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qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® FRONT COVER PHOTO: ©ALASKA______STOCK.COM RIGHT: GRAHAM OWEN Let thewildrivers breathe. 42 Aprimeronstream restoration practices. 36 TUvolunteers gotheextra mileto save trapped trout. The12 best trout andsalmonfishingbooks. 30 Wyoming’s Wind River. 26 24 TU’s new classroom project combines research with education. 18 16

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8 7 10 6 Chinook salmon. 64 BY DAVE WHITLOCK Trout profiles: Dolly Varden. 57 to get theirmessage out. Island chapter uses media additional eightmiles. Rhode Valley TUopensManahanan removed from listofimpaired waters. Pioneer Naugatuck River cleanup.BlackBrook officially recognized forvolunteer work. Grassroots Spotlight:Wisconsin andIllinoischapters 49 fishing enthusiast. With Winkler—actor, Henry producer, director andtrout- 15 fishing forbrook trout inMaine. spears theFrankenfish. TUasks foranglers to volunteer water case. Klamath Damremoval willsave money. Congress Didymo outbreaks linked to cleanwater. TUwinsMontana 5 The Fish Rescuers The ChosenOnes Fishing TU’s HomeWaters The DrivetoDiscover Mottram andtheModernAngler. Watersheds BY DAVE STALLING Voices fromtheRiver BY JACK WILLIAMS Healing Troubled Waters BY RANDY SCHOLFIELD l l l l

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Chairman of the Board National Leadership Council Jon Christiansen, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Representatives State Council Chairs Chairman of Chairman ARIZONA, James Stipe National Leadership Council Larry Harris ARKANSAS, Kerri Russell Secretary CALIFORNIA, Drew Irby Larry Harris, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA Tom Anacker COLORADO, Sinjin Eberle President/Chief Executive Officer CONNECTICUT, Jim Glowienka ARIZONA, James Walker GEORGIA, Mack Martin Chris Wood, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA ARKANSAS, Kerri Russel IDAHO, James Piotrowski CALIFORNIA, Jamie Hunter Secretary ILLINOIS, Ed Michael COLORADO, Thomas Jones IOWA, Brett Lorenzen Mark Gates, PALO ALTO , CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT, Jeff Yates KENTUCKY, Lee Squires GEORGIA, Larry Vigil Treasurer MAINE, Greg Ponte IDAHO, Carmen Northen Harris Hyman IV, KENILWORTH, ILLINOIS MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Paul Knauth ILLINOIS, Greg Prosen MICHIGAN, David Smith IOWA, Brett Lorenzen Secretary of the MID-ATLANTIC, Nicholas Weber KENTUCKY, Dale White National Leadership Council MINNESOTA, J.P. Little MAINE, Bill Oleszczuk Tom Anacker, BOZEMAN, MONTANA MISSOURI, John Wenzlick MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Mark Hattman MONTANA, Dan Short MICHIGAN, Pat Kochanny Legal Advisor NEW HAMPSHIRE, Burr Tupper MID-ATLANTIC, Bruce Eberle David D. Armstrong, Esq., GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA NEW JERSEY, Rick Axt MINNESOTA, Steve Carlton NEW MEXICO, Bill Schudlich MISSOURI, Jeff Witten Trustees NEW YORK, Dee Maciejeweski MONTANA, Doug Nation NORTH CAROLINA, Dale Klug Kai Anderson, WASHINGTON, DC NEW HAMPSHIRE, Mary Weiss OHIO, Jim Augustyn Jim Asselstine, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK NEW JERSEY, Rich Thomas OKLAHOMA, Jeff Hartman NEW MEXICO, Frank Weissbarth Sherry Brainerd, RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIFORNIA OREGON, Tom Wolf NEW YORK, Ron Urban PENNSYLVANIA, Ken Undercoffer Matt Clifford, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA NORTH CAROLINA, John Kies SOUTH CAROLINA, Malcolm Leaphart Valerie Colas-Ohrstrom, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK OHIO, Lowell Nault TENNESSEE, John Torchick OKLAHOMA, Scott Hood Charles Conn, KETCHUM, IDAHO TEXAS, Mark Dillow OREGON, Karl Mueller Thomas Danco, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA UTAH, Robert Dibblee PENNSYLVANIA, Jack Williams VERMONT, Chris Moore Mike Dombeck, STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN SOUTH CAROLINA, Tom McInnis VIRGINIA, Bill Pierce TENNESSEE, Richard Davis Paul Doscher, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE WASHINGTON, Tom Van Gelder TEXAS, Andy Niland Bill Egan, JACKSON, WYOMING WEST VIRGINIA, Chris Shockey VERMONT, Chris Moore WISCONSIN, Kim McCarthy Wallace C. Henderson, WARRENVILLE, ILLINOIS VIRGINIA, Jack Ward WYOMING, Jim Broderick George Jenkins, ST. DAVID'S, PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, Robert Stroup

Trout Unlimited Board of Trustees Trout Unlimited Board of WEST VIRGINIA, Dave Fulton Richard Johnson, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA WISCONSIN, Bill Heart Eaddo Kiernan, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT WYOMING, John Deakins Sharon Lance, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO Paul Maciejewski, ELMA, NEW YORK Nancy Mackinnon, MANCHESTER CENTER, VERMONT Coldwater Conservation Fund Board of Directors 2011 Mick McCorcle, FAIRVIEW, TEXAS Officers Charles M. Johnson Ex-Officio Rick Murphree, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE Thomas D. Stoddard, Chairman Stephen Thomas Moss Jon Christiansen Kirk Otey, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA Hamilton E. James, Vice Chairman Edmond Opler, Jr. Larry Harris Kevin Reilly, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO James F. Kelley, Secretary Perk Perkins Steve Strandberg Leigh Seippel Chris Wood Michael W. Slater, MESICK, MICHIGAN Directors Robert E. Strawbridge, III Director Emeritus Steve Strandberg, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Gay Barclay Robert J. Teufel John B. Howard, Esq. Thomas D. Stoddard, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY John B. Bell, Jr. Paul R. Vahldiek, Jr. Philip A. Beling Henry Wendt Margaret D. Keller Oakleigh Thorne, MILLBROOK, NEW YORK Allan E. Bulley, Jr. Daniel Zabrowski Thomas W. Offutt, III Mark Ullman, NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT Timothy C. Collins J. Steven Renkert John Willis, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Michael J. Gerber, M.D. Advisory Steven B. Gewirz John E. McCosker, PhD. David C. Groff, Jr. Whitney C. Tilt

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From the President FALL 2011 • VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 4 Chris Wood [ ] EDITOR Steven R. Kinsella ASSISTANT EDITOR Samantha Carmichael Trout Unlimited Stepping Up for Conservation 1300 North 17th Street Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22209-3801 Trout Unlimited’s work to protect the places you love to fish is made possible pri- Ph: (703) 522-0200 Fax: (703) 284-9400 marily through partnerships. [email protected]______www.tu.org Take for example our work on the Big Lost in Idaho. Without the support of irriga- DESIGN tors, we could not have reopened more than 175 miles of trout habitat on that fabled grayHouse design river—habitat that was blocked for generations by irrigation diversions. [email protected] We work with timber companies, including Mendocino Redwood and Humboldt DISPLAY ADVERTISING Redwood, on California’s North Coast to remove hundreds of miles of roads to help Will Jordan [email protected]______recover imperiled coastal coho. (406) 248-3666

In Virginia and West Virginia, partnerships with the Natural Resources Conservation TROUT UNLIMITED’S MISSION: Service and the U.S. Forest Service will protect and restore native brook trout on pri- To conserve, vately and publicly owned lands. protect and This work complements the thousands of partnerships that TU chapters form restore North America’s in local communities to teach kids to fish, restore impaired rivers and advocate for coldwater fish- sound conservation policies at the local, state and national levels. Occasionally, these eries and their local partnerships become landscape in scale as was the case when four midwestern watersheds. state councils and TU National formed a partnership to help repair streams within Trout (ISSN 0041-3364) is the 24,000 square mile so-called Driftless Area of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and published four times a year in Illinois. January, April, July and October Lesser known, but of increasing importance, is the work of our partners who are by Trout Unlimited as a service to its members. Annual individual members of AFFTA. While most of you may not know what the abbreviation stands membership for U.S. residents for, you all know the member organizations. Think Orvis, Sage, Winston, Costa Del is $35, $40US for residents of Mar, Patagonia and Simms—the companies that make the rods, reels and gear we use. Canada and $55US for residents of all other countries. TU offers 10 Here is the good news, AFFTA—the American Fly Fishing Trade Association— a long- different membership categories. time, strong partner of TU, has recently upped the ante. Join or renew online at www.tu.org. Under the leadership of Chairman Jim Klug, founder and director of operations TU does occasionally make its mailing list available to like-minded of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, AFFTA and its member organizations have been organizations. Please contact us leaders in supporting conservation measures that improve fish and wildlife habitat at the address above if you would and fishing and hunting opportunities, while fighting wrong-headed congressional like your name withheld. proposals to cut funding for state and federal natural resource management agencies. Postmaster send address For example, AFFTA recently joined TU in opposing a bill in Congress that would changes to: Trout Magazine cut protections for tens of millions of acres of publicly owned land that harbors the Trout Unlimited best habitat for native trout, salmon and steelhead. Member organizations of AFFTA 1300 North 17th Street Suite 500 are stepping up for conservation, too. Orvis, for example, an important AFFTA Arlington, VA 22209-3801 member, is considering a partnership with TU to replace fish-blocking culverts to help reconnect trout and salmon to hundreds of miles of habitat. AFFTA and its member organizations are deeply aware of the intrinsic connection between healthy, intact habitats and improved fishing opportunities. So, the next time you buy a rod, reel or other gear, do it knowing that the fly-fishing business community is an active participant in helping to protect the places we love to fish.

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From the Editor [ Steven R. Kinsella] Healing Troubled Waters The pages of Trout have long been filled with references to stream repair and restoration. Terms like buffers, fish friendly culverts, bypass, erosion reduction and root wad placement, constantly appear in stories about stream restoration projects carried out at both the national and chapter levels. Those stories reflect one of the cornerstones of TU—its work to repair and restore coldwater rivers and streams to allow them to sustain important populations of trout and salmon. For the outside observer, and even for the TU member who prefers to support these efforts through their membership rather than spending a weekend volunteering waist-deep in a stream making repairs, those terms can sometimes sound like the utterings of a strange language. Recognizing that fact, the staff of Trout, along with TU’s Senior Scientist Jack Williams and our designer Jim Gray, set about creating a simplified visual image (page 36) of what the art and science of stream restoration is all about. The next time you are on the water fishing, look at the existing features of the stream or river and think about what could potentially be done to make it a more healthy, functioning system for trout or salmon. Then attend your local TU chapter meeting to talk about what you and other passionate anglers could do to turn those thoughts into action. And if you don’t have a local TU chapter, consider starting one. Positive, long-term change more often than not begins with the simple action of a single person. If you want to positively impact the fishery you care about, consider yourself the spark that can ignite that change.

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Cory Toye has worked for TU since the fall of 2007 and is currently the Elevate youryy Fly director of the Wyoming Water Project. Fishing to a new level. Cory is a Wyoming native and lives in Pavillion, Wyo. with his wife Morgan, newborn baby Joe and a variety of pets. When not working with private landowners to reconnect and restore trout habitat, he enjoys spending time with his friends and family in big, wonderful Wyoming.

Our Contributors Samantha Carmichael is the assistant editor of Trout and lives in Fairfax, Va. with her husband, Paul, and dog Patti. She is a native of Warren, Pa. where she grew up fishing and hunting in the Allegheny Mountains with her parents and three siblings. Samantha is a 2008 Penn State University graduate. Celebrating 10 years of building the finest hand-woven furled leaders. Sizes for all line weights and conditions. Saltwater and toothy Jack Williams is TU’s senior scien- fish, too. The Original, and still the best. Visit tist and a prolific writer on all things fish us at furledleaders.com. and conservation. When not out restoring streams or fishing with family, he and his wife, Cindy are likely to be working the fields BlueSky Furled Leaders with their springer spaniels. 1163 Garland St., Green Bay, WI 54301 USA [email protected]______• Ph/Fax 920-430-1239

David Stalling has worked for the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, National Wildlife Federation and is the former president of the Montana Wildlife Federation. He recently moved from Montana to Berkeley, Calif., where he works as the state communications director for TU.

Clare Cooper is currently TU’s Women’s Initiative intern in the national office. She was fortunate to conduct the Q&A with Henry “The Fonz” Winkler while working with the communications department this summer. Clare gradu- ated from Dickinson College in 2009 where her brother frequently visited under the pretense of seeing his sister, but ended up on the Letort Spring Run every time. No hard feelings—she appreciates having a guide in the family. In the future, Clare hopes to travel as much as possible, attend graduate school in Australia and eventually settle down in the Pacific Northwest.

