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Voices from the River: Alone
By Chris Hunt Sometimes, being by yourself is all the company you need. Stretched out in a camp chair in the night-time chill of the high desert, the crackle of a small fire and the enthusiastic yips from a family of coyotes break the wild silence. The full moon is about to appear over the…
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Video spotlight: A Steelhead Quest
I've known Jerry Myers for a decade or so—his work to improve salmon and steelhead habitat in the upper reaches of Idaho's Salmon River is legendary. And I've had the good pleasure to meet Jerry's wife, avid steelheader Terry. For years, Jerry stood in the public eye, advocating against long odds for the fish that…
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Meadows repair helps rare Eagle Lake rainbow
The intersection of Little Harvey Creek and Pine Creek, aptly named Confluence Meadow. By Dave Lass and Luke Hunt, PhD In the Eagle Lake watershed, located east of Lassen Volcanic National Park, a diverse collection of local, state and federal partners are working to restore some of the largest meadow systems in California, and to…
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Video spotlight: Kendjam—Kayapo Legacy
I've yet to visit the Amazon, and I may never get there. But now and then, something tickles that adventure gene, and I start to think about what it might be like to glide among the jungle flora in a dugout canoe and cast to critters with more teeth than brains. And then I saw…
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Voices from the River: Urban fish
By Mark Taylor Scenic and peaceful, this place was not. We were walking on the shoulder of a busy highway in Eastern Pennsylvania, Joe Baylog leading the way. We were in the area working on a film project on TU’s work with the state’s Unassessed Waters Initiative. Baylog, president the Forks of the Delaware chapter,…
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Short casts: Whirling disease in Banff, spawning grayling, Nevada water and the first time fly fishing
Johnson Lake will be the subject a giant fish removal project to hopefully prevent the spread of whirling disease in Banff National Park. How seriously are Alberta fisheries biologists taking the threat of whirling disease in Banff National Park? Very. They're removing fish from Johnson Lake in order to prevent the spread of the parasite…
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Fly tying: The Insult
Some flies are so simple to tie that you wonder how, with such little effort at the vise, they can be effective. The Insult, tied below by Tim Flagler, is such a fly. Designed to imitate active nymphs that either swim or end up in the current quite often, The Insult is a great pattern…