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“WFI on the FLY” August 14, 2015 August 14, 2015 "WFI On The Fly" “WFI ON THE FLY” August 14, 2015 We’re Going Hi Vis! you know what a lumbersexual is? Don’t miss Adam’s article on INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Welcome to our first newsletter page 6; he explains it all! Last but Avian Influenza Pages of 2015. Our primary focus for not least is Colette’s Coop with By Dr. Tom 2 this newsletter is our Hi Vis Hack- an update of what is happening le. If you haven’t seen it yet, you Dealer Feature: Charlie’s 3-4 at Whiting Farms. Fly Box will because it really is Hi Vis! Be sure to check out our fly tying Colette’s Coop: News from 5 You might notice the newsletter is challenge on page 11! All entries the Office a bit smaller than previous issues. need to be submitted by October While it is smaller it is still packed Pro Team sCOOP”: by 6-7 1 and the winner will receive Adam Kroneberger with great information and news some great Hi Vis Hackle! from Whiting Farms. We’ve heard Featured Pro Teamer: 8 from many of you that have It goes without saying, that our Jon Ray special is the Hi Vis Hackle in missed seeing the newsletter, so Product Feature: 9 watch your email. This smaller some great colors. Our own Phil Hi Vis Hackle version will allow us to present Trimm wrote a great article on more frequent newsletters. We the Hi Vis and tied some stun- Humor: (Fish ‘n Chicks) 10 will be making a concerted effort ning Hi Vis flies for everyone to WFI Contact Info 11 to make sure we get back on track see the potential of Hi Vis Hackle. and provide you with news from We look forward to being Hi Vis Whiting and the articles you love! in the future with our newslet- This issue has a great article on ter! the Avian Flu and its effects on Dr. Thomas S. Whiting and the fly tying industry. Our fea- the Whiting Team tured dealer for this issue is Char- lie’s Fly Box in Denver, CO. Jon Ray is our featured Pro tier with a great article on tying big flies with big feathers to catch big fish. Do Page 2 "WFI On The Fly" AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE FLY TYING FEATHER SUPPLY BY DR. TOM WHITING The agricultural nightmare that To my knowledge none of the fly We at Whiting Farms are con- occurred in the upper Midwest tying feathers producers have cerned and will take the neces- in the first half of 2015 was a been directly affected by this dis- sary precautions to prevent in- monumental tragedy for the ease. Some countries have troduction of Avian Influenza farmers, companies and commu- banned the importation of any into our operations. As a side nities it affected, not to mention poultry products from the USA note, I personally have seen the the chickens and turkeys who because of what happened, disease, as in 1983 I was briefly were infected by the virus and which has blocked some feather on the federal government’s had to be destroyed. The num- exports to maybe a dozen foreign Avian Influenza Task Force bers are staggering. I believe countries. But the supply of when the first significant break something around 48 MILLION feathers is pretty much the same. of this disease hit the USA in have died or been destroyed so I believe everyone in the poultry Lancaster County Pennsylvania. far! Fortunately the disease has industry is stepping up their bi- I had just finished my Master’s abated for the time being, as is osecurity efforts, which include degree at the University of usual with influenzas in all ani- prohibition of all nonessential Georgia and joined the Task mals (including humans) be- visitors, keeping wild birds out of Force working on the wildlife cause the warmer weather sup- the chicken sheds, washing vehi- aspect of the outbreak. It was presses the virus and thus the cles and equipment regularly, both sobering and fascinating, disease has waned. The big fear and in some cases “showering in as it was run like a military op- now is what will happen this fall and showering out” all personnel eration with maps on a big wall when all the migratory water- that work with the birds. There is dotted with colored pins, and fowl, who can be asymptomatic talk of a vaccine being developed early morning “situation brief- carriers of this highly pathogen- for this particularly pathogenic ings”. I even have a slide show ic virus, migrate south from strain of Avian Influenza. But like which I have given a few times their Canadian nesting grounds? the vaccines for human influenza, to county health departments. The epidemic of the early part of each year a new cocktail of viral The scale of the recent A. I. out- 2015, it is feared, might be dis- strains are slammed together, break though is unprecedented. seminated to ALL the migratory mostly from the currently circu- But hopefully the predictions flyways, not isolated to the Mis- lating strains in the southern for the future will be not be as sissippi flyway, causing a re- hemisphere, in hopes that what bad as they could be. newed and more widespread afflicts the northern hemisphere pandemic that will be even population will be protected, at Sincerely, worse than what has already least partially, by one or more of been suffered. The USDA and the incorporated vaccine strains. Tom Whiting the poultry industry has had the No “universal” vaccine has ever roughest of wake up calls in been successfully made for hu- 2015, and the readiness and bi- man influenza, unlike many other osecurity efforts will doubtlessly diseases. The same is true with be very much better in the fu- Avian Influenza, because the abil- ture. But this last go around de- ity of the virus to evolve, mutate fied even some of the proven and recombine precludes creat- biosecurity techniques. So no ing a vaccine that protects one can say at this point what against an ever evolving enemy. the future holds. Page 3 "WFI On The Fly" FEATURED DEALER CHARLIE’S FLY BOX We just celebrated our ten year anniversary here at Charlie’s Fly Box this past December and it’s been a hell of a ride. We aren’t located on a river, but just north of Denver right along I-70 which puts us right in the middle of a huge population base and right along the path to get to the mountains, so our shop gets a lot of traffic. The place is almost always hoppin’ with both regu- lar locals and out of towners headed fishing or getting their ty- ing fix. I can confidently say our shop has more fly tying tools and mate- rials than any shop I’ve ever been in and we draw fly tiers from all over. I was a commercial fly tier for a long, long time before I opened the shop and I’ve probably tied more flies than anyone I have ever met at this point. Both Jay Zimmerman (who works with me here in the shop) and I are Umpqua Signature Tiers as well, so having a great tying selection is really important to us and I think the shop reflects that well. We’ve always tried to have the latest and greatest new tying materials and the knowledge of how they work, a great selection of Whiting Hackle, including some of the more hard to find bits and pieces that really spur some creativity as well as a huge range of hooks, thread and other staples. Beyond that, a big part of our shop’s philosophy is to teach and to that end we try to provide excellent service and classes all along the way, whether you’re a new tier or angler or an old hand. The fact of the matter is, products them- selves can be found all over with a bit of digging, but finding a shop with the knowledge and expe- rience to make the job easier and more fun is a lot tougher, and that’s what we want to be. Top: Store front of Charlie’s Fly Box Bottom: Inside Charlie’s Fly Box Photo compliments of Charlie’s Fly Box, Denver, CO Continued on Pages 8 "WFI On The Fly" Page 4 FEATURED DEALER CONTINUED C HARLIE’ S FLY B OX The “Whiting Wall” at Charlie’s Fly Box in Denver, CO Photo compliments of Charlie’s Fly Box When you are in the Denver area make sure to stop by Charlie’s Fly Box 7513 Grandview Ave Olde Town Arvada, CO 80002 (303)403-8800 or look them up on the web at: www.charliesflyboxinc.com A Humpy fly "WFI On The Fly" Page 5 “COLETTE’S COOP” WHERE DID THE has already been given the Job Have you checked out our Face- TIME GO? Well Dun award. She may not book page? We post some great know her way around the barn educational videos and would I turned around twice and yard yet but she certainly love to have your feedback. realized a year has gone by knows her way around the com- https://www.facebook.com/ since I opened the coop doors puter and thus gets a Fins Up pages/Whiting-Farms. Don’t for a chat. Those darn roost- from me. forget to Like the page so you ers must have tricked me are kept up to date on the latest again.
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