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Our Readers Write

… I’m writing to you about an interesting coincidence regarding Bergman’s book “Trout.” My parents in the early 1940s gave me the book for a Christmas present. I read and re-read it. It was a treasure in my early days of learning about fly fishing. Two weeks ago my grandson Jacob came to visit me at our cabin at Warm Lake in the Salmon River country. The past two summers Jacob has become a good fly fisherman. He is tying flies with a passion and became an excellent fly caster. Jacob has been catching rainbows and brook trout every day that he has been at Warm Lake. To reward him for progress in the sport I gave him my extra copy of Bergman’s “Trout.” Then returning to Boise I found in my mail Trout Unlimited’s magazine and habitat in which trout live and by less, or no change whatsoever? (I( don’t read Chris Camuto’s fine article “Ray promoting fishing regulations that know the answer to this question, but Bergman: the Patience of Angling.” produce healthy populations of wild it seems worth asking.) It’s interesting Clayne F. Baker trout. There is a dizzying assort- that ‘Turner...came up with much of Boise, Idaho ment of threats to our cherished the estimated $500,000 cost of res- fishing, and the proper focus of Trout toration’ for Cherry Creek. Reader’s Having cut my trout angling teeth with is to educate its readers about these might be curious, nevertheless, about Ray Bergman’s Trout, I was delighted to threats and to present ways to counter the extent to which the improvements see Chris Camuto’s nice essay. Bergman them. There are plenty of magazines are limited to the benefit of Turner’s wrote for Outdoor Life, however, not Field about fly tying and fly fishing tech- private fishing holes. The article cites and Stream. niques and venues, and Trout doesn’t Pat Flowers as saying “I think this Tim Mead need to be another one… project was full of tough decisions, Charlotte, N.C. William Terry all of which played out very publicly, Longmont, Colo. as they should.” More could be said The letter in the summer 2011 issue about the controversies that “played by Bill Pyatt is deeply misguided. Pyatt Just wanted to say that Walt Gasson’s out very publicly.” Tough decisions makes three main assertions, all piece on “The Home Place” was the tend to issue in tough consequences of which are wrong: first, that Trout finest article I have ever read in Trout. for somebody. There is little mention focuses too much on conservation Thank you. of the counterarguments—those in and not enough on how to tie flies Dana L. Charboneau opposition to the decisions, tough or and on where and how to use them; Ludlow, Mass. otherwise, which were made. This second, that laypersons don’t know omission left me asking whether what much about conservation issues; and Recently read the piece you ran on I had read was informative or mere third, that farmers and ranchers are ‘Ted and Trout’. Turner’s conserva- hagiography. the real conservation experts and are tion efforts seem laudable. I would, Jeremy Kirby benevolent stewards of our lands and however, be interested in hearing Albion, Mich. waters. Trout Unlimited was formed as the extent to which public access has a conservation organization, dedicated been effected by Turner’s acquisitions I have just received my second issue of to improving the quality of the trout in Montana. Are there more areas Trout and am pleased to say I literally fishing experience by protecting the whereby the ‘little guy’ may gain access, read it cover to cover within the first

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Preserve & EnhanceTM two days of getting it. Growing up TU’s summer 2011 issue reminds me in Australia I would dream of the of the old adage, “You can’t tell a book wild trout and beautiful places they by its cover.” While the articles hold lived in North America. Now living much interest, I fail to see any merit in Canada I feel privileged to be an in this cover that belies Mr. Romano’s active part of a group dedicated to credentials. keeping wild salmon on Canada’s Henry Borza West Coast and am proud to be a new Greensburg, Pa. Stump Creek Ranch member of Trout Unlimited. Your Auburn, Wyoming magazine is a wonderful record of 135 acres with hay meadows Half mile of Stump Creek the outstanding work that TU does Trophy cutthroat trout fishing to keep native trout swimming free Your Letters: Stunning Wyoming Range views Over 50% off ! $785,000 throughout the continent. Your article Readers are invited to submit Toll Free 866.734.6100 “The Yin and Yang of Cows” struck letters on anything that appears www.LiveWaterProperties.com a particular chord with me, as cattle in Trout. We may edit submis- ______farmers in my native Australia battle sions for clarity or length. to keep grazing rights in the pristine Send letters to: High Country areas where rainbow, Our Readers Write brown and the odd brook trout exist. TROUT UNLIMITED I also love your “Native Fish” section. 1300 N. 17th St., Suite 500 A wonderful, truly inspiring maga- Arlington, VA 22209-3801 zine—don’t change a thing! Ben Mackereth [email protected]______Coquitlam, British Columbia

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Blog Rollup A sample of what our tech-savvy readers are saying about TroutT t WWinsi the issues. Visit tu.org/blog to voice your opinions. Gold Award Tenkara! Trout accepted the gold award for cover design at the annual Excel Made a believer out of me in no Awards in June. The Excel Awards time. Easy to learn, easy to carry, are hosted by Association Media effective tool for small creeks and & Publishing to highlight the best probably the best dry-fly fishing and the brightest in association rod I have. publishing. Trout competed among —Rene de Guzman nearly 1,000 other entries, earning the top award for cover design in My wife and I have been fishing the 100,000-plus subscribers cat- Tenkara rods for a couple of years egory. The magazine also received now and really enjoy the simplicity a silver award for overall design. of the rod, line and flies. “The magazine staff is very proud of these awards and what they say —Richard Setina about the quality of the publication,” says Editor Steve Kinsella.

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regularly has didymo blooms, with 30 to 100 percent of the streambed covered by the algae over an area up to six miles long. Didymo thrives in Rapid Creek through biogeochemical processes in biofilms in the mats. As the mats form, new stalks develop at the surface, and older stalks, which have already bound phosphorus, are Didymo Outbreaks Linked to Clean Water displaced to the mats’ inner regions. esearch results published in the fuel the growth of microscopic aquatic Phosphorus is available to didymo R journal Geophysical Research Letters plants. Didymo’s ability to grow prolifi- thanks to the activity of the bacteria found that didymo, a freshwater algae, cally in waters where nutrients such as that live inside these mats. that is wreaking havoc on trout streams phosphorus are in short supply puzzled “This study solves the puzzle of how through the United States and else- scientists. But the study, funded by didymo can produce such large blooms where and often referred to as “rock the National Science Foundation and in low-nutrient rivers and streams,” snot,” is able to colonize and dominate the State of South Dakota Carbon says Tim Kratz, program director in the bottoms of some of the world’s Scientist fund, revealed that didymo is NSF’s Division of Environmental cleanest waterways precisely because they able to concentrate phosphorus from Biology. are so clear and clean. Didymo does so the water. The results will help scientists and with a little help from its friends—in this The scientists conducted their managers identify water bodies suscep- case, bacteria—which allow it to make research in Rapid Creek, an unpol- tible to didymo blooms and may lead to use of nutrients like phosphorus. luted mountain stream in western discoveries that could stem its prolific Algae blooms are usually linked with South Dakota in which didymo was growth in rivers around the world. the increased input of nutrients that first observed in 2002. The creek

Alaska Program Sweeps Communications Awards TU’s Alaska Program won eight first place awards from the Alaska Professional Communicators for its communication’s campaign associated with increasing public awareness on the proposed Pebble Mine. The awards recognized TU’s work ranging from web videos to television advertising to news releases. The effectiveness of TU Bristol Bay campaign was made evident by the fact that the Alaska Program was also named the “Sweepstakes Winner” for taking the most first place awards.

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TU Seeks Anglers to Help Document Brook Trout Populations TU’s Maine Council, in partnership with Maine Audubon, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and over 100 volunteer anglers, are working to document native brook trout populations in previously unsurveyed ponds. Anglers can choose one or more of 187 ponds in western Maine to find and fish. “There are no records of past stocking in any these ponds, so any brook trout found in them are native, wild fish,” says Jeff Reardon, TU’s Maine brook trout campaign director. “Our goal is to collect Big Hole River information to help inform future management.” The project’s focus on remote TU Wins Important Water Case in Montana ponds offers anglers a chance to explore new places while T he Montana Supreme Court has sided with TU, ruling that the organiza- advancing trout conservation tion has the right to participate in the state-wide process for determining efforts. Anglers interested in vol- water claims—known as adjudication—even if they don’t own a water right. unteering for the project can The Montana Water Court had denied Montana TU’s participation in obtain additional information by the state-wide adjudication on the grounds that the organization did not going to tumaine.org. own a water right. The Water Court had also ruled that only the Montana The state of Maine contains 97 Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks had standing to represent the public in percent of all the wild or native water adjudication cases. The Supreme Court overturned both of those points. brook trout ponds remaining in the United States, and is consid- The case came about because Montana TU has been actively involved in ered by many to be the last true the Big Hole River basin, spending many hours and resources in the field in strongholdg for wild brook trout close cooperation with irrigators and landowners to restore arctic grayling and in ththee East.East.. wild trout populations by improving stream flows and habitat. Montana TU, and others, felt that a few over-stated water claims could unravel years of fish restoration efforts on the river. In its decision, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the public’s interest in the health of Montana’s rivers and streams as well as the integrity of the water adjudication process. As the court noted, a transparent and thorough process of airing concerns and objections from legitimate parties is the best way to avoid future water disputes. “The Montana Supreme Court grounded its opinion on the public’s right to use Montana’s waters for non-irrigation uses such as commerce, recreation and conservation, which are constitutionally-acknowledged uses of the state’s rivers and streams. It’s a decision that will be even more important for the next generation of anglers,” says Laura Ziemer, the director of TU’s Montana Water Project.

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Removal of Klamath Dams Would Save Money he California Public Utilities power output and cause the dams to cial fishing interests, conservationists T Commission has endorsed remov- operate at an annual net loss of $20 and others. ing four hydroelectric dams on the million. “The California Public Utility Klamath River to save utility custom- In addition to lower utility bills, Commission’s decision is another big ers money and help salmon. They Klamath dam removal proponents say step toward implementing the his- also granted the owner of the dam, benefits of dam removal include more toric Klamath Agreements, and bring- PacifiCorp, a two percent rate increase jobs and investments in local econo- ing salmon back home,” says Chuck to help pay for removing the dams. mies. Also, reservoirs created by the Bonham, TU’s California director. PacifiCorp had argued it was better dams are filled with toxic blue-green “We’ve said all along that the settlement to take out the dams, located in Oregon algae in the summer that is harmful to agreement is a better business outcome, and Northern California, than face the humans and can be lethal to pets and saves electric customers money, and uncertain costs of upgrading to meet livestock. puts everyone on a responsible pathway environmental standards for clean TU has played a major role in help- for dam removal compared to more water and fish passage. The Federal ing to craft an agreement to remove litigation and continued fighting.” Energy Regulatory Commission esti- the dam among all of the key parties The dams are projected to be mated that upgrades would reduce including irrigators, tribes, commer- removed beginning in 2020.

