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Trout Tips – The Hammer
Let’s continue with some tips for your cast because the more you practice now during the slow/off season, the better you’ll be once fishing season rolls around. Watch as TU’s Kirk Deeter explains the stop on your forward and back cast. He describes not only the “how” but also the “why”, which helps it all…
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The True Cast – All you really need to know about the double haul
(It isn’t as tricky as you might think.)
(It isn’t as tricky as you might think.) Being able to “double haul” as you cast a fly rod is an important key to adding distance to your cast. But there’s a lot of confusing misinformation out there that only confounds and intimidates people as they attempt to learn double hauling. Myth #1 is that…
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The fish are back!
Salmon and steelhead are roaring back above the recently removed Klamath dams. Now, what comes next? One of the truly magical moments of dam removal is when the fish start returning to their historic, reconnected habitat. It is a tangible moment in a process that can take decades to accomplish, and it confirms our hopes…
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Creating hope again, again, and again
Remembering a stalwart of the Forest Service
Remembering a stalwart of the Forest Service If we are honest, when we are asked to take hard stands, most of us think, “What will this mean for me or my career?” Or “How or what will people think about me?” Not Jim Furnish, a stalwart of the Forest Service who passed away this week.…
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The True Cast – Small trout make the world go around
We might all agree that since the dawn of fly-fishing time, the benchmark for “success” has, for better or worse, revolved around “catching the big one.” When you tell your spouse, friends or anyone else you had a great day on the river, what’s the first question you get asked to substantiate your claim? “Anything…
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Trout Tips – False Casts
While we’re practicing our casts, let’s talk about false casting. Watch TU’s Kirk Deeter as he explains why and how to use a false cast, and just maybe how to false cast a bit less frequently, which can help you catch more trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cb2soOURE&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=67
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Sáttítla Highlands now a national monument
New monument designation permanently protects the source waters of the Fall River and other famous trout streams in northern California © 2024 Kimberley Hasselbrink Coldwater conservation work sometimes takes one to places far from actual trout water. For example, it recently took me to Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley east of Palm Springs––Indio is…