her business, the Wayward Trading Post, makes the nets out of Amish-sourced wood and epoxy in an eclectic Frankford warehouse filled with her art, weightlifting equipment, and an assortment of industrial power saws and sanders. A Fishtown resident, Lewis said she grew up in Delaware County, venturing into the outdoors often with her father, John, to fish, shoot, and hunt. Still, fly-fishing is as much an art as a hobby and Lewis says she's still a novice.

https://www.inquirer.com/life/custom-fishing-nets-wayward-trading-post-philadelphia-20220223.html

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https://www.customflyfishingnets.com/

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 25, 2022, 10:30:28 AM
Quote from: trout-r-us on February 25, 2022, 10:14:59 AMsince the nets are out of my price range.

i was a bit surprised at how spendy they are... :drum
 
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 04, 2022, 09:28:58 AM
In today's news feed I saw a Field and Stream article on the Bimini Twist and that led me to the answer a question that formed in my mind, who invented the knot? Here is the answer and more...

The One That Got Away: Theft of Fishing Guide's Ashes Becomes a Whodunit

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Capt. Bill Curtis died at age 91 on Oct. 24; in January, his ashes were stolen from a parked pickup truck in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami.Credit...Stu Apte

>>>ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Nobody knows for certain why someone would steal the cremated remains of a Florida Keys fly-fishing legend from a pickup truck parked outside a restaurant earlier this year.

Capt. Bill Curtis had no spurned lovers, lifelong enemies, obsessed fans or angry family members, according to friends, family and the police.

Yet shortly after 5 p.m. under rainy skies in late January, a man wearing a black hoodie broke a window of a Chevy Silverado parked outside a Flanigan's restaurant in Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood, according to surveillance video.

The thief ignored a laptop computer, a $400 pair of sunglasses and valuable camera gear. Instead, he snatched the box of ashes from beneath a stack of books, and sped off in a black pickup truck.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/sports/bill-curtis-ashes-fly-fishing.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 09, 2022, 09:42:20 AM
will they give Simms and Orvis a run for their money?


High-end fly-fishing apparel company launches in Bozeman

A new Bozeman-based fly-fishing apparel company launched this week, aiming to bring innovative and high-end apparel for anglers.

The online retailer Skwala (https://skwalafishing.com/) launched on Tuesday joining the ranks of other outdoor gear and apparel brands in Bozeman like Sitka, Stone Glacier and the fishing equipment and gear brand Simms.

At the startup's office space on Story Mill Road, CEO and founder Kevin Sloan said the idea to start Skwala began about two years ago.

Sloan — who previously worked with brands Sitka, Patagonia and Orvis — had been toying with the idea of designing his own fly-fishing apparel brand for several years.

https://skwalafishing.com/

https://youtu.be/t4VrFCGPO3Y
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 05, 2022, 08:56:13 AM
For 76 years, this man made a living as a fishing guide in an iconic Canadian park

Frank Kuiack is the last traditional fishing guide in Ontario's Algonquin Park.

Kuiack is a time capsule of a bygone era, carrying a wealth of stories behind each wrinkle on his face. He generously shares his knowledge with anyone who journeys into the park.

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https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/short-docs/for-76-years-this-man-made-a-living-as-a-fishing-guide-in-an-iconic-canadian-park-1.6391994

Great short video but you'll need a VPN (canada server) to watch...
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on April 05, 2022, 16:12:09 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 09, 2022, 09:42:20 AMwill they give Simms and Orvis a run for their money?


High-end fly-fishing apparel company launches in Bozeman

A new Bozeman-based fly-fishing apparel company launched this week, aiming to bring innovative and high-end apparel for anglers.

The online retailer Skwala (https://skwalafishing.com/) launched on Tuesday joining the ranks of other outdoor gear and apparel brands in Bozeman like Sitka, Stone Glacier and the fishing equipment and gear brand Simms.

At the startup's office space on Story Mill Road, CEO and founder Kevin Sloan said the idea to start Skwala began about two years ago.

Sloan — who previously worked with brands Sitka, Patagonia and Orvis — had been toying with the idea of designing his own fly-fishing apparel brand for several years.

https://skwalafishing.com/

https://youtu.be/t4VrFCGPO3Y

I think they are up against a hard nut to crack. You either have to be cheaper or better, I'm not sure how they will achieve that.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 05, 2022, 16:43:43 PM
Quote from: Trout Maharishi on April 05, 2022, 16:12:09 PMI think they are up against a hard nut to crack. You either have to be cheaper or better, I'm not sure how they will achieve that.


Brand Ambassadors  :;! 
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 18, 2022, 09:50:14 AM
Meet the Penn State deans: Richard Roush talks fishing, ice cream — and immortality


>>As part of a collaborative effort with Penn State, which is releasing a monthly video on school deans and their perspectives and passions, the Centre Daily Times is continuing a lighthearted Q&A series that highlights a different dean every month in the hopes the local community gets to know them outside of the classroom. Up next: Richard Roush, dean of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. Roush, who holds a doctorate from Cal Berkeley, joined Penn State in 2014. He is internationally recognized for research into insect pests and weeds, and his most recent published work came on the spotted laternfly. He previously served as the University of Melbourne's dean of the School of Land and Environment, and he's currently focused on key issues such as water quality and job development. He also loves fishing, whether it's fly-fishing in local waterways, deep-sea fishing on the West Coast or wherever else.

Read more at: https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/education/penn-state/article260306825.html#storylink=cpy

https://youtu.be/UAIQcFSIeJA
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Post by: Dougfish on April 18, 2022, 14:35:16 PM
I feel much better about my casting after watching that.  :laugh:
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 04, 2022, 23:16:17 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on April 05, 2022, 08:56:13 AMFor 76 years, this man made a living as a fishing guide in an iconic Canadian park

Frank Kuiack is the last traditional fishing guide in Ontario's Algonquin Park.

Kuiack is a time capsule of a bygone era, carrying a wealth of stories behind each wrinkle on his face. He generously shares his knowledge with anyone who journeys into the park.

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https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/short-docs/for-76-years-this-man-made-a-living-as-a-fishing-guide-in-an-iconic-canadian-park-1.6391994

Great short video but you'll need a VPN (canada server) to watch...

https://youtu.be/3pk0AclMcKc
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Post by: Dee-Vo on May 05, 2022, 07:03:38 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on May 04, 2022, 23:16:17 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on April 05, 2022, 08:56:13 AMFor 76 years, this man made a living as a fishing guide in an iconic Canadian park

Frank Kuiack is the last traditional fishing guide in Ontario's Algonquin Park.

Kuiack is a time capsule of a bygone era, carrying a wealth of stories behind each wrinkle on his face. He generously shares his knowledge with anyone who journeys into the park.

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https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/short-docs/for-76-years-this-man-made-a-living-as-a-fishing-guide-in-an-iconic-canadian-park-1.6391994

Great short video but you'll need a VPN (canada server) to watch...

https://youtu.be/3pk0AclMcKc

Thanks for posting this. Seen it somewhere the other day and forgot to go back to it to watch.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on May 05, 2022, 20:19:17 PM
https://youtu.be/_jz4rvmkiac
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Post by: Phil on May 06, 2022, 09:20:54 AM
Good morning watch. Thanks, Dee-Vo!  :cheers
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Post by: Phil on May 06, 2022, 11:08:32 AM
The long-haired Swedish (or wherever he was from)dude in the video was a very well-equipped "trout bum." Lotso money worth of gear he was a-carrying....  :o
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 07, 2022, 08:25:07 AM
Murray's Fly Shop celebrates six decades in Edinburg


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>>>Harry Murray remembers tying fishing flies in the back of his drugstore in Edinburg between filling prescriptions back in 1962.

Fresh out of college, Murray kept both business and pleasure close by. Most of his business space was for the pharmacy, but he maintained a small portion of the shop for fly-fishing equipment.

Six decades later, the drugstore is no more. But Murray's Fly Shop is still going strong.

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/murrays-fly-shop-celebrates-six-decades-in-edinburg/article_a3b4fe80-754d-5ec9-b6aa-8366875c8edf.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 12, 2022, 09:12:38 AM
Shock on the South Fork: Rainbow eradication stirs controversy


>>>As anglers take to the water this year, they will again share the South Fork of the Snake River with Idaho Department of Fish and Game crews electroshocking fish in an effort to boost native cutthroat trout numbers.

Fish and Game began removing non-native rainbow and rainbow/cutthroat hybrids called "cutbows" in the spring of 2018 as part of a new management strategy based, in part, on 2017 angler surveys. According to Fish and Game Regional Fisheries Biologist Patrick Kennedy, the state surveys anglers every five years to determine what management strategies the public wants to see. And protecting native cutthroat topped the list.

In the early 2000s the department documented declining cutthroat numbers, while rainbow and cutbow populations showed steady growth. The agency changed rules on the South Fork to try to motivate anglers to harvest the non-native species, opening the river to a year-round season and offering anglers no limit on the non-natives.


>>>"These aggressive shocking tactics are a result of the widespread belief that efforts to date have not been successful enough, and the battle to protect native cutthroat is being lost. It's a desperate attempt by biologists and IDFG to stop a non-native species from stealing the soul of our mighty South Fork."

https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/sports/features/shock-on-the-south-fork-rainbow-eradication-divides-anglers/article_c1dba4db-8051-5180-a0be-de41c5edeb7d.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 27, 2022, 08:48:05 AM
The lure of fishing

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>>>A few years back two of Tom More Smith's children gave him a piece of paper with five words on it: "I'll go fishing with you." It was the best birthday present ever," he recalls. "I don't need a thing but fishing with my kids is special. My grandson, Will, is my fishing buddy. He and I are thick as thieves. We'll play hooky and go fishing. It's a very special bond."

Growing up in Illinois, Smith's junior high school friends fished and he was curious. Not surprisingly, for someone who grew up to be a finance professor at Emory Goizueta Business School, he went to his town's library, studied Field and Stream magazines and then asked his dad to take him fishing.


https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/the-lure-of-fishing/ROYIKNAGXNFOPEJKBT24EHOKBU/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 28, 2022, 08:24:28 AM
The Tale of the Trojan Trout
Can the introduction of a modified invader save the West's native fish?

>>>On a golden morning in early October, two graduate students from New Mexico State University plunge into the icy current of Leandro Creek. The small waterway flows through the 550,000-acre Vermejo Park Ranch, a reserve in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. Today, the crew will trace the stream's course toward its headwaters on the flanks of a volcanic cone called Ash Mountain, in search of an unusual fish.

Kelsie Field, 25, a graduate student in the Department of Wildlife and Conservation Ecology wears a pair of worn gray waders and totes two 8-gallon buckets, one full of water, the other, of scientific gear—test tubes, an electronic scanner, surgical implements. Michael Miller, 30, a fellow graduate student in the same department, also clad in waders, shoulders a large, waterproof backpack containing a battery attached to an electrode that resembles a metal detector like those used by treasure hunters.

This, Miller dips into the creek, squeezing the handle to send some 300 volts through the water. While the crew's rubber boots insulate them from the shock, the resident fish are exposed to the electrical current. Stunned, they drift to the surface just long enough for Miller to net them and deposit them in Field's bucket. Most measure around 10 inches. Some are no larger than a pinky. Occasionally, though, Miller's handle bends sharply as he nets a hunchbacked specimen of 16 inches or more—apex predators gorged on smaller fish, in this waterway scarcely wider than a city sidewalk.

There are just two species here. One is an embattled native, the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis), distinguished by its cream-colored skin, mottling of black spots and a vibrant orange slash under the jaw. Once widely distributed in rivers and streams across northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, the Rio Grande cutthroat is now found across a mere 10 percent of its historical range. And like others among the dozen or so subspecies of cutthroat trout in the western United States, today it's reeling under the pressures of climate change, habitat loss, and—in the case of Leandro Creek—a hardy intruder.


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>>>That's because many are a lab-produced variety known as "Trojan" brook trout. They are unique in that they carry not one, but two copies of the Y chromosome that codes maleness; they have no X chromosome to pass on. Unlike many creatures, including humans, fish can survive without an X, and seem unimpaired by the lack. And since 2018, Miller, the lead researcher on the project, and his predecessors have been carrying out a bold new experiment, stocking various streams across the Vermejo reserve with this strain in an attempt to tilt the brook trout sex ratio so far male that eventually the population will stop breeding and blink out on its own. Similar efforts are also underway in a handful of creeks in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, and Nevada plans to embark on its own stocking program this summer.






https://www.biographic.com/the-tale-of-the-trojan-trout/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 29, 2022, 08:12:07 AM
Williamsburg Elementary students raised trout and released them

Ruth Robertson, a fourth grade teacher at Williamsburg Elementary, admits that most of her students do not particularly like to write, but she found an activity that not only piqued their interest but got them excited about putting pen to paper.

Since 2015, Robertson and her students have participated in the "Trout in the Classroom," a program sponsored by the Dan River Basin Association and Trout Unlimited.

Students raise baby trout, care for them in their classroom and then release them into the Smith River. While parenting their fish, they not only learn about science but other subjects as well.

"I do this project with my students because it motivates them to become involved and teaches them responsibility," Robertson said. "Students that don't like to write love to write about their baby trout."uth Robertson, a fourth grade teacher at Williamsburg Elementary, admits that most of her students do not particularly like to write, but she found an activity that not only piqued their interest but got them excited about putting pen to paper.

Since 2015, Robertson and her students have participated in the "Trout in the Classroom," a program sponsored by the Dan River Basin Association and Trout Unlimited.

Students raise baby trout, care for them in their classroom and then release them into the Smith River. While parenting their fish, they not only learn about science but other subjects as well.

"I do this project with my students because it motivates them to become involved and teaches them responsibility," Robertson said. "Students that don't like to write love to write about their baby trout."


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https://greensboro.com/community/rockingham_now/williamsburg-elementary-students-raised-trout-and-released-them/article_e1acb58a-d7e8-11ec-9668-bfc9f566b8b7.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 30, 2022, 08:45:28 AM
Searching for Trout

>>>Anthropologists and biologists are combing the rivers on four continents in their search for a fish which has its origins in British imperialism.

Trout are not easy to catch. Maybe that is why this colourful creature had spread to all corners of the world by the end of the 19th century. Officers and settlers in British colonies were willing to move heaven and earth in order to cultivate their favourite hobby, fly fishing.

Today, brown trout and rainbow trout are found in more than a hundred different countries and on every single continent except Antarctica. These species are featured on the list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world and they are known to have a major adverse impact on local fauna.

In many countries it has become official policy to eradicate brown trout and rainbow trout. As in South Africa.

"The South African environmental authorities and white, conservative environmentalists want trout to be removed from the country's rivers and lakes, because they are an alien species," says Knut Nustad.


>>>Flikke says that much of the revenue from the fly fishing industry goes to companies with foreign ownership stakes.

"I stayed with one of the landowners. He is now financially secure. But when I asked him how developments have affected his relationship with the place where he was born and raised, he did not reply. And then he told me that he felt like a stranger," Flikke says.

"He said that when the European and North American anglers arrived he felt like he was being put on display: 'There's the trout and there's a gaucho.' He has become a tourist attraction in his own home."


https://www.miragenews.com/searching-for-trout-791282/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 30, 2022, 08:49:56 AM

Few options to help struggling brown trout populations in SW Montana


>>>Options are limited to prevent brown trout population declines in nine rivers spread across southwestern Montana, a Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks' official told an interim legislative committee on Tuesday.

"We have few tools to respond quickly to low flow conditions," said Eileen Ryce, Fisheries Bureau chief for the agency. "However, we can adjust fishing regulations to reduce stress during critical time periods."

So far, however, FWP has implemented regulations on only two of the hardest hit rivers: the Big Hole and Beaverhead. There, restrictions on fishing in the fall to protect brown trout spawning beds were implemented last year. On the seven other rivers, similar action doesn't seem warranted, FWP decided.


https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/few-options-to-help-struggling-brown-trout-populations-in-sw-montana/article_cb198fc2-dc7b-11ec-8162-174ac40eee2a.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 08, 2022, 07:54:41 AM
https://youtu.be/cLgx8MKgqtM
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 12, 2022, 12:00:57 PM
Researchers probe threats to salmonfly, a foundational bug

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>>>Jackson Birrell waded through thigh-deep water on a bucolic late-spring day last week, but unlike other anglers venturing into the swollen churn of spring melt, Birrell wasn't seeking trout: He was instead looking for one of their seasonal delicacies, the giant salmonfly.

Each year in late May and early June, trout feast and anglers flock to waterways for the giant salmonfly hatch, when the ecologically vital bugs emerge from streams as nymphs and hatch out of the water into winged adults before reproducing and dying, leaving behind only the "shucks" they emerged from clinging to brush on the shoreline.

Growing up to 3 inches long, adult giant salmonflies are the largest of the stonefly family. They are so substantial that osprey, which generally consume fish, have been observed snatching up airborne salmonflies. As giant salmonfly populations decline in some streams across the West, Birrell and James Frakes, both researchers at University of Montana, are trying to understand what factors affect a bug that is essential to trout and the economies of fishing towns.




https://missoulian.com/news/local/researchers-probe-threats-to-salmonfly-a-foundational-bug/article_19408807-daba-5ce1-8747-66c87a4ec5fd.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 25, 2022, 09:20:01 AM
88-year-old gives young angler the fly-fishing rod he made as a teen

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>>>In support of his new hobby of fly fishing, 11-year-old Eli Billard from Moncton received a special fishing rod as a gift.

Made with four pieces of bamboo and about six feet long, the fishing rod was handmade by Pat Gillespie, who is now 88 but made the rod when he was just 16.

