| _______________ |  | A Colorado "Ant Hatch" | | Most of us think of terrestrials only when most of the early- to mid-summer hatches wane, making it easy to forget that unique opportunities can arrive in almost any warm weather. Case in point: a carpenter ant "hatch" that provided... | |
| _______________ | | Tom Rosenbauer On Reading Unfamiliar Waters | | Tom Rosenbauer's latest podcast covers reading high- and low-water conditions in trout streams, saltwater tide conditions, food availability and current flows. "When the water is really low, you want to look for the main flow in the stream, the thalweg.... | |
| _______________ | | Fly Shops and Real Estate: The Perfect Mix? | | An article in the Redding, California Record Searchlight notes that The Fly Shop -- a virtual institution in northern California and one of the largest online retailers in the business -- has partnered with Signature West Properties Inc. in real... | |
| _______________ | | Upcoming Events: FFF Conclave In Loveland, Colorado | | The Federation of Fly Fishers' (FFF) 44th annual International Fly Fishing Show and Conclave lands in Loveland, CO this year and runs for five days beginning July 28. The Conclave schedule will include more than 80 workshops and clinics on... | |
| _______________ | | Wet Weather Keeps Colorado Rivers High | | Charlie Meyers reports in the Denver Post that an unusually wet year has Colorado anglers scratching their heads and throwing big, ugly flies later in the season than usual. "Persistent rainfall, lagging snowmelt and uncertain reservoir releases have caused indecision... | |
| _______________ | | Fly Fishing Video: "Once In A Blue Moon" | | When we first heard of "Once In A Blue Moon" last fall, we thought it was going to be just another pretty fishing video. Well, in fact it is a pretty fishing video, but with some obvious extras: clever scripting,... | |
| _______________ | | Keys Captains: The Last Buffalo Hunters? | | Keys fishing captains are nothing if not resilient. But a drop in tourism has all but the top-tier guides wondering where the next booking might come from. Case in point: the 65-year-old Bud 'N Mary's marina in Islamorada, one of... | |
| _______________ | | Tarpon Migration Video | | This May, Drs. Jerry Ault and Jiangang Luo of the University of Miami got into SCUBA gear, grabbed some high-def cameras and went deep under Bahia Honda bridge, an important staging point in the migration of tarpon through the Florida... | |
| _______________ | | "And Then He Peels Off His Waders" | | "'And then this guy from Ireland peels off his waders. He has a wet suit on underneath and he starts swimming with his rod up in one hand. He's one of those guys who was a force to be reckoned... | |
| _______________ | | "Welcome Back, Fish" | | "An estimated 2 million alewives returned to the river on their annual spring run this year, according to state officials. Other sea-run fish returning to the previously impounded 17 miles of river between Augusta and Waterville include American shad, striped... | |
| _______________ | | New Books: John Holt's Yellowstone Drift | | Environmental writer Doug Peacock gives kudos to John Holt's new Yellowstone Drift (AK Press, June 2009, 275 pages), after first delivering a suberb history of "Elk River" country. Peacock says Holt was the perfect writer for this book. "Hovering over... | |
| _______________ | | Pirates Took "Spanish Fly" Transport Ship | | According to Colin Moore of ESPN: "In late March, the crew of the ship that transported Jose Wejebe, host of ESPN2's 'Spanish Fly,' and his film team to the Seychelles Islands off the east African coast were waylaid and taken... | |
| _______________ | | Tom Rosenbaur's Tips for Fly Fishing the Surf | | In his latest podcast, Rosenbauer describes several important considerations for those interested in fly fishing the saltwater surf. He advises looking for specific clues in currents, looking for the shallowest fish, and using a stripping basket. Excerpt: "One thing that... | |
| _______________ | | Welsh River Brought Back to Life | | The River Taff, once so polluted that its salmon populations dropped to near zero, will be location of an international fly fishing championship that begins Friday, the BBC reports. "In the 1980s, salmon had become almost extinct on the river.... | |
| _______________ | | New Gear: Electric-Powered Kayak | | Dragonfly Boatworks' new Elec-Trek kayaks have placed a high-tech wrapper on a ancient design. The company's owner, Mark Castlow, has been around the skiff business for a long time (he was once co-owner of Maverick), but the direction he's taken... | |
