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From the President SPRING 2007 • VOLUME 49 • NUMBER 2 [ Charles F. Gauvin] EDITOR Beth Duris Trout Unlimited 1300 North 17th Street Suite 500 Since 1959 Arlington, VA 22209-3801 Ph: (703) 522-0200 Trout Unlimited’s mission hasn’t changed since its founding in 1959. The most Fax: (703) 284-9400 [email protected] basic tenet of TU’s philosophy—take care of the fish, and the fishing will take care of www.tu.org itself—hasn’t changed either. Today’s organization is one that TU’s founders would DESIGN grayHouse design know and love: a conservation group, not a fishing club. [email protected] What has changed since 1959 is the magnitude of our conservation challenge. TU’s DISPLAY ADVERTISING Beth Duris founders wanted fisheries managers to think less about hatcheries and more about habitat. Today, habitat protection and restoration have indeed become greater priori- Automobile advertising only: Ron Englehart ties, but climate change and a host of other threats have raised the ante. The stream Ph: (248) 340-2544 x13 projects and local activism that have always been TU’s hallmark will not, by themselves, Fax: (248) 340-5966 get the job done. [email protected] Recognizing this reality, in 2003 TU’s board reaffirmed the organization’s commit- TROUT UNLIMITED’S MISSION: ment to conservation by adopting a bold, far-reaching vision: “to ensure, by the next generation, robust populations of coldwater fish throughout their North American To conserve, protect range….” To attain that vision, TU must protect intact headwaters, reconnect tributar- and restore ies to mainstem river reaches, and restore degraded habitats. We must work on both the North America’s local and the landscape scale and win the support of public land managers and users, as coldwater well as private land owners. To succeed, TU must become a finely tuned conservation fisheries and their organization, one that can blend grassroots advocacy with policy and legal acumen. watersheds. It’s easy to relish TU’s vision of the organization in the abstract, but in reality, it sometimes brings with it difficult choices. We’ve seen this play out in recent months Trout (ISSN 0041-3364) is over the issue of stream access. Few issues are closer to the heart of anglers than the published four times a year in January, April, July, and October right to have access to the waters that wild trout and salmon inhabit. Many of us learned by Trout Unlimited as a service to fish on public waters, and want the same opportunity for our children. As citizens, to its members. Annual individual we are right to demand enforcement and defense of stream access by state authorities membership for U.S. residents is $35, $40US for residents of and federal land managers. Canada and $55US for residents But what should TU’s role, as an organization, be on stream access? Stream access is of all other countries. All told, TU offers 10 membership categories. critical to developing a new generation of anglers, and, therefore, a new generation of Join or renew online at www.tu.org. people to care for our rivers and streams. TU can and should have a robust program TU does occasionally make its to promote voluntary and incentive-based stream access. So long as we take heed of mailing list available to like-minded the conservation impacts of increased access, it’s a sound investment in our future, on organizations. Please contact us at the address above if you would a par with our efforts to teach kids to fish. like your name withheld. Stream access disputes can be divisive, complex and arcane, which is why they often Postmaster send address end up in litigation and why they often alienate landowners whose cooperation we changes to: need to attain our vision. The reality is that stream access is not, and never has been, Trout Magazine a part of TU’s mission or vision. First and foremost, we are advocates for watershed Trout Unlimited protection and restoration; in mission terms, the descendants of those seven vision- 1300 North 17th Street Suite 500 ary men who met on the banks of the Au Sable River nearly 50 years ago. They chose Arlington, VA 22209-3801 habitat over hatcheries, and their words are as true as ever. If we take care of the fish, the fishing will take care of itself. This magazine, its wrapper, and all cards and inserts within are printed on a minimum of 10% post-consumer waste recycled paper, produced without elemental chlorine.

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From the Editor [ Beth Duris] Sowing Success in the Farm Bill Since our first story on the Farm Bill roughly a year ago (Trout, Winter 2006), TU’s staff and volunteers have been hard at work advocating for changes that would direct more of the bill’s $4 billion in annual conservation funding to fisheries projects. These efforts received a major boost in late March, just as this issue was going to press, when Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, introduced a bill that would create a new fisheries and stream-habitat restoration program as part of the Farm Bill’s conservation title. Kohl’s bill would provide $60 million annually for projects to protect and restore fish habitat. The next few months are a critical time in the reauthorization process, and we’re asking you to speak out in favor of fair funding for fish in the Farm Bill. To make it easy, we’ve created an online action center at www.tu.org. I hope you’ll consider visiting and adding your message to the more than 2,000 emails and faxes that TU members have already sent to Congress. It only takes a few minutes and there’s good reason to believe anglers will be reaping the benefit for years to come.

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Regular Trout readers will recognize the names of our cover photographers, Barry and Cathy Beck. They are frequent contributors to this magazine and many others as well. The rainbow on our cover was taken in their home state of Pennsylvania, but the Becks travel widely, hosting international fly-fishing adventures and African photo safaris.

Josi Etter has been illustrating Trout’s native fish column since spring 2006. She is an award-winning Our Contributors international artist whose painting and photography have been displayed in museums worldwide. Born in Germany, Josi currently lives, paints and fishes in Rochester, N.Y., where she runs a company, Sketch and Release, specializing in custom-painted trophy fish. For more information, visit www.sketchandrelease.com.

A longtime media and communications consultant to TU’s national office and a frequent Trout magazine contributor, S.R. “Steve” Kinsella oversees communication planning and outreach for the Western Water Project. He is the author of Trout Fishing in the Black Hills and 900 Miles from Nowhere: Voices from the Homestead Frontier, which is a finalist for the distinguished book prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies. He lives in St. Paul, Minn., with his wife and two children.

Liz Ogilvie loves bringing people into the world of conservation and fishing. As the Corporate Marketing Manager for TU National, she helps find resources for our members and chapter leadership and is the project manager for the Outfitter, Guide and Business Membership Program. On her down time, she teaches fly fishing to adults and youth for L.L.Bean in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Native fish columnist Gregg Patterson is an accomplished outdoor writer with more than 350 magazines articles to his credit, including several %PUIFTFWBMVFT Trout features. He’s been honored by the Outdoor Writers Association of America and has served as a CFMPOHUPZPV commentator for ESPN Outdoors. He is the communications director for Ducks Unlimited. 5IFOZPVCFMPOHXJUIVT

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EN K TTE KIL A DG L Our Readers Write B LODGE Shushan, New York I really take exception to the Winter fresh- and salt-water seafood in the 2007 articles in Trout that promote eat- interest of a healthy human diet. ing wild Pacific salmon. Most stocks of John Connelly salmon and steelhead in California, President Oregon, and Washington are either National Fisheries Institute extinct, or in steep decline and will be extinct in the near future. You should Jeff Curtis, Pacific salmon pro- Trophy Brown Trout Angling be ashamed of yourselves for blurring gram director, responds: on the New York Battenkill the distinction of these endangered The following is a brief response; for more, • Private Luxury Suites populations with Alaska salmon which see www.tu.org. First, we tried to make this currently are not endangered. • 5 MILES of private wild trout water for clear in the article but it bears repeating: We rainbows, browns and brook trout John Beowulf encourage people to eat only non-endangered • Fishing on the Battenkill and Hoosic Independence, California salmon. Many Alaskan salmon and Canadian River (a western-style trout stream) salmon runs are still healthy and harvested • Deepwater pond for trophy trout I am a TU member and avid fly fish- sustainably, providing jobs to coastal commu- erman. I am also an aquaculturist nities. Granted, we can’t predict the ultimate www.battenkilllodge.com and have been for the last 20 years. demand for these fish, but the current demand For a free brochure or reservation contact: Can there be an expectation for wild is so limited that high-quality salmon is often Capt. Bob Storc salmon stocks of the west, even in undervalued—much of the Bristol Bay sockeye 22 Village Sq. Glen Cove, NY 11542 Alaska, to keep up with the demand harvest winds up in cans bound for England. 516-671-7690 Anytime. for salmon by consumers on the west We want to use the current supply of healthy Also in season: 518-854-9840 coast US, alone the rest of the country fish runs to provide wild salmon to a larger and beyond? If past over fishing effects share of the American market. It’s true that are evidence, these populations will some ‘wild-caught’ fish could originate in not be able to meet demand. hatcheries. TU remains committed to protect- Elevate your fly fishing Paul A. Curtis, M.Sc. ing truly wild and native fish runs, and we will experience to a new level. Our hand-woven leaders offer Escondido, California make information available to help consumers identify salmon from these stocks. Finally, we performance and accuracy not possible with any mono leader. Though I very much appreciate unequivocally stand by our contention that salmon farming, as it is currently conducted, Proven durability. Sizes for all Ken Olsen’s intent in “Wild Pacific line weights. Just add tippet! Salmon,” I believe the piece is mis- is neither safe nor healthy. We weighed many leading and incomplete. No distinc- of these concerns before launching this pro- • Thousands Sold Worldwide • tion is made between truly wild salm- gram, but ultimately decided that the potential on versus salmon of hatchery origin. benefits of a vocal, engaged constituency Throughout the entire west coast and demanding wild salmon outweighed the risks. in some places in Alaska, chinook and Please visit the website to read more or contact coho exist below historical abundance me directly at [email protected]. levels. These stocks have been greatly augmented through hatcheries. Your Letters: Gary Souza Readers are invited to submit Ketchikan, Alaska letters on anything that appears in Trout. We may edit submissions for clarity or length. Trout Magazine’s assertion that consumers should avoid farmed salmon is bad Send letters to: advice. [It] just confuses Americans Our Readers Write further about seafood and perpetuates TROUT UNLIMITED 1300 North 17th Street ______assertions about PCBs and environ- Suite 500 mental sustainability that we know See our website for info, and how to get a Arlington, VA 22209-3801 FREE Dr. Slick Tippet Nipper. to be false. Seafood farming is, and [email protected]. Ph./Fax 920-430-1239 will continue to be a safe, sound and E-mail: [email protected] vital method of producing a variety of 1163 Garland St., Green Bay, WI 54301

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Pocket Water news bits and bytes

Sportsmen Unite to Protect the Wyoming Range TU is a sponsoring group for Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range, a coalition of hunters, anglers and sporting groups dedicated to keeping the range’s prime hunting and fishing grounds relatively free of industrial oil and gas activity. To date, more than 190,000 acres have been leased for energy exploration and development, and the coalition’s member groups, which include state chapters of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Backcountry Horsemen, and the Outfitters and Guides Association, are concerned about the impact these leases might have on outdoor recreation. The coalition has proposed barring new oil and gas leases on public lands in the range and allowing for tradeouts or buyouts of existing oil and gas leases. TU’s Wyoming field coordinator Tom Reed, who recently took this message to Wyoming’s congressional delegation accom- panied by two TU volunteers, calls the proposal a “common-sense solution that has worked in other places” and is fair to sportsmen, landowners and energy developers. In the first three months of 2007, more than 1,400 Wyoming citizens contacted the campaign to express support. Visit www.wyomingrangesportsmen.org.

