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Saving salters

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood I admit that I am a bit of a freak about salter brook trout. You consider yourself a seasoned and knowledgeable angler, only to learn of these furtive coastal fish that occupy saltwater habitat and can grow four inches in a single winter in the salt. Daniel Webster is purported to have

Draining pond in Maine has good unintended results

Published in Conservation, Community, Science

By Jeff Reardon Since 2014, TU’s Merrymeeting Bay Chapter has been focused on brook trout in coastal streams, at least some of which migrate downstream to saltwater for part of their life.   They’ve been working with me to document brook trout populations in previously un-surveyed streams by angling and electrofishing surveys; monitor water temperatures with long-term data loggers; and,

Trout Tips: Skate the fly

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

This little small-stream rainbow gobbled up a skated caddis. Ah, the dry fly, cast upstream over the perfect current seam. Is there a better sight in all of fly fishing? And when it works out … Damn, it ‘s awesome. It’s inspiring, effective and, well, it’s proper. But things don’t always line up just right,