Gillespie said he threaded and varnished the rod himself, and it was used to fish many rivers in New Brunswick. His hope is that Eli "enjoys it as much as I did over the years."

Gillespie learned about Eli's new love for fly fishing through a community pastoral letter delivered to his door in early June by Eli's father, Aaron Billard, the minister at St. John's United Church in Moncton.

In the letter, Billard said he and his son were on a fishing trip along the Molus River, a tributary of the Richibucto, when a friend showed Eli how to fly fish and cast.

"You could just see this passion spark in Eli about the joy of this moment of learning how to cast. ... When he finally got it right, it was just this beautiful moment along a beautiful river in New Brunswick on a beautiful evening."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/generous-gift-for-a-new-fly-fishing-loving-little-boy-1.6500335
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 28, 2022, 08:39:14 AM
   
The legendary story of the Colonel Potter will get you hooked on the history of fly-fishing in SA



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>>>For close to 50 years, it remained the Potter family's best-kept secret. A secret forged from a twist of a chicken feather, a couple of turns of chenille yarn and a good measure of skill.

Added too are the two cock feathers that make the tail and if all is done right, it transforms into a deadly trout fly. It is called the Colonel Potter and its inventor, Dr Charles Potter, used it to take trophy fish in the streams that cut through eastern Mpumalanga.

When Potter and his two sons went on fishing trips across the country, their fly went too and it didn't disappoint. It kept taking big fish, in the high mountain dams and rivers of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern Free State.

When Potter's son Luke was 11 he won the South African Fly Fishing Association cup after he pulled a five-and-half-pound (about 2.5kg) trout from the Spekboom River in Mpumalanga. The big fish fell to a Colonel Potter.

But in January 2019 tragedy struck the Potter family when Luke, their eldest son, was killed in a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya. Following the death of his son, Potter decided he would reveal the.


https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-06-27-time-and-ties-wait-for-no-fisherman-the-lure-that-tells-the-story-of-fly-fishing/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 10, 2022, 12:20:44 PM

Henry Winkler Catching Trout Is The Hottest Trend This Season
The fly-fishing Fonz is an internet sensation.

>>>An old expression goes that if you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime. But when Henry Winkler holds aloft his fish, the internet goes crazy.

Winkler, iconic for his role as the epitome of greaser cool Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli on Happy Days and now enjoying a career bounce as acting teacher Gene Cousineau opposite Bill Hader on Barry, discovered the joys of fly fishing in the early 1990s. Growing up, as he did, in New York City, meant not exploring the natural world too much until later in life. "I didn't know when I was younger how much I was going to love the river," he told Inside Hook about his adventures in Idaho and Montana, pursuing trout.

"You have to be very patient and you have to play the fish. You have to gently move it from side to side. You gently have to keep it coming toward your boat. You have to feel the slightest tug and let the fish go, because sometimes the fish is very big and has a terrific fight," the 76-year-old actor said, describing his pastime.


https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/07/henry-winkler-catching-trout-is-the-hottest-trend-this-season

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 30, 2022, 11:55:37 AM
Rock Legend Huey Lewis Takes His Love Of Fishing (And Fish) To The Giant Screen

>>>For Chicago-based Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and the Native Fish Society—a conservation organization headquartered in Portland—a chance to showcase these important species and their value to both people and the broader ecosystem in a giant screen IMAX format is an opportunity to reach millions of leaders and future leaders through an unmatched format. The groups have teamed up, along with Lewis, to announce the production of Upstream: The Journey Home, a global giant-screen and IMAX film event.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisdorsey/2022/07/28/rock-legend-huey-lewis-takes-his-love-of-fishing-and-fish-to-the-giant-screen/?sh=7c36d2e0623e

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on July 31, 2022, 01:28:28 AM
I look forward to seeing the film. I'm not sure about calling Lewis a rock ledgend?  Huey made crappy pop music. :drum  <-;:
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 05, 2022, 13:19:11 PM
DRBA improves South Martinsville River Access


A local Smith River access point has been improved to make it easier to use, whether for getting boats in and out of the water, or just having a picnic lunch.

Dan River Basin Association (DRBA) held a ribbon cutting Wednesday for the Riverside Family Area at the South Martinsville River Access at 280 Tensbury Drive, and held family fun activities and demonstrations afterward.

A small crowd of around 20 adults and children joined DRBA staff for the ribbon cutting, live snakes and macroinvertebrates, some educational booklets and a paddle in the river.

Through a grant from The Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia and Monogram Loves Kids Foundation, DRBA was able to completely transform the river access area. DRBA Education Outreach Manager Krista Hodges said that eight months ago the access had brick steps that were unsafe and unstable, which made it difficult for people to get their boats into the water

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https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/drba-improves-south-martinsville-river-access/article_ed4b9254-142d-11ed-90d6-6fba7abde2ef.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 11, 2022, 07:24:55 AM
California Fire and Floods Turn a River to 'Sludge,' Killing Thousands of Fish


>>>As a deadly fire continued to burn last week in the Klamath National Forest in Northern California, Kenneth Brink, a local fisherman, counted dead fish in a river that had turned to the consistency of "chocolate milk."

Mr. Brink, 45, a member of the Karuk Tribe, lives in Happy Camp, a town of less than 900 people on the Klamath River, in Siskiyou County, Calif. The town is near the border with Oregon. On Friday, he drove about 20 miles upstream, where he made the grim discovery: thousands of dead suckerfish, salmon and trout, many floating belly up.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/mckinney-fire-fish-california-oregon.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 13, 2022, 10:13:19 AM
Partnership restores brook trout in five ponds within five years

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A fine mist rolled off the surface of Round Pond as morning dawned over the White Mountain National Forest in Albany, Maine. An elderly man and his granddaughter carried a red Old Town canoe down the gravel embankment, fly fishing rods in hand. Somewhere in the distance, a brook trout broke through the lake's mirror-like surface in pursuit of a mayfly.

Native brook trout, with their characteristic orange underbelly and speckled sides, are a highly valued fish in the eastern United States. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife photo)
Floating on Round Pond today, it is hard to believe that just a few years ago the brook trout that now teem in abundance were almost impossible to find here. This pond and the surrounding drainage were instead filled with fish like shiners and black bullheads.

In 2011, with the help of Trout Unlimited and cooperation from the Forest Service, Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife began an ambitious reclamation project. The program, called the "5-in-5," reclaimed five ponds in and around the White Mountain National Forest for native brook trout in just 5 years.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/partnership-restores-brook-trout-five-ponds-within-five-years
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 20, 2022, 08:53:19 AM
The following is excerpted from Dylan Tomine's wonderful new book, Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman. We ran a different excerpt in a recent print issue of AJ, and wanted to share some with our digital readers too. Tomine has a wonderfully self-aware, bordering of self-effacing, writing style, making the very difficult and complicated world of fly fishing for steelhead accessible to people who've never even considered wetting a fly. We hope you enjoy this piece, a link to purchase the book from the publisher follows. – Ed.

OK, I'm just going to come right out and say it: I sucked at guiding. Oh, my clients caught plenty of fish. But if I were a doctor, you might say I had a lousy bedside manner. Or what an old coach of mine often referred to as a "piss-poor attitude." The fact is, I could never stop thinking about whether or not various clients deserved to catch fish just because they could afford to travel and stay at an expensive lodge. That, and I was frequently impatient. And sarcastic. And irritable. But enough about my good days. I guess I thought guiding was about fish, and it turns out it's about people. No matter how dumb they might be.

I tried to be a nice guy. I would tell myself these people are on the trip of a lifetime, that they were too busy to learn how to actually fish, that blah, blah, blah. It's not like I'm a completely unsympathetic person. For example, when a client described his long-anticipated fishing trip with a famous Florida tarpon guide and how he found himself unceremoniously deposited back at the dock at ten o'clock in the morning for blowing two shots at big fish, I was filled with sympathy. For the guide.


https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/08/the-worst-guide-in-the-world/


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 11, 2022, 09:49:12 AM
The Middle Fork of the St. Vrain River and a few perfect trout

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John Gierach has fished the St. Vrain River for all of his adult life. (Ed Engle/Courtesy photo)


John Gierach is a patient man. He was all geared up and ready to fish. Meanwhile, my stuff was scattered all over the tailgate of his truck, which we'd parked along the Middle Fork of the St. Vrain River.

This season I'd taken it upon myself to simplify my fly fishing, which translates roughly to reducing the amount of junk I carry on the stream for a day of fishing. This was the first trip where I'd put these ideas into practice. I would carry one fly box, some spare tippet material (4X and 5X for a small streams), nippers, fly floatant and a few other essential do-dads.

I wasn't going to use a fishing vest or hip pack to carry the stuff. I wanted it to fit in the pockets of my shirt. If there was any overflow, I had room in my cargo pants that would be accessible since I was wearing hip waders.




https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/09/09/the-middle-fork-of-the-st-vrain-river-and-a-few-perfect-trout/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 11, 2022, 10:04:04 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXRt22Ojoe/


QuoteYou might remember PLC's brook trout rescue but effort last June 2021. We moved 97 fish from a negatively impacted portion of Ramey Creek to a rescue reach tributary on PLC land.

Last fall we saw signs that the fish were still there after six months and that the males had breeding coloration and some fish nests were under construction. The data loggers embedded in the creek showed that the water temperature stayed quite cold all summer, even colder than where the trout were rescued from. These were great signs that our rescue attempt might be favorable.

The proof of our success was confirmed on the last day of spring in 2022, a little over a year since the movement of the fish into their new home. This June N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission biologists found that the brook trout bred successfully! There are small, young-of-the-year fish "all over the place" and they found some of the adults that we moved had grown significantly.

Both of these indicators and the continuing cold water temperatures, in spite of the hot weather, show that the habitat which looked promising is in fact providing the right food and habitat conditions the adults need for successful reproduction.

We're grateful to Lisa Sorg with NC Policy Watch for sharing these photos with us! Pictured: Wildlife Biologists with NC Wildlife Resources Commission evaluating the brook trout population after last year's rescue.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 14, 2022, 07:47:04 AM
I shouldn't have called fly-fishing dumb
It's actually much worse than that, and you have to chase a mythical fish they call a "trout."


>>>Fly-fishermen are not very good at catching fish, but I have come to learn that they are exceptionally good at sending e-mails.


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This unfortunate discovery occupied my inbox for much of the summer, after I wrote an article in which I referred to fly-fishing as "dumb" and "the most insufferable kind of fishing."

I realize now that I was wrong to say those things, for fly-fishing itself is not to blame. Instead, it is the fly-fishermen who are insufferable and dumb, as evidenced by the sheer number who dismissed my portrayal of fly-fishing as inaccurate even though I made it clear that I never caught any fish, which is an extremely accurate portrayal.


https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/12/metro/i-shouldnt-have-called-fly-fishing-dumb/


link to original article calling fly fishing dumb...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fly-fishing-is-dumb-change-my-mind/ar-AAZC8xI
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 22, 2022, 15:04:06 PM
Water Temperature and Trout Behavior

Trout behaviour is affected by all-natural elements or events surrounding each fish. These events change all the time, requiring suitable responses from trout in order to survive. Water is a very sensitive medium, relaying scent, temperature, barometer pressure, vibrations, and sound (three times faster) more quickly and effectively than air. Trout respond to these messages quickly, too. Here is a look at some of the secrets of water temperature and trout behavior.

Water temperature and barometer pressure have profound effects on trout, changing day-to-day living patterns, yearly living cycles, and species distribution.

The optimum water temperature for trout is 14 degrees Celsius with a comfort range of 10 degrees to 18 degrees. Below 10 degrees, trout metabolism slows down, making the fish sluggish or torpid. Above 20 degrees, lower dissolved oxygen levels slow trout activity. Over 23 degrees trout become stressed, while at temperatures around 25 degrees, they can die.

Trout, therefore, are constantly moving locations to find the most preferred temperatures, and/or better feeding situations influenced by temperature.

Brown trout generally can tolerate wider ranges in temperature than Rainbows. Winter water temperatures influence trout distribution more than summer temperatures, with Browns spawning in water under 10 degrees and Rainbows in slightly warmer water.


https://fishingmag.co.nz/trout-fishing-new-zealand/fly-fishing-new-zealand/water-temperature-and-trout-behavior
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 18, 2022, 10:02:28 AM
The rock-hurling spat that could upend Colorado's river access rules
The Colorado Supreme Court will wade into a technical aspect in angler Roger Hill's lawsuit arguing Colorado rivers are public property if they were used for commercial activity – like floating timber – at statehood

It's been more than a decade since a riverside property owner hurled rocks at angler Roger Hill as he waded and stalked trout in the Arkansas River above the Royal Gorge.

The ripples from that splashy spat could upset Colorado's murky river access rules.

The Colorado Supreme Court this week decided it would take up the case of Hill, an 80-year-old angler who is suing the landowner who threatened him, arguing that landowners can't own riverbeds and the public has a right to wade through waterways.


https://www.summitdaily.com/news/the-rock-hurling-spat-that-could-upend-colorados-river-access-rules/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 20, 2022, 10:39:24 AM
A pikeminnow angler participating in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program won almost $70,000 as part of a conservation project.

Northern pikeminnow are significant predators of Oregon's native fish, consuming millions of young salmon and steelhead every year and threatening the population.

Nearly 1,200 people registered to be part of the 2022 Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program that ran from May 1 through Sept. 3. The program, funded by the Bonneville Power Administration, pays registered anglers $6 to $10 per fish, nine inches or longer. The more fish an angler catches, the more each pikeminnow they reel in is worth.

This year, the top angler registered with the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program earned $69,230, catching almost 7,000 fish in just five months.

Anglers cumulatively caught and removed more than 140,000 northern pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers this year, protecting hundreds of thousands of young salmon and steelhead from predation.

Since 1991, anglers paid through the program have removed around 5.4 million pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers. The program has reduced predation on young salmon and steelhead by up to 40% since it began removing 10 – 20% of the estimated Northern pikeminnow population.

https://katu.com/news/local/top-fisherman-catches-7000-fish-wins-70k-in-conservation-reward-program-fishing-salmon-columbia-snake-steelhead-sport-hunting-money-award



Each year, state fish and wildlife biologists also release hundreds of specially tagged northern pikeminnow each worth $200 – $500.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2023, 11:48:13 AM
The World's Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be?
Mayflies are among nature's best environmental sentinels — and their current message to us is grim

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.



https://wapo.st/3XdLo1k
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 14, 2023, 13:10:42 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2023, 11:48:13 AMThe World's Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be?
Mayflies are among nature's best environmental sentinels — and their current message to us is grim

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.



https://wapo.st/3XdLo1k

Very interesting article.  Many thanks. 
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Post by: Dougfish on January 14, 2023, 14:40:34 PM
Ditto.  'c;
And it saddens me.
The bwo hatch is a shadow of itself on the Smith. Coincidence?
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Post by: Phil on January 14, 2023, 15:21:28 PM
Damn. Good article.
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 14, 2023, 16:19:56 PM
Are stoneflies more susceptible to changes in water quality and temperature than mayflies?  Wouldn't most mayfly species be relatively new in terms of the age of the earth?  Wouldn't ice ages and the earth being covered in salt water and huge temperature swings have limited them to some extent? Isn't extinction and the emergence of new species part of the evolutionary process?
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Post by: Onslow on January 14, 2023, 17:00:06 PM
Is it water quality, or is acidification an issue?

FWiW, the most spectacular mayfly hatch I've ever seen was on the Yadkin River about 7 years ago right in the heart of big ag country. It is the only time I've ever seen this.  The why is a question I wish could be answered.

This past Fall and Winter have been interesting with near zero elevated water events, and the most clear water days on the Yadkin I can recall.  It will be interesting to see if this will result in another car clogging fly hatch.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2023, 18:41:51 PM
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-orvis-fly-fishing-podcast/id278930814?i=1000594269524

Tom Rosenbauer interviews the author of the mayfly article 
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 14, 2023, 18:54:19 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2023, 11:48:13 AMThe World's Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be?
Mayflies are among nature's best environmental sentinels — and their current message to us is grim

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.



https://wapo.st/3XdLo1k

There are answers in the article, both speculative and factual, for some of your questions.

"Mayflies are the oldest surviving winged insects on the planet. Knecht discovered a mayfly impression from some 300 million years ago in rock behind a strip mall in Massachusetts."

Some potential reasons for decline mentioned: climate, sewage, pesticides, silt, etc.

Mayflies, along with stoneflies and caddis, are the 3 most commonly used to monitor freshwater ecosystem health.  Depending on the taxa within these 3, the tolerances to various perturbations can vary.  But as a rule, the 3 can tell you a story on the condition of most freshwater environs.

My issue stemmed from the question in the title of the article (How Frightened Should We Be?).  The "We" is my concern.  In this country, with all the blind credulity, from everything from angels, to age of the earth, to climate change, to humans and dinosaurs coexisting, to 9/11 and moon landing were a hoax, to ............ etc.  Add everyday concerns (inflation, jobs, etc.) of many Americans to this naïveté, and how the hell would you frighten someone over the decline of an ancient aquatic critter?

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 14, 2023, 19:21:49 PM
Does the 300 million year old mayfly species still exists? The Short Nosed Bear is gone, should I now be concerned about all bears? The Megalodon shark is gone, should I be alarmed for all sharks? I think sharks are even older than dinosaurs.  :P I worry about a lot of things, but a couple of mayfly species don't make the cut. I understand some people need that grant money though and depend on it to make a living. <-;:
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 14, 2023, 19:43:23 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 14, 2023, 11:48:13 AMThe World's Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be?
Mayflies are among nature's best environmental sentinels — and their current message to us is grim

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.



https://wapo.st/3XdLo1k


At our age, perhaps there is no reason for concern.  We won't be around for the upcoming acts.  Assuming you did not procreate, then there is an additional devalued reason to worry.
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 14, 2023, 22:31:22 PM
Don't think I'm not concerned about water quality. I most definitely care about water and air quality. But like Muddy points out the list has become so long of things I'm concerned about I don't have room for 1 more thing like a couple of mayfly species.  :cheers
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 14, 2023, 23:47:41 PM
I am concerned about the world we are leaving our children, grandchildren, and their progeny.  If the decline of mayflies adds to the picture, even in some miniscule way, of how we've screwed the planet, then we might want to at least pay attention.  It is possible to multitask (food, job, family, politics, social snafus, environment, whatever) with matters of concern.  It is my opinion that many humans are selfish, unpragmatic, live in the moment, blinded pricks. I fear that by the time most realize we've screwed the pooch it will be much too late. 
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Post by: Onslow on January 15, 2023, 07:34:43 AM
Would someone care to provide an explanation for the massive clouds of stoneflies at the Dan river watershed east of the BR in Patrick county this past Spring?  Peters Creek, Little Dan, Hooker Creek and so on.
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 15, 2023, 11:41:35 AM
Quote from: Onslow on January 15, 2023, 07:34:43 AMWould someone care to provide an explanation for the massive clouds of stoneflies at the Dan river watershed east of the BR in Patrick county this past Spring?  Peters Creek, Little Dan, Hooker Creek and so on.

Now Ken you know good news or improving conditions in an ecosystem is not allowed in these types of conversations. 8)   
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Post by: Onslow on January 15, 2023, 12:21:40 PM
How can mayfly and stonefly dearth be explained with certainty when really strange explosions of mayfly and stonefly hatches occur in random areas for unknown reasons?

One word I don't recall being discussed, and that is pathogens.  Honeybees succumb to viruses.  What about mayflies?
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 15, 2023, 19:27:58 PM
Quote from: Onslow on January 15, 2023, 12:21:40 PMHow can mayfly and stonefly dearth be explained with certainty when really strange explosions of mayfly and stonefly hatches occur in random areas for unknown reasons?

One word I don't recall being discussed, and that is pathogens.  Honeybees succumb to viruses.  What about mayflies?

Just because we cannot explain the "really strange explosions" does not mean there are unknown reasons.  I can't explain it, you can't explain it, but if someone was diligently monitoring the system previously for X number of years, then they would likely have a hypothesis, a premise that can be investigated further, more in-depth.  Long term monitoring was all the rage when I retired; I am sure it is still important.

When it comes to witnessing massive hatches sometimes the simplest answer is being in the right place at the right time.  How many times as anglers have we missed mass hatches by a day or two.  Also, your prolific stonefly hatches in the east watershed of the Dan could be the result of several ideal, better than usual, environmental conditions:  flows, temperature, success of previous stonefly mating, egg/nymph survival etc  Plus, there are always ups and downs in hatches, always cyclic.

A snapshot in time of wonderful hatches in a particular watershed tells us very little.  It is analogous to reading my outdoor thermometer this morning, see it was below freezing, and declaring to the wife that climate change/global warming is bullshit.  This follows that live in the moment blindness that I mentioned earlier in this thread. 

As for viruses in aquatic insects, I don't know.  I do know some aquatic insects can be infested with parasites; I recall commonly finding nematodes in the guts of certain critters, particularly in the flies (Diptera).
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 15, 2023, 23:59:33 PM
For scientific purposes how long would a long term monitoring program last? 5 years? 20 years? A persons lifetime?
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 16, 2023, 11:02:29 AM
We developed a long-term ecological monitoring system (LTEMS) for the Shenandoah National Park in the mid-80s.  Our emphasis was on aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages and instream/riparian habitat.  That system continues today, predicting trends, aiding in management decisions, and identifying any red flags that pop up or alarming bells that may sound when it comes to the SNP streams. 

Right before I retired in 2016, we designed a LTEMS for several of the civil war battlefield parks.  That system also continues.

A LTEMS is exactly what it says it is, long-term, with a design and protocols that can be followed with a certain validity and is repeatable.  The system can always be tweaked (the interval of observation or sampling of certain parameters can be modified, streams within the system can rotate from year to year, etc.).

So, a LTEMS can go on forever, after retirement, death, etc. and carried on by others, if the goal/objective and budget remain. 

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 16, 2023, 17:09:39 PM
Thanks for the information Muddy. I totally agree with this statement you made. "A snapshot in time of wonderful hatches in a particular watershed tells us very little.  It is analogous to reading my outdoor thermometer this morning, see it was below freezing, and declaring to the wife that climate change/global warming is bullshit". When you take into account the earth may be as old as 4.5 billion years old, I basically see everything as a snapshot in time.

 

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 17, 2023, 10:13:02 AM
https://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 17, 2023, 13:01:28 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 17, 2023, 10:13:02 AMhttps://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c

Close :cheers
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 18, 2023, 09:16:34 AM
How one fisherman is sustaining his livelihood through environmental advocacy

Steve Friedman, 52, always thought he'd spend his days in a cubicle surrounded by buttoned up shirts and staplers. Instead, he passes the time in a rash guard and polarized sunglasses on the waters of the Florida Keys.

After growing up in what he calls "John Hughes-Landia," or Chicago, Illinois, he graduated with a master's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies. This led him on a path for a foreign service job in Washington, D.C., which Friedman knew wasn't for him. He spent the next couple of years serving as a paralegal at a few different law firms instead.

"All I was doing was looking forward to my next vacation," he said. "So I decided I needed a life change."


https://www.wuft.org/news/2023/01/17/how-one-fisherman-is-sustaining-his-livelihood-through-environmental-advocacy/


WUFT · Captain Steve Friedman on being a Floridian
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 16, 2023, 09:38:29 AM
Euro Nymphing Is Ruining Fly Fishing
Is a method adopted from overseas changing fly-fishing culture for better or worse? It all depends which way you swing


I'VE BEEN getting dirty looks all day. Most of the anglers I pass on the trail don't even say hello or ask if I've caught any trout. It's a bit of a bummer because I genuinely enjoy shooting the breeze with fellow fishermen, but my decision to leave my fly rod at home and opt for an ultra-light spinning rod has made me a pariah today. In just a few hours on the South Branch of the Raritan in Northern New Jersey, I've encountered 10 other fishermen, most of them younger than me, all of them waving 10- and 11-foot Euro nymphing rods.

This technique—which requires specialized tackle and specialized flies—has taken the fly world by storm over the last five years. It is arguably one of the most effective ways to catch numbers of trout, but the method leaves me asking: Is it truly fly fishing, or is it a crutch for a new generation of fly anglers looking for the fastest route to success? Even more intriguing to me is this question: Are the benefits of Euro nymphing so dissimilar to the benefits of fishing with spinning gear that I'm worthy of being labeled a heathen on the river?

https://www.outdoorlife.com/opinion/euro-nymphing/

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 16, 2023, 09:49:04 AM
How Cornelia "Fly Rod Crosby" became a legendary outdoorswoman and the first Maine Registered Guide

Back in the late 1800s, Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby was widely recognized for her fly fishing and her writing. She promoted outdoor activities in Maine and was the first Registered Maine Guide. Her contributions will be honored with a statue at the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife headquarters this month. We'll discuss the unconventional life and lasting impact of Maine's pioneering outdoorswoman.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 17, 2023, 13:32:28 PM
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 26, 2023, 12:28:04 PM
Clint Eastwood's Advice on Fly Fishing and Life

  February had its claws on the river. The banks were covered in snow and the edges of the river had ribbons of ice lining both sides, yet it was an improvement over last week when the temperature was a minus 27 with the wind chill. Today was a mild 39 degrees with hardly any wind. I have decided that I won't fish if the temps are under freezing, because after all, as Clint Eastwood said , "A man has to know his limitations."

https://indepthnh.org/2023/02/25/clint-eastwoods-advice-on-fly-fishing-and-life/
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on February 27, 2023, 18:56:11 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on February 16, 2023, 09:49:04 AMHow Cornelia "Fly Rod Crosby" became a legendary outdoorswoman and the first Maine Registered Guide

Back in the late 1800s, Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby was widely recognized for her fly fishing and her writing. She promoted outdoor activities in Maine and was the first Registered Maine Guide. Her contributions will be honored with a statue at the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife headquarters this month. We'll discuss the unconventional life and lasting impact of Maine's pioneering outdoorswoman.

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Look at the size of those fish in the photo -p-
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 01, 2023, 12:04:10 PM
When the dream of Montana meets sobering reality: what's the cost of Hollywood calling attention to still-wild places? When the masses show up, do they realize what they are trampling.