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Congress Spears the Frankenfish Maine Stocks Pond with Bluebacks The U.S. House of Representatives The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has restocked a has voted to adopt an amend- remote pond with blueback trout, a landlocked population of Arctic char, ment that would prohibit the in an effort to help restore the fish. Big Reed Pond was overrun with smelt, Food and Drug Administration which had been introduced illegally. Existing bluebacks in the pond were from spending any money on removed and then the pond was chemically treated to kill all resident fish. approving the genetically modi- By the time of the reclamation, not a single blueback trout was left in the pond. Juvenile blueback trout, whose parents had been captured from Big fied salmon. The amendment was Reed Pond before the chemical reclamation, were then restocked. Maine offered to an agricultural spend- is the only location where blueback populations exist in the United States ing bill by Representative Don and then in only a dozen waters in that state. An illegal smelt introduction Young (R-Alaska) who argued was recently confirmed in another blueback pond, Wadleigh Pond. that the fish would negatively impact wild salmon. If the measure is adopted by the full Congress, it could prove to be the death knell for the genetically modified salmon, which was developed by Aqua Bounty, a Massachusetts-based news from the world of fisheries science. company. The fish was creating by inserting the genes of Chinook salmon and ocean pout into fertilized eggs of the North Atlantic salmon. TheThe downstreamdownstream por-por- TU has been joined by other tiontion ofof mamajorjor rivers can bbee a hhotot conservation organizations and zone fforor mimigratinggrating ffishish in tthehe summer. fishery biologists opposing the That’sThat’s bbadad news fforor llongong ddistanceistance mimigrantsgrants llikeike approval of the genetically modi- bullbull trout, sasalmonlmon or steesteelhead.lhead. FinFindingding sources ooff fied salmon until the potential coocooll wwaterater can mamakeke tthehe ddifferenceifference bbetweenetween stressestressed-d- impact on wild salmon stocks -in-inducedduced ddiseaseisease or successsuccessfulful spawninspawning.g. AAnglersnglers ooftenften kknownow is thoroughly reviewed by the of deep pools or tributaryutaryary streams whwwhere fish find cool-water US Fish and Wildlife Service and refuges. We know suchh places exist, but hohow important are they? A scientscientistntitist from the UniversitUniversityy NOAA Fisheries. of WasWashingtonshhington implanted tem- “TU support for a policy Coldwater Tributaries peraturperature-sensitivere-sensitiver transmitters rider on an appropriations bill Protect Migrating Salmon into ChinookChC salmon in the is a once in a blue moon occur- KlamKlamathmaath River to document rence,” says Steve Moyer, TU’s cool refuges along the lowerower river. One rerefugrefuge,fu Blue Creek, was by far vice president for government the most important long-termg-term-term stop ovover.e During stops where Blue affairs. “But in this case, where Creek flowed into the Klamath,hC Chinook were able to decrease the FDA has so clearly failed to theirtheir bodybody temperatures by aaboutbout 8 ddegreesegrees F in a matter ooff do its job and put our trout and hours. SSuchuch knowledknowledgege will be vital to efforts to protect salmon resources in peril as a resources likelike BlueBlue CCreekreek anandd ttheirheir waterswatersheds.heds. consequence, we strongly sup- —Jack Williams, TU’s senior scientisscientistt port the House action and call Transactions ofof the American Fisheries SSocietyociety on the Senate to quickly adopt 2010. Vol. 139. Pages 1091-1108.1091-1108. the House-approved measure.”

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Colorado River—by 100 municipal and regional water authorities—grew by five percent, even as the amount they drew from all sources rose by 10 percent, according to the report. The increased demand was fueled by a population that blossomed from around 25 million in 1990 to 35 million by the end of the study period. The a uthors of the study noted that a number of factors contributed to the drop in per capita consumption, including changes to federal and state water conservation standards and municipal conservation measures that have ranged from setting water rates Colorado River Study: Population Increases based on the amount of water con- Undercut Water Savings sumed to paying people to remove lawns and landscape their property with study has shown that while water River for their water have reduced per- plants that thrive in arid conditions. A conservation efforts in the western capita demand on the river an aver- The study did not address agricul- United States over the past 20 years age of one percent or more each year ture use, which accounts for at least 70 have had a significant impact on water between 1990 and 2008. In total, that’s percent of the demand for Colorado consumption, population increases are approximately two million acre-feet River water. Moreover, the study notes erasing those gains. of water saved—enough to supply Los that at least 40 percent of the water The study by the Pacific Institute Angeles for about three years. that cities and towns draw from the found that large communities that rely Nonetheless, during the study peri- river returns as treated waste water. partly or completely on the Colorado od, the volume of water drawn from the

TU Helps Organize Sportsmen’s Alliance to Protect Marcellus Region portsmen and women in the Marcellus Shale State Trappers Association, Quality Deer Management Sregion have joined forces and created an alliance to Association, Pennsylvania Forest Coalition and urge state and federal agencies and the energy indus- The Wildlife Society. Collectively, the Sportsmen try to protect long-held hunting, fishing and trapping Alliance represent 60,000 sportsmen and women in traditions from reckless energy development. the Marcellus Shale states. “A number of key organizations have The Alliance is not opposed to gas drilling joined forces to give sportsmen and and recognizes its potential economic and women an opportunity to be heard so that social benefits. Rather, it is concerned together we can advocate for common that current state and local policies sense policies and practices to ensure governing gas drilling and hydraulic that Marcellus Shale gas development fracturing in the Marcellus Shale do does not negatively impact sportsmen’s not adequately protect valuable and interests,” says Katy Dunlap, TU’s Eastern irreplaceable natural resources, includ- Water Project director. ing clean water and critical habitat for fish Members of the Alliance include TU and its and wildlife. Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Mid-Atlantic To see the set of recommendations the Sportsmen and New Jersey state councils, Theodore Gordon Alliance for Marcellus Conservation has created for Flyfishers, Izaak Walton League of America and its improving policies and practices for Marcellus Shale

New York and Pennsylvania state divisions, New York development, go to TU.ORG/BLOGTU.ORG/BLOG______

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Question & Answer With Henry Winkler—actor, producer, director and trout-fishing enthusiast »

Henry Winkler, “The Fonz,” recently released a memoir on fly fishing, family and pho- tography, “I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River,” published by Insight Editions. An avid fly fisherman, Henry sat down to answer a few questions for Trout on his favorite spots to fish, why the sport means so much to him and his affinity for rivers.

How did you get interested in fly fishing? At first, it was just a vacation to try it. Being on the river, sleeping next to the river, standing in the river, completely hooked me.

What are the things you have learned while casting in a river? I’ve learned not to put off till tomorrow what can give you so much joy today.

Most people know you as The Fonz. Many don’t know that you were diagnosed with dyslexia when you were 31, after you received a Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. Your childhood was tough—people thought you were lazy and an Being on the underachiever. Even throughout your adult life, you say you have had moments of low river, sleeping self-esteem. How does fly fishing boost your self-image? As I got better at fly fishing, I realized that the anticipatory fear of something is next to the worse than the actual doing. I find that to be one of the most important lessons, not only that I learned from fly fishing, but that I learned to apply it to my life. river, standing in the river, You say in your book, “I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River,” that your heart lives in New York, where you were raised, that your body lives in Los Angeles and your soul completely is in Montana. Why is Montana such an important place for you? hooked me. Montana is spacious, gorgeous, friendly, inviting and where my favorite trout live.

What are your favorite rivers? The Ruby, the Beaverhead, the Madison and the Henry’s Fork.

You are dedicated to catch and release fishing. Why? I find trout to be beautiful, majestic, well-educated in avoiding my fly and very photogenic. If we put them back, they get larger and more fun the next year.

You’ve hooked yourself in the cheek with a fly and you say you fall into the river once a day while you’re fishing. What’s the worst injury you’ve incurred on a fishing trip? I would have to say that the worst injury is to my soul when I have to get back on the plane and fly out of Montana.

To read the entire interview, and to find out Henry Winkler’s go-to fly and most memorable fish, go to TTU.ORG/BLOG______U.ORG/BLOG . To hear a webcast interview with Henry Winkler, go to tu.org —Clare Cooper

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Watersheds [ by Christopher Camuto] Mottram and the Modern Angler

UNPACKING ONE’S BOOKS IS ONE OF Mottram’s refreshing originality and angler, the adventurous angler and the the few pleasures of moving. But get- his eagerness to explore the possibilities angler conservationist. (I’m tinkering ting my angling books on the shelves of dry-fly and subsurface fishing. His a bit with Mottram’s terms to keep recently proved time-consuming. As scientific background and experimen- them relevant.) But these categories, I pulled volumes out of innumer- tal approach to confronting angling Mottram notes, do not hold fast: “Of able cardboard boxes, I kept setting problems make him a good choice as mongrels there is a vast host, and all aside titles I wanted to reread. The the paradigmatic modern angler, the permutations and combinations are pile of the latter grew absurdly and great-great grandfather of us all. to be found; in fact, most of us are the shelves filled slowly. Had reality Most of us don’t go down to the mongrels.” Mottram himself effort- not intruded, I would have set about river to espouse or prove a theory. We lessly combined a diversity of interests rereading all of them. go to catch fish. And, like Mottram, as an angler. One of the titles that caught my eye, we solve the problems of fly selection It’s the scientific or practical angler which I did allow myself to revisit, was and presentation according to what’s in us that establishes our credibility. J. C. Mottram’s “Fly Fishing: Some happening in the water in front of us. Mottram was keenly interested in all New Arts and Mysteries,” originally We adapt and evolve successful ways the technical matters of angling we published in 1915. I first read it when of angling. Mottram stepped clear of continue to explore—fish behavior the Flyfisher’s Classic Library of unnecessarily polarized 19th century and biology, insect life, stream ecology Devon, England published a facsimile reprint in 1994 with an introduction Mottram is a fine example of the by David Burnett. Paul Schullery has more recently edited a selection of combination of the scientific angler and the Mottram, “Mottram on Fly Fishing Mysteries,” which Stackpole Books poetic angler, the adventure-seeker, published in its small format series poetic nature lover and conservationist. on fly-fishing literature. Mottram (1879-1945) wrote in the debates about the correct way to fish and management, optics, imitative fly shadow of the British dry-fly advocate and into the angling world we know. design, presentation tactics, finding Frederic Halford and the great wet- His take on the “arts and mysteries” fish, casting. If we are not dealing with fly angler, G. E. M. Skues, back in of angling, nearly a century old now, the manifold facts a given river presents the day when angling theories were is both a charming and an instruc- to us, then we are not really fishing. taken as seriously as political ideolo- tive read, a touchstone book for the Except for the pleasant difference gies or religious disputes. Despite contemporary angler. of his language, Mottram’s chapters being lesser known than his famous In rereading Mottram, I was as on technical matters are thoroughly contemporaries, Mottram came to be interested in the range of his angling contemporary. A brilliant chapter on considered by authorities like Arnold personality as in his technical innova- “Flies of the Future” predicts some Gingrich and Ernest Schwiebert as an tions. In his introduction, he notes that aspects of the evolution of fly design important innovator in modern fly there are different “breeds” of anglers: from his time to ours. He guessed design and angling practice. Burnett the scientific angler, the naturalist right that twentieth-century fly tyers and Schullery concur in praising angler, the happy angler, the poetic would vastly improve imitation and

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that improved imitation would aid effec- most of us, Mottram’s love of fishing the poetic angler, the adventure-seeker, tive presentation of flies everywhere in lead to travel. His two pieces on fly poetic nature lover and conservationist. the water column. His essay on “Fish fishing in New Zealand a century ago On the page he is hardcore and easy Watching” is a wonderful piece on the are gems, and they illustrate the two going at the same time. That sounds angler’s powers of observation. In the poles of his writing talent. “Fly Fishing like the character of a good fishing colorful precision of his descriptions, in New Zealand” is a fine narrative companion. Like all fine anglers, his Mottram reminds me of the studious account with a good deal of vivid drive to bring fish to the net is under- and thoughtful Vince Marinaro. description on both the north and written by broad curiosity about nature, But the enduring appeal of Mottram’s south island. His unabashed pleasure enabled by keen powers of observation, book is how it reveals the richness of in angling under the Southern Cross and enlightened by a good ethical sense. his angling personality. He discusses is a joy to read. His “A Winter with He would make my list of “complete the keeping of a fishing log or journal, the Dry Fly in New Zealand” is an anglers”—if I kept such a list—and his both as a source of information and as excellent technical treatise on the book reminds me that the complete part of the personal history of an angler subject as he puzzled out matching the angler fishes with diverse, mutually that gives pleasure as the years add up. hatch in a new environment. “New supportive interest in trout, rivers and He is expert about aquatic vegetation, Arts & Mysteries” concludes with a lakes and the natural world. and includes an entire chapter on birds. futuristic fable, “In A.D. 2014,” a dire, He offers a fine philosophic piece, “The Orwellian prophecy about the possible Chris is the author of several books Mystery of Fishing,” about the subjec- fate of angling in the modern world. and the book review columnist for tive, psychological appeal of angling and Mottram is a fine example of the Gray’s Sporting Journal. He lives at Wolftree the angler’s enjoyment of nature. Like combination of the scientific angler and Farm in central Pennsylvania.

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TheThe Drive to Discover:Drive TU's New toClassroom

BY SAMANTHA CARMICHAEL DiscoverProject Combines Research with Education

n 2008, TU national staffer Nelli Williams came up with an idea to get kids in Wyoming out of their classrooms and onto the banks of local rivers and streams to learn about fish conservation. The goal of the program was not only to teach students about local watersheds but also to provide project coordina- tors, TU scientists and volunteers with a valuable resource of information on previously unstudied fish habitats.

