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Anglers stop Alaska dam before it starts
Eric Booton with a nice early season rainbow trout from the Kenai River watershed. By Austin Williams I had barely stripped the line off my reel to make my first cast when I could feel my phone vibrating from the front pocket of my waders. Rats. Normally, I’d have let the call go, or not…
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Public lands management changing, and not for the better
By Joel Webster Efforts to dispose of public lands may grab headlines, but a subtle shift in the management of public lands could present an even greater risk to the future of hunting and fishing. With the spotlight shining brightly on recent proposals to sell off our public lands, the White House and the Department…
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Volunteers have big day on Stony Clove in New York
The Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District recently joined forces to plant trees, shrubs and willows along the Stony Clove, a major Esopus Creek tributary. Stony Clove was traditionally was a source of natural turbidity until s ome recent, major stream restoration projects. Thirty folks of all…
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Skills: Knot on my watch
As is the case with just about anyone who's been fly fishing for more than a few years, I've gotten fairly adept at a handful of knots that I need to get through the average day on the water. Knots are always the weakest point in a fly-fishing rig, from the loop-to-loop knot that connects…
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Gear test: Chaco Waypoint Cloud flip-flops
I was never a flip-flop guy. I chose instead to don strapped sandals—flip-flops seemed too... unstable. But, in the last three of four years, I've converted. I love flip-flops. I'm the guy you see at every department store or sporting goods store mulling over the cheap flip-flops hanging on the impulse-buy display racks, trying to…
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Get to know Colorado this weekend thanks to Orvis
The Orvis store in Denver's Cherry Creek area is offering anglers the chance to get to know Colorado, and learn about its fly fishing during its upcoming angler education weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Spring is a great time to bone up on your fishing skills—anglers from all over the West are invited to come…
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Short casts: Cutties on the brink, Gonzaga steelhead, mud snails in Michigan
Some unsettling news this week from NPR—the fish first identified by European newcomers to the northern Rockies is in peril. West slope cutthroat trout (and, let's be honest, cutthroat trout throughout the American West) are in trouble. NPR reports that earlier springs, dryer weather and invasive species, like non-native rainbow trout, are pushing the fish…
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