As often is the case, the passage of time brings a warm diaphanous gloam to the way we remember the past—or at least the way we think it used to be when it was better.

In the fading rear-view window, better means places that were uncongested, when the countryside didn't resemble a human anthill, when floating a river didn't feel like you were on a golf cart passing down a suburban fairway lined by trophy homes on either side, when you waved to rural folk passing them by along a dirt road, and when wildness still seemed tangible.

Some 30 years ago, in the months before the film A River Runs Through It began appearing on big screens across the country, director Robert Redford told part-time Livingston, Montana resident and writer Toby Thompson to "get ready. This film is going to change everything."

In hindsight, it is impossible now to overstate just how prescient Bob Redford's prediction was. It's a view shared today by the son of Norman Maclean himself, the latter being author of the novella set in Montana which formed the basis for the movie and is widely considered to be one of the best fishing stories ever written in American history. A River Runs Through It rightfully ranks up there with Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale, The Old Man and the Sea and his Big Two-Hearted River.


https://mountainjournal.org/how-tv-show-yellowstone-and-maclean-novel-are-changing-montana
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 01, 2023, 17:53:40 PM
I still wish they would make a movie from Maclean's book "Young men and fire". NC has changed a lot over my lifetime to, and sadly not much in a positive way.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 04, 2023, 10:33:44 AM
Picturing the past: fly fishing in Transylvania County



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Fly fishing has been an angling technique for hundreds of years. Like many activities with this lengthy of a history, time has refined and perfected the techniques into a nuanced recreational sport. Fishing was originally a favorite leisure activity of the wealthy and elite and became widely popularized in the mid-to-late 19th century with the rise of affordable transportation that could ferry weekend fishing enthusiasts to locations conducive to fishing, unlike where they lived. Prior to that time, lack of access to private land and rivers was part of the barrier for the less wealthy.

The hobby exploded in popularity at this time, as evidenced by the numerous books on fly fishing that were published. The novice could now learn the principles of fly fishing on their own, instead of relying on knowing an expert and having knowledge passed on to them. The sport became even more widely accessible, dovetailing with the rise of outdoor recreation and tourism as new, best locales for catching fish could be sought out by the adventurous based on the published documentation of others.

https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/lifestyles/picturing-the-past-fly-fishing-in-transylvania-county/article_8669ad3e-b90d-11ed-a818-039918ec4143.html
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 04, 2023, 19:25:47 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 04, 2023, 10:33:44 AMPicturing the past: fly fishing in Transylvania County



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Cool, the Davidson has a long history of fishing and tourism. Where the Davidson runs into the French Broad was a stage coach stop for people traveling from Asheville to the upstate SC. The Davidson is named for a pair of revolutionary war heroes that brought the land in the 1790's.


Fly fishing has been an angling technique for hundreds of years. Like many activities with this lengthy of a history, time has refined and perfected the techniques into a nuanced recreational sport. Fishing was originally a favorite leisure activity of the wealthy and elite and became widely popularized in the mid-to-late 19th century with the rise of affordable transportation that could ferry weekend fishing enthusiasts to locations conducive to fishing, unlike where they lived. Prior to that time, lack of access to private land and rivers was part of the barrier for the less wealthy.

The hobby exploded in popularity at this time, as evidenced by the numerous books on fly fishing that were published. The novice could now learn the principles of fly fishing on their own, instead of relying on knowing an expert and having knowledge passed on to them. The sport became even more widely accessible, dovetailing with the rise of outdoor recreation and tourism as new, best locales for catching fish could be sought out by the adventurous based on the published documentation of others.

https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/lifestyles/picturing-the-past-fly-fishing-in-transylvania-county/article_8669ad3e-b90d-11ed-a818-039918ec4143.html

In 1793, brothers and revolutionary and war heroes(many of their brothers and cousins fought at King's Mt)  Benjamin and James Davidson applied to purchase land from the State of North Carolina. The land along the French Broad River was finally sold to them in 1790, making the Davidsons some of the earliest settlers in Transylvania County. Benjamin built his home beside a river that flowed into the French Broad; that river came to be known as Benjamin Davidson's Creek, and then finally Davidson River. The Davidson has a long history of fishing and tourism. Where the Davidson runs into the French Broad was a overnight stage coach stop for people traveling from Asheville to the upstate of SC.  Years later, as the area became more developed and more people settled down there, Benjamin donated land for a meeting-house that served as a church and a schoolhouse. Other locals created business, turning the region into a successful commercial center. Pisgah Forest has exploded in the last 30 years, it use to be a 2 lane single flashing light at 276/64 with a convince store, ice cream shop and a fish house next door.
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Post by: greg on March 04, 2023, 19:59:34 PM
I cut my fly fishing teeth on the Davidson. Hardly ever fish it anymore. Too crowed and it's fishing is a little too technical for me now.
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 04, 2023, 20:13:54 PM
Quote from: greg on March 04, 2023, 19:59:34 PMI cut my fly fishing teeth on the Davidson. Hardly ever fish it anymore. Too crowed and it's fishing is a little too technical for me now.

I grew up fishing the GSMNP park but when my friends and I got our drivers licenses we started hitting the whole Pisgah ledge hard. Shining Rock and Middle Prong watersheds for camping trips and the Davidson and it's tributaries for day trips. That would have been about the mid 60's or so. Sure wish I could still get around like that instead of the stove up old man I've become ??? Yea it gets crazy crowded on the weekends in several places, but there are still a few spots where you can get away from the road and people and have a little water to yourself during the week (don't tell TBII though, he can't keep a secret).  It's funny how some time the fishing can be so easy and other times you have to dig a little deeper into your bag of tricks.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 30, 2023, 13:51:58 PM
The McCloud River redband trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, is newly identified as its own distinct subspecies of rainbow trout in a study from the University of California, Davis. It is the first newly identified subspecies of Pacific trout since 2008 and the youngest rainbow trout subspecies by more than 100 years.

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rainbow-trout-subspecies-newly.html
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 07, 2023, 09:00:41 AM
Appalachian trout in trouble as temps rise, storms rage

The mountains of the Southern Appalachians were scraped clean a century ago as the canopy of trees that protected the streams from the noonday sun disappeared. Rainstorms pushed dirt and rocks into the water muddying the feeding and breeding grounds of fish, amphibians, and insects.

Lower down the mountain, newly cut pastures edged right up to the creeks while cows mucked up the once-pristine waters. Invasive bugs killed hemlocks, ash, and other shade-giving trees. Pipes, culverts, and dams blockaded streams and kept animals from cooler water.
The trout never had a chance.

And now they face an even more insidious foe – climate change.

Higher temperatures, killer droughts, biblical rainstorms, and other climatic events pose an existential danger to the rainbow, brown, and brook trout that once filled the mountain streams of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama. Trout start blinking out once water temperatures rise above 70 degrees. The more conservative climate change scenarios predict a two- or three-degree average increase in Fahrenheit by 2100. Water temperatures, naturally, will rise too.
"We've had floods, and then droughts," said Doug Reed, the supervisor the last 23 years at the trout hatchery run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). "We used to have good, healthier rivers just 10, 15 years ago. Now the rivers are a lot smaller. You can go upriver and see hundreds of tributaries that have dried up. We're susceptible to whatever Mother Nature throws at us."

https://theonefeather.com/2023/07/06/appalachian-trout-in-trouble-as-temps-rise-storms-rage/
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 07, 2023, 09:52:56 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 07, 2023, 09:00:41 AMAppalachian trout in trouble as temps rise, storms rage

The mountains of the Southern Appalachians were scraped clean a century ago as the canopy of trees that protected the streams from the noonday sun disappeared. Rainstorms pushed dirt and rocks into the water muddying the feeding and breeding grounds of fish, amphibians, and insects.

Lower down the mountain, newly cut pastures edged right up to the creeks while cows mucked up the once-pristine waters. Invasive bugs killed hemlocks, ash, and other shade-giving trees. Pipes, culverts, and dams blockaded streams and kept animals from cooler water.
The trout never had a chance.

And now they face an even more insidious foe – climate change.

Higher temperatures, killer droughts, biblical rainstorms, and other climatic events pose an existential danger to the rainbow, brown, and brook trout that once filled the mountain streams of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama. Trout start blinking out once water temperatures rise above 70 degrees. The more conservative climate change scenarios predict a two- or three-degree average increase in Fahrenheit by 2100. Water temperatures, naturally, will rise too.
"We've had floods, and then droughts," said Doug Reed, the supervisor the last 23 years at the trout hatchery run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). "We used to have good, healthier rivers just 10, 15 years ago. Now the rivers are a lot smaller. You can go upriver and see hundreds of tributaries that have dried up. We're susceptible to whatever Mother Nature throws at us."

https://theonefeather.com/2023/07/06/appalachian-trout-in-trouble-as-temps-rise-storms-rage/

Canaries in the coal mines?