Creating the Copper Salmon Wilderness TU and local sportsmen are leading a campaign to secure wilderness designation for 12,000 acres between southwest Oregon’s Copper and Salmon mountains. The proposed Copper Salmon wilderness would encompass the North Fork of the Elk River, a critical spawning and rearing tributary for trophy Chinook salmon and winter steelhead. The designation has widespread bipartisan support, counting among its allies the local chamber of commerce, 10 sporting groups including TU and Governor Ted Kulongoski. Local fishing guides, elected officials and citizens are in favor of the proposal as well, recognizing the economic value of wilderness designation for both the sport and commercial fishing indus- tries. For more on the campaign, contact TU’s Mike Beagle at [email protected] or visit www.sportsmenforcoppersalmon.org. LEFT: TIM PALMER INSET: MIKE BEAGLE TOP: TOM REED TOM TOP: MIKE BEAGLE INSET: TIM PALMER LEFT:

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Cooling Off Colorado’s Streams n January, Colorado’s Water Quality Control Commission unanimously approved strong, science-based temperature standards that will protect the state’s rivers, streams and gold medal trout fisheries. TU’s Colorado Water Project played a key role in I developing the regulations, and will continue to work to ensure that new dams, large diversions and development projects take the standards into account. The commission now begins a lengthy process of reviewing and applying the standards on a basin- by-basin basis, but Colorado’s coldwater fisheries will be protected by the regulations in the interim. TU advocated for this immediate protection, and it was an important provision. Says Colorado Counsel Mely Whiting, “we knew we couldn’t wait seven, eight, nine years to have this conversation.”

WEEK AT-A-GLANCE

MONDAY Beagle Mike Northwest Pacific Field Coordinator 10:00 a.m. Call Mike Cooley (Middle Rogue Steelheaders prez) re: support letter on BLM Rogue River purchase. 1:00 p.m. Call Amy Haak re: updated C-S map. 3:00 p.m. Draft thank you to American Wilderness Coalition for grant.

TUESDAY 9:00 a.m. Debrief w/PLI team re: booth at RMEF convention. 11:00 a.m. Call Jim and Jerry in Port Orford re: mtg with Rep. DeFazio’s staff, Copper-Salmon tour. TO DO: 1:00 p.m. Call Rich Burk at Deschutes Chapter re: tree planting • near Maupin. Call congressional delegation

6:00 p.m. PLI slideshow for Backcountry Horsemen chapter schedulers for late April trip. and bumper stickers!) in Eugene. (Bring C-S proposal packets • Make flight/hotel reservations for C-S team’s DC visit. WEDNESDAY • Have partners review C-S 7:30 a.m. Draft copy for sporting org. partner page on C-S website. website. 1:00 p.m. Finalize sportsmen coalition letter for Washington’s Wild Sky Wilderness bill. . 2:00 p.m. Call Medford reporter re: plans for his C-S trip

THURSDAY ts, Wilderness stickers, 7:00 a.m. Leave for Elk River. (C-S ma rod & reel still in truck?) 1:00 p.m. Meet Alan Moore, vols. at Elk River hatchery for C-S tour/hike. 7:00 p.m. Dinner & mtg @ Steelblue Chameleon B&B. A week in the life of FRIDAY 9:00 a.m. Dist. C-S mats to Port Orford Chamber of Commerce prez.

2:00 p.m. Meet Alan, Richard Wolfe @ Elk River. SPRING 2007

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The Healing Power of Fly Fishing In addition to Casting for Recovery (www.castingforrecovery.org, Winter 2007 Trout), TU supports two other programs built around the restorative effects of casting a fly. Reel Recovery conducts fly-fishing retreats at no cost for men recovering from life-threatening cancer. Fifteen retreats are scheduled nationwide in 2007. Visit www.reelrecovery.org or contact Stan Golub at (800) 699-4490 or ____stan@ reelrecovery.org for more information. Project Healing Waters uses fly fishing and fly tying to help wounded veterans. Launched by TU’s National Capitol Chapter and Send an Email, the Federation of Fly Fishers, Save a Fish the program has operated pri- Next time you’re online, show your marily in the Washington, D.C. support for fish-friendly Farm Bill pro- area but is expanding nation- grams (see page 28) by logging on wide. To raise funds for the to www.tu.org/farmbill and authoriz- expansion, Healing Waters is ing the system to send a model email holding its first-annual 2-Fly to your senators and representatives. Tournament on Virginia’s Rose Then help out the Delaware River’s River in late May. To find out famed fisheries by sending an email or more, contact Ed Nicholson e-card from www.drarp.org expressing at [email protected] or support for a new adaptive release policy that meets New York City’s (301) 643-2148 or visit ___www. projecthealingwaters.org. water needs, reduces flooding risk and improves recreational fishing opportunities. Finally, stop by www.whywild.org to sign the Consumer’s Bill of Rights, which tells decision-makers in business, industry and government that you consider healthy, abundant wild news from the world of fisheries science. Pacific salmon runs as fundamental a right as clean air and water. And While You’re Online… According to a recent Check out the improved CSI website study, it may be time to add large at www.tu.org (click on the link from wildfires to the list of problems caused, the home page). A new, user-friendly at least in part, by global warming. Researchers mapping feature makes it much easier to visualize the conservation status and investigated 34 years of Western wildfire history, then needs in your region. Data are evaluated compared this data with information on climate change at the “subwatershed” scale, which var- and land-use history over time (pri- ies from 10,000 to 40,000 acres, so you can’t use the site for local stream Hot Topic marily grazing patterns and fire suppres- restoration treatments, but you can sion). The study found that large wild- uncover broad trends and find out how fire activity spiked markedly in the mid-1980s. The greatest your state’s species populations com- increases occurred in mid-elevation, Northern Rockies pare to those in neighboring states. TU, with data and assistance from partner forests, where fire risk was strongly associated with the group Conservation Geography and climate change indicators of increased spring and numerous state and federal agencies, summer temperatures and earlier spring snow- has completed the CSI analysis for seven fish species, most recently the Colorado melt, not land use history. –B.D. River cutthroat trout. Apache trout will Science, 2006, 313(5789): 940-943. be done soon. For more information, listen to the voice-over PowerPoint presentation on the website.

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Question & Answer with brent sawyer»

B Y ROGER PHILLIPS rent Sawyer earns his living chasing two of nature’s wildest creations: forest fires and steelhead. During fire season, he is among an elite corps of 400 American smokejumpers, trained firefighters who parachute into the midst of wildland forest fires. Hired by either the Forest Service Bor the Bureau of Land Management, smokejumpers can be sent anywhere in the country; Sawyer once fought a fire in the southern tip of Florida, then eight days later, parachuted into a fire above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. In his 13-year career, he’s worked in every Western state. When he’s not in the air, Sawyer is likely on the water, guiding anglers in search of steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon River and raising awareness about the need to get the “little guys,” as he calls the salmon and steelhead smolts, to the ocean. For him, that means breaching four dams on the lower Snake River, which pose a significant threat to the region’s migratory salmon and steelhead populations. “That’s the major battle,” says the veteran guide. Overall, he’s optimistic, but he does note that “in the last four or five years, people have let their guard down, thinking that the fish are back. We do have a good steelhead run, but it could be better. We’re not out of the woods.”

Explain what a smokejumper does. Brent Sawyer is a Salmon River steelhead There’s nothing fancy to it. We take hand tools and scrape a line around guide and one of just 400 American smoke- the fire, chainsaw the brush, logs and trees, then mop up and make jumpers, trained firefighters who parachute into wildfires. sure it is completely out. It’s no different than any other aspect of firefighting, just a different way of getting there.

You’ve made more than 200 jumps. What’s the trickiest part? It’s no different The wind is always changing, and it will make or break you when you land. than any other What’s one thing the average person doesn’t know about smokejumping? We do lots of sewing in the off season. We sew packs for folks here and for other fire crews. aspect of fire- After the excitement of smokejumping, does guiding seem like a challenge? fighting, just a It can be stressful when it’s a tough bite day after day.

What have you noticed about the effects of fire on rivers? different way of It has pros and cons. In the long term, fire supplies more nutrients to a river and provides a more diverse ecosystem. But in the short term, getting there. it can cause havoc by creating a lot of erosion.

Are there any similarities between your two jobs? Every day I get to work in some of the best places this country has to offer.

Do you ever scout for new fishing spots when you’re smokejumping? You bet I do. You get to see all the backcountry, and we’re always on the lookout for a good fishing hole.

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Watersheds [ by Christopher Camuto] Pursuing Perfection One Cast at a Time “As I pressed deeper into the world Subconsciously, perhaps we fish to succeed and so many instructive, to rub elbows with perfection not of even pleasurable, ways to fall short. of the bamboo fly rod, every our own making. Trout are perfect, Spring is when we happily risk failure maker I talked to or read about having evolved to be what they are, in the face of nature’s perfections. articulated a vision of perfection, a living blend of form and function Assuming that we succeed enough to keenly occupying a well-defined place not feel like fools, most of us enjoy all even though the terms they used in nature. The rivers, lakes, and ponds the tangible gaps between our vision varied enormously … Other than where we find trout are perfect expres- of perfection and our fortunate days their perfectionism, these men had sions of the topography of our world, as imperfect anglers. water unerringly gathered and directed As George Black notes, rich fish- nothing visible in common.” by gravity into the visible lineaments of ing moments are “far from perfect.” —George Black, Casting a Spell: The watersheds. Those landscapes embody Perhaps that is why they make such Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit the perfection of forests, deserts, farm good memories. The heart of any of Perfection fields, canyon lands, all subject to the good fishing story, after all, is what perfectly implacable forces of weather didn’t go quite right or, better, the Perhaps that’s what anglers do, and climate. wrinkle of something unexpected. pursue perfection differently, one This is not to say that we fish in a The compleat angler is happy to be fly at a time, one cast at a time, one perfect world, but only that when we fanatical about preparation but always river at a time, one life at a time. find ourselves downstream of a rising ready to admit that, in the end, he George Black’s fine book, published trout, we are within casting distance sometimes lucks into success. Eustis last year by Random House, had me of a rich play of natural perfections. Edwards, who for Black was the finest thinking this past winter about how Beyond the obvious pleasures of trout American rod maker of the late nine- trout fishing, and fly fishing for trout in particular, offers each of us the chance to pursue some “vision of The compleat angler is happy to be fanatical perfection” without leaving us unduly about preparation but always ready to admit that, disappointed with our inevitable shortcomings. Since the goal in fly in the end, he sometimes lucks into success. fishing is nothing less than to imitate nature—one of the traditional goals of fishing, we angle imperfectly toward teenth and early twentieth century, art—it is not surprising that we fail. that natural integrity—the trout, the named his crowning achievement the Mimesis, the Greeks called it, imita- river, the woods, the weather—keenly “Perfection” without implying that the tion of nature. Even Homer had his aware, consciously or subconsciously, rod itself was perfect. Only as close hands full trying to imitate the per- of how much in nature needs to be as he could get. Black quotes Hoagy fections of rosy-fingered dawn. How thriving for that dimple of a rise form Carmichael as saying that “a good could we possibly succeed with every fly to bloom. rod, a really good rod, is one where we tie and on every cast or with every Fly fishing is profoundly satisfy- you make maybe nine mistakes.” river? And would we want to? ing because we have a fair chance So maybe, like the minor flaws and

