Photo courtesy of The Advocate
With the “Cajun Navy” recalled from the lakes and bayous of the South to help rescue stranded victims of the relentless rains brought about by Hurricane Harvey, the good folks at Orvis are out to turn the fly fishing community into the “Texas Marine Corps.”
The Vermont-based company is asking fly fishers all over America who can spare a set of old waders to send them to the Orvis store in San Antonio, where they will be distributed to rescue personnel and volunteers who will need them in the coming weeks, not only to help rescue victims, but to clean up after this devastating storm. If you’ve got a pair of waders gathering dust on the shelves, or if you’ve put your waders away for the season in anticipation of grouse, deer and elk, consider sending them to Texas to help with disaster relief and recovery. Here’s where you send them:
Orvis San Antonio
ATTN: Landon Rowlett
Park North Shopping Center
7427 San Pedro Ave., Suite 104
San Antonio, TX 78216
Here’s what else is happening in the fishing world today:
- Nautilus Reels is auctioning some of its premium reels on ebay for the disaster relief effort in Texas. Make a bid … and maybe help someone who desperately needs it.
- While Texas and now Louisiana continue to get rain from Harvey, the northern Rockies are in a severe drought. In Alberta, the drought is so bad, that some biologists and conservationists are worried about the future of west slope cutthroat trout in parts of the province.
- Here’s a great Q&A with Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures’ Bessie Hudgens.
- As renowned conservation journalist Ted Williams notes his latest piece in Hatch Magazine, the fish are siding with the Chinese when it comes to climate change.
And, finally, your moment of fly-fishing Zen, courtesy of Daniel Tackett of Deep South Angler:
