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Video spotlight: Catching Moments
Fly fishing lends itself to great images. And, as Orvis Ambassador and photographer Becca Skinner points out in the short film below, only a portion of those images have to do with actually fishing. Many, if not most, of the images collected from a fly fishing adventure have to do with the journey and the…
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A ‘Wow!’ moment in Lahontan cutthroat trout recovery
By Helen Neville I think it’s safe to say that rarely in my life have I been inspired performing grant reporting. But in a recent effort to compile progress toward metrics for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Keystone Initiative, whi ch funds much of TU’s work on LCT, I had one…
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What’s your favorite fly-fishing innovation?
I was rummaging through some of my grandfather’s old fishing tackle the other day, and it got me thinking about how technology has changed the sport of fly fishing. Sure, some of the basics remain the same as they were generations ago, which is why many of us love the sport in the first place.…
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Trout Tips: The ‘worm’
We've all grown out of fishing with worms, right? Well, maybe we shouldn't have, especially when this time of year rolls around and runoff strikes, sending a winter's worth of snow down our rivers in a murky torrent. When high water hits and scours riverbanks, worms that dwell in the earth often find themselves waterborne,…
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Climate change amplifies stressors, stresses PA’s state symbols
Pennsylvania's native brook trout already face stessors. Climate change is making those stressor more accute. Photo by Chris Hunt. By Brian Wagner On March 27, I attended a program titled, “Roundtable on Climate Change: Effects on Fish, Wildlife and Forests,” at Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The program was put together by Ed Perry, who is the Pennsylvania outreach coordinator for the…
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Voices from the River: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
The author has waived the white flag. The dandelions win. By Chris Hunt As I shoved the back of my fishing rig full with the last of the gear the other day, I had that ominous feeling that I was being watched. I turned around quickly, only to see my neighbor disappearing into his garage,…
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Fly tying: McKenna’s Rumble Bug
Sometimes, flies just work, and there's no real explanation as to why. Take the Royal Coachman, for instance. It doesn't imitate any one hatching insect, yet with its peacock herl body broken by red floss, it seems to work often enough that trout recognize it as food. I think the same thing can be said…