And we're anxious over WOKE (whatever the fuck that is!), library books, LGBT, abortion, immigration, drag shows, guns, etc.  So many pimples on our asses, some bigger and more painful than others, some requiring a lance, some meriting our concern, BUT none more significant than the health of the imperfect oblate spheroid we live on.  IMO 
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 03, 2023, 18:02:45 PM
Mudslides Decimate Cheesman Canyon, One of Colorado's Most Beloved Fly-Fishing Spots
The storms on Monday, July 31, created massive mudslides that destroyed an access trail and turned the South Platte River into chocolate milk-colored sludge.

On July 31, Scott Tampa, the president of the Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which serves the south Denver metro area for the national conservation nonprofit, was fishing the South Platte River in Cheesman Canyon. Also casting that day: his wife, Meg Renton, and Pat Dorsey, co-owner of the Blue Quill Angler and local legend in the fly-fishing guide community. The trio hit the water around eight in the morning, and by the afternoon, they noticed the western sky darken. They decided to make their way back to the Gill Trail, a five-mile out-and-back managed by the Pike-San Isabel National Forest and Denver Water that provides access to the canyon—one of the most productive and beloved stretches of trout-fishing water in the country.

"We thought it was a typical Colorado storm that would blow right through," Tampa says. Instead, the deluge lasted around an hour and dropped an astonishing 2.5 inches of rain into the canyon and Denver Water's Cheesman Reservoir upstream, according to a Denver Water spokesperson.


https://www.5280.com/mudslide-wrecks-cheesman-canyon/


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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 03, 2023, 18:05:38 PM
Dr. Kyle Flynn is a Montana-born hydrologist and engineer who will conduct an independent investigation into declining trout numbers in the Jefferson Basin.

https://youtu.be/IlBY9UvoEIE
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2023, 11:06:11 AM
Invasive brook trout return to Soda Butte Creek
The National Park Service will once again apply piscicide to kill all fish in the creek in another effort to rid Soda Butte of nonnative species


One step forward, two steps back. In what has to be a disappointing development for fisheries managers in Yellowstone National Park, non-native brook trout are once again swimming the waters of Soda Butte Creek.

The National Park Service declared the stream, a tributary of the Lamar River, free of the invasive char in 2016, after years of exhaustive removal efforts. Brook trout pose a competitive threat to native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and their presence in Soda Butte Creek is particularly alarming because of the stream's immediate connection to the Lamar River, which is home to one of the last intact big-water populations of native cutthroats.

Brookies are common in the West, but they are native to Appalachia and eastern Canada. All over the Rockies, brook trout have displaced native cutthroat trout, and they are proving to be stubborn invaders that are difficult to eradicate.

https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/invasive-brook-trout-return-soda-butte-creek/7715760
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Post by: trout-r-us on August 06, 2023, 19:56:57 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2023, 11:06:11 AMInvasive brook trout return to Soda Butte Creek
The National Park Service will once again apply piscicide to kill all fish in the creek in another effort to rid Soda Butte of nonnative species


One step forward, two steps back. In what has to be a disappointing development for fisheries managers in Yellowstone National Park, non-native brook trout are once again swimming the waters of Soda Butte Creek.

The National Park Service declared the stream, a tributary of the Lamar River, free of the invasive char in 2016, after years of exhaustive removal efforts. Brook trout pose a competitive threat to native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and their presence in Soda Butte Creek is particularly alarming because of the stream's immediate connection to the Lamar River, which is home to one of the last intact big-water populations of native cutthroats.

Brookies are common in the West, but they are native to Appalachia and eastern Canada. All over the Rockies, brook trout have displaced native cutthroat trout, and they are proving to be stubborn invaders that are difficult to eradicate.

https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/invasive-brook-trout-return-soda-butte-creek/7715760

I loves that Lamar River Valley. Like shooting fish in a barrel.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2023, 08:19:21 AM
Device submerged in Montana rivers to study trout decline


https://youtu.be/C9f7cc9HfRg

Kyle Flynn has submerged eight monitors at points along the Big Hole, Jefferson, Ruby, and Beaverhead rivers to collect data throughout this year and next year.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2023, 08:22:15 AM
Wild trout portion of Shasta County's Hat Creek set aside for further protection

More than 1,700 acres along Hat Creek, including a stretch of prized trout stream, have been set aside for preservation in eastern Shasta County.

The recent addition of 1,750 acres of land around Hat Creek adjoins property already held in a conservation easement in the area of Baum Lake and Crystal Lake, according to the Shasta Land Trust.

The most recent addition brings total acreage under conservation easement to 4,267 acres, the land trust said. The conservation easements prevent development on land held in trust. Much of the property in the area will continue to be privately owned but accessible to the public.

The area of Hat Creek preserved under a land trust has been extensively restored over the past decade as a "Wild Trout Water," as designated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2023/08/18/wild-trout-portion-of-hat-creek-set-aside-for-further-protection/70622726007/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2023, 08:29:02 AM
Chemical treatment to be deployed against invasive fish in Colorado River

The National Park Service will renew efforts to rid an area of the Colorado River in northern Arizona of invasive fish by killing them with a chemical treatment, the agency said Friday.

A substance lethal to fish but approved by federal environmental regulators called rotenone will be disseminated starting Aug. 26. It's the latest tactic in an ongoing struggle to keep non-native smallmouth bass and green sunfish at bay below the Glen Canyon Dam and to protect a threatened native fish, the humpback chub.

The treatment will require a weekend closure of the Colorado River slough, a cobble bar area surrounding the backwater where the smallmouth bass were found and a short stretch up and downstream. Chemical substances were also utilized last year.

https://apnews.com/article/humpback-chub-smallmouth-bass-colorado-river-1f1162bc38980fc6bcf5bdc9168ea1bd
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 20, 2023, 10:38:39 AM
Sunday Morning -- Hellbenders

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 30, 2023, 19:26:45 PM
Fly fishing's treasured species are feeling the heat from extreme weather events


As Geoff Klane secured a homemade fly to the end of his fishing line, the rushing waters of the nearby Trapfall Brook in northern Massachusetts seemed louder to him than usual.

Moments earlier, Klane had peered inside his colorful fly box, debating which fly to use. He had landed on a fluffy, orange number nicknamed the "One-Eyed Poacher," certain it would do just fine for the brook trout swimming these waters, even though the "Poacher" was designed for salmon in Maine.

Both of those cold-water fish, the Atlantic salmon and brook trout, are native to New England and have long been treasured by the region's fly fishers. They also share a more somber trait: Both species are now suffering from the impacts of the region's more intense rains, warming summers and frequent dry spells.

When the fish in any given waterway are stressed, many anglers consider it unethical to cast a line there. That, along with the wildly unpredictable conditions of local rivers, have some fly fishers reporting challenges to their industry.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-08-29/fly-fishings-treasured-species-are-feeling-the-heat-from-extreme-weather-events
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 23, 2023, 10:26:38 AM
Yellowstone River fish consumption advisory to extend indefinitely

https://youtu.be/q5YpTuMSSzE
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 27, 2023, 13:28:42 PM
Innovative English teacher takes Maine high school students fly fishing



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 brilliant blue sky reflected in the waters of a Piscataquis County lake, which was flanked by mountains with a hint of color from changing leaves. Water gushed over a small drop into the stream below.

Eight teenagers spread out along the shore and in the stream, casting flies in promising areas of moving water.

Nick Miller stood ready, making suggestions about casting techniques and sharing tips about the visible bugs and movement of the water that might help them catch brook trout and landlocked salmon.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/09/26/outdoors/innovative-english-teacher-takes-maine-high-school-students-fly-fishing/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 04, 2023, 09:06:41 AM
Water managers inch closer to plan for removing invasive fish in Colorado River

Federal officials say they're one step closer to finalizing a plan to remove invasive fish from the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials announced Tuesday that they had initiated the formal process to make adjustments to the river's flow.

The department has proposed altering the dam's output to reduce water temperatures and disrupt the spawning of predatory smallmouth bass that thrive in warmer waters.

The altered flows could run through 2027.

As levels in Lake Powell have dropped smallmouth bass and other invasive species have passed through the dam and have gained a foothold in the river.

Without intervention the fish could wipe out native species like the 60,000 or so threatened humpback chub that live at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.

https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2023-10-03/water-managers-inch-closer-to-plan-for-removing-invasive-fish-in-colorado-river
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 13, 2023, 08:41:18 AM
North Georgia property owners warn expanded public fishing would hurt fly-fishing industry


ATLANTA – Opening up privately held stretches of trout streams in North Georgia to public fishing would ruin a cottage industry vital to the region's economy, a parade of waterfront property owners warned state lawmakers Thursday.

Many farmers along the Soque River and other mostly narrow, shallow streams in the mountainous region operate fly-fishing guide businesses on the side. They use the income to help keep their farms in business rather than being forced to subdivide their lands and sell to developers.

