Archive for November, 2008

for those who fish in streams…

This is the Bi-visible that worked so well in Washingtons Irrigation run-off streams. You cast it upstream into the moving water and let it come down

Ohios World-Class Steelhead Rivers

In Ohio the vast majority of steelhead begin life in the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in Erie County, where eggs and milt are stripped from breeder stock, then incubated, hatched, and reared to yearling size of five to seven inches....

Scientists Discover Bacteria That Kills Invasive Mussels

Researchers seeking to slow the spread of invasive zebra and quagga mussels in American lakes and rivers have found a bacterium that appears to be fatal to the problematic species without affecting native mussels or freshwater fish. The bacteria appear...

Stienstra on the California Stocking Ban

San Francisco Chronicle outdoors columnist Tom Stienstra decries the logic of enviros who succeeded in putting a stop to most stocking in California lakes, streams and rivers. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the DFG mainly to protect frogs and...

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Never Enough Flies

As Nick Mills observes, the question of whether one has too many flies never surfaces in the fly fishers mind. Instead, he wonders only whether he will have enough boxes to hold them. And he offers this sage advice regarding...

Fly Fishing Books: Art Winslow on Maclean

In the Los Angeles Times, Art Winslow, a former literary and executive editor of The Nation, takes a closer look at the lesser-known works of author Norman Maclean, as revealed in The Norman Maclean Reader (University of Chicago Press, November...

Outside Tests Three Fly Fishing Vests

Ryan Krogh of Outside magazine offers his opinions on three vests, all designed for somewhat different purposes: the Simms G3 Guide Vest, the Patagonia Riverwalker, and the Fishpond Double Haul Chest/Backpack System. Of the $170 Riverwalker, Krogh says: The Spartan...

Give Thanks By Giving Back

With the approach of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and on a day celebrated in the U.S. by giving thanks, its also a good time to be grateful for all that fly fishing gives us. Consider, as well, that not...

More Fishing By Kings

Angler of the first order is how a 1917 French newspaper described the then-current king of England, King George V. With the passage of time, the behavior described makes us cringe, but then in the early 20th century serving as...

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