Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page TROUT UNLIMITED • WW_______________W.TU.ORG • WINTER 2017 Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® A F F O R D A B L Y A W E S O M E FOR THE PRICE OF DINNER AND A MOVIE you can fish a mid-arbor reel with the same sealed, sledge hammer drag as our Hydros SL. Beautifully ported and finished in homage to the Battenkills of the past, but an entirely different animal inside. Heirloom quality. Battle-tested performance. Remarkably accessible price. Only Orvis. orvis.com/battenkillreel ©2016 The Orvis Company ©2016 The qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® TheThe Journal of Coldwater Fisheries Conservation WiWinter t 2017 • www.tu.org_______ t 40 l Watersheds Forgiving Millennials. BY CHRISTOPHER CAMUTO 42 l Blue Lines Thread. BY TOM REED 44 l In A Native Place (on Apache trout) BY RANDY SCHOLFIELD 52 l Mister Moyer Goes to Washington BY MARK TAYLOR 60 l Home Grown Guides BY JENNY WEIS 70 l Voices from the River: “Came So Far for Beauty” BY TOM DAVIS s 6 l From the CEO 8 l From the Editor 10 l Our Contributors 13 l Our Readers Write 16 Pocket Water l artment Standing for public lands; Mountain Empire women’s p seminar; book reviews; kicking plastic; “TU Tested” gear reviews; Dan Plummer interview, and more. De 73 l Actionline Bucket brigade; fishing access for veterans; Kentucky tree planting; Stream Champ Tom McInnis, and more. 84 l Whitlock on No-Hackles 96 Classics l Double Tapers. BY PAUL BRUUN On the Cover: “Talaariq” is the word for “trout” in the Bristol Bay Yup’ik dialect, rainbow trout to be specific. While Yup’ik is the primary heritage of most Bristol Bay residents, the villages around the Pebble Mine site are Dena’ina Athabascan, and there the word that best captures trout is shagela (pronounced shaw gaw law). With this cover, we are paying heartfelt respect and appreciation to these partners in the effort to protect Bristol Bay. Please see the interview with art- ist Apayo Moore (page 24), whom we commissioned to create this beautiful cover. COPYRIGHT © WET WADERS / ALASKASTOCK © WET WADERS COPYRIGHT qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Chairman of the Board National Leadership Council Jim Asselstine, TYLER HILL, PA. Representatives State Council Chairs Chairman of National Leadership Council Mick McCorcle, FAIRVIEW, TEXAS Chair ARIZONA, Steve La Falce Mick McCorcle ARKANSAS, John Sturgis President/Chief Executive Officer CALIFORNIA, Cindy Noble Chris Wood, WASHINGTON, D.C. Secretary Paul Doscher COLORADO, Marshall Pendergrass Secretary CONNECTICUT, Alicea Charamut ARIZONA Nancy Mackinnon, MANCHESTER CENTER, VT. , Joe Miller GEORGIA, Carl Riggs ARKANSAS, Bill Thorne IDAHO, Ed Northen Treasurer CALIFORNIA, Mary Tealdis ILLINOIS, Darwin Adams Barrett Toan, SANTA FE, N.M. COLORADO, Mac Cunningham IOWA, James Kelehan Secretary of the National Leadership Council CONNECTICUT, Keith Ainsworth KENTUCKY, Lee Squires GEORGIA, Mack Martin Paul Doscher, WEARE, N.H. MAINE, Kathy Scott IDAHO, Chris Jones MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Mark Burton Legal Advisor ILLINOIS, Gerald Sapp MICHIGAN, Tom Quail David D. Armstrong, Esq., GREENVILLE, S.C. IOWA, Ryan Maas MID-ATLANTIC, Don Haynes KENTUCKY, Gene Slusher Trustees MINNESOTA, JP Little MAINE, David