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that fat, wild brook trout in Maine ponds will stop short of takes I’ll never even imagine. Toned by a winter of clearing land and cross-country skiing, my wading this spring will be stealthy—firm- footed and subtle—but on some perfect evening in the coming year I will stub a wading boot on a rock and send what I’ll swear forever was a yard-long shadow of a trout zooming into oblivion. My casting will improve toward a fineness of presentation that will never be quite fine enough. A long reach cast will fail at dusk on the Delaware, tippet collapsed uselessly a foot short of the drift I need to ride a fly into an achingly fat rise form. From the other end of the drift boat Al Caucci will roll his eyes and send a plume of cigar smoke heavenward. The gods won’t approve but they will understand. Just a fisherman trying his luck. I’ll pick the wrong river, or fish the wrong water, head out at the wrong time of day or year, fish with the wrong attitude—too casually or with not enough ambition. The angling year will be full of failures, tangible and intangible. That’s the glory of fishing, a forgiving falling short of the perfection of good water and wild fish. But in angling, I’ll take my chances at perfection without regret and with the healthy sense that I might tie a better fly next year this time, that I might get my double-haul under control, that I might be a whit more fit or careful nearly imperceptible blemishes in a tail and hackle, as the flies in the and sneak within casting range of fine bamboo fly rod, there are nine books I tie from and even those fine the yard-long shadow of the trout of failings in every good angling year. imitations hardly measure up to the my life, catch the West Branch of the A winter of tying flies regularly lithe grace of a real insect. My flies Penobscot with the water just right or makes me a far better tyer in March will imitate well enough, catch me steal a rare, unbusy hour to fish a bend than I was in December. But I am trout for sure—good trout, too, some of Penns Creek on a perfect evening now more aware of how far off the days. But I know also that big browns when I do everything right. mark even my best flies are. They in Penns Creek I’ll never see will let It’s spring. Success and failure wait are not as fine in body and wing, them drift by without a glance and in the year ahead. Enjoy. MATT HANDY MATT

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Things are changing in the hydropower industry. As Elizabeth Grossman observes in Watershed: The Undamming of America, for the first time in the country’s history, the rate of dam removal has exceeded the rate of new construction. This is due, in large part, to the fact that many hydropower operations were built before current conservation standards were in place. Considerable retrofitting is often required to bring these projects into compliance with today’s relicensing require- ments, and some dam owners are finding that it makes economic sense to remove older, outmoded projects rather than invest in upgrading them. Such was the case in the examples that follow, all of which will have far-reaching benefits for salmon and other anadromous fish, as well as the habitat that sustains them. TU volunteers and attorneys were active participants in the negotiation process that led to these removals and will remain involved well into the future. “Our chapters feel a sense of ownership over these places,” says TU Vice President for Volunteer Operations Steve Moyer. “We’re there for the long haul, which is good, because there’s a lot of work to be done even after the dams come out.”

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ELWHA RIVER WASHINGTON If all goes according to plan, history will be made in early 2009 in the Elwha River Valley. Construction crews will begin the largest federally funded dam removal process in history, the deconstruction of the 105-foot-tall Elwha Dam and the 210-foot-tall Glines Canyon Dam, which is situated in Olympic National Park. The $180 million-plus project will restore habitat for steelhead and all five Pacific salmon species; nearly 400,000 adult anadromous fish could eventually return to the watershed once the dams are gone. When the bulldozers start rolling, chances are TU volunteer Bill Robinson will be there to watch. As he puts it, “not a day goes by that I don’t think about Elwha, or talk to someone about Elwha.” That’s been true since 1988, when Robinson and TU’s Washington Council got involved in a grassroots effort to dismantle the obsolete dams and restore the Elwha’s mythic salmon runs. In the beginning, TU and five other organizations—Olympic Park Associates, Sierra Club, Seattle Audubon, Friends of the Earth and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe—gained intervener status under the FERC relicensing process and signed on to a lawsuit requiring the dam owners to comply with their legal responsibility to install fish passage on the dams. After considerable wrangling, the two sides agreed to let Congress settle the matter, and in 1992 the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act was passed, authorizing the Department of the Interior to acquire and remove both dams to restore the valley’s ecosystem. It was a significant victory but, as Robinson notes, “having the act passed and getting the money to implement dam removal are two entirely different kinds of fish.” One of the most significant challenges was the fact that citizens in the nearby town of Port Angeles weren’t behind the project. In the early 1990s, Robinson recalls driving into town for a public hearing and finding “over 90 percent of the businesses had signs in their windows saying leave our dams alone.” To address this local resistance, TU volunteer Joe Mentor and Robinson formed the Elwha Citizen’s Advisory Committee, a small group of influential community members, and provided them with “all the information they could stomach” about the dams and the consequences of their removal. The case was compelling. The dams weren’t generating much power locally, and there was good reason to think that the local community would benefit if the dams came out: studies have predicted as much as $355 million in revenue from a restored Elwha ecosystem. In the end, “the local citizenry stood up and said that for the health of the community and the fisheries resources of the Elwha, these dams no longer make sense,” says Robinson. “That’s the reason we’re where we are today. That’s the reason the monies are being made available.” Most of the funding and permits are now in place, and the Port Angeles water treatment facilities, which must be completed before the dams can come out, are slated for completion in fall 2008. Deconstruction will continue for three years, with crews working around annual fish migration cycles. Once the dams are out, the river will have to carve through 18 million cubic yards of sediment. Experts estimate that it will take 15 to 25 years, but salmon runs should recover fully. TU will be there, helping them along, with Robinson leading the charge. At this point, he says he can hardly do otherwise. “Elwha’s a part of my life.” PHOTOS BY GLENN OAKLEY BY PHOTOS

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PENOBSCOT RIVER MAINE The Veazie, Great Works and Howland dams on Maine’s Penobscot River may not match the Elwha River dams in size, but they’re certainly comparable in significance. In 2006, 90 percent of all the Atlantic salmon that returned to New England rivers returned to the Penobscot. But the dams present impos- ing barriers and even those fish that manage to climb the fish ladders emerge battered and exhausted. This won’t be the case for much longer. An innovative collaboration among industry, conservation organizations, and state, federal and tribal groups will improve access to nearly 1,000 miles of river and stream habitat for Atlantic salmon and 10 other species of sea-run fish. Recovering fish populations will help to restore a complex ecosystem and create new opportunities for tourism and business. Communities along the river are already planning for the economic benefits of the project. The Penobscot River Restoration Trust, formed to implement the restoration effort, has agreed to purchase and remove Veazie and Great Works dams and install a state-of-the-art fish bypass around Howland Dam. Trust members include TU, the Penobscot Indian Nation, and five other environmental organizations. Total costs for the project could reach $60 million. To date, the Trust has raised $7.5 million in private funds and $4.5 million in federal funds. In January 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration included $10 million for the project in its 2008 budget request to Congress. TU’s New England Conservation Director Jeff Reardon, who has been involved in the project since the late 1990s and now works on it full time, says that it is unusual for its lack of divisiveness. Unlike most other high-profile dam removals, this one wasn’t driven by a lawsuit. “This is purchase and removal as opposed to litigated removal,” he says. PPL Corporation wanted to put an end to years of contentious court battles over relicensing, and the conservation community realized that, even if it won every battle over fish passage at every dam on the river, it still wouldn’t be enough; incremental losses from multiple dams would be too great to support self-sustaining fish runs in the watershed. Laura Rose Day, executive director of the Trust, characterizes the spirit of the negotiations as “let’s find something that’s in everyone’s interest. Let’s find a way to make this work.” In exchange for the company’s concessions, the conservation organizations agreed to changes in the operation of existing dams that are expected to maintain nearly all of the power provided by PPL’s dams. Over the next year, Reardon will work aggressively on securing the necessary permits and finalizing design of the project. Meantime, Maine’s fly-fishermen are already getting ready for a revitalized river. In fall 2006, a brief fishing season for Atlantic salmon on the Penobscot earned front-page, above-the-fold coverage from The New York Times. Reardon believes the optimism is justified. “This is the best shot we have to make a big river work,” he says. “And you’ve got to make a big river work if you’re going to bring the salmon back.”

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SANDY RIVER OREGON A largely suburban waterway fed by the glaciers of scenic Mt. Hood, Oregon’s Sandy River tumbles about 55 miles through old-growth timber, boulder fields and the pocket communities near Portland before it feeds into the Columbia. The Sandy and its tributaries produce wild steelhead, coho and Chinook salmon, cutthroat and a few bull trout, and, not surprisingly, legions of anglers and other river users. The river also supports a nearly century-old hydroelectric project called Bull Run, owned by local utility Portland General Electric. The Bull Run project consists of the 47-foot-high Marmot Dam and the 16-foot-high Little Sandy Dam, plus a small 22-megawatt powerhouse and a series of tunnels, canals and about three miles of trestled, creosote-soaked wooden plumes moving water that conjure up images of log rides at Disneyland. PGE decided to decommission the Bull Run Project and remove the two dams in 1999 and convened a group of governmental and non-governmental organizations to hammer out the specifics. TU attorney Scott Yates and Oregon Council Chair Tom Wolf represented TU on the group, which spent three years working on the final agreement. From the outset, Wolf says it was apparent that the company wanted to see the benefits of dam removal “take root and spread” throughout the Sandy River Basin. “It wasn’t like they said ‘We’re going to remove the dams and leave,’” he recalls. “They showed a genuine commitment to habitat both in-river and out.” Julie Keil, PGE’s director of hydro relicensing and water rights, confirms that the company had more in mind than just dam removal. “All along, we’ve been looking at this project as an opportunity for a real “watershed event” for fish, wildlife and natural areas around the Sandy River,” she says. Ultimately, PGE donated 1,500 acres of habitat, which will anchor a planned 5,000-acre conservation area spanning 15 river miles. It also agreed to transfer its water rights to the state, ensuring that the Sandy’s flows stay in-stream for fish and recreation. Construction crews start removing Marmot Dam this summer, and PGE’s Keil probably speaks for all involved when she says that “we’re excited to see things finally get underway after all of the planning and preparation.” The crews will build a coffer dam—essentially a temporary dam made of gravel—behind Marmot to stem the river’s flow and allow for in-stream demolition work and removal of most of the Marmot structure and some of the material built up behind it. When the Marmot Dam is mostly gone, the coffer dam then will be allowed to breach “naturally” during the high flows in fall, and natural, unimpeded flows on the Sandy River’s mainstem will begin anew. Removal of the Little Sandy Dam follows in 2008, with remaining structure removal and restoration construction taking place in 2009. Perhaps just as exciting, this summer’s Sandy River dam removal serves as the opening act in what promises to be several years of dam removal projects on major rivers around the West. Preliminary work in advance of the removal of the Milltown Dam on Montana’s Clark Fork River and the Savage Rapids Dam on Oregon’s Rogue River is already underway, and a signed settlement agreement that commits to the removal of Condit Dam on southwest Washingon’s White Salmon River is in place.

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By Liz Ogilvie Back in 1995, TU volunteersBack in 1995, JackTU volunteers Beck and Jack InkyBeck

Moore launched a andconservation Inky Moore launchedand fly afishing conservation and fly fishing youth camp in youth camp in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley, and

and the movement thehas movement been growing has been evergrowing since. ever Today, 12 state councilssince. runToday, annual 12 state camps, councils which run annual camps, which are supported are supported by outdoor retailers like L.L.Bean by outdoor retailers like L.L.Bean and and Cabela’s, as well as numerous local groups and Cabela’s, as well as numerous local

state and federal agencies.groups and • state The and camps federal provideagencies.

hands-on experience• Thewith camps habitat provide restoration hands-on expe-and rience with habitat restoration and the opportunity to fish a variety of local waters. the opportunity to fish a variety of

They’re fun and satisfyinglocal waters. for They’re all involved. fun and satisfying And, Reasons to Run a Youth Camp for all involved. And, perhaps most perhaps most important, they help to create the important, they help to create the next

next generation ofgeneration stewards of forstewards our forcoldwater our cold-

rivers and streams. water• But rivers in andcase streams. you’re • Butstill in casenot you’re still not convinced, here are five convinced, here are five more reasons for your more reasons for your local chapter to

local chapter to considerconsider running running aa youth youth camp. camp.

