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Making Hay of the Farm Bill Salmon Undammed TU Camps: Wish You Were Here Fire and Fish Contents Zoom In Zoom Out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue Next Page TROUT UNLIMITED • WWW.TU.ORG________________ • SPRING 2007 Making Hay of the Farm Bill Salmon Undammed TU Camps: Wish You Were Here Fire and Fish $3 US / $4 CANADA PRINTED IN THE U.S.A Contents Zoom In Zoom Out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue Next Page A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS There are a few things you need before you head for the water. For starters, the water. That’s why Cabela’s is proud to sponsor Trout Unlimited and their invaluable mission to conserve, protect and restore North America’s trout and salmon fi sheries and their watersheds. It’s part of our commitment to preserving our fi shing traditions – and to the millions of fellow anglers we serve. CATALOG - Call 800.432.6316 for a FREE Catalog. INTERNET - visit cabelas.com RETAIL - Call 800.581.4420 for store information ©2007 Cabela’s, Inc. ARP-704 A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS BeaverTail™ US Patent No. 6,629,382 CLEARANCE SALE SAGE XP RODS (with or without BeaverTail™ grip) Without BeaverTail™ grip With BeaverTail™ grip Model Model Line Length Pieces Line Length Pieces 490-XP 429'0" 790-XP 79'0" 2 590-XP 59'0" 2 890-4XP 8 9'0" 4 596-XP 59'6" 2 990-4XP 9 9'0" 4 890-4XP 89'0" 4 1090-4XP 10 9'0" 4 Also available with BeaverTail™ grip -- Sage Model Z-Axis,TXL, TCR, SLT or XI2 at regular prices. LIMITED QUANTITY New BeaverTail™ Grip and Reelseat Our BeaverTail™ grip and reelseat are also available as components for rod builders. To find out more about these special offers and for all price inquiries, call our toll-free number 1-877-726-0440 or fax us at 1-514-426-9446. All Sage rods come with Sage and Anglers Roost warranties. Anglers Roost 285, Boul. St-Jean, Pointe-Claire, (Qc) H9R 3J1, Canada A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS 2007 SPRING The Journal of Coldwater Fisheries Conservation • www.tu.org 14 l Pursuing Perfection One Cast at a Time The joys of getting it not-quite-right. BY CHRISTOPHER CAMUTO 16 l Salmon Undammed TU champions dam removals in Maine, Washington and Oregon. 26 l Five Reasons to Run a Youth Camp Camps are among TU’s most popular events. Is it time your chapter launched one? BY LIZ OGILVIE 28 l Take Action on the Farm Bill If you send just one letter all year, make it this one. 30 l All Fired Up: A Brief History of Fish and Fire Why the two aren’t always as incompatible as you might think. BY ROGER PHILLIPS 5 l From the President 6 l From the Editor 7 l Our Contributors 8 l Our Readers Write 10 l Pocket Water Grassroots campaigns for the Copper Salmon Wilderness and the Wyoming Range. Send an email, save a fish. 13 l Question & Answer Smokejumper and steelhead guide Brent Sawyer. Departments 45 l Actionline Youth camp schedule. Batten Kill goes wild. Truchas Chapter earns kudos. Find free photos online. 53 The Art of Angling l Terrestrials, Part IV: Cicada. BY DAVE WHITLOCK 56 l About Trout Style and Substance in Angling Literature. BY ROBERT BEHNKE 64 Species Profile l Lahontan Cutthroat. BY GREGG PATTERSON JIM NELSON A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS Trout Unlimited Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board National Leadership Council Robert J. Teufel, EMMAUS, PA Representatives State Council Chairs Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ARKANSAS, Ray Smith ARKANSAS, Dennis McCarty Chairman of the ARIZONA, Fred Fillmore ARIZONA, Jeff Collins National Leadership Council CALIFORNIA, George Sutherland CALIFORNIA, John Regan Kirkwood Otey, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA COLORADO, Tom Krol COLORADO, Steve Craig