VanBurgel MISSOURI (OZARK COUNCIL) Jeff Witten John Braico, M.D., QUEENSBURY, N.Y. MASSACHUSETTS/RHODE ISLAND, Garry Crago MONTANA, Chris Schustrom Sherry Brainerd, RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. MICHIGAN, Robb Smith NEW HAMPSHIRE, Thomas Ives Charlie Breithaupt, CLAYTON, GA. MID-ATLANTIC, Noel Gollehon NEW JERSEY, Richard Thomas Stoney Burke, KETCHUM, IDAHO MINNESOTA, John Hunt NEW MEXICO, Art Vollmer Noel (Skip) Dunn, LEWISVILLE, N.C. MISSOURI (OZARK COUNCIL) Michael Riley NEW YORK, Ron Urban Bill Egan, JACKSON, WYO. MONTANA, Daniel Short NORTH CAROLINA, John Kies Scott Hood, BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. NEW HAMPSHIRE, March McCubrey OHIO, Tom Allen Terry Hyman, MCLEAN, VA. NEW JERSEY, David King OKLAHOMA (INDIAN NATIONS COUNCIL) Patsy Ishiyama, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. NEW MEXICO, John Lopez David Games Richard Johnson, WILMINGTON, N.C. NEW YORK, Scott Seidman OREGON, Terry Turner Howard Kern, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. NORTH CAROLINA, Dale Klug PENNSYLVANIA, Charlie Charlesworth Henry Koltz, BROOKFIELD, WIS. OHIO, Jim Augustyn SOUTH CAROLINA, Paul McKee CHEVY CHASE, MD. Walt Minnick, OKLAHOMA (INDIAN NATIONS COUNCIL) Trout Unlimited Board of TrusteesTrout Unlimited Board of TENNESSEE, Mike Bryant Stephen Moss, LARCHMONT, N.Y. Charles Kaminski TEXAS, Phil Dopson Dan Needham, WINNETKA, ILL. OREGON, David Moldal UTAH, Jeff Taniguchi James Nevels, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PENNSYLVANIA, Brian Wagner VERMONT, Clark Amadon Ken Olivier, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. SOUTH CAROLINA, Malcolm Leaphart VIRGINIA, Kevin Daniels Daniel Plummer, EAST BRANCH, N.Y. TENNESSEE, Steve Brown WASHINGTON, Rosendo Guerrero Kevin Reilly, SANTA FE, N.M. TEXAS, Mark Dillow WEST VIRGINIA, Lee Orr Thomas Stoddard, LONDON, ENGLAND UTAH, Kelly Marquart WISCONSIN, Linn Beck LYNNWOOD, WASH. Mark Taylor, VERMONT, Jared Carpenter COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MICH. WYOMING, Cole Sherard James Tolston III, VIRGINIA, Graham Simmerman WILMINGTON, N.C. Raiford Trask, WASHINGTON, Tim Gavin LIVINGSTON, MONT. Dan Vermillion, WEST VIRGINIA, Derek Edwards SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Jim Walker, WISCONSIN, Kim McCarthy BOZEMAN, MONT. K.C. Walsh, WYOMING, Jim Broderick John Willis, CHICAGO, ILL. Coldwater Conservation Fund Board of Directors 2016 Chair R. Scott Blackley, LEESBURG, VA. Edmond Opler, WILSON, WYO. Kirk Wortman, STAMFORD, CONN. Matthew Fremont-Smith, NEW YORK, N.Y. Stewart Parker, SEATTLE, WASH. Steven B. Gewirz, WASHINGTON, D.C. Steven Renehan, SUMMIT, N.J. Executive Committee Jim Jackson, HOUSTON, TEXAS Leigh Seippel, COLD SPRING, N.Y. Douglas Biederbeck, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Jim Kelley, ATLANTA, GA. Robert Strawbridge, WILSON, WYO. Phillip Belling, NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. Cam MacMillan, BOULDER, COLO. Margaret Taylor, SHERIDAN, WYO. Stephan Kiratsous, NEW YORK, N.Y. Ivan Marcotte, CHARLOTTE, N.C. Daniel Zabrowski, POCONO PINES, PA. Jeffery Morgan, DARIEN, CONN. Jeffrey Marshall, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Stephen J. Zoukis, SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. Directors Gregory McCrickard, TOