Colorado Correctional Trout
BUENA VISTA — Inmates production of 65,000 rainbow trout annually has increased to 200,000 thanks to expansion and improved practices. Signed deal with Whole Foods markets in Colorado.Source Link
Drake Magazine Daily Fly Fishing News and Blog
April 30, 2010: Headlines
LA to FL Fisheries Under Oil Spill GunThe slick from the BP oil rig that exploded and sank last week could become the nation’s worst environmental disaster in decades, threatening hundreds of species of fish, birds and other wildlife along the Gulf Coast, one of the world’s richest seafood grounds, teeming with shrimp, oysters and…
LA to FL Fisheries Under Oil Spill Gun
The slick from the BP oil rig that exploded and sank last week could become the nation’s worst environmental disaster in decades, threatening hundreds of species of fish, birds and other wildlife along the Gulf Coast, one of the world’s richest seafood grounds, teeming with shrimp, oysters and other marine life.Source Link
Crusty Fishing Guides Reside Here
Your basic Rockport, Texas, fishing guide normally comes in two distinct flavors – old and crusty or young and enthusiastic. After fishing with about a dozen different guides around Rockport during the past 13 years or so, I still can’t decide which kind of guide I like better.Source Link
Judge Rules for Wild Salmon
Seattle—U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency and National Marine Fisheries Service ignored the government’s own recovery plans for endangered salmon and orcas when they found that a formal environmental review of the state’s standards was not necessary.Source Link
April 29, 2010: North Park, 50 for the Win
North Park: Beautiful, Wild—Energy Developed(?)Potential for new energy development in tributaries of the North Platte River in northern North Park, west of Cameron Pass, has the National Wildlife Federation and other sportsmen’s advocacy groups crying foul. The groups on Wednesday filed official protests with the federal government to try to stop energy development in the most…
North_Park2 North Park: Beautiful, Wild—Energy Developed(?)
Potential for new energy development in tributaries of the North Platte River in northern North Park, west of Cameron Pass, has the National Wildlife Federation and other sportsmen’s advocacy groups crying foul.
One Season; 50 Fish Species
Wisconsin—last year when a group of state and federal fisheries employees began their second annual competition to catch and release as many species as possible, John Lyons was expected to do well.
April 28, 2010: Headlines
Mike Agee: UM All-American Tackles Fly FishingAgee, a two-time All-American guard for the University of Montana Grizzlies, has owned and operated Agee Outfitting in Helena since 2003 after working with and for other outfitters here and abroad virtually from the time he left UM in the spring of 1997. Source Link Yakima River: 30 Years After QuackenbushThe ruling —…
Yakima River: 30 Years After Quackenbush
The ruling — which marks its 30th anniversary this year — for the first time assured that water would keep flowing in the Yakima basin during winter months and is now credited with the steady comeback of the region’s once-decimated spring salmon and steelhead runs.
Asian Carp Back in Court
Washington—The Supreme Court, perhaps for the final time, has rejected a multistate appeal over efforts to keep the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes ecosystem. The justices turned aside another request for intervention Monday,
Mike Agee: UM All-American Tackles Fly Fishing
Agee, a two-time All-American guard for the University of Montana Grizzlies, has owned and operated Agee Outfitting in Helena since 2003 after working with and for other outfitters here and abroad virtually from the time he left UM in the spring of 1997. Source Link
April 24, 2010: Judge: CA Delta water stays with steelhead
California striper and steelhead fisherman win (for now) the battle over Delta Water. A Santa Clara County judge has ruled that the state can enforce restrictions on the amount of water pumped from the Carmel River, one of many rivers that feed the Delta. Source Link Minnesota Fisherman Ruins Fishing Day with Son Thanks to…
California striper and steelhead fisherman win (for now) the battle over Delta Water.
A Santa Clara County judge has ruled that the state can enforce restrictions on the amount of water pumped from the Carmel River, one of many rivers that feed the Delta. Source Link
Minnesota Fisherman Ruins Fishing Day with Son
Thanks to his nitpicking, impatience, and insistence on absolute silence in the boat, avid angler Don Gillespie, 41, forever ruined fishing for his 10-year-old son Douglas. Source Link
April 23, 2010: Dean of the Green: Guide Emmett Heath Profiled
Dean of the Green: Guide Emmett Heath Profiled Most people think he earned his title as “Dean of the Green” through years of hard work untangling knots, putting up with grumpy clients, and figuring out how to get fish in the boat when others failed. The truth is that the label came as a sideways compliment…
Dean of the Green: Guide Emmett Heath Profiled
Most people think he earned his title as “Dean of the Green” through years of hard work untangling knots, putting up with grumpy clients, and figuring out how to get fish in the boat when others failed.
Bass Cheat Busted
Robby Rose, family man, business owner and bass tournament competitor, admits he put a 1-pound lead weight down the gullet of a fish he caught in an event last October at Lake Ray Hubbard. Source Link
Closing in on Belize Permit
Flyfishing author Chris Santella’s visit to Turneffe Atoll was the latest chapter in what has become an Ahab-like obsession with hooking a permit,
iPad—Magazine Savior, Or Complete Waste of Time?
According to APhotoEditor’s Rob Haggart, the iPad has the potential to save the magazine industry, may become an important marketing tool for photographers but is a complete waste of time (good for consumers, bad for work).Source Link