The idea became known as the Toye, is the emphasis on science and the IAdopt-A-Trout program and by 2010 in-depth research done on wild fish. three programs were underway in TIC involves raising fish in a tank in Dubois, Meeteetse and Cody, Wyo. the classroom; all the components of The 2010-2011 school year was the AAT are focused on understanding third year of the program in Dubois. wild and native fish in their natural AAT now works with about 80 youth in habitat. The program’s curriculum the fourth, fifth and sixth grades and is designed to educate kids about the encourages parents and city officials to fishery within as much of the watershed get involved with the on-the-ground ecology scale as possible. projects completed each fall and spring. “The program has evolved into The students do in-class work to something that will encourage kids to learn about aquatic life cycles, stream get interested in their watershed and health and threats to trout. Each class- hopefully decide to get involved in the room adopts several tagged trout and conservation of these amazing places,” follows their movements throughout Toye says. the school year. The students also Larry Lewis, now retired principal learn to use telemetry equipment, GPS of Dubois Elementary/Middle School equipment and mapping tools. adds, “It also creates a level of owner- “This was my first year with AAT. I ship within the community. One year In the art class, enjoyed looking at the bugs and plant- the daughter of a local motel owner students make fish ing the willows a lot. It was probably saw that a tourist had caught one of the paintings; in the the best activity I have ever done,” says trout with a transmitter, he had kept Dubois Elementary fourth-grader the fish and planned to eat it. She was writing class they Lydia Hinkle. indignant that he would do so but in the journal and write The fish and environment-related process told him all about our project projects are not just integrated into and what we were trying to do. Kids letters about their one science class by one teacher, they educating the public is a tremendous daily and year-long extend over all subjects. In the art class, opportunity to establish stewardship students make fish paintings; in the of local resources.” projects; in the math writing class they journal and write classes they work on letters about their daily and year-long Learning through research graphing statistics, projects; in the math classes they work on graphing statistics, prediction and Research done on the water and in the prediction and measurements. classrooms can help identify potential measurements. The difference between the widely problems for fish populations, projects known Trout in the Classroom and the that need to be implemented and Adopt-a-Trout programs, according to whether or not completed projects are Wyoming Water Project Director Cory performing as expected.

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During the 2010-2011 school from competition with non-native fish. “Dissecting a fish was awesome. It year, 15 rainbow and brown trout Finally, 15 rainbow, brown and did not stink too much either. It was were implanted with telemetry tags cutthroat trout were tagged to identify cool to get to see its air tube. I got to to monitor their movement and to issues that may be limiting the natural see the brain, the heart and liver. One identify habitat-improvement projects reproduction of trout in the Shoshone thing I learned is that the fish have and passage issues on the Wind River. River through the town of Cody, Wyo. clear eye lids,” says Dalton, a fifth On Sheridan Creek, a tributary to “The Wyoming Game and Fish grade student. the Wind, 20 trout, among them native stock this fishery but would like to see But for students like Dalton, it’s not Yellowstone cutthroat, were tagged to it persist naturally,” says Toye. all serious fish research all the time. A determine if cutthroat could be restored The telemetry research allows favorite activity for the students has been to the creek. The telemetry information students to keep a map of their fish the stream habitat simulation. A course from the project will help determine locations. While most fish are still is set up in the school gym outlining if a naturally existing rock structure tagged and swimming at the end of the a stream riddled with commonly seen will keep non-native brook trout from project, Toye says it is not unheard of obstacles such as culverts, anglers and competing with the cutthroat. to find a tag beneath a bird’s nest. He barriers. The kids are given a dozen Thus far, the AAT research points added that the vast majority of people colored plastic eggs each to carry to good things on Sheridan Creek. fishing will just release a fish if one through the “stream” in its pre-restored Toye says that the released trout have with a tag is caught. Along with the state. At the end they count how many not moved through the rock structure. telemetry research, the students are of their eggs made it through. It is no They are hoping that the structure is busy learning insect identification, fish surprise that many eggs break. They an adequate barrier so they can release dissection and willow planting. They then simulate a stream restoration and Yellowstone cutthroats into the upper take their newly learned fly-casting run the course again with their eggs to reaches of Sheridan and keep them free abilities onto the water as well. see how much easier it gets for them.

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A new generation of anglers The success of the program is “Dissecting a fish was and conservationists evident in the fact that for the 2011- It takes a number of dedicated staff 2012 school year there are five new awesome. It did not and volunteers to make the program AAT programs that are getting started stink too much either. a success. The 12 teachers and admin- across the state of Wyoming. istrators assist in all the projects and “It was really neat to see the It was cool to get to are well informed before each lesson excitement for the program grow so see its air tube. I got to is presented. About 25 TU volunteers fast and watch as volunteers stepped see the brain, the heart participate in the field and classroom up to help, got excited about it and activities as well. The project has took ownership of it,” says Williams. and liver. One thing I received tremendous support from the “Ultimately it was my hope to create learned is that the fish Wyoming Game and Fish Department, a fun, place-based river education the Shoshone National Forest and from program that would be a model for have clear eye lids.” the Dubois Anglers Wildlife Group. uses in other communities in the “I have been amazed how the West. I think its well on its way thanks program has also helped create a new to the good work of the TU staff and generation of anglers and conserva- volunteers in Wyoming.” tionists in some of our communities. I run into parents who tell me about To see a video of the Adopt-A-Trout how their son or daughter wanted a fly volunteers in action, go to rod for Christmas and that forced the TU.ORG/BLOG______parents to get their own so they could all enjoy the sport,” Toye says.

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Fishing TU’s Home Waters:

Fishing Wyoming’s Wind River BY CORY TOYE ew places maintain the feel of the Big Horn River. The Big Horn then works its ing the area. However, anglers choosing to Old West like Wind River country. way north through Wyoming and eventually float waters on the Reservation will have to FWorking ranches dot the landscape into Montana to join the Yellowstone River. secure a guide that is permitted to do so. and healthy streams and rivers flow from Wind River country offers a diverse array Fishing throughout the basin and the the base of high mountain peaks such as of outdoor opportunities for anyone will- mountains provides a visual experience Gannett—Wyoming’s tallest. ing to compete with rough terrain, much of matched by few places. For those willing to The Wind River Mountains are in north- which is as wild now as it was at the turn of work the steep terrain of the surrounding west Wyoming just east of the Continental the century. The river is home to wild and mountain ranges, countless mountain lakes Divide from Jackson Hole and the Teton native trout that thrive in habitat that can including Fish Lake and Pelham Lake can Mountains. The Wind begins in its name- range from high elevation alpine streams provide anglers an opportunity to catch sake and Absaroka Mountain ranges and and lakes to a volatile and turbid river that native Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Other drains high desert lands before spilling cuts through the badlands of northwest lakes in the drainage hold a variety of trout into Boysen Reservoir near the town of Wyoming. The river’s basin includes the 2.2 including Yellowstone cutthroat, brown, Shoshoni. The river then flows through million acre Wind River Indian Reservation brook, rainbow and the elusive golden trout. the Wind River Canyon before reach- and anglers must obtain a tribal permit Anglers should have an arsenal of scud, leech ing the “Wedding of the Waters” near to fish these waters. Wading and floating and crane fly patterns to find success in the Thermopolis, Wyo. where it becomes the opportunities are available for anglers visit- mountain lakes, but be prepared to change up to match midge and small mayfly hatches as well. A large wilderness expanse provides anglers the ability to access high mountain lake fishing in surroundings that will take your breath away. Wind River country is wild, and encounters with bears, wolves, mountain sheep and mountain lions are common. If you decide to chase down some of the high elevation trout, be prepared for unpredictable weather. Temperature swings and weather patterns in the middle of the summer can be extreme so anglers should plan accordingly. The upper reach of the Wind River near the town of Dubois provides excellent fishing with a number of public access areas. A few large trout reside in the upper stretches of the river where warm spring tributaries keep the majority of the river, in town, ice free throughout the winter. As you proceed further west toward Togwotee Pass and into the forest, numerous headwater tributaries, including Brooks Lake Creek and Sheridan Creek, provide additional opportunities to catch trout in pristine country. To get the most out of your Wind River country fishing experience, contact WD Fly Shop at www.wdflyshop.com or Sweetwater Fishing Expeditions at www.sweetwaterfishing. ___

BRIAN GROSSENBACHER com.

SCHNITZER RUSS

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Fishing throughout the basin and the mountains provides a visual experience matched by few places.

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The Twelve Best Trout and Salmon Fishing Books

When it comes to trout and salmon fishing books, there is no shortage of opinions which are

the best of the best. Instead of choosing the 12 top books, the editorial staff could have selected

the 25 or 50 best books. It would have been easier. Nonetheless, here’s our stab at the 12 best

trout and salmon fishing books of all time, chosen with the input of readers, volunteers, TU

staff and others, and written by a bevy of angling experts and enthusiasts. Agree? Disagree?

Tell us about it on the blog at TU.ORG/BLOG______—The editor

Trout (1938) Trout Fishing (1972)

RAY BERGMAN JOE BROOKS First published in 1938, reissued When “Trout Fishing” was in a revised and expanded second published in 1972 it was one of edition in 1952, and reprinted the first in what would become a frequently since then, “Trout” is long list of illustrated fly-fishing one of the most influential modern how-to books. Written by modern American trout fishing books. It was fishing pioneer Joe Brooks, it “the bible" for many anglers from includes information on the his- mid-century on. Although some tory of fly fishing, fishing tackle, of Bergman’s treatment of tackle fishing methods, flies, wading has gone out of date, the heart of this enduring and still tips and casting techniques. In what is now standard fare, useful book is Bergman’s detailed advice on angling tactics. the casting section contains easy to follow images of angler, His thoughts on wet fly, nymph and streamer fishing are fly rod and line. At the time of its publication, Western fly especially valuable. Bergman set the standard as a problem- innovator and fly-shop founder Dan Bailey wrote that the solving angler and couched his tactical lessons in engaging instructional information in the book “is the best available narratives, which are still a pleasure to read. on the subject.” Chris Camuto is the author of several books, a columnist for Trout and the The editor book review columnist for Gray’s Sporting Journal.

A River Runs Through It and The Complete Book of Western Other Stories (1976) Hatches: An Angler’s Entomology NORMAN MACLEAN and Fly Pattern Field Guide (1981) Though anglers often laud it for RICK HAFELE AND DAVE HUGHES its fly-fishing backdrop, Norman Maclean’s novella “A River Runs When it was published, “Western Through It” is much more than Hatches” was a revelation in print—a an angling tale. It is an artful readable description of western narrative of a father and brother, insects by a scientist and a writer, stubborn and tough Scots, who both of whom fished often and hunger to help—but cannot—a extraordinarily well. Latin names talented younger son whose life permeate the text, but are over- drifts between trouble and a great whelmed by the practical informa- river, Montana’s Big Blackfoot. Cane rods, Bunyan Bugs tion contained in chapters dedicated and four-count casting play supporting roles, but it is the to mayflies, stoneflies, caddis flies anddlhfh a plethora of other frailties of the human condition that course through this aquatic organisms. The authors streamlined entomology and story, sure and clear like melt-water off Montana’s Great provided functional context with fly patterns and fishing Divide. techniques and then completed the angler’s buffet by using examples from legendary rivers such as the Deschutes and Bruce Farling is the executive director of Montana TU. Madison. The approach is time honored, but “Western Hatches” broke the mold. A Wyoming resident, Scott Yates is the director of TU’s Western Water Project and an avid Western angler.

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Steelhead Fly Fishing (1991) Caddisflies: A major study of one

TREY COMBS of the most important aquatic Aspiring and veteran steel- insects—entomology, fly tying, and head fly anglers alike are proven fishing techniques (1981) plagued these days by information overload. The amount of GARY LAFONTAINE gear and information avail- Following a decade of ground- able in our so-called “digital breaking research, the publish- age” can be overwhelming. But ing of “Caddisflies” served as a the essential information that catalyst for anglers and became any aspiring steelheader needs the defining work of Gary to know has not changed over LaFontaine’s brilliant angling time and it can be found in Trey Combs’s seminal book: career. The book takes an “Steelhead Fly Fishing.” The book provides time-tested exhaustive look at the previously information on tackle and techniques, steelhead behavior disregarded and misunderstood and fly patterns. It also introduces readers to the major biology of the caddisfly life cyclelditiifit and its significance to steelhead rivers of the Pacific Northwest, from the Klamath trout. Effective methods for applying this information are in the south to the legendary Skeena system in northern provided in the form of revolutionary “heresies” pertaining British Columbia. to fly patterns and fishing techniques. “Caddisflies” is the standard on the subject and remains as instrumental to Rob Masonis is TU’s vice president of Conservation Programs and an avid anglers today as it was a generation ago. steelhead angler in the Pacific Northwest. Will Jordan resides in Montana’s Gallatin Valley, he publishes a blog highlighting his fishing experiences at 111degreeswest.blogspot.com.

The Curtis Creek Mainfesto (1978)

SHERIDAN ANDERSON A Modern Dry Fly Code (1950) There are two things that ultimately define great fly VINCENT C. MARINARO anglers—the ability to keep This classic treatise on fishing the things incredibly simple and dry fly remains as relevant today never taking themselves too as when it was published in 1950. seriously. The highest accolades Through compelling stories and belong to “literary” standards of keen observation, the book focuses angling wisdom … but who ever on techniques and patterns that said that had to be a long-form are as effective on the insect-rich volume? Sheridan Anderson limestone streams of Pennsylvania created what may be the most poignant and impactful as they are almost anywhere trout “counter-culture” treatise on introductory fly fishing ever are found. A large portion of this produced in his 48-page collection of cartoons and witty book focuses on the importance of terrestrial insects—bring- prose entitled “The Curtis Creek Manifesto.” The doodles ing non-aquatic insect species to the minds and fly boxes of are outright silly, but the lessons are stunningly effective, anglers worldwide. As comfortable on the water as at the vise, even now—33 years and 250,000 sold copies later. Marinaro presents readers with his innovative thorax-style mayfly pattern as well as early imitations of several terrestrials. Kirk Deeter is editor of Angling Trade, an editor-at-large for Field & Stream and a frequent contributor to Trout. Brennan Sang is the online community manager for TU and lives and fishes in West Yellowstone, Mont. with his wife and year-old son.

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Trout Bum (1988) Fly Casting Techniques (1987)

JOHN GIERACH JOAN WULFF People getting into fly fishing Joan Wulff’s book, “Fly Casting often look for suggestions on Techniques” is a cross between a books to help them become Chilton auto repair manual and better anglers. Proposing an a medical textbook. Mechanical author known more for humor and clinical, her pioneering than “how to” may seem odd, approach to fly casting has but many people feel the most cemented her position as the important thing about fly fish- mother of modern-day casting. ing is not taking it too seriously. Wulff’s hard-edged, analytical Gierach subtly makes this point approach to casting still is the gold-standard.ld d d With Wi h the h while deftly providing intimate book’s detailed diagrams and Wulff’s mantra of “practice, details of the culture and quirks off theh sport. SeasonedS d practice and more practice,” readers can only hope that a anglers readily relate to the experiences while “newbies” fraction of her deep knowledge about the art of fly casting soak up an amazing amount of information, accidentally takes residence in their technique. gleaning vital tips that seem to crawl from the text like Erin Mooney is the press secretary for TU and a certified L.L. Bean casting a caddis hatch. instructor. Brett Prettyman is the outdoors editor for the Salt Lake Tribune, author of “Fishing Utah” and sits on the board of directors of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and Reel Recovery.

The River Why (1983)

DAVID JAMES DUNCAN Nymphs—Volume 1 and 2 (1983) Emblematic of the soggy Pacific Northwest culture and centric to ERNEST SCHWIEBERT the conflict to balance the needs of Written as both a “me and Joe salmon and industry, this coming- went fishing” book as well as a of-age love story is anchored in the highly technical guide to aquatic passion for fishing, family, rela- insects, “Nymphs” is the go-to tionships and maintaining a sense book for anyone wanting to of place in an ever-changing world. understand the world of insects “The River Why” is a glimpse into below the water’s surface. It is the forces that led to the salmon also a tour of the trout fishing and steelhead declines in the Northwest, as seen through world. The writing style is reader the eyes of an often misanthropic protagonist searching for friendly with detailed sketches offth the nymphs h in i the th text. t t personal and spiritual relevance through fishing. Duncan No matter where you might fish, be it central Wisconsin takes you to a place and time in the past unchanged and or in another country, this book should inspire the trout unblemished in your memory. angler to learn more about what the trout in their home waters have for lunch. David Lass is TU’s Northern California field director and an avid steelhead, trout and salmon angler who grew up in Portland, Ore. A retired chemistry instructor from Wisconsin, Lee Kersten has been a TU member since 1969.

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The Fish On a Wyoming river, TU volunteers go the

BY RANDY SCHOLFIELD RescuersPHOTOS BY Mark Conlin extra mile to save trapped trout

A group of anglers wade quietly forward, forming a line across the waist-deep water. Two of them in the lead wear backpacks attached to electrical rods that they sweep back and forth in the water, looking like beachcombing treasure hunters. Others carry buckets and nets. “There’s one,” someone says, point- industry for the last 25 years, and also ing to a flash of white under the water. A keeps his hand in construction work. stunned fish floats toward the surface. “I’m trying to retire now,” he says, One of the netters quickly glides in, laughing. poised to scoop it up. A couple of quick As a child growing up on a Wyoming lunges in the water and it’s in the net—a ranch, Capron witnessed firsthand fat, trophy-size cutthroat. the tragedy of fish entrapment in local “Now this is what I call fishing,” irrigation ditches. Something regis- someone says, grinning. tered in the boy that this wasn’t right. But this is a different kind of angling, As an adult, he began working to a different sort of catch-and-release. find a solution. At the most basic level, On this fall weekend, these volunteers it was a straightforward rescue opera- from the East Yellowstone Chapter in tion. Collect the fish and physically Wyoming are fishing with electroshock transport them back to the mainstem gear and a serious purpose: to save trout Shoshone River. He started by himself and native fish trapped in irrigation with a net and a bucket. canals. About 10 years ago, his dogged It’s a huge, but still largely unad- efforts inspired his local TU chapter dressed, problem across the West: In to get involved. They started out using Wyoming alone, each year, hundreds seines, dragging the ditches. In recent of thousands, maybe millions, of wild years, volunteers have been equipped and native fish are trapped and die in with electroshock wands. Each year, irrigation canals. The fish move from without fanfare or recognition, and mainstem rivers and streams into the in all kinds of weather, the chapter ditches when the water is high in the members spend long days slogging spring, and then, when the water levels up and down ditches, rescuing trout. drop at the end of the irrigation season On this morning, after meeting in October, the fish become stranded in at a Cody parking lot and fortifying isolated pools and short, shallow stretches. themselves with donuts and coffee, Each year, these trapped fish die by the group of a dozen or so volunteers the thousands, their bleached skeletons convoy out to the Garland Ditch, littering the ditches and banks. a large irrigation canal a few miles Bob Capron thought that was a outside of town, halfway between terrible waste. And he decided to do Cody and Powell. They drive along the something about it. Capron is a local, canal embankment road, looking for born and raised in Cody. His folks standing pools large enough to hold were ranchers on the South Fork of the trout. Already, much of the canal bed is Shoshone River. He’s been in the oil dried up. When they find a likely pool,

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Each year, without fanfare or recognition, and in all kinds of weather, the chapter members spend long days slogging up and down ditches, rescuing trout.

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they get to work: Electro-shockers up effects of what biologists call fish of the overall problem. Sweet points front, netters behind them, and then “entrainment.” out that there are hundreds of irriga- bucket-holders waiting to transport fish How big is the problem? “More tion systems and thousands of miles to a large oxygenated holding tank in fish are lost to irrigation diversions of canals and ditches in the Cody the back of a pickup. than are consumed by humans in the area alone. Some advice if you’re standing near entire state—this is a bigger impact,” Still, this is an immediate, tangible the electroshocking equipment: Don’t says David Sweet, past council presi- way to ensure that healthy trout remain touch the water with bare hands. You dent of Wyoming TU and another in the streams and rivers where they might get a tingle. rescue regular. He uses the nearby can be caught and enjoyed by fisher- The group rescues a diversity of Cody Canal on the South Fork of men. And for chapter volunteers, it’s trout species in the canals: Rainbows, the Shoshone River as an example. a thrill to save these beautiful fish and cutthroats, browns, maybe a lake trout In 2006, Wyoming Game and Fish put them back in circulation. or two. Some are small-fry, and some personnel did an entrainment study are lunkers that any angler would love of that single irrigation diversion. to have on the end of his or her line. “Fifty thousand fish were lost in that The Fish Screen Solution Just like fishing, there are no guar- ditch alone—and 17,000 of them were For all the benefits of rescuing fish, antees. A few holes are empty. But then trout,” he says. “That’s the equivalent however, this bucket-brigade opera- the action picks up. The bucketeers keep of taking every fish out of a 7-mile tion is a labor-intensive, Band-Aid emptying fish after fish into the holding stretch of that river. And you do that approach. That’s why Capron and tank, as a fish counter tallies the score: every summer. No matter how good Wyoming TU have been pushing a “. . . 5, 6, 7, nice brown, 9, 10.” your recruitment is, you can’t keep up more permanent fix to the problem. Later, they’ll drive over to the with that kind of loss.” In most cases, the solution is installing Shoshone River, and release the fish The fish rescuers save from 3,000- fish screens on canal headgates that let into the shallows, watching them slither 5,000 fish a year—impressive numbers, water in but keep fish out. and shoot back into their home waters. but they represent a small percentage Continued on page 48 For all the benefits of rescuing fish, however, this bucket- brigade operation is a labor-intensive, Band-Aid approach. In most cases, the solution is installing fish screens on canal headgates that let water in but keep fish out.

Then they’ll move on to Lakeview Canal, Cody Canal, North Fork Ditch and several other irrigation waterways. Next fall, they’ll do it all over again. Over the years, state agencies, irrigators and other partners have played a vital role in this collaborative effort. Biologist Jason Burkhardt of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is a regular at these events. The agency has helped supply electroshocking equipment and technical advice as well as identified the best project opportunities for benefiting native Yellowstone cutthroats . In turn, the volunteers carefully tally the numbers and species of fish they save —important data that WGFD staff rely on to monitor the long-term

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he pages of Trout frequently host stories on the practice of stream restoration. Whether it is a small project by a local TU chapter to assist fish passage by fixing barriers like culverts, or a watershed-scale effort designed to restore the natural functions Tof a river and its tributaries, restoration is one By Jack E. Williams of the core missions of TU. Restoration is part Illustration by John Roman art and part science. Regardless of the size of the project, it is important to work with natural systems to address the core causes of harm within the existing watershed context. Stream restoration is also about finding solutions that are not only good for fish but that work for existing land owners and local communities for the long haul. Before work on fixing stream problems can start, it is necessary to understand how streams function. Stream restoration can be vexing simply because flows can vary. Erosive forces constantly carve out banks, remove sediment from outside bends and deposit it in inside bends and deeper pools. IfIf not not constrained constrained by by bedrock bedrock or steepor steep canyon canyon walls, walls, streams streams will form will formnew channels new channels and meander and meander across across entire entirevalleys. valleys. These changesThese changes may not may be notobvious be obvious initially becausebecause theythey occuroccur graduallygradually over time. Nonetheless, they are a force to reckon with and must be integrated into a project’s design. Some stream changes are abrupt and can occur in real time. Heavy rains or snowmelt can push streams over their banks, inundating floodplains and riparian areas. If streams have been disconnected from their floodplains by channelization or riprap, damage from high-energy floods can quickly develop downstream. Future cycles of flood and drought are likely to be more prolonged and intense so reestablishing the connections between a stream and its floodplain should figure prominently in restoration planning. Streams are products of their watershed. If the watershed is in good condition, flow changes are likely to be more gradual. If a sizable portion of the surrounding land is covered with roads, buildings or other hard surfaces, runoff occurs more rapidly and peak flows are higher. Watersheds altered by recent wildfire, numerous row crops or overgrazed meadows may shed large quantities of silt and clays into streams during runoff. Similarly, runoff from urban areas may send toxic oils and other hydrocarbons into stream systems. Ultimately, stream restoration should seek to address the root causes of degradation and to restore streams to their natural condition. The diagram on the next four pages demonstrates the approach that often goesgoes intointo to stream stream restoration. restoration. While While it it is is important important toto understand that there is no “one-size-fits-all”“one-size fits all” approachapproach toto restoringrestoring a stream’s natural functions, the diagram provides a sense of common methods employed in the art and science of stream restoration.

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The Art and Science of Stream Restoration

o successfully restore a stream to its natural condition, it is important that the project has clear goals and objectives that are agreed to by all project partners; addresses the root causes of decline T rather than simply the symptoms of the problem; works with the natural forces of stream flow and erosion and assists the stream in healing itself, rather than working against those forces; works at the watershed level and within long-term time frames, rather than focusing on shorter stream reaches and shorter periods of time; and includes provisions to monitor and maintain the project over the coming years, rather than completing the work and walking away.

Riparian zone re-establishment

PROBLEM: Livestock overgrazing is compacting streamside soils and preventing robust growth of riparian vegetation.

SOLUTION: Construct wildlife-friendly fencing 100 feet from stream channel to exclude cattle and encourage riparian plant growth.

Restoring instream fish habitat

PROBLEM: The stream channel has become simplified over time, lacking habitat diversity and deep pools.

SOLUTION: Introduce logs, root wads and large boulders throughout the channel, which will help build more diverse habitats as stream flows interact with these structures to dig holes and move sediment. These habitat structures are simply placed into the stream channel and not cabled or otherwise locked into place, allowing the stream to dictate their most appropriate location.

Willow weaving

PROBLEM: Soil erosion over time has created steep- cut banks and dewatered meadow area.

SOLUTION: Weave willow cuttings together and connect them to the cut bank to slow erosive flows, capture silt and create a vegetated and more natural streambank that is more resistant to erosion.

Tributary silt reduction

PROBLEM: Tributary stream is contributing high volumes of fine silt because of uncontrolled upstream development.

SOLUTION: Using native seed sources, create shallow wetlands along the tributary’s downstream end as a way to capture silt and decrease stream sedimentation. VERA LEOPOLD/THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE VERA

Culvert replacement

PROBLEM: Poorly designed culvert prohibits free movement of fish, invertebrates and stream substrates.

SOLUTION: Replace existing culvert with bottom- less archway culvert or bridge design to facilitate free upstream and downstream movement. FAR RIGHT: JIM YUSKAVITCH RIGHT: FAR

Small dam removal

PROBLEM: Small irrigation dam blocks fish passage.

SOLUTION: The irrigation dam is removed and replaced with a diversion and rock sills that provide for irrigation water while allowing upstream passage of fish and other aquatic creatures.

Irrigation canal screening

PROBLEM: Fish enter irrigation canals from the mainstem river and are trapped and die when water levels drop in the fall.

SOLUTION: Work with the landowner to install screens, which will prevent fish from entering the canals while making the canals easier to maintain by keeping debris out.

LET THE WILD RIVERS BREATHE ii BY DAVE STALLING

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was hiking along media ignore its naturally fluctuating Rattlesnake Creek water levels. The Yukon just basks on the outskirts of python-like in the thin Arctic sun, my home in Missoula coiled between the Bering Sea and on a cold January the alpine lakes of British Columbia, afternoon when I breathing in and breathing out.” heard a thunder- Until the Aswan Dam was con- ous roar up ahead, like the sound structed in the 1960s, the people of Iof a derailed freight train crashing Egypt counted on the regular spring through the trees. Then I saw a wall flooding of the Nile to enrich the of ice and water coming my way and I soil of the floodplains with nutrient quickly climbed a little higher up the rich silt for healthy crops. Here in the bank where I could safely watch the United States, we too used the flood- water and ice tumble and careen by. fertile soils of the Mississippi River In a matter of minutes, the creek rose floodplain to successfully grow large at least four feet and a few small trees quantities of food. That was until we rushed past (Another witness later built dams and levees, straightened, said he saw a dead beaver float by.) deepened and restructured river The normally crystalline water turned channels, harnessed and tamed a coffee-colored and the air had a scent once great wild river, built homes similar to an ocean’s low tide, due to and cities in the flood plain and did the churning gravel and scraping of all we could (with limited success) the river bottom. The river receded to control and eliminate flooding. nearly as quickly as it rose, leaving Along parts of the Colorado River, piles of ice along the bank that looked officials now annually release water like giant white dominos pushed on from dams to emulate flooding in an their sides. attempt to improve rivers that have It was a spectacular show of force, as been negatively affected by dams and only nature can put on, and a remark- the absence of flooding—similar to able site to see. It was only remarkable lighting small, prescribed fires in to me; for the creek, it was just another forests to emulate wild fires. deep breath of change as rivers tend to do once in Floods flush rivers of old silt and awhile when left to run free and wild. sedimentation, pump new insect- In an article for the and fish-feeding nutrients into the July 1994 issue of Audubon rivers and enrich the floodplains entitled, “The River Always Wins,” writer and watersheds surrounding them. Ted Williams tells about a time when one of the “earth’s great Like the wild fires that helped rivers” broke over its banks and raged shape the forests of the West—periodi- through its watershed. “The river was cally clearing underbrush, recycling the Yukon,” he wrote. “And if you nutrients and otherwise keeping fire- hadn’t heard that it overflowed, it’s evolved and fire-dependent forests because no one but the river wrote healthier—floods flush rivers of old about it. Since people do not dare silt and sedimentation, pump new to live in it, which is to say on the insect- and fish-feeding nutrients into regularly inundated floodplain, the the rivers and enrich the floodplains

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and watersheds surrounding them. It’s in the way that fire and flood become when homes burn, houses and bridges dangerous and destructive. wash down rivers and human lives are In most of the West, land managers lost we consider fire and flood “cata- are learning more and more about strophic” and “devastating”—which, the importance of fire, and leaving of course, they are to those affected. room, where they can, for fires to Just as our efforts to suppress and burn. (Or, in some cases, intentionally contain wildfire has often led to accu- putting fire back into the system with mulated fuels, denser and thicker forests prescribed burns.) By following the more susceptible to insects and disease, Trout Unlimited model of protect- and therefore less frequent but more ing the wildness of upper tributaries, intense and damaging fires, our efforts We can and should leave room for to control and sub- jugate rivers have led floods and recognize not only the to more accumulated good they do when we are not in water, fewer places for water to run off the way, but also their importance. and less frequent but more intense and damaging floods. reconnecting them to their rivers and It’s easy to forget when looking at a restoring and sustaining the integrity particular stretch of river that it’s just of entire watersheds we can and should one piece of a giant system, like fingers leave room for floods and recognize not connected to hands connected to arms only the good they do when we are not connected to bodies. There are small in the way, but also their importance. tributaries to the Rattlesnake—like I am glad Rattlesnake Creek still Beescove Creek—and the Rattlesnake, has room to be wild and free and has in turn, is just one of many tributaries the space to breathe—to do what it has to the Clark Fork, which is a tributary likely done for eons. And its inhabit- to the Columbia, which eventually ants, including the bull trout and joins the great big body part we call the westslope cutthroat, still have room Pacific. Just as blood must move freely to move and survive. A healthy, intact throughout the body, water—and the system survives flood and fire; an fish it sustains—must be able to move unhealthy, non-intact system does not. freely up and down and throughout the Rivers flow, rivers swirl, rivers system. Unfortunately, we’ve clogged rise and fall and rivers flood. Like and tainted a lot of the pieces of the watching a powerful grizzly roll huge system with erosion, siltation, dams, boulders around in search of marmot; diversions and the introduction of or seeing a giant whale’s tale break the non-native species that threaten the life surface of the ocean; or witnessing an blood of our rivers and the life they sus- avalanche take out a small copse of tain. When the entire system is healthy trees—the flood I witnessed was just and intact, trout and other aquatic life another spectacular, intimidating and fare better. Even natural drought, fire humbling display of nature at work; a and flood can be devastating to aquatic dose of wildness and freedom. We need life if they are disconnected from and to ensure we always have room in our not free to move about the rest of the lives for such events, that we learn to system. Simply put: If trout are free live sustainably with rivers while leaving to move up and down and between them room to live and breathe. tributaries and rivers they are more apt to not only survive flooding, but Do you have an idea for a Voices submission? If actually thrive from it— as are we all. It’s so, we’d love to hear from you. Send your essay

only when our homes and lives are put to [email protected]______

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The Fish Rescuers Continued from page 35 The problem is, fish screens are the WWP has been finishing projects their fields,” said ranch foreman Joel expensive: They can cost from $30,000 at a break-neck pace of late, opening Gough. “They want them in the rivers for a smaller, revolving drum-type up hundreds of miles of native trout where they belong.” screen up to $1 million or more to habitat on watersheds such as Spread Every ditch situation is different, screen larger canals such as the Cody Creek and the Greybull River. said Gough, and sometimes presents and Garland. TU has been working Toye says fish screen installations unique engineering challenges. It’s with state and federal agencies, land- are a common feature of many proj- been trial and error. But he says ranch- owners and other partners to find ects—and so is the active participation ers and landowners benefit from these funding for the fish screen projects. of landowners and ranchers. “Most irrigation upgrades—the screens keep “With so much aging infrastructure ranchers care about being stewards limbs and debris out of ditches and across the West, this represents an of the rivers and streams, and they require lower maintenance. enormous opportunity to upgrade want to be part of the solution. From He’s enjoyed working with TU, he irrigation systems and make them more a practical standpoint, they want a says. “It’s good working with people fish-friendly,” says Cory Toye, director more efficient and less labor-intensive who have a genuine care about what of TU’s Wyoming Water Project. “This irrigation system, too. The benefits go they’re doing and are doing it on a is the best way to ensure healthy trout beyond trout.” volunteer basis.” populations aren’t being siphoned away Near Cody, on a small creek feeding Last year, in recognition of his to die in fields and canals.” the North Fork of the Shoshone, the decades of fish rescue efforts, Bob TU’s Western Water Project, which East Yellowstone chapter is working Capron was named one of Field and Stream operates in Wyoming and six other with local ranch owners and WGFD magazine’s Heroes of Conservation. states, as well as TU’s Watersheds to install fish screens on this critical “It was one of the high points of my Program, have been at the forefront spawning tributary for Yellowstone life,” he says. of on-the-ground efforts to reconnect cutthroat trout. He’s not looking for recognition, fragmented streams and restore habitat “Most people in agriculture don’t though. He just does it, he says, because at the watershed level. In Wyoming, want to see fish floundering around in it’s the right thing to do. He has two TU has been working with state and federal agencies, landowners and other partners to find funding for the fish screen projects.

kids and eight grandkids—and they fish. That’s what motivates him to keep sloshing through ditches, year after year. “I want to leave the fishing as good as I had it as a kid, or even better.” Capron likes the fact that local school kids are getting involved. Last year, classes from local schools came out and helped rescue the fish. They had a blast. And who knows? Seeing a huge cutthroat trout rescued just might inspire one of them to care for their local rivers and places—as it did with a young Bob Capron.

To see a Field and Stream video of Bob Capron, go to TU.ORG/BLOG______

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ActionlineNews from the Field Wisconsin and Illinois Recognition for enthusiastic volunteer work 50

Connecticut Naugatuck River clean up 50

New Hampshire Black Brook officially removed from list of impaired waters 51

Massachusetts Pioneer Valley TU opens Manahan additional eight miles 51

Rhode Island Chapter uses media to get their message out 52

Illinois Trout in the Classroom outreach program 52

Utah & Nevada Bonneville cutthroat restored 53

Other Tips and Tools: 54 Stream Champion 56

Grassroots Spotlight On-the-ground chapter success stories

Wisconsin and Illinois Chapters Recognized for their Enthusiastic Volunteer Work

WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS

TU’s Gary Borger Chapter and the dedication and commitment to restoring Southeast Wisconsin Chapter have valuable and unique fisheries resource in been instrumental in providing sup- the southeast portion of Wisconsin. Naugatuck River port for the Wisconsin Department of Paradise Springs is located near Eagle, Clean-up Natural Resources’ Paradise Springs, Wis. in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Scuppernong River and The stream flows from CONNECTICUT Genesee Creek trout a popular trout pond habitat restoration and winds through a The Northwestern Connecticut TU Chapter projects in Waukesha nearby prairie before 009 first started cleaning up the Naugatuck County. As a result of joining the Scuppernong River in approximately 1996 and continued their work, in March River, approximately two alone in the effort until finally joining with of 2011 both chapters miles downstream. Since the Torrington Conservation Commission were recognized by the first stream restora- in June of 2006. Since then, the chapter the WDNR and were tion and bank structure has continued in partnership with the TCC awarded the 2009-10 External Partner/ installation, trout habitat has improved each June for the past six years. The sec- Cooperator Award. dramatically. tion of river the chapter works on is from Since 2008, the GBTU and SEWTU Both chapters have enthusiastically Torrington, Conn. down river to the Army chapters have repeatedly responded to agreed to contribute to the habitat Corps of Engineers’ dam in Thomaston, the call for local volunteer assistance maintenance and restoration projects. Conn. Over this period, chapter members on restoration projects and provided Their contributions have included the have taken many items out of the river and materials, volunteer hours and financial following: fabricated over 150 Lunker along its banks. The items pulled from the assistance. Regardless of weather condi- structures, installed a quarter mile of river include numerous shopping carts, car tions, distance of travel or desirability of bank cover erosion-control techniques, batteries, tires, lots of metal and even a tasks, the chapters have shown strong installed biologs for erosion control and transmission. Many personal items such as bank stabilization, collected local prai- clothes and even a wallet containing per- rie seed as a part of the Scuppernong sonal identification items have been found. Prairie restoration effort, removed The project has become a community instream invasive aquatic plants, assisted effort. Boy Scouts, community members in bank cover installation, donated thou- and school children and their parents have sands of dollars of funding for LUNKER pitched in to help. Area businesses and the structure fabrication and acquired an Connecticut Department of Environmental Embrace-A-Stream National TU grant Protection provide the volunteers with and a Friends of Wisconsin TU Grant for gloves, garbage bags, dumpsters and heavy use on Paradise Springs Creek. equipment to help dispose of the debris. "Partnerships make TU powerful and The chapter provides food and drink to all effective," says past GBTU President the volunteers before and after the clean- Matt Jennings and past Director of up. The clean-up has become so popular Conservation Jim Bailey. "By forming our that many community members look for- partnership we were able to double our ward to volunteering every year. pool of volunteers, share the fund-rais- “Chapter members are looking forward ing and food preparation responsibilities to the day when the clean-up will no longer and build strong relationships within and be necessary. Each year we find less to pick between our chapters." up so someday we just might get our wish,” says Dave Paavola

