Author

Chris Hunt

  • ‘Fisheries’ article highlights changes in Alaska waters

    By Dave Atcheson The lead article, gracing the cover of the October issue of the journal Fisheries, details a recent study on how environmental changes may affect our salmon in both the near and distant future. The study is spearheaded by lead scientist Erik Schoen, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and encompasses the work…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: Look and listen for fish

    Editor's note: The following is exerpted from TU's book, "Trout Tips," available for overnight delivery. On native trout water in some parts of the West, sometimes large chunks of water seem unoccupied, making you think that maybe the stream is completely barren. Not so. Cutthroat love to occupy certain stretches of habitat and leave other…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Rubber legs simplified

    I learned the trick that Tim Flagler demonstrates in the video below a while back, and it's made my flies that incorporate rubber legs much easier to tie. Video of Tying in Rubber Leg MaterialTying rubber legs need not be the onerous task I once thought it was. Rather, it's a simple process I follow…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Blizzards and Browns

    Here in the West, winter is settling in, even though it's not yet Thanksgiving. And while a lot of anglers will be stowing their gear for the season, a few die hards will brave the wind and the cold and the snow to chase migrating brown trout. Video of Blizzards and Browns - Winter fly…

  • Flies to die for?

    The Royal Coachman. Worth dying for? Let's have a little fun, if no other reason than to talk about those fly patterns that just never seem to let us down. Here's the question: What fly would you climb out on a limb to retrieve, even if the limb looked a little sketchy and the tumble…