CONNECTICUT, Ted Gardziel CONNECTICUT, Bill Blaufuss President GEORGIA, Bob Foster GEORGIA, Charlie Breithaupt Charles F. Gauvin, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA IDAHO, Rick Williams IDAHO, Todd Carter ILLINOIS, Wally Bock ILLINOIS, Secretary Ed Michael IOWA, Scott Sickau IOWA, Bob Cobbs Mark T. Gates, PALO ALTO , CALIFORNIA KENTUCKY, Frank Elsen KENTUCKY, Chris Shaughnessy Treasurer MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Mark Hattman MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Peter Schilling Harris Hyman IV, WASHINGTON, DC MID-ATLANTIC, Bruce Eberle MID-ATLANTIC, Noel Gollehon MAINE, Bill Oleszczuk MAINE, Sean McCormick Secretary of the National Leadership Council MICHIGAN, Carl Hueter MICHIGAN, Pat Kochanny John “Duke” Welter, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN MINNESOTA, Bob Lange MINNESOTA, John Lenczewski MISSOURI, Curt Morgret MISSOURI, John Wenzlick Legal Advisor MONTANA, Matt Clifford MONTANA, Tom Anacker David Armstrong, Esq., NORTH CAROLINA, Sam Ogburn NORTH CAROLINA, Rusty Berrier GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA NEW HAMPSHIRE, Paul Doscher NEW HAMPSHIRE, David Magnon NEW JERSEY, Lou DiGena NEW JERSEY, Rick Axt Loren Albright, SANDPOINT, ID NEW MEXICO, Kevin Reilly NEW MEXICO, Bill Schudlich Jan Allardt, GREENWICH, CT NEW YORK, Dee Maciejewski NEW YORK, Ron Urban James K. Asselstine, NEW YORK, NY OREGON, Paul Vitello OHIO, Jim Augustyn F. Weldon Baird, ATLANTA, GA PENNSYLVANIA, Jack Williams OREGON, Tom Wolf Sherry Brainerd, RANCHO SANTA FE, CA SOUTH CAROLINA, Art Shick PENNSYLVANIA, Ken Undercoffer Jon Christiansen, MILWAUKEE, WI TENNESSEE, Steve Brown SOUTH CAROLINA, Tom McInnis Lewis W. Coleman, LOS ANGELES, CA TEXAS, Jeff Schmitt TENNESSEE, George Lane Jim Eden, JACKSON, WY UTAH, Paul Dremann UTAH, Chris Thomas Bill Egan, JACKSON, WY VERMONT, Ron Rhodes VERMONT, Bill Bullock VIRGINIA, Marcia Woolman VIRGINIA, John Ross Lawrence Finch, WILSON, WY WASHINGTON, George Lang WASHINGTON, Mark Taylor Ron Foster, MONTGOMERY, IL WISCONSIN, Daniel Wisniewski WISCONSIN, Bill Heart David Goeddel, Ph.D., HILLSBOROUGH, CA WEST VIRGINIA, Larry Harris WEST VIRGINIA, Larry Orr John Q. Griffin, WASHINGTON, DC WYOMING, Kathy Buchner WYOMING, Jay Buchner Patsy Ishiyama, SAN FRANCISCO, CA George Jenkins, ST. DAVIDS, PA Eaddo Kiernan, GREENWICH, CT Sharon Lance, CENTENNIAL, CO Coldwater Conservation Fund Paul Maciejewski, ELMA, NY Sanjeev Mehra, GREENWICH, CT Chair Gay Barclay Stephen T. Moss Rick Murphree, KNOXVILLE, TN Theodore Roosevelt, IV Lee Bass Thomas W. Offutt, III, James D. Range, WASHINGTON, DC Vice Chair Phil Belling Director Emeritus George J. Records, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Edmond Opler, Jr. Hamilton E. James Allan E. Bulley, Jr. Theodore Roosevelt, IV, BROOKLYN, NY Strachan Donnelley, PhD. Perk Perkins Mike Slater, KALKASKA, MI Secretary Michael De Vlaming Flinn J. Steven Renkert, Michael “Squeak” Smith, MORGANTON, NC James F. Kelley Steven Gewirz Director Emeritus Garland Stewart, CANTON, GA Robert E. Strawbridge III Ex-Officio John B. Howard, Esq. Elizabeth Storer, TUCSON, AZ David P. Hunt Thomas Stoddard Charles F. Gauvin Oakleigh Thorne, LAKE FOREST, IL Charles M. Johnson Patrick Welsh Kirkwood Otey Henry Wendt Mark Ullman, NEW CANAAN, CT Margaret D. Keller, Director Emeritus George A. Wiegers John McCosker, PhD. Fly Fishing ■ Bird & Game Hunting ■ ■ ACCOMMODATIONS LICENSED OUTFITTER __________ MT Outfitter License #2590 1.800.596.0034 _______________________ WWW____________________.FISHMONTANA.COM TROUT SPRING 2007 4 A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS A Previous Page Contents Zoom In Zoom Out Front Cover Search Issue Next Page BEF MaGS 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.
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