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Voices from the River: Book connects kids with fly fishing
By Brett Prettyman The reasons we fish are as numerous as bugs on the water during a Mother’s Day caddis hatch. Chances are the vast majority of us got started flinging flies, dunking worms or throwing hardware with the help of parents or grandparents - and, for those lucky ones, both. Fishing isn’t only important…
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Fly tying: Pat’s Plus
It's full-on stonefly nymph season on a lot of American rivers, and that means it's time to get creative at the vise and tie some patterns that do more than just imitate in-the-water bugs. I've become a big fan of rubber legs—I think for a lot of stonefly patterns, these little squiggly bands of rubber…
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TU, partners and volunteers keep an eye on pipeline projects
By Jake Lemon Trout Unlimited and the WV Rivers Coalition are hosting a series of webinar trainings to support volunteer citizen scientists to conduct visual assessments to identify potential pollution events associated with pipeline development. This program will educate landowners, anglers, recreationists and concerned citizens on the erosion control best management practices used in pipeline…
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Measuring success on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna
By Shawn Rummel The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park. Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous resource for outdoor recreation.…
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Measuring restoration success in PA’s West Branch Susquehanna watershed
By Shawn Rummel The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park. Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous…
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The Case of the Shrinking Chinook
Photo by Arne Johnson By: Mark Hieronymus The mighty Chinook salmon, the largest of the Pacific salmon species and the state fish of Alaska, is shrinking, according to a recent article in Fish and Fisheries (2018). Fisheries researchers from Alaska and Washington analyzed several databases spanning more than 40 years and looked at over 1.5…
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Brook trout Haiku: Win this Hatch reel
By Kirk Deeter The speckled brook trout Fins in your deep memory And wins you a reel No fooling. We’re in a generous AND creative mood today, so we’re going to give away this beautiful, Hatch Outdoors 5-Plus Finatic Generation 2 reel… in a slick pewter finish. This is a $550 value. All you have…