The Professional’s Corner- Interviews with Fly Fishing Guides I met Justin Witt in Kamchatka, Russia, last year, where he was the head fly fishing guide for a wilderness adventure that my son Matt and I went on. I recently caught up with Justin again, and he was delighted to participate in an interview. He is […]
The Professional’s Corner- Interviews with Fly Fishing Guides With this article, I would like to introduce a new type of article, interviews with professional fly fishing guides. I hope to offer a series of such articles. For this inaugural article, I had the pleasure of spending a morning talking with Tommie Lawhorne, professional guide and […]
Trout Stocking- Helpful or Harmful I have been reluctant to write a blog about trout stocking, because it is a very emotional issue for me. I truly love fly fishing for trout, and therefore would like to see our watersheds managed in ways to maximize the number of trout in them, ALL YEAR LONG. I’m […]
Felts vs Rubber, revisited In March, I discussed the problem of exotics, with a focus on the conservation controversy over the spread of whirling disease. While wading fishermen, and their felt soled boots, were initially blamed for much of the spread of this disease, further study has since found that the major culprits were watershed managers, […]
Zebra mussels, lake trout, didymo, northern snakehead, and myxobolus cerebralis- what do these have in common? They are all referred to as “exotic species” or “watershed invasives”. The US Watershed Council defines an invasive as “a non–native species introduced to an aquatic ecosystem that causes environmental and/or economic harm”. Once transplanted into a new environment […]