"These waters are extremely sensitive to overfishing," Emily Owenby, founder and operations coordinator at Noontootla Creek Farms in Blue Ridge, told members of a Georgia House study committee at a hearing in Clarkesville. "If we allow the public to access our streams, we will see immediate devastation. ... You can't promote a fishery that no longer exists."

https://capitol-beat.org/2023/10/north-georgia-property-owners-warn-expanded-public-fishing-would-hurt-fly-fishing-industry/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 13, 2023, 08:44:19 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyVh3YpoNzM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 01, 2023, 08:23:50 AM
Grayling Fishing Returns to Michigan After a Nearly 100-Year Absence
Thanks to years of stocking and restoration efforts, Michigan anglers can finally target Arctic grayling once again

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Grayling have an exotic air about them for many anglers in the Lower 48. We've seen them in books and magazines, but they're mostly pictured in far-flung destinations like Alaska and northern Canada where they thrive in large numbers. Historically, however, these salmon relatives were abundant in parts of Michigan and Montana.

Montana's grayling, which are confined to the upper Missouri drainage and a handful of high mountain lakes, are remnants of a wild population. Michigan's grayling, on the other hand, once thrived in the state's streams but went extinct generations ago. Now, thanks to years of restoration efforts, anglers in Michigan will be able to target grayling once again this fall.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/grayling-fishing-returns-to-michigan/
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Post by: trout-r-us on November 01, 2023, 09:50:32 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on November 01, 2023, 08:23:50 AMGrayling Fishing Returns to Michigan After a Nearly 100-Year Absence
Thanks to years of stocking and restoration efforts, Michigan anglers can finally target Arctic grayling once again

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Grayling have an exotic air about them for many anglers in the Lower 48. We've seen them in books and magazines, but they're mostly pictured in far-flung destinations like Alaska and northern Canada where they thrive in large numbers. Historically, however, these salmon relatives were abundant in parts of Michigan and Montana.

Montana's grayling, which are confined to the upper Missouri drainage and a handful of high mountain lakes, are remnants of a wild population. Michigan's grayling, on the other hand, once thrived in the state's streams but went extinct generations ago. Now, thanks to years of restoration efforts, anglers in Michigan will be able to target grayling once again this fall.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/grayling-fishing-returns-to-michigan/

I was fortunate to fish the Upper Ruby River in MT a number of times in the early 2000's as they were being restored up there. We did catch a number of them and though they were small, it was cool to see something different. As the attached article suggests, they are extremely easy to catch and it seemed when you found one, you caught a bunch. My kind of fish. Hope they stock the Smith River with a bunch sometime soon. 😁
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 26, 2023, 08:56:56 AM
Trout Unlimited project seeks to bring native cutthroat back to Lost Dog Creek

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A culvert-based barrier was built by Crews from 3 Ridges Over Excavation Inc. during the Lost Dog Creek project in summer 2023. The work included building two fish barriers designed to keep non-native brook trout from migrating up the creek. A temporary log barrier, intended to be taken out in the next five to 10 years, also was constructed.

A smile appears on Ellie Miller's face when the Northwest Colorado project manager for Trout Unlimited is asked if she knows whether efforts to restore cutthroat trout to Lost Dog Creek north of Clark, through construction of two fish barriers, have succeeded.

"We have implemented both of the structures, and all of our partners — Billy Atkinson with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Rick Henderson with the U.S. Forest Service — were very happy with how they turned out," Miller said. "In my mind, success is 10 years down the line when I am watching a little kid fly-fish out there — that would be my success story."

Miller managed the project intended to protect and preserve 7.3 miles of native Colorado River cutthroat habitat through construction of two fish barriers to limit undesirable non-native, invasive brook trout.

https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/trout-unlimited-project-seeks-to-bring-native-cutthroat-back-to-lost-dog-creek/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 10, 2023, 11:26:58 AM
The Billion-dollar Impact of North Carolina's Mountain Trout Fishing: State releases insightful trout fishing economic and socioeconomic data

RALEIGH — Each dollar anglers spend to fish for mountain trout in North Carolina returns $1.93 to its economy and results in a $1.38 billion impact, according to new data from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

The Evaluation of North Carolina Trout Anglers' Opinions, Participation and Socioeconomic Impact study was developed by NCWRC's Conservation Policy & Analysis group and the Inland Fisheries Division. The report deep dives into an analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of trout fishing. In addition to monetary values (including out-of-state angler contribution, equipment and trip-related expenditures, etc.), the study explores anglers' motivation for participating in the sport, satisfaction levels and challenges of trout fishing in this state, as well as feedback on NCWRC's management of trout.

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https://richmondobserver.com/local-news/the-billion-dollar-impact-of-north-carolinas-mountain-trout-fishing-state-releases-insightful-trout-fishing-economic-and-socioeconomic-data.html


Note: I guess that's going to mean more stocking of trout.  n!n


TroutReportFinal.pdf
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Post by: Dougfish on December 10, 2023, 11:53:26 AM
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Learn how to fish in many ways.

Learn where to fish/not fish.

Don't have unrealistic expectations. 

And yep, that means more stocking.  b';
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 20, 2023, 10:19:01 AM
One quarter of freshwater fish species face extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has raised an alarm about the risk of extinction facing a significant number of freshwater fish species.

In a report presented at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai (COP28) on Monday, the IUCN's assessment of nearly 15,000 species revealed that about 25 percent are on the brink of extinction, with climate change affecting at least 17 percent of these threatened species.

Contributing factors
Rising sea levels are pushing seawater into rivers, exacerbating the threat to freshwater species. Additionally, these species are endangered by factors such as pollution, overfishing, invasive species, diseases, dams, and water extraction. According to the IUCN, pollution affects 57 percent of the at-risk freshwater fish species.

Freshwater ecosystems
Kathy Hughes, co-chair of the IUCN freshwater fish specialist group, highlighted the critical role of these species in ecosystems, noting their importance to billions of people dependent on freshwater ecosystems and the millions who rely on fisheries for their livelihood.

"Ensuring freshwater ecosystems are well managed, remain free-flowing with sufficient water, and good water quality is essential to stop species declines and maintain food security, livelihoods, and economies in a climate resilient world," said Hughes.

Atlantic salmon
In 2021, the World Wildlife Fund reported that at least 200 million people globally depend on freshwater fish as their primary protein source. The IUCN assessment also pointed to a decline in the global population of Atlantic salmon, classified as near threatened, with a 23 percent decrease from 2006 to 2020.

Atlantic salmon, which inhabit both freshwater and saltwater, are adversely affected by climate change across their life cycle, including developmental challenges, reduced prey availability, and the expansion of invasive species. Additionally, human-made barriers like dams hinder their access to vital spawning and feeding grounds, while pollution and sedimentation from activities like logging and agriculture increase young salmon mortality.

https://www.earth.com/news/one-quarter-of-freshwater-fish-species-face-extinction/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 02, 2024, 15:31:53 PM
Documentary explores Little Red

Benjamin Garner, professor of marketing at the University of Central Arkansas, recently completed an excellent documentary about trout fishing on the Little Red River.

"Arkansas Wild: The Story of Trout Tourism on the Little Red River" is a comprehensive analysis of the history of one of our state's greatest recreational resources. It will air on PBS in April.

Garner has a lifelong love affair with the Little Red River. His appreciation for this phenomenal resource is evident in remarkable cinematography that illustrates all aspects of the river and its trout fishery.

Most of Garner's sources have appeared many times in this space. Duane Hada, one of the state's premier fly fishermen and a renowned artist, made his name fishing on the Little Red. He provides perspective on the Little Red's glory days as a trout fishery.

Gregg Patterson, former public information officer for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, introduced the Little Red to the world with his famous photos of Howard "Rip" Collins and his 40-pound, 4-ounce brown trout that held the all-tackle world record for 20 years. That fish figures prominently in the film.

Lowell Myers, one of the premier fishing guides on the Little Red, shares his observations, as does Ben Batten, former chief of fisheries and current deputy director for the Game and Fish Commission.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/feb/01/documentary-explores-little-red/
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Post by: Onslow on February 03, 2024, 11:11:50 AM
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Learn how to fish in many ways.

Learn where to fish/not fish.

Don't have unrealistic expectations. 

And yep, that means more stocking.  b';

The trout fishing culture in SW VA, WV, and PA are very different than what is typically seen in NC. There are still peeps in VA hauling strings of trout out of the streams.  Most people that fish hatchery waters in NC catch and release hatchery trout which is actually a problem since holdovers compete with streambred fish for food.   NC is stocking more fish in urban greenway settings.  This is the way to go. There is less driving involved for the consumer, and less damage to the environment.  Hatchery trout are pollution.

In other news....

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/01/31/w-va-wildlife-center-and-dnr-trout-stocking-under-federal-scrutiny/
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 05, 2024, 10:28:15 AM
Orvis Greensboro

They usually have free beer at these events, jis sayin'

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