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More youth members Stronger partnerships for your chapter and with state and federal Trout Unlimited. agencies, as well as the local community.

Most chapters call on the help of agency staffers and partner groups to teach campers about conservation and fly fishing. For instance, the organizers of North Carolina’s Rivercourse camp work closely with fisheries biologists from the Wildlife Resources Commission, U.S. Forest Service and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These experts relish the chance to talk to kids about All youth camp attendees receive a agency programs and careers, and TU free one-year youth membership. The benefits from closer ties with agency membership encourages campers to personnel. “It’s all intertwined,” says stay involved in protecting and enjoying camp organizer Betsy Craig, noting that their local fisheries. Matt Lourdeau, everyone wins in these partnerships, an alum of the Pennsylvania Rivers especially the kids. Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp who now serves on the camp’s board of directors, benefited from the free membership himself and believes that it provides an excellent way for kids to “stay connected with adults who can facilitate the growth of their passion for both fishing and conservation.” Clearly, chapters also profit from the addition of dedicated young members such as Matt. Five Reasons to Run a Youth Camp a Youth to Run Reasons Five

To get started, contact Sally Armstrong at [email protected] or visit the chapter tackle box

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Bragging rights with Tighter connections And, finally, your the local media. to the TU network. aching back and arthritic knees are no

Granted, starting a youth camp is no match for what our small undertaking. But TU has plenty youth can accomplish. of resources to offer, from curriculum ideas to paperwork procedures to help with the nitty-gritty details of planning a successful camp. When New Hampshire decided to launch its TU Kids Trout Camp, Sean Smith reached out to Greg Ponte in Maine for help. Ponte provided guidance on staffing, insurance and the process of enlisting volunteers and raising financial support. Says Smith, “If your state council is considering starting a summer camp, find a chapter like Maine’s and you’ll discover many of your questions are answered before your first cast.”

It’s truly inspiring. Given only a few Nothing screams photo-op like a tools and a little direction, these kids group of kids working to help save fish. can move mountains. Larry Quilling, Use the power of the media to sup- the Colorado camp director, notes that port your state’s conservation efforts. 17 students were able to complete a local “Awareness through print, web, radio restoration project in just six hours, and television has helped with all something he estimates it would have aspects of the camp,” says Greg Ponte, taken an adult work crew two days to Maine youth camp director, “student accomplish. And the benefits don’t end applications, TU volunteer staffing, there: Colorado campers promised to state and federal agency staffing, and, help their home chapter on at least one of course, funding.” conservation or education project over the next year. What could be better than enthusiastic free labor? on www.tu.org. See page 48 for a list of 2007 camps and contact people.

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FarmTake Action Bill on the

The federal Farm Bill dispenses $4 billion annually for programs that help farmers, ranchers and private landowners address environmental challenges. It is the single biggest pot of money for conservation on private lands—no other federal program even comes close. Most trout anglers have seen first-hand the improvements in stream quality prompted by Farm Bill initiatives such as the Conservation Reserve Program. These programs have reduced sediment loads dramatically in hundreds of small streams, setting the stage for complementary chapter projects. Farm Bill funding is also critical for large-scale TU efforts, from the Midwest’s Driftless Area to Maine’s St. George River to Pennsylvania’s Kettle Creek. The bill will be reauthorized this year, and TU has launched an all-out campaign to ensure that the interests of fish and wildlife are represented in the process. A special National Leadership Council (NLC) Task Force is mobilizing support organization-wide, paying particular attention to chapter presidents in key congressional districts. “We’re asking people to send emails, generate phone calls and arrange meetings with congressmen. We’re going to carry it as far as we can,” says Wisconsin NLC representative Dan Wisniewski, who is heading up the task force. “This is a real grassroots effort.” Wisniewski wants to make sure that key members of Congress with a stake in fashioning the Farm Bill hear TU’s message: keep the existing conservation programs, with a few small tweaks, and add funding for stream restoration. The latter recommendation reflects the fact that, according to the USDA, roughly 80 percent of all stream habitats have been adversely affected by agriculture. Yet TU estimates that less than 5 percent of Farm Bill conservation funding benefits fisheries. To address the disparity, the organization has proposed a new $60 million program to help landowners who voluntarily undertake fish-friendly improvements. Getting the funding will be a challenge, given the array of well-heeled commodity groups competing for a piece of the Farm Bill’s $80 billion pie. But there are plenty of reasons for hope. A recent conservation-friendly Farm Bill proposal from the Bush Administration seems to bode well for TU’s agenda. And as Wisniewski, a former high-ranking government official and lobbyist himself, well knows, there’s no underestimating the power of 150,000 motivated anglers. “If an elected official hears from even a dozen people in his or her district, and it’s all the same message, it has a real impact,” he says. “They pay attention to that.” – B.D.

To get involved or find out more, visit www.tu.org. See page 50 of this issue for a suggestion on how your chapter can pursue Farm Bill funding. BRENT NICASTRO

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A Brief History A Brief History of Fish and Fire of Fish By Roger Phillips InIn 19921992 andand 1994,1994, thethe drought-strickendrought-stricken and FireBoise National Forest went up in flames. Plumes of smoke lingered above Idaho’s capital city, hillsides collapsed and mountain streams turned into a soup of mud, logs and debris. Native redband and bull trout in Rattlesnake and Sheep creeks were nearly wiped out. ImmediatelyImmediately afterafter thethe fires,fires, anan anglerangler walking the denuded slopes of this steep, rocky country would have considered thethe damagedamage almostalmost apocalyptic.apocalyptic. But,But, 1515 years later, fish populations aren’t just back, they’re healthier than ever. The recovery has been so complete that even By Roger Phillips thethe scientistsscientists areare surprised.surprised. Findings like this are ushering in In 1992 and 1994, the drought-strickenFindings like Boise this National are ushering Forest wentin a new way of thinking about fire, one up in flames. Plumes of smokea new lingeredway of thinking above Idaho’s about capitalfire, one city, that considers its historical place in the hillsides collapsed and mountainthat considers streams its turned historical into aplace soup inof themud, ecosystem, and recognizes that fire doesn’t logs and debris. Native redbandecosystem, and and bull recognizes trout in thatRattlesnake fire doesn’t and always mean deadly fish kills and ruined Sheep creeks were nearly wipedalways out.mean deadly fish kills and ruined landscapes. In fact, periodic wildfires Immediately after the fires,landscapes. an angler In walking fact, periodic the denuded wildfires slopes can rejuvenate the land and provide of this steep, rocky countrycan would rejuvenate have considered the land the anddamage provide almost more productive habitats for all species, apocalyptic. But, 15 years later,more fish productive populations habitats aren’t for just all back, species, they’re including coldwater fish. healthier than ever. The recoveryincluding has coldwater been so complete fish. that even the The challenge for scientists such as scientists are surprised. The challenge for scientists such as TU’s TU’s Jack Williams is to reintroduce, or Findings like this are usheringJack Williams in a new is to way reintroduce, of thinking or otherwise about fire, otherwise allow, fire back into fire-adapted one that considers its historicalallow, place fire back in the into ecosystem, fire-adapted and landscapes, recognizes landscapes, but in a way that minimizes that fire doesn’t always meanbut deadly in a way fish that kills minimizes and ruined the dangerlandscapes. to the danger to people and natural com- In fact, periodic wildfires peoplecan rejuvenate and natural the communities. land and provide Williams more munities. Williams grappled with the productive habitats for all grappledspecies, includingwith the challenges coldwater of fish. fire man- challenges of fire management during his The challenge for scientistsagement such duringas TU’s his Jack tenure Williams as supervisor is to reintro- of tenure as supervisor of Oregon’s Rogue- duce, or otherwise allow, fireOregon’s back into Rogue fire-adapted River-Siskiyou landscapes, National but in Siskiyou National Forest, and one of his a way that minimizes the dangerForest, toand people one of and his most natural enduring communities. lessons most enduring lessons was that “fire is Williams grappled with thewas challenges that “fire isof inevitable,” fire management an essentially during inevitable,” an essentially uncontrollable his tenure as supervisor of uncontrollableOregon’s Rogue-Siskiyou force, not unlikeNational floods, Forest, force, not unlike floods, hurricanes and and one of his most enduringhurricanes lessons and was drought.that “fire We is inevitable,”can’t prevent an drought. We can’t prevent it, but, as he essentially uncontrollable it,force, but, notas he unlike notes, floods,“if we’ve hurricanes restored our and notes, “if we’ve restored our watersheds drought. We can’t preventwatersheds it, but, as he and notes, reestablished “if we’ve restored our fish our and reestablished our fish populations, watersheds and reestablishedpopulations, our fish populations,they’re going they’reto be ablegoing to to they’re going to be able to rebound from be able to rebound from itrebound more quickly.” from it more quickly.” it more quickly.” 3131 TROUTTROUT WINTERWINTER 20072007

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ow-intensity fires once “Generally, the fish species we’re burnedL frequently in the West, dealing with have adapted with consuming grass, brush and small disturbances like fires,” says Bruce trees while leaving most large trees Rieman, a fish biologist and ecologist unharmed. The fires removed dead, at the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain dying or overgrown vegetation, Research Station in Boise, Idaho. and sparked new growth. They also Rieman studied redband and bull reduced the likelihood of larger, more trout populations in tributaries of the intense wildfires later on. Boise River, following the intense fire But nearly a century of aggressive seasons in 1992 and 1994. fire suppression (Smokey Bear is the What he found was that, despite the most successful PSA campaign in his- “catastrophic appearance” of the fire’s tory), coupled with drought, overgrown effects, “the short term recovery of forests, and warmer temperatures bull trout and redband trout popula- that bring earlier springs and longer tions has been dramatic.” Within just burning seasons, have created a perfect one year, fish returned to the burned environment for larger, more intense reaches of stream. In one to three wildfires. (For more on the connection years, populations approached those of between warming temperatures and fire unaffected streams. In some reaches, patterns, see Reel Science, page 12.) juvenile fish densities were higher than before, which suggests recruitment probably benefited from the fires. The resiliency of the fish amazed biologists. Trout not only repopulated the vacant water, they spawned at an earlier age to speed up the process. “We were quite surprised by that,” Rieman said. “I would venture to say that blew us away.” Research indicates that Rieman’s findings on the small headwater streams of the Boise watershed hold true in larger landscapes as well. Massive Fire is inevitable, an essentially uncontrollable force, not unlike floods, hurricanes and drought. Sweeping “crown fires” have wildfires in Yellowstone National Park become common occurrences across in 1988 burned nearly 800,000 of the West every summer. They burn the park’s 2.2 million acres and were through the canopies of trees and decried as a natural disaster at the time, skip across the landscape, forming but wildlife quickly recovered and, a mosaic of burned and unburned nearly 20 years later, trout populations terrain covering tens of thousands of are still benefiting from the blaze. acres. But even these large fires are The reason, says Idaho State typically just another chapter in the University stream ecologist Wayne long history of these ecosystems. Minshall, is that fires and other

In 1988, massive wildfires burned nearly 800,000 acres in Yellowstone National Park (right), in what was decried as a natural disaster at the time. But wildlife recovered quickly and, nearly 20 years later, trout populations are still benefiting from the blaze.

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disturbances, such as floods and major Minshall’s research in the Frank in Idaho and remains a stronghold for weather events, keep an ecosystem Church/River of No Return Wilderness bull trout. The secret seems to be that the dynamic and resilient and create a indicates that fires may also help fish by area, like Yellowstone, is largely intact and variety of habitats. helping invertebrate populations. One untrammeled. “Because it’s such a large Fire is one way nature rotates its year after a record fire burned nearly wilderness area where these processes are crops. Without periodic disturbances, one-quarter of the 2.3 million-acre wil- all allowed to go on naturally, it recovers all forests would eventually reach their derness, the invertebrate population in a very quickly,” says Bill Horton, state fish “climax” phase, which means a land- major tributary of the Middle Fork of the manager for the Idaho Department of scape dominated by fewer tree species, Salmon River doubled, providing a boost Fish and Game. all of a similar age, and fewer species in the food base for cutthroat trout. In contrast, when a watershed is no of wildlife. A multi-aged forest has In fact, the Frank Church has some longer intact and trout populations greater diversity on both counts. of the best westslope cutthroat fishing become isolated in small stream reaches, Western trout species evolved with periodic wildfires, and the blazes can actually rejuvenate the land and improve trout habitat. For instance, a closed-canopy, old- growth forest favors bull trout, because the fish need cold, clean water, and the denser canopy lets in less sunlight. Cutthroat and rainbow trout thrive in slightly warmer water with more nutrients, which can occur after the canopy of an old-growth forest is opened up by fire. The key to a healthy ecosystem is having various ages of plant communities, whether meadows, grasslands or forests, which provide for numerous species of wildlife. Diverse habitats also go hand-in-hand with different “life histories” for trout. In the case of bull trout, some spend their entire lives in their natal stream, while others migrate out and later return to spawn. Differences in life histories protect a species from extinction by allowing it to survive, even if a portion of its habitat—or its population—is wiped out. Scientists suspect that diverse life histories evolved because of radical disturbances, such as fires, and the large mudslides that often follow.

After sweeping forest fires in Boise National Forest (top left), bull trout (left) surprised scientists by spawning at an earlier age to speed up the process of repopulating vacant streams. Fires may also boost invertebrate populations, according to research in the Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness (right).

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fires can be devastating. Research biolo- than reconnecting populations within gist John Rinne at the Rocky Mountain a larger ecosystem. Now, when wildfire Research Station in Flagstaff, Ariz., threatens an isolated Gila trout popula- cites the example of New Mexico’s tion, crews capture the fish and take them Gila trout. to a holding facility, then later return The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service them when conditions allow. “If you don’t has confirmed only four streams in take them out, there’s a good chance you the Gila National Forest that contain could lose them,” says Rinne. pure-strain, original Gila trout popula- Consequently, as the Fish and tions: Spruce, Main Diamond, South Wildlife Service conceded when it Diamond and Whiskey creeks. proposed the change in status, “High Restoring watersheds and reestablishing fish populations allow species to recover more quickly when fires hit.

severity forest fires remain a threat to isolated populations because natural repopulation is not possible.” TU has focused its restoration efforts on connectivity by improving habitat and fish passage, and encourag- ing federal agencies to reduce the risks of large wildfires by either igniting prescribed fires or allowing lightning- caused fires to burn at low intensities to restore historic forest conditions. (See sidebar.) In 1987, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Similarly, to help the Gila’s Service nearly downlisted the Gila threatened cousin, the Apache trout, trout from “endangered” to “threat- TU volunteers with the Old Pueblo ened,” but was forced to withdrawal its Chapter are trying to extend popula- proposal in 1991 after fires eliminated tions back into the Black and White Gila trout from Main Diamond Creek Rivers and Little Colorado River. and all of the South Diamond drain- “We’re trying to replicate the origi- age except Burnt Canyon, a small nal range they were in,” Old Pueblo headwater stream. Chapter President Jeff Collins said. Gila trout have since been trans- TU spent $205,000, which was planted into other streams in New matched by the Arizona Game and Fish Mexico and Arizona, and in 2006 Department, and collaborated with state, the Fish and Wildlife Service went tribal and federal agencies on projects to ahead with the downlisting, despite restore 54 miles of streams spread across the objections of its own scientists the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. and groups like TU. Projects included erecting riparian fenc- The agency’s strategy has centered ing to protect the stream from livestock primarily on spreading the risk, rather damage, installing barriers to prevent

Volunteers from TU’s Old Pueblo Chapter are helping Apache trout (above) deal with fire by restoring the fish to more of its historical range in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest (right).

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the wildlands they love for recreation The biggest challenge and tranquility severely altered. In 2005, the federal government scientists face is convincing people spent some $984 million fighting that a burned landscape is still wildfires. Fire-fighting crews stand by in the spring and fall, ideal times valuable ecologically. to let fires burn at low intensity to improve habitat. non-native trout from encroaching on scape is still valuable ecologically.” “It’s one of the great ironies of the Apache trout, and reintroducing native The problem is compounded by the firefighting realm,” Williams notes. fish to their historical areas. fact that, as Arizona State University fire “When you really should let those fires The restoration projects are impor- historian Stephen Pyne notes, years of burn, you’ve got all the firefighting tant safeguards against future wildfires fire suppression and mixed messages resources available.” that could damage trout populations, from federal land managers have left But scientists and federal land man- because whether dealing with a large, people confused. Managers are working agers have also learned that fighting intact ecosystem or a fragmented one, hard to re-introduce fire—since 2001, wildfires often postpones the inevitable, maintaining the status quo is not an agency land managers have allowed and when the fires do come, they are option. “These streams are dynamic 112,000 acres annually to burn in light- larger, more destructive, and harder to systems,” says Williams. “They are ning-caused fires, compared to 33,000 control than when low-intensity fires changing all the time.” annually between 1990 and 2000—but, are allowed to burn. As Williams notes, this concept as Pyne puts it, “there’s enormous pres- While the debate over fire contin- is a difficult one for people to grasp, sure not to let fires burn. There’s not a ues, TU members don’t have to sit on especially anglers, who naturally want big [public] constituency for fire.” the sidelines waiting for the outcome. to protect a picture-perfect trout stream. “Fire isn’t cuddly,” he continues. Williams believes the best way to deal “We see something that looks good and “The public doesn’t want fire in its with the situation is often to help restore we want to freeze it for 50 years. But backyard any more than it wants grizzly a local stream. As he puts it, “we need that’s not going to work,” he says. In light bears in its backyard.” Wildfires attract to be in the business of making these of this tendency, Williams believes that negative publicity. People see lives and populations and watersheds more “the biggest challenge scientists face is property endangered, valuable timber resilient, so when they get hit by fires, convincing people that a burned land- lost, skies filled with black smoke, and they do bounce back.”

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TU Fights Fire with Fire in the Gila National Forest In late 2006, TU launched its first-ever national burns” will clear the way for the return of native grass project to address the impacts of fire on fish. The meadows, which do not burn as intensely. Over time, $360,000 effort is funded by the Collaborative Forest as fuel loads diminish and the ecosystem returns to Restoration Program and will improve 89,000 acres in something closer to its natural state, lightning-caused New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, some of the best fires may be allowed to burn. remaining habitat for the imperiled Gila trout. The TU will facilitate the prescribed burns by fostering new project aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic public participation in the environmental review pro- wildfire on the Aldo Leopold Wilderness, which sup- cess, which must occur before any type of prescribed ports three key Gila trout recovery watersheds. burning program can take place. Severe wildfires now represent one of the most Another way to help is to provide the fish with an serious threats to the Gila trout’s survival. Six of the 13 escape route when the fires do come. Habitat fragmen- recovery populations of Gila trout have been extirpated tation and non-native species invasions have restricted by unnaturally large and intense wildfires on the Gila Gila trout populations to small headwater areas, mak- National Forest since 1989. The fires caused ash flows, ing it difficult for the fish to adapt to disturbances such floods and sometimes even direct fish mortality. as fire. As part of the grant, TU’s New Mexico Council One way to protect the remaining Gila trout popu- will conduct on-the-ground restoration work with the lations from wildfire is to eliminate the unnaturally help of local partner groups, who will also assist with high fuel loads which now exist in the forest under- long-term monitoring and education efforts. story. Despite some healthy stands of juniper, pine, McGurrin admits that he worries about a major fire aspen and spruce-fir, “the Gila trout populations are happening before the project is complete, but as he set in the middle of a tinderbox,” in the words of Joe notes, “at least we’re doing something that protects McGurrin, TU’s director of resources. Gila trout and restores the ecological processes of the To cull the fuel loads, which have arisen after years forest. It’s going to take time, but we’re moving back of fire suppression and unsustainable land-use prac- toward the natural fire regime.” Cross your fingers tices, the Forest Service will set a series of small fires, lightning doesn’t strike in the meantime. –B.D. under tightly controlled conditions. These “prescribed

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WHEN ROGER THOMPSON LOOKS He said that Pocatello needed a see a decrease in their water rates over out upon the Portneuf River, he thinks stable, long-term source of water to the long term if it passed. about what could be. meet the city’s projected needs. Its With their talking points in place, Thompson, a Trout Unlimited antiquated water system also had to the pair hit the streets. “We went to member and owner of Portneuf River be updated. To achieve those goals, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, and we met Outfitters in Pocatello, lives literally a the city would seek permission from with labor and economic development stone’s throw from the river and has the voters for the bond, which would groups. We held at least 20 meetings, fished it for nearly 30 years. dedicate $5 million to purchasing at times three or four meetings per “I think its ultimate potential is older water rights on the Portneuf day. We made an effort to reach every beyond our imagination. When I River from willing sellers roughly 20 concerned citizen,” says Goodman. first started fishing the Portneuf, miles upstream. The water would be As a result, a diverse array of organi- trout were everywhere—I saw grown transported to Pocatello by keeping it zations and interests threw their support men take fish out of the water whose in the river. The other $4.5 million behind the water bond. Among them tails would drag on the ground. Its would be used to help the city improve true potential is as a world-class blue its water lines and infrastructure. ribbon fishery,” he says. Goodman quickly recognized that But then he’s quick to add, “…if the bond would not only supply a vital, "I saw grown men ta we can keep water in it.” long-term source of quality water for the A few decades ago, the Portneuf had citizens of Pocatello, but also secure a been hailed as one of the most prized river-enhancing flow of 15 to 20 cfs, one fisheries in southeast Idaho—a river that of the critical ingredients the Portneuf supported native cutthroat, rainbow and River needs to restore its population of brown trout. It was known throughout trout. The case was so compelling that Idaho and elsewhere as a destination for TU’s Idaho Water Project promised to the angler looking for healthy popula- help educate Pocatello’s voters about tions of large, aggressive trout. the referendum and its benefits for the But discharges of municipal and community and the river. industrial waste into the river, coupled Goodman, a life-long resident with the effects of diversions, chan- of Idaho, knew that TU was in for a nelization projects and siltation, took challenge. “When it comes to bond their toll—especially on the lower issues, the voters of Pocatello are better reaches upstream from Pocatello. known for saying ‘no’ than ‘yes’,” she While overall water quality on the says. “Whether it’s been for schools or Portneuf has improved over the past 10 improving the storm water system, the years due to restrictions on municipal city has never had a bond issue where and industrial discharges, the lower it did not face tremendous opposition section of the river and its population and even animosity.” of trout continue to struggle as a result What’s more, there were just 10 of irrigation withdrawals, sedimenta- weeks until the election. To focus tion and high water temperatures. their work, Goodman and fellow “Flows have gradually diminished TU staffer Nancy Bradley created … during the most recent drought they a campaign plan built around two were extremely low,” says Thompson. central messages, both designed to It was with those facts in mind that resonate with the community. First, Kim Goodman of TU’s Idaho Water they stressed that the water bond Office listened intently during a meet- would help guarantee water for the ing last winter with Pocatello’s mayor, community and fish while creating Roger Chase. Chase, who had asked recreational opportunities for genera- for the meeting, told Goodman and tions to come. Second, recognizing fellow TU staffer Chris Hunt that the that many voters mistakenly believed city wanted the organization’s help in that the bond would somehow passing a $9.5 million water bond in increase taxes, they emphasized that the 2006 election. Pocatello’s water users would actually

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were the Southeast Idaho Building municipal benefits of voting in favor tions. I certainly can’t thank them enough Contractors Association, the Pocatello of the bond. for their time and dedication.” Chamber of Commerce, the Southeast The effort paid off: an overwhelm- The City of Pocatello is currently Idaho Recreation Alliance, and the iron ing 73 percent of Pocatello residents working to secure the water rights, and and electrical workers unions. who went to the polls in November improved flows on the Portneuf River In addition to the one-on-one supported the water bond. are still a few years away. But Southeast meetings, Goodman and Bradley In a letter to the editor of the Idaho Idaho Flyfishers Chapter President helped to oversee an aggressive letter- State Journal a few days after the election, Bud Smalley speaks for many when he to-the-editor and email messaging Mayor Chase thanked the voters and notes the significance of the bond for campaign. Radio ads that aired in singled out the work of TU’s Goodman the river and the region’s recreational the final four days before the election and Bradley: “They were instrumental economy. “What it comes down to is helped to close out the campaign and in helping us educate voters and acquire that if we can keep the water in stream, reinforce the environmental and endorsements from various organiza- the river will heal.” ake fish out of the water whose tails would drag on the ground."

“I saw grown men take fish out of the water whose tails would drag on the ground.” — TU member Roger Thompson recalls his early days fishing the Portneuf River. A $9.5 million water bond passed in 2006 promises to improve flows to the once-prized native trout fishery.

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I’d heard about Bow River bullets. Maybe the hardest-fi ghting rainbow trout in the world. Th e 23-inch one I caught lived up to that reputation. I met a guy who had come all the way from Argentina. Th ere was no language barrier – just smiles and the two of us holding up our hands to describe our fi sh. Keep exploring at FishCanadianRockies.com______

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ActionlineNews from the Field Alabama New chapter works to improve the Sipsey tailrace. 51

Colorado Chapter advocates for year-round Front Range fishery. 47

Idaho Expanded partnerships bring TIC tanks to more classrooms. 46

New Mexico Truchas Chapter earns kudos from the American Fisheries Society. 51

Oregon Chapter carries steelhead into Kalmiopsis wilderness. 51

South Carolina TU’s state council recognizes Duke Power’s Bad Creek Hydro Station. 51

Vermont New trout management plan for the Batten Kill. 46

Washington Salmon runs return, in the shadow of Seattle airport. 47

Other News Youth Camp Schedule 48 Stream Champion Lawson Cary 49 Tools & Tips .. From the Tackle Box 50

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stream banks, restoring river channels laborating on an Idaho-specific Trout Batten Kill and educating the public. The plan met in the Classroom (TIC) curriculum that Goes Wild with overwhelming public support. “We’re meets state testing standards. The cur- grateful to everyone who signed petitions, riculum is part of an expanded partner- VERMONT wrote decision makers and attended public ship between the chapter and the agency, meetings,” says chapter secretary Peter which may ultimately yield additional Thanks in part to a grassroots campaign Bellamy. “We look forward to rebuilding support for teachers in the form of fund- by the Southwestern Vermont Chapter, the Batten Kill to its role as one of the raising tips, grant-writing assistance, and the Batten Kill will be managed as a Northeast’s most notable fly-fishing desti- even free fishing rods and permits for strictly wild trout fishery for the next six nations.” Sara Kaplaniak classroom field trips. “Building on this years, with no-harvest regulations in key relationship represents a natural next tributaries during the critical fall spawning step that will enable us to grow our TIC season. Under the terms of its new trout More Partners, program without compromising quality,” management plan for the river, the state says Jake Duplessie, the chapter’s Trout in Fish and Wildlife Department will focus on More Trout, More the Classroom coordinator. Over the past habitat restoration rather than stocking to decade, the chapter’s TIC program has rebuild the Batten Kill’s famed brown trout Classrooms grown from one location in Boise to nearly fishery, which has declined in recent years. IDAHO 30 classrooms and hundreds of students The management plan grew out of a multi- scattered across Idaho’s Treasure Valley. year study conducted by the department The Idaho Department of Fish and Game See www.tu.org for a Q&A with Duplessie. and relies on activities such as reforesting and the Ted Trueblood Chapter are col- Sara Kaplaniak

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Salmon Landing at Sea-Tac

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The Des Moines Salmon Chapter is restoring salmon runs to Miller and Walker creeks, two five-mile-long streams west of Seattle-Tacoma Airport, on the grounds of the Normandy Park Community Club. The streams once supported thousands of spawning coho, chum, steelhead and sea-run cutthroat, but 50 years of urban development all but eliminated the fish. To bring back self-sustaining salmon runs, the chapter secured the necessary scientific advice from the state Department of Fisheries, the University of Washington and King County, then partnered with a “stream team” of more than 100 community members to complete large-scale restoration and stewardship projects. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation pro- New Winter Fishing ernment agencies and a variety of local vided funding and, more than 2,000 volun- partners as part of the Pueblo Arkansas teer hours later, the results are dramatic: the Options for Front River Corridor Legacy Project, a $7.5 mil- streams now support runs of 100-400 adult lion (to date) effort to convert a flat, warm, coho and chum salmon, numerous sea-run Range Residents relatively lifeless water into an appealing cutthroat and even the occasional steelhead. winter fishing destination for residents of COLORADO A chapter-owned restoration hatchery also Denver and Colorado Springs. The chapter provides salmon eggs to local sixth-graders The Southern Colorado Greenback Chapter advocated for improvements and has helped for use in a “salmon in the classroom” pro- is helping to create a year-round tailwater with invertebrate surveys, which establish the gram. For more information, contact Andy fishery on Colorado’s Front Range. Chapter river’s potential as a self-sustaining brown trout fishery. Ultimately, the chapter would Batcho at [email protected].______members are working with kayakers, gov- like to see this stretch of the river managed as a catch-and-release fishery. For more information, visit www.chapter509tu.org or call Ted Sillox at (719) 647-2369.

Correction: The winter 2007 issue of Trout noted the purchase of a new stocking truck to assist New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department in its anadromous fish program. The purchase was a collaborative effort by many partners, and we neglected to mention two important contributors, the Coastal Conservation Association of New Hampshire and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Our apologies to both organizations for the oversight.

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2007 Youth CampCamp Schedule Schedule The following is a listing of all 2007 TU youth camps. Space fills Oregon up quickly, so be sure to get in touch with the contact people DATES: soon if you’d like to enroll a child in this year’s session. July 12-15, 2007 LOCATION: Clackamas River, Three Lynx and Colorado ADVANCED FLY FISHING CAMP Raab campground, Ore. DATES: CONTACT: DATES: June 8-10, 2007 Dick Hollenbeck, (503) 630-4074, June 10-16, 2007 LOCATION: [email protected] LOCATION: Ranch Rudolph, Mich. www.clackamasrivertu.org Peace Ranch, Roaring Fork Valley, Colo. CONTACT: CONTACT: Ron Joyce, Larry Quilling, (303) 543-0939, Pennsylvania (989) 348-1390, [email protected]______DATES: [email protected] www.cotrout.org www.mctu.org June 17-22, 2007 LOCATION: Georgia Allenberry Resort, Boiling Springs, Pa. Montana CONTACT: DATES: DATES: Michael Klimkos, (717) 243-3056, June 10-15, 2007 June 23-27, 2007 [email protected] LOCATION: LOCATION: www.riverscamp.com Rabun Gap, Ga. Camp Georgetown

CONTACT: Lake, Mont. Charlie Breithaupt, (706) 782-6954, Virginia, Maryland, CONTACT: [email protected] Rob Roberts, (406) 543-1192, www.georgiatu.org DC & West Virginia [email protected] DATES: June 24-29, 2007 Maine New Hampshire LOCATION: DATES: Syria, Va., DATES: June 24-29, 2007 adjacent to Shenandoah July 11-15, 2007 LOCATION: National Park LOCATION: Evergreen Camp, Solon, Maine Pittsburg, N.H. CONTACTS: CONTACT: George Gaines, CONTACT: Greg Ponte, (207) 724-2861, Chair of Camp Board, Sean Smith, [email protected] (202) 904-3547, [email protected] ______(603) 793-1861, ______www.troutcamp.tumaine.org Paul Kearney, Camp Director, [email protected]______(540) 229-0563, [email protected] www.greatbaytu.org Michigan www.tucamp.org GENERAL FLY -FISHING CAMP North Carolina DATES: Washington DATES: July 8-12, 2007 June 17-22, 2007 DATES: LOCATION: June 24-30, 2007 LOCATION: Ralph A. MacMullan Lake Logan Center, Canton, N.C. LOCATION: Conference Center, Hicks Lake, Lacey, Wash. CONTACTS: Higgins Lake, Mich. Dick Heald, (828) 654-8725, CONTACT: CONTACT: Dick Nye, [email protected]______Diane Ondersma, (616) 262-5745, (360) 491-9227, Betsy Craig, [email protected] [email protected][email protected]______www.kvctu.org www.nwycffa.org www.nctu.org