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Black Brook Officially Removed from List of Impaired Waters

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Black Brook was officially de-listed from the 303(d) list of impaired waters and now meets requirements for supporting aquatic life, thanks in part to the work of the local TU chapter. The 303(d) list is comprised of those waters that are polluted for a variety of reasons, thereby restricting or impair- ing their beneficial uses—such as drinking water, recreation, aquatic habitat and industrial use. Black Brook was removed from the list at the end of 2010. Water problems began due to a century-old dam, which created an impoundment known as Maxwell Pond. Over time, sediment from poorly managed industrial sites accumulated in the pond. The pond became shallow and stag- nant, which eventually lead to Black Brook’s name being added to the list of impaired waters. Once the dam that created Maxwell Pond was removed, and Black Brook portion of Black Brook from the state’s list returned to its free-flowing condition, the of impaired waters for dissolved oxygen. dissolved oxygen levels rebounded and the The Merrimack River Valley Chapter, led by brook could once again support aquatic TU national staff member Jim MacCartney life. The improvements led to the New and others, has been actively working in Hampshire Department of Environmental the Black Brook watershed for at least nine Services removing the former Maxwell Pond years. The EPA sent a note of recognition to the chapter because the chapter helped provide the last grant needed for the dam removal. “Given the number of other groups claiming credit for the effort, it was especially gratifying to see the EPA highlight struction of 67 wooden baffles that will be TU’s role starting back in 2002,” says Joe installed as part of the Manahan River fish McGurrin, TU’s director of resources. ladder. The Manahan is a tributary to the Connecticut River. When the project is completed this year, the ladder will allow shad, Pioneer Valley TU blue back herring and American eel access to an additional eight miles of tributary streams opens Manahan and spawning waters above the dam. Juvenile Atlantic salmon in the upper Manahan will additional eight miles benefit as well by being able to get past the MASSACHUSETTS dam by using the ladder rather than being swept over the dam. The project is the cul- The Pioneer Valley Chapter recently assisted mination of years of advocacy for the ladder the city of Easthampton, Mass. and the by the chapter as well as the hard work of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with the con- Mike Tautznik, the mayor of Easthampton.

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Chapter Uses Media to Get Their Message Out

RHODE ISLAND

The Northern Rhode Island Chapter of TU has taken to the media to get the word out on the chapter’s mission and the local waters in northern Rhode Island. A dozen members assisted in the production of a short video feature shown on the internet by “WFN”—the World Fishing Network. The video highlights the Blackstone River, an old mill river that was heavily polluted, which is now experienc- ing a resurgence of life and has become a fine freshwater fishery. The river, once lined with numerous mills, winds approximately 46 miles from Worcester in central Massachusetts through Rhode Island and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean. At one

Trout in the Classroom Outreach Program

ILLINOIS

The Trout in the Classroom program usually takes place within the confines of a school for its entire duration—from the delivery of the eggs until the fry are released—and the core participants have typically been limited to students, teachers and volunteers. However, recently the Gary Borger Chapter of northern Illinois wanted to bring the program and its mission to a broader audience. Fung Chin, area Trout in the Classroom coordinator, designed a solution to achieve that goal through the use of a TU booth at a time the river had runs of migratory salmon river was incorporated into a federal park local community outdoor show in northern and other anadromous species, as well as 30 years ago, dedicated volunteers from Illinois. The activity included transporting cold and warm water fish. In partnership the chapter, as well as the Narragansett and the rainbow trout, maintaining the environ- with Robert Michelson, the film’s director Central Massachusetts chapters, have spent ment equal to the main tank throughout the and producer, the chapter was able to high- numerous hours working alongside other entire day and finally returning the trout light the river’s history, TU’s goal of return- conservation-focused groups to restore the to the school. The undertaking was a suc- ing salmon runs to the river, and more river. The Northern R.I. chapter encourages cess and no fish were lost. The effort was importantly, its ongoing reemergence into other TU members to visit the WFN web- repeated at two more events. a healthy fishery. However, the rebirth of site (worldfishingnetwork.com) to view the A 10 gallon aquarium was used to house the river did not occur overnight. Since the Blackstone River video. a dozen 2 ½ to 3 inch rainbow trout for the

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viewing public. The aquarium was a major eggs. They have worked hard to build a draw and a traffic builder for the chapter’s rock weir dam and a diversion gate, among booth. Young children were encouraged to other projects, to help restore the popula- feed the trout and everyone could watch tion of cutthroat to the stream. It took five the behavior and feeding habits of the fish. years for the spring-fed stream to reach its The second and third events took place current population of 800 to 2,000 fish at an L.L. Bean retail store in a Chicago sub- per mile in its three-mile reach. ______urb during their 21st annual Spring Fishing The hard work has paid off, not just Weekend in March. The aquarium was the in Spring Creek, but in all seven perennial New license plates centerpiece of the exhibit. At each of the streams on the reservation where popula- events, hundreds of people came by to see tions of Bonneville have been recovered. approved in Texas the fish and learn about TU’s mission. Along with the streams on the reservation, The Texas Legislature approved “This was also an effective recruitment all seven perennial streams on the east slope Guadalupe River Chapter’s peti- tool, as a number of interested teachers of Deep Creek Range also have recovered tion for a charity organization signed up for information on the Gary populations of the fish. The persistence of license plate to benefit the chap- Borger Chapter’s Trout in the Classroom all those involved over the years, including ter’s efforts to reintroduce the Rio program. By all measures, it helped reach TU member Don Duff, has helped the moun- Grande cutthroat as well as other a broader audience,” says Chin. tain range go from only three partial reach projects. Here’s chapter member streams with populations of pure Bonneville Mick McCorcle’s new license cutthroats—about one mile total—to over plate, just ordered from the state Bonneville Cutthroat 50 miles of occupied habitat in 14 streams. of Texas. Restored

UTAH & NEVADA

Utah Chapter 705 and the state council have been working since the late 1990s to keep the waters of the Great Basin, including Spring Creek, healthy. Spring Creek runs through the Goshute reservation, and after they discovered the population of Bonneville cutthroat no longer existed, chapter members began the process of reintroduction by raising 300 Bonneville

In 1975 while surveying the population of Bonneville in the Great Basin area, Don Duff discovered a unique pure strain of Pyramid Lake Lahontan Cutthroat. This pure strain was then verified by Robert Behnke, shown above with a Lahontan. This spring was Behnke’s first trip to Pilot Peak to see the fish he classified.

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By Beverly Smith [ Director of Volunteer Operations ]

Annual Financial Reports The Annual Financial Report (AFR) is now live in the Leaders Only section of the TU website. The AFR is a simple, internal tool that helps gauge the overall health of the organization. TU chapters and councils use the AFR to report key financial and volunteer-based information. This data is crucial to ensure that TU is in compliance with the obligations of a 501(c)(3) organization. The AFR also demonstrates the output of TU’s volunteer efforts. Please be sure to submit your chapter’s or council’s Annual Financial Report by November 15. For treasurers new to this process, we will host an online training on October 19 at 8 p.m. Eastern time to briefly review the AFR format as well as the required IRS forms. TU’s Chief Financial Officer, Hillary Coley, will be on hand to answer any specific questions you might have regarding recent changes to IRS forms and what they mean for you. To join our online training, or if you have questions, contact Rob Keith at [email protected].______

A New Kind of Rebate Bear Creak for Chapters & Councils Looking for a little extra cash Embrace-a-Stream for your chapter or council? Sign Embrace-A-Stream (EAS) is the flagship grant program for funding TU’s up your local fly shop, guide grassroots conservation efforts. Since its inception in 1975, EAS has funded service or any local business as over 980 individual projects for a total of more than $4 million in direct cash an Outfitter, Guide & Business grants. Local TU chapters and councils contributed an additional $13 million (OGB) member at the $295 level in cash and in-kind services to EAS funded projects for a total investment of and receive a $50 rebate for your chapter. Visit www.tu.org/ogb for more than $17 million. In 2011, the EAS funded 25 projects in 15 states, with more information. an average grant award of $5,000. Every year TU distributes Embrace-a-Stream application materials via e-mail to volunteer leaders. Watch your email inbox for the application package for TU’s competitive grant program in early October and contact your local Embrace-a- Stream representative if your chapter is considering applying for funds. Visit www.tu.org/eas for more information.

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calendar All trainings are held at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Contact Volunteer TU’s Logo Operations coordinator Rob Keith at [email protected] for call-in details. Have you ever been frustrated trying to resize the TU logo and it ______becomes so small that the words ‘Trout Unlimited’ are illegible? October 1: To better support online, digital and other communications, Annual Financial Report Available two new horizontal logo layouts have been added to the new TU Online Policy on Logo and Brand Use 2011 and to the online Style and October 11: Media Guide. The new formats use the same elements and colors Online Training: Chapter as the current logo, but allow the trout image to be placed to the Communications Best Practices left of the words Trout Unlimited. Hopefully, these two options will help you make October 19: your digital media like PowerPoint and e-mail signatures look great and still allow Online Training: Chapter Annual the TU brand and logo to shine. Financial Reporting To view the new guidelines please visit the online Tacklebox at www.tu.org/ November 2: member-services/welcome-to-my-tu/tackle-box/style-guide______Online Training: Embrace-a-Stream November 5: Mid-South Regional Meeting in Arkansas November 15: Annual Financial Reports Submission Deadline April 21, 2012: TU Stream Clean-Up Day

Real Property Acquiring ownership of land, either by purchase or by accepting it as a gift or bequest, can involve serious risks for a chapter or council. Those risks include potential liability for any pollution or hazardous waste associated with the land. At its meeting in June, the board of trustees adopted a policy requiring that the board itself must approve any purchase or other acquisition of real property after June 14, 2011. If the national organization, a chapter or a council acquires ownership of land after that date without the approval of the Board, the acquisition will not be binding on TU and will be grounds for appropriate action by the June 23, 2012: Board against the chapter or council violating the policy. If your chapter or council wishes to TU Stream Clean-Up Day purchase land, or is offered land as a gift or a bequest, contact Volunteer Operations staff to start the process of board review before committing to the purchase or before accepting September 2012: the gift or bequest. A due diligence review will be promptly undertaken under the direction Annual Meeting in Ashville, N.C. of the Board to determine if there are unacceptable risks associated with the real property such as toxic waste pollution, title disputes or other property conditions which would create serious potential liability. This risk determination will be made in a timely matter.

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As 11-year-old Duncan caught his first Rainbow trout, Yates couldn’t help but think, “That was me!” That’s because Yates joined TU 17 years ago as a result of fishing with his father. He became a lifetime member during his twenties and joined the Mianus Chapter board upon graduating from college. Now just thirty, Yates has expanded his volunteer work to include duties as Connecticut’s representative on the National Leadership Council. That position has led to more responsibilities including state-based conservation advocacy, and most recently, Jeff Yates Fairfield, Conn. planning the 2011 Northeastern Regional Meeting for TU chapter and council leaders from nine states. Like a lot of people, Jeff Yates loves his To further add to his accomplishments, hometown. But in the case of Jeff, a TU Jeff will soon self-publish a book entitled, member since the age of 13, he has made a “Fly Fishing Fairfield County: Secrets of career out of finding ways to enhance and Suburban Streams, an angler’s guide to the give back to the community’s residents—both 19 rivers in 23 towns in Fairfield County, those of human and trout persuasions. Conn.” During his day job with the Fairfield “My role at TU has changed with every County Community Foundation, Yates age—starting with learning how to cast and Favorite Fly: highlights charitable giving opportunities tie a fly—to lending my professional skills Jeff’s Killer Caddis for people seeking to donate within the for advocacy, communications and strategic (created when he was 13) local community. In his planning,” says Yates. spare time, as a fly fish- Jan Allard, a longtime ing instructor and guide, TU member and volun- Favorite Place to Fish: he finds enjoyment in teer who has known Jeff Norwalk River (as a fourth introducing people to since childhood, would generation resident) angling and streams they agree. “Jeff personifies might otherwise only pass TU, an organization by in their daily travels. made up of folks who Most Memorable Fish: “While the primary goal love their local streams Duncan’s rainbow (see of my company, Flyfishing Connecticut, is first and advocate for them. He’s an accom- above) as well as a native to help clients learn about access points and plished angler who has visited all the fly- brook trout caught less techniques that will make them successful fishing ‘hot spots’ but he never forgets his than a mile from a major anglers on their own, it isn’t long before I’m roots here in Connecticut.” highway, which shows giving lessons on insect entomology, stream Allard, a former grassroots trustee for they are still managing to flows, freshwater conservation and natural TU, adds, “Every now and then a young hang on. history,” says Yates. adult comes along with a twinkle in his eye, His work as a fly fishing instructor the passion and energy of youth and wisdom recently involved taking a boy and his of the ages. Jeff is one of those people.” grandfather out on Fairfield County’s fresh and salt waters for a fishing lesson.

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Art of Angling [ By Dave Whitlock] Trout Profiles: Dolly Varden Salvelinus Malma

IN THE FALL, MATURE, MALE DOLLY America is divided into a southern and maximum size is closely related to the Varden may well be the most vividly col- northern subspecies—north and south size of waters in which they reside. In ored, handsomely marked and strikingly of the Alaska Peninsula. The southern the smallest streams the species seldom beautiful member of the char family. subspecies extends south only to Puget reaches 2 pounds, while those that live Dolly Varden are closely connected Sound in Washington state. The less in large, food-rich waters may average 4 regionally and genetically to bull trout common northern subspecies extends to 6 pounds and grow to a maximum of and Arctic char. The species can be hard far north of Alaska. 15 to 20 inches during their 7 to 12 year to tell apart and have often been con- Dolly Varden thrive best in the most life spans. The world record Dolly was an fused, misunderstood, and disrespected pristine and remote, coldwater streams, anadromous fish weighing an incredible historically by biologists and fishermen. lakes and coastal areas, preferring water 19 ¼ pounds caught in 1998 along the The Dolly Varden’s native range in North temperatures of 55 F and lower. Their Kotzebue Sound area of Alaska.

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Dolly Varden mature in four to five years and spawn in September or October, usually every other year after their first spawn. I was surprised to read in Dr. Robert Behnke’s “Trout and Salmon of North America” that they do not spawn adjacent to bull trout or Arctic char that inhabit the same regions. Thus, there is no record of them hybridizing with each other. I find this to be an amazing circumstance and an example of how well nature works when not tampered with. Anadromous Dolly Varden have a unique behavior. They enter their home rivers to spawn every other year, but in the years they do not spawn they leave saltwater in close to the bottom and in deeper, strikes from exceptionally big Dollies the fall and spend the winter in lakes slower water. Look for them where that were wearing their autumn suits outside their home watersheds. During the run is deepest or in long, deep of brilliant spawning colors. They the years they are in saltwater they stay pools. I’ve found they like submerged fought like demons and I had a feeling relatively near shore and feed mostly on trees, big boulders and sharp, ledge that I’d discovered the secret mother crustaceans and small fish. drop-offs. If you know how to tempt load of the Babine. Since that exciting The Dolly reportedly got its name a big bull trout, use the same methods encounter I’ve had similar Dolly action from a colorful, fictional lady character and artificials for Dolly Varden. The on several other British Columbia in Charles Dickens’ novel “Barnaby most productive flies for Dollies are salmon and steelhead rivers. Most likely Rudge.” These brilliantly colored fish those that are natural food imitators a lot of British Columbia‘s and Alaska’s have rich, emerald green backs that or flashy attraction streamers. That list steelhead and salmon rivers have big merge into metallic slate blue on the includes egg patterns, Clousers, flesh Dollies too, but it’s hard to switch over mid-sides and, on spawning males, flies, multicolored marabou muddlers, if there’s a steelhead to be hooked. shades of golden-yellow to fiery oranges prawns, sculpins, Flashabou steelhead Today, Dolly Varden are widely and reds. Their backs, flanks and streamers and articulated rabbit-strip respected game fish and such a lovely upper belly are profusely covered with streamers. Keep these flies moving slow prize and exciting opportunity to catch deep-crimson spots that are haloed with and close to the bottom. Dollies tend to on flies and lures. I think of them as gold or lavender. Pectoral, pelvic, anal feed best during low-light levels on over- I do giant brook trout—hard-fighting and caudal fins are starkly edged with cast days or during sunrise and sunset. fish that take your breath away with iridescent white and accented with black Though I’ve not done so, I believe the their beautiful color patterns and sheer and pinks, oranges or crimsons. Just biggest ones would go for a big, black brilliance that hang out in some of the describing Dollies makes this artist get streamer on the darkest of nights. most pristine places in the world. goose bumps and makes me impatient My best experience with sizeable Dolly Varden are very sensitive to to illustrate them. The only thing better Dollies came while steelhead fishing the over-harvesting, reduced water quality is holding a fresh-caught fish for a deep Babine River in British Columbia. The and disturbances to their spawning areas. (but quick) gaze. steelhead were just not cooperating so, To help assure their future, support TU’s Dolly Varden are typical opportu- for variety, I began to dredge the deepest efforts in the Northwest to control excess nistic-feeding char that will eat almost pools with a number 5 sinking head timbering, mining, river damming and anything including insects, salmon eggs, and a size 1/0 multicolored marabou uncontrolled residential and commercial small fish, crustaceans and even dead muddler to see what else might take watershed developments. The Dolly is salmon flesh. They will occasionally my fly. To my surprise and delight each worth the effort. surface feed but usually prefer to feed pool I worked produced hard, positive

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Continued from previous page Savage River Lodge Big Hole Lodge Linehan Outfitting Sweetwater Travel Company Mike Dreisbach Craig Fellin Company 1600 Mt Aetna Rd 36894 Pioneer Mountains Tim Linehan Dan, Jeff & Pat Vermillion Blue Heron Guide Service Frostburg, MD 21532 Scenic Byway 472 Upper Ford Rd 5082 US Hwy 89 S Sean McCormick (301) 689-3200 Wise River, MT 59762 Troy, MT 59935-4872 PO Box 668 80 E River Rd [email protected] (406) 832-3252 1-800-596-0034 Livingston, MT 59047 Whitefield, ME 04353 www.savageriverlodge.com [email protected] [email protected] 1-888-FISH-BUM (207) 549-3355 www.bigholelodge.com www.fishmontana.com [email protected][email protected]______Waterwisp Flies www.sweetwatertravel.com Jim Greene Big Sky Anglers Long Outfitting Chandler Lake Camps PO Box 151028 Joe Moore Matthew A. Long Triple-M-Outfitters Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Outfitter #8939 PO Box 1224 Mark Faroni Jason Bouchard 1-800-4-MAYFLY PO Box 2153 Livingston, MT 59047 PO Box 64 P.O. Box 27 [email protected] West Yellowstone, MT 59758 (406) 222-6775 Dixon, MT 59831 Ashland, ME 04732 www.waterwisp.com (406)581-6059 [email protected] (406) 246-3249 (207) 290-1424 [email protected] www.longoutfitting.com [email protected][email protected]______www.bigskyanglers.com www.triplemoutfitters.com www.chandlerlakecamps.com MICHIGAN Madison Valley Ranch, LLC Blackfoot River Outfitters, Elizabeth Warren & Dan Larson Trout On The Fly Eldredge Bros Fly Shop & Manistee River Salmon Inc. 307 Jeffers Rd Nate Stevane Guide Service Captain Ben Wolfe John Herzer and Terri Raugland Ennis, MT 59729 29 Hook & Horn Road Jim Bernstein 4819 Arbutus Lane P.O. Box 17182 1-800-891-6158 Cameron, MT 59720 PO Box 69 Beulah, MI 49617 Missoula, MT 59808 [email protected] (406) 580-7370 1480 US Rt 1 (877) 442-4294 (406) 542-7411 www.madisonvalleyranch.com [email protected] Cape Neddick York, ME 03902 [email protected] [email protected]______www.montanatroutonthefly.com 1-877-427-9345 www.manisteesalmon.com www.blackfootriver.com Montana Fishing Outfitters [email protected] WTR Outfitters www.eldredgeflyshop.com Cross Currents ) Pat Straub and Garrett Munson Michael and Megan Kmon MINNESOTA Chris Strainer 716 N Warren 731 Pax Terra Ln Munsungan Hunting & 311 Bridge St Helena, MT 59601 Ovando, MT 59854 Fishing Club Lewiston Area Trout Guides Craig, MT 59648 (406) 431-5089 (406) 793-5031 Jim Carter Mark Reisetter (866) 211-3433 [email protected][email protected] PO Box 186 165 Whispering Pines Ct [email protected] www.dragfreedrift.com wtroutfitters.com Washburn, ME 04786 Lewiston, MN 55952 www.crosscurrents.com (207) 592-8411 (507) 523-2557 Montana Troutfitters [email protected] [email protected]______Fishtales Outiftting LLC NEW HAMPSHIRE www.munsungan.com www.minnesotatrout.com Kris Kumlien Michael Stack 1716 W Main St Hanover Outdoors Red River Camps Ron Rhodes MISSOURI 50 Duncan Dist Rd. 205 Bozeman, MT 59715 Jen Brophy-Price Sheridan, MT 59749 (406) 587-4707 17 1/2 Lebanon St P.O. Box 320 (406) 842-5742 Hanover, NH 03755 Chartered Waters Guide [email protected]______Portage, ME 04768 [email protected] (603) 643-1263 Service ______www.troutfitters.com (207) 554-0420 fishtalesoutfitting.com [email protected] Brett Rader [email protected] www.hanoveroutdoors.com 1326 Acacia Club Rd Montana Trout Stalkers www.redrivercamps.com Gallatin River Lodge Hollister, MO 65672 Joe Dilschneider

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NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA Spinner Fall Guide Service Fish the Fly Guide Service & Sweetwater Fishing Scott Barrus Travel Expeditions, LLC North Flats Guiding Arnot Sportsmen’s Assoc. Inc P.O. Box 350 Jason Balogh George H. Hunker III David Blinken Ron Signor Dutch John, UT 84023 PO Box 42 PO Box 524 131 East 81 St PO Box 142 (877) 811-3474 Jackson, WY 83001 Lander, WY 82520 East Hampton, NY 10028 Arnot, PA 16911-0142 [email protected]______(307) 690-1139 (307) 332-3986 (631) 324-2860 (570) 638-2985 www.spinnerfall.com [email protected] [email protected][email protected] [email protected] www.fishthefly.com www.sweetwaterfishing.com www.northflats.com Aquatic Resource Restoration VIRGINIA Live Water Properties Two Rivers Emporium Woodstock Hardware Lee Irwin Alex Maher, Broker/Owner Mike Kaul Vincent R. 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Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

By Dr. Robert Behnke The Chinook is the least abundant species of Pacific salmon. Its common name is derived from the native Chinook people associated with the Columbia River. The name of the species, tshawytscha (cha-vee-cha) is based on a mid-18th century manuscript phonetically attempting to translate the common names used by the native people of Kamchatka into German. The Chinook salmon, known more commonly as the king salmon, is the largest or second largest species of the family Salmonidae. The angler-caught record of 97 pounds, 4 ounces exceeds the angler- caught record for taimen, the Siberian form of Hucho hucho, of 92 pounds, 8 ounces. A credible Chinook of 126 pounds is attributed to a commercial fishery in Alaska. Chinook salmon have the most variation in life histories (times of spawning runs, times of spawning, duration of juveniles in freshwater and duration of ocean feeding) of Pacific salmon species. When it comes to spawning migration, it is the record holder among salmon with spawning occurring as far The original range of Chinook salmon in North America extends from the as 1,500 to 2,000 miles from the ocean. The commercial fishery Sacramento River basin in the south on the Columbia River recognized three peaks in annual spawning to tributary rivers of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. In the U.S., the Chinook salmon runs as spring, summer and fall Chinook. (The original spring and species has eight groups protected summer wild runs were virtually eliminated.) The Sacramento River under the Endangered Species Act as “Evolutionarily Signiﬁ cant Units.” also has a winter-run Chinook that spawns in the spring and is now listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Most (70 to 80 percent) of the current Chinook spawning runs in the Columbia You Can Help Bring and Sacramento rivers are of hatchery origin. Although hatchery Back the Natives: propagation played a role in the loss of life history diversity, dams TU and its chapters are working and habitat degradation are the main causes of loss of diversity and aggressively to protect and restore ______declines in abundance of Chinook salmon. wild populations of Chinook salmon. For more information, go to tu.org. ILLUSTRATION BY SKETCHANDRELEASE.COM BY ILLUSTRATION TROUT SPRING 2007 64

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