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Short casts: Teaching women to fly fish; grayling in the Arctic Refuge; gift guides galore, and more
Photo courtesy of the Portland Press Herald Where would TU be without volunteers like Evelyn King? Good question. A board member of TU's Sebago (Maine) chapter, King founded Women Fly Fishers of Maine, and began introducing women to the sport, helping them with everything from casting to fly selection. She's a fly fishing evangelist for…
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Video spotlight: When to use small flies for trout
We've all been there. We come across a nice rising trout occupying a small stretch of calm, clear water, and we know it's going to take the right cast with the right fly for this wary critter to strike. For me, it happened ages ago on the South Fork of the White River in northwest…
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Conquering the blood knot
The blood knot was one of the hardest knots for me to master on the water, and the fact that it is virtually necessary makes it an important knot to get your head around. I have big fingers, so inticate work with monofilament lines and tippets is tricky enough. The blood knot requires a bit…
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Voices from the River: Sermons in stones
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Inside the effort to repeal the Clean Power Plan
By Jim Wilson On Oct. 16, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electric utility sector. The CPP was originally promulgated in 2015, and was expected to reduce carbon emissions in this country by more than 400,000 tons within 15 years.…
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Voices from the River: Countdown to bonefish
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Matching the lure hatch?
When I was a kid, I loved spin fishing for bass and panfish in East Texas' Lake Tyler. My dad worked for a company that had a park and a boat launch on the lake, as well as a swimming area complete with a floating barge, and a dock outfitted with a host of slips…
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