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cious people I have ever known,” says fishing buddy and fellow chapter member Burt Strom, whose own involvement in TU was inspired by Cary’s willingness to devote his “heart and mind” to helping the region’s brook trout. Strom is far from alone in his assess- ment; Cary’s contributions have earned accolades from the state’s Department of Environmental Management, the Rhode Island Rivers Council and, most recently, the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The latter award honored Cary’s hours of service organizing volunteers and surveying bridges, culverts and railroad crossings on the Wood River. In just under a year, the team recorded information about 270 crossings, battling weather and dodging traffic to answer a series of questions about conditions upstream and downstream. Their efforts are already paying off: NRCS has applied for funding under the Farm Bill’s WHIP program to replace two small bridges, Lawson Cary improving passage for brook trout. Narragansett Chapter, Rhode Island Cary enlisted several interns to help with the survey project and makes it a What Lawson Cary has learned from point to engage young people in the his 14-year fight to protect Rhode conservation movement. He also enjoys Island’s wild brook trout is that if you teaching kids to fish and tie flies. “If they wait around for somebody else to do it, get busy with this, they’re less likely to get it doesn’t get done. into trouble,” he says. “Sometimes the ‘somebody’ is you,” The same could perhaps be said of Favorite Fly: says the two-time Narragansett Chapter Lawson himself. Between his many TU president and Rhode activities and his weekly His own horsefly imitation Island native, who has trips to the Falls River devoted himself nearly with his flyrod (Strom Favorite Place to Fish: full-time to conserva- calls him a “brilliant” Falls River, Rhode Island tion since he took early fisherman), Lawson retirement in 1993. He keeps plenty busy. He Most Memorable Fish: recently launched the doesn’t seem to mind A 13-inch wild brookie caught state’s second TU chap- though. “I like to feel on the Falls River. He kept it in ter, and his list of activities runs the I’m accomplishing something and giv- the net in the water until his gamut from streambank restoration to ing back to the sport I enjoy,” he says. friends could come see it. water-quality monitoring to knocking “Your immortality is what you do for on doors at the state legislature. others, not what you do for yourself.” “Lawson is hard to turn down. He Audrey Pritchard is one of the most principled and tena-

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hen I was a guide in Montana, I often consulted my veteran packer buddies before I went out on the trail. I knew their advice was time-tested and built from experience. The same could be said for the wisdom spread throughout TU’s corps of volunteers. We have Wexperts in stream restoration, youth education, chapter development—in fact if it’s related to coldwater conservation, a fellow TU member likely has something Required Reading useful to say on the subject. At TU National, our challenge is to capture and dis- For Youth Programs tribute this expertise, and one of our best tools is the Chapter Tackle Box (ww___w. TU’s flexible First Cast curriculum, ______tu.org/tacklebox). The tidbits below are a few examples of the available resources. written by the late Phil Genova, pro- We’re constantly adding new items, so check back often and send us your stories. vides step-by-step instructions for And a little free advice: if you’re ever packing into the Montana backcountry, be any sort of youth event. Download sure to bring a good team of mules, strong rope and enough trail mix to get you the curriculum and manual from the down the trail. —Dave Rogers, Director of Volunteer Operations education page of the Tackle Box, and look for Genova’s book online or in a local bookstore. Talk Cheap Have trouble getting all your leaders together in the same room? A special deal between TU and ReadyTalk teleconference service allows chapters and councils to hold telecon- ferences for just .13¢ per minute/per participant and web conferences for free. To sign up, visit the business practices page of the Tackle Box. A Picture’s Worth a Thousand ... Fishes Dig Up Farm Spruce up your next newsletter April 13 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Delivered with free photos from sites such as Bill Funds April 14 Northeast Regional Meeting http://images.fws.gov/ and ____http:// To get a bigger slice of the ______photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/. Visit Farm Bill funding pie, get to April 14-15 Colorado Rendezvous member services on the Tackle April 18 Leaders Only Section Training Box for more links, and be sure to know your local NRCS district conservationist and think use the pictures only according to April 27-29 Southeast Rally posted guidelines. about joining the workgroup he or she heads up. These work- April 30 “New Member” Rebate groups often need volunteers, May 1 Volunteer Award Nominations Accepted and EQIP and WHIP funding Did You is allocated locally through this May 10 State Council Chair Call structure. For a listing of district calendar May 16 Leaders Only Section Training Know conservationists, visit www.nrcs. Just 4.5 percent of the Farm usda.gov/contact/, click on the May 17-18 Southwest Regional Meeting Bill’s $4 billion in conservation ‘local NRCS service centers’ link June 20 Leaders Only Section Training funding benefits fisheries. and follow the prompts. For Do something about it by more information, contact Jeff July 15 Volunteer Awards Deadline reading the story on page 30. Hastings at [email protected]. September 13-15 TU Annual Meeting (Boise, ID) PHOTO BY USDA NRCS USDA BY PHOTO

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Across the country, TU chapters sponsor countless community events to bring our conservation message to a broader audience. Here are a few highlights: Pack-in, Bass Out

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For the second year in a row, members of the Middle Rogue Steelheaders Chapter laced up their hiking boots and walked 1.2 miles into the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area with a valuable cargo strapped to their backs: 1,000 five- to eight-inch juvenile winter steelhead from the Elk River Hatchery. The destination was Babyfoot Lake, a secluded but popular trout fishery that has been severely depleted by illegally introduced largemouth bass. Last year’s steelhead showed good survival rates, and the hope is that, over time, the stocked steelhead will grow large enough to prey on O’Connor “this is a great honor, especially the juvenile bass. Audrey Pritchard given that it comes from the professionals Council Honors and academics who work on native fisher- Duke Energy’s ies every day.” Commitment New Chapter SOUTH CAROLINA Duke Energy’s Bad Creek Hydro Station Notches Success in the mountains of Oconee County has been supporting TU’s efforts since the ALABAMA fledgling Chattooga River Chapter first set The Sipsey Tailrace Chapter is working with about to restore Corbin Creek 20 years Alabama Power/Southern Company and the ago. Bad Creek painstakingly ensured the Alabama Department of Freshwater Fisheries Whitewater River was protected during to improve the management of Alabama’s construction of an adjacent hydroelectric only year-round trout water. Since its incep- facility and helped TU shape a compatible tion last year, the chapter has already public use plan, then installed foot bridges Truchas Chapter negotiated higher flows during periods of and trails. Station personnel were also non-generation and doubled the number of instrumental in a program to introduce Earns Kudos annual stockings. A designated “catch-and- scouts to trout fishing and most recently release” area is also under consideration. helped TU plan a handicapped access NEW MEXICO According to Chapter President Bart Burgess, point along the Eastatoe River. In recogni- In February, the American Fisheries local anglers are excited tion of this unwav- Society’s New Mexico/Arizona Chapter about becoming involved ering commitment, named TU’s Truchas Chapter “conserva- and optimistic about the TU’s South Carolina tionist of the year” for its work to protect river’s prospects. “This Council presented its native fisheries and its advocacy on behalf is our opportunity to Palmetto Trout Award of piscicide use. The chapter has large- take a marginal put-and- to Duke’s Bad Creek scale projects underway to restore both take tailrace to greater Station in November. Gila trout and Rio Grande cutthroat, New potential,” he says. For Audrey Pritchard Mexico’s two remaining native salmonids. more information, see Says Truchas Chapter President Robert ______www.sipseytu.org.

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Art of Angling [ By Dave Whitlock] Terrestria ls Part I V: Cicada (Cicadidae)

CICADAS ARE ONE COOL BUG, AND Cicadas have a relatively simple in trees near or over water that are of from time to time, like grasshoppers life cycle of egg, nymph and adult. interest and benefit to trout and other and crickets, can offer the opportunis- The eggs are deposited on the ends insect-eating fish. Most species of adult tic terrestrial fly fisher superb buggin’ of certain deciduous tree branches. cicada are a real mouthful, running trout encounters from late spring to After hatching, the nymph spends from 18 to 40 mm. Mature trout seem late fall. A certain fast-food chain a few weeks feeding on the branch to know them well and enthusiastically advertises to ‘think outside the bun.’ I tip, causing the end of the branch to gorge on as many as they possibly can say to ‘think outside of ants, beetles and die and eventually fall from the tree. as often as they are available. hoppers’ and carry a few cicada flies to Moving to the ground, the nymph The most spectacular cicada is the jazz up your summer fly fishing on still burrows down to the tree-root system, 17-year ‘locust,’ magicicadas septendecin. or flowing trout and bass waters. feeding on tree sap and remaining This relatively small, red-eyed, black- Cicadas are large, bulky, periodic and there for three to 17 years, depending bodied, orange-legged species emerges very vocal terrestrial insects which are on the particular cicada species. When in astronomical numbers every 13 to usually heard before they’re seen when conditions and timing are right, huge 17 years. Incredible hoards of adults you are near woodlands. The sound numbers of the same species will dig usually show up in May or early June, usually brings back late-summertime back out from under ground, crawl up checker-boarded across large areas, childhood memories. They produce an the tree trunk, split their skin dorsally with groups of the 17-year hatches undulating, raspy song and are numer- and emerge as adults. For a couple of emerging in different areas every year ous and quite common in many parts weeks to a month or more they sing or so. Some states’ agricultural depart- of the world. Of the approximately 75 almost constantly and mate. Many ments have emergence maps available. species in North America, five or six of these adults eventually fall prey to Those I have witnessed in Oklahoma, are significant for fly fishers. They are wasps, hornets, birds, squirrels and Arkansas and Missouri literally pave a major trout food in New Zealand. frogs. It’s only adults that are active the water surface, and every trout, bass,

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A. Cicada nymph. Nymphs are not available to trout B. Top view of midsummer adult cicada C. Side view of same D. Top view of spent wing 17-year periodic cicada

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sunfish, catfish, carp, sucker, chub and Some of my most vivid memories trout because you can present them nicely walleye will rise and hog them down of cicada fishing have been on Utah’s on 6- and 7-weight fly tackle and shorter, until they nearly explode. I’d hate to Flaming Gorge tailwater section of the stronger leaders. I recommend no less encounter such an opportunity without Green River, on Missouri and Arkansas than 3x tippets for cicada imitations. some flies to imitate them. Ozark streams and on the incredible Imitations should be presented near Besides the 13- to 17-year species, trout rivers of both islands of New or beneath overhanging tree limbs with other species emerge more frequently Zealand. It always seems that the largest an audible ‘plop’ and animated as if they from May to September but in far fish in the area greedily rise to the splashy were fluttering to swim and escape the fewer numbers. Most are green, black plop of a size 8, 6, or 4 cicada pattern. water surface. I prefer spent-wing imita- and brown, and have clear, coarsely Nothing, except perhaps hoppers, tions tied with snag guards so they can veined, cellophane-like wings. The big brings big mature trout to the surface be cast very close to tree limbs. Though green and black ‘dog days’ cicadas that of difficult, clear, low-water conditions some trout rush them on impact, others I remember hearing and catching as a better than a cicada fly. Adult cicada will hesitate, drop back and then turn child emerge every three-to-five years, imitations, like large adult stonefly and and smash the fly. I once watched a really and there are always some hatching hopper flies, allow the fly fisher to raise, big New Zealand brown take two looks midsummer throughout the Southeast hook and successfully land the largest of at a size 8 black cicada fly, refuse, swim and Northeast.

Cicadas are large, opportunistic terrestrials that excite big trout to the surface with splashy entry and fluttering, spent wings.

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Visit us online at ______away and then turn back and rush 6 or several commercial cicada flies avail- 8 feet downstream to inhale the fly in able. Even bass poppers, hairbugs, a frightening splash. Then, for a grand chunky hoppers and adult stoneflies finale, the impulsive cicada-eater bit the in the correct color and size can work tippet and released me and my fly. well for cicada imitation. Cicada bodies can be made of deer Keep your ears and eyes on alert hair, molded sponge rubber or sponge- from spring to fall, ask about them rubber-sheet wafer sandwiches. Their while in local tackle shops, check wings can be well-imitated with pearl website reports and inspect the waters crystal flash, hackle or buck tail and for the emergences of cicadas. They most are tied with six or eight rubber are a sheer joy for the opportunistic, legs. I’d advise adding a clear mono- cold- and warm-water fly fisher to filament snag guard as well. There are hear and experience.

Cicada Fly Snag Guard To fish cicada imitations most effectively A. Cut a filament of hard mason nylon mono which is they should be presented close to approx. 2/3 the diameter of the hook’s wire, a length overhanging trees limbs from which that’s just slightly longer than the hook’s gape. Bend they fall. It’s not likely most commercial a 1/8” foot on its end. imitations have snag guards, but it’s easy B. Place a small drop of Zap-A-Gap or five-minute epoxy to put one on. Here’s how: on the other end of the nylon mono strand. C. Push mono with bonding agent into the fly’s head as shown and hold until cement sets up. Some materials like balsa, foam rubber, or closed cell plastic foam may need a small hole punched or drilled into the head before mono cement can be inserted.

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About Trout [ By Robert Behnke] Style and Substance in Angling Literature

THE CHALLENGE OF MASTERING to-date expertise in aquatic entomology readers with bold statements about both substance and style in angling from faculty at Cornell University. how a skilled nymph angler was so literature first arose in the early-to- In contrast, Edward R. Hewitt, who effective he could “clean out a stream.” mid-twentieth century, when sound has become widely recognized as the In a 1936 issue of the “semi-scientific” scientific information on trout biol- “father” of American nymph fishing, journal Progressive Fish Culturist, Hewitt ogy, aquatic invertebrates and ecology was prone to making dogmatic pro- published an article, “Fish-Eating became widely available. Like the nouncements on various subjects with- Birds Have No Place in Trout Waters.” students whose theses and disserta- out substantiation. He misinterpreted To support his conclusion that fish- tions I evaluated in academia, some scientific understanding and lacked eating birds should be exterminated writers did their homework well, in-depth understanding of nymphs. on trout waters, he cited personal others did not. But to some of his devotees, Hewitt experience: “I have seen herons clean Eugene Connett and his Derrydale has attained a degree of sainthood that out a stream a mile long so that there Press is an outstanding example of an makes his pronouncements beyond were not a dozen trout left in it in author who succeeded on both counts. critique, as I discovered after my 1991 two months where there were 1,000 He laid the foundation for a signifi- column stimulated angry letters from cantly higher level of authenticity in defenders of Hewitt’s reputation. angling literature and took the genre I should have made clear that my When Roderick Haig- “toward higher ground” (the title of evaluation of the vast output of angling Brown wrote about my Winter 1991 Trout column, which literature produced over many years contains more on Connett.) I would by Hewitt falls into two distinct cat- scientific matters such award Connett an “A” on both style egories. His fly-fishing innovations, as trout biology or and substance, not only for his own such as bivisible, skater and spider classification, he did work but also for the work of many of flies, and his scientific inquiries on his authors. For instance, Derrydale how trout perceive flies, are impres- so from a position of published Roderick Haig-Brown’s sive and justify his reputation. As a authority. first angling book, The Western Angler, teenager I purchased a copy of Hewitt’s in 1939. When Haig-Brown wrote A Trout and Salmon Fisherman for Seventy at the beginning of the season.” about scientific matters such as trout Five Years (Scribner, 1948) and loved Common sense should tell us that the biology or classification, he did so it. I thought that this book was written herons would have departed to other from a position of authority. He com- by a great man—and it was. feeding areas long before their food municated actively with the leading But when Hewitt expounded on supply dwindled to 12 fish per mile, fisheries scientists of his time, and subjects outside the realm of tackle or they would have perished from this is apparent in his work. and tactics, his ego, fueled by his starvation. Finally, near the end of Another example is A Book of Trout reputation as the leading authority, his long and illustrious life, in 1957, Flies by Preston Jennings, which led him to make rash, unsubstantiated he cited spin fishing (not herons or Derrydale published in 1935. Jennings statements. For instance, he popular- skillful nymph anglers) as the threat made comprehensive collections of ized nymph fishing with two articles that would “absolutely ruin all fishing aquatic insects and sought the most up- in Field and Stream in 1936, enticing on trout streams.”

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authority figure than a character flaw. And fortunately, it is still possible to find angling authors who are cut more from Connett’s mold than Hewitt’s. John McPhee’s The Founding Fish (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002), besides being an entertaining read from an accomplished author, can be used as a source of authentic information about shad. I would have suggested that a little-known anecdote about a run of Atlantic salmon caught by commercial shad fishermen in the Delaware River in 1895 be included in the book. This event stimulated great hopes that large runs of salmon would be established to supplement the shad fishery. The 1895 salmon run was never duplicated and this historical episode is now largely forgotten. George Black’s The Trout Pool Paradox (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) successfully contrasts the historical fates of two rivers in Connecticut. The book presents a fascinating historical story, thoroughly documented by research in historical archives and personal inter- views. If Trout Pool Paradox had been submitted as a Ph.D. dissertation, its subject matter would come under the provenance of the history or political science departments. In such cases, I would be an “outside” committee It’s obvious that Hewitt’s assertions that Hewitt’s recommendations, “to member, and my duty would be to had no supporting factual evidence be worthy to put into print in such ensure the authenticity of statements and couldn’t stand up to “before a positive form, should be based on made about fish and aquatic biology. I and after” and “test and control” a considerable amount of carefully would be predisposed to pass the work experiments. But this didn’t seem conducted experimentation.” Hewitt with flying colors, citing only a few to worry him too much. In 1936, replied that he heartily agreed with nit-picky corrections. I won’t list those renowned Stanford ichthyologist Dr. Snyder, experimental research should here, as they have nothing to do with J.O. Snyder challenged Hewitt for be conducted because “I know it will the story told about the two rivers and recommending in the British Salmon conclusively prove my statements.” hardly detract from the overall quality and Trout Association’s magazine that In charitable retrospect, Hewitt’s of the book. Only an author who did newly hatched fry should be stocked dogmatic assertions seem more like such a scrupulous job of documenta- in trout streams. Snyder protested the harmless eccentricities of an tion might want to know.

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Three Rivers Resort & www.cabinsonthestream.com [email protected] 1532 Bergen Pkwy Outfitting www.ecotoneinc.com CALIFORNIA Evergreen, CO 80439 John Covelli IDAHO 1-800-435-5353 Savage River Lodge The Best of Kamchatka 130 CR 742 Flying B Ranch [email protected]______Mike Dreisbach PO Box 339 Rich Coe William Blair www.bluequillangler.com 1600 Mt Aetna Rd Almont, CO 81210 2900 Lawyer Creek Rd PO Box 720206 Frostburg, MD 21532 Broadacres Ranch 1-888-761-FISH Kamiah, ID 83536 Redding, CA 96099-7206 (301) 689-3200 (530) 245-9338 25671 W Hwy 149 [email protected]______1-800-472-1945 [email protected] Creede, CO 81130 www.3riversresort.com [email protected] bigrainbows@thebestofkamchatka.______www.savageriverlodge.com __com (719) 658-2291 www.flyingbranch.com www.thebestofkamchatka.com [email protected]______CONNECTICUT http://broadacresranch.com Idaho River Journeys MASSACHUSETTS J. 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Ford Kieft, III www.fireholeranch.com www.mintadvertising.com www.dotzerodesign.com 2900 Woodgate Ln www.stockmanbank.com Fishs Eddy O Higgins Restaurant & Bar Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Sweetwater Travel Company NEW MEXICO Flyfishing Outfitter & Guide Chef Greg Higgins (269) 553-9100 Dan Vermillion Service An Anglers Bookcase 1239 SW Broadway [email protected] 5082 US Hwy 89 S Craig Douglass Edward Olwell Portland, OR 97205 PO Box 668 170 Aspen Grove 234 Heritage St (503) 222-9070 MINNESOTA Stevensville, MT 59870 Livingston, MT 59047 Jemez Springs, NM 87025 Lewiston Area Trout Guides (406) 777-1449 1-888-FISH-BUM (505) 829-3387 New Seasons Market Mark Reisetter [email protected][email protected][email protected] – Concordia www.ananglersbookcase.com PO Box 391 www.fishseddyo.com www.sweetwatertravel.com Elizabeth Nardi 5320 NE 33rd Ave Lewiston, MN 55952 Triple-M-Outfitters Doc Thompson - Orvis Endorsed Five Rivers Lodge Portland, OR 97211 (507) 523-2557 Mark Faroni Fly Fishing Guide Jay Burgin & Mary Jacques (503) 288-3838 [email protected]______12530 MT Hwy 41 PO Box 64 PO Box 52 Ute Park, NM 87749 www.newseasonsmarket.com www.minnesotatrout.com Dillon, MT 59725 Dixon, MT 59831 (505) 376-9220 1-800-378-5006 (406) 246-3249 Midwest Fly Fishing Magazine [email protected]______PENNSYLVANIA 4030 Zenith Ave S [email protected] [email protected]______www.flyfishnewmexico.com John W. 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Matson Rogers Ron Rhodes Foscoe Fishing Co & Outfitters Troy, MT 59935-4872 Scott Stoltz PO Box 4 17 1/2 Lebanon St Scott Farfone 1-800-596-0034 9400 NC Hwy 105 S 5005 Locust Ln Emigrant, MT 59027 [email protected]______Hanover, NH 03755 (406) 333-4401 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Harrisburg, PA 17109 www.fishmontana.com (603) 643-1263 (828) 963-6556 [email protected] [email protected]______Seven Springs Mountain www.montanaflyfishers.com Long Outfitting [email protected] www.hanoveroutdoors.com www.foscoefishing.com Resort Matthew A. Long Scott L. 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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi

By Gregg Patterson Today, Lahontan cutthroats struggle for survival, but it wasn’t always that way. One million years ago, they were the ruling brutes of the Lahontan Basin, the only large, predatory fishes patrolling the waters. The largest of these large fish evolved in Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, and in the mid-1800s, explorer John C. Fremont became the first European to describe their extraordinary size and superior flavor. Sadly, these traits ultimately contributed to the Lahontan’s undoing: Between 1873 and 1922, commercial fishing operations harvested 100,000 to 200,000 pounds of Lahontan cutthroat trout each year from Pyramid, Walker and Tahoe lakes to feed miners locally and as far away as Austin, San Francisco and Salt Lake. Overfishing, combined with non-native species introductions, pollution, grazing and diversion projects, eventually decimated the species. Cooperative restoration efforts began as early as the 1940s, and Lahontans have been transplanted in more than 50 streams to date. TU’s restoration efforts include projects on Maggie and Willow creeks in Nevada and Eight-mile Creek in California.

Status: Did you Know?: Threatened • The Lahontan cutthroat is Nevada’s state fish. Then and Now: • Lahontans can tolerate alkalinity lev- Lahontans are the largest of the cut- els that would be toxic to other fish. throats, and the original Pyramid ______Lake Lahontans were the largest of You can help Bring Back the large, reportedly reaching 40-60 the Natives: pounds. TU’s Sagebrush Chapter in Reno, The last Pyramid Lake Lahontan Nev., organizes local, on-the-ground spawning run was in 1938. Biologists efforts to help improve the status have stocked Pyramid Lake with of Lahontan cutthroat trout in west- The Lahontan cutthroat’s original range was Lahontans from Nevada and California ern Nevada. To help, contact Gene limited to the Lahontan basin, the second largest basin of the Great Basin. since the 1950s, but these fish sel- Creighton at [email protected]______dom exceed 5 to 8 pounds. LAHONTAN TROUT BY SKETCHANDRELEASE.COM BY TROUT LAHONTAN TROUT SPRING 2007 64

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