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ORVIS.COM/RECON ______________ ©2015 The Orvis Company ©2015 The qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® _____________ qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® The Journal of Coldwater Fisheries Conservation www.tu.org SUMMER 2015 26 l Watersheds The Radical Angler: Toward Biocentrism and a Clear Conscience. BY CHRISTOPHER CAMUTO 28 l Blue Lines Reboot. BY TOM REED 30 l Flowing Forward Compromise for the Upper Deschutes. BY CHRIS SANTELLA 36 l The South Fork of the Snake Set in its (good) ways. BY KEITH CURLEY 44 l State of the Trout The status of native trout species in America. BY THE TU SCIENCE TEAM 74 l Voices from the River Restoration. BY TIM ROMANO 6 l From the CEO 8 l From the Editor 10 l Our Contributors 13 l Our Readers Write 14 l Pocket Water EPA restores Clean Water Act protections; Odell Creek win; Wisconsin women’s clinic; The Bug Guy epartments debunks myths; gear reviews by TU members; D Unicoi Outfitters. 77 l Actionline Stewards for Oregon’s Fall River; Leo T. Cronin Award winner; Tennessee TU honored; Hidden Treasure gold m ine reclamation; Stream Champ Bud Smalley; and more. 86 The Art of Angling l The Trout Fisher’s Nymph. BY DAVE WHITLOCK 96 Classics l Ike’s Favorite. BY PAUL BRUUN On the Cover: Fish rescue on the Deschutes River, Oregon. Photo by Marisa Chappell. TIM ROMANO qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Chairman of the Board National Leadership Council Jim Asselstine, TYLER HILL, PENNSYLVANIA Representatives State Council Chairs Chairman of Chair ARIZONA, Steve LaFalce National Leadership Council Mick McCorcle ARKANSAS, Bill Thorne Mick McCorcle, FAIRVIEW, TEXAS Secretary CALIFORNIA, Drew Irby Paul Doscher COLORADO, Rick Matsumoto President/Chief Executive Officer CONNECTICUT, Jim Glowienka ARIZONA, Joe Miller Chris Wood, WASHINGTON, D.C. GEORGIA, Carl Riggs ARKANSAS , Kerri Russell IDAHO, Edward Northen CALIFORNIA, Brian Hines Secretary ILLINOIS, Darwin Adams COLORADO , Mac Cunningham IOWA, Brett Lorenzen Mark Gates, PALO ALTO , CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT , Bill Lanzoni KENTUCKY, Lee Squires GEORGIA , Mack Martin MAINE, Donald Abbott Treasurer IDAHO , Christopher Jones MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, John Troiano Barrett Toan, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ILLINOIS , Barry Coddens MICHIGAN, John Walters IOWA , Ryan Maas MID-ATLANTIC, Don Haynes KENTUCKY Secretary of the , Gene Slusher MINNESOTA, JP Little MAINE National Leadership Council , David Van Burgel OZARK (MISSOURI) John Wenzlick MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Garry Crago Paul Doscher, WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE MONTANA, Chris Schustrom MICHIGAN , David Smith NEW HAMPSHIRE, Thomas Ives MID-ATLANTIC, Noel Gollehon Legal Advisor NEW JERSEY, Rich Thomas MINNESOTA, John Hunt David D. Armstrong, Esq., GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO, Art Vollmer OZARK (MISSOURI) Jeff Witten NEW YORK, Ron Urban MONTANA , Dan Short NORTH CAROLINA, Jim Mabrey NEW HAMPSHIRE Trustees , March McCubrey OHIO, Tom Allen NEW JERSEY, David King Kai Anderson, WASHINGTON, D.C. INDIAN NATIONS (OKLAHOMA) David Games NEW MEXICO, William Owen MISSOULA, MONTANA OREGON, Terry Turner Nick Babson, NEW YORK , Roger Olson PENNSYLVANIA, Brian Wagner John Braico, M.D., QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA , John Kies SOUTH CAROLINA, Jim Hopkins OHIO Sherry Brainerd, RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIFORNIA , James Geary TENNESSEE, Dick Geiger INDIAN NATIONS (OKLAHOMA) Chuck Kaminski Charlie Breithaupt, CLAYTON, GEORGIA TEXAS, Mark Dillow Trout Unlimited Board of TrusteesTrout Unlimited Board of OREGON, Dave Moldal KETCHUM, IDAHO UTAH, Jeff Taniguchi Stoney Burke, PENNSYLVANIA , Monty Murty VERMONT, Clark Amadon Valerie Colas-Ohrstrom, NEW YORK, NEW YORK SOUTH CAROLINA , Malcolm Leaphart VIRGINIA, Graham Simmerman TENNESSEE Mike Dombeck, STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN , Steve Brown WASHINGTON, Rosendo Guerrero TEXAS, Rafael Torres Bill Egan, JACKSON, WYOMING WEST VIRGINIA, Lee Orr UTAH, Paul Holden BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA WISCONSIN, Linn Beck Scott Hood, VERMONT, Raymond Obar WYOMING, Calvin Hazlewood Richard Johnson, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA, Jack Ward Howard Kern, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON, Tim Gavin WEST VIRGINIA, Phil Smith Henry Koltz, BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN WISCONSIN, Kim McCarthy MANCHESTER CENTER, VERMONT Nancy Mackinnon, WYOMING, Jim Broderick Walt Minnick, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND Dan Needham, WINNETKA, ILLINOIS Ken Olivier, HILLSBOROUGH, CALIFORNIA Coldwater Conservation Fund Board of Directors 2015 Daniel Plummer, EAST BRANCH, NEW YORK Officers Michael Gerber Mark Ullman Charles Harris Kevin Reilly, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO Stephen Moss Steven Gewirz Paul Vahldiek Steve Strandberg Thomas Stoddard, LONDON, ENGLAND CHAIRMAN David Groff Henry Wendt Chris Wood Steve Strandberg, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Charles Johnson Alexander Wiegers Hamilton James Director Emeritus Mark Taylor, TULALIP, WASHINGTON VICE CHAIRMAN Stephan Kiratsous Kirk Wortman Brian Kraft Gay Barclay Raiford Trask, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA James Kelley Jeffrey Morgan Advisory John Howard Dan Vermillion, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA SECRETARY Ed Opler, Jr. John McCosker Margaret Keller Perk Perkins Whitney Tilt Thomas Offutt, III Jim Walker, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Directors Leigh Seippel Steven Renkert John Willis, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Ex-Officio Doug Biederbeck Jeffrey Smith Thomas Stoddard John Bell, Jr. Robert Strawbridge Jim Asselstine Robert Teufel Philip Belling Margaret Taylor Jon Christiansen Daniel Zabrowski Advertise in TROUT Classifieds Reach more than 150,000 anglers for just $2.25/word ($2.05/word for members). 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Fall deadline: August 1 ______________________ To request a media kit for display advertising, call (703)284-9422 ____________ TROUT SUMMER 2015 4 qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® 5 TROUT SUMMER 2015 qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® From the President SUMMER 2015 • VOLUME 57 • NUMBER 3 [ Chris Wood] EDITOR Kirk Deeter DEPUTY EDITOR By the next generation, Trout Unlimited will ensure that robust populations Samantha Carmichael of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their North American range, EDITOR-AT-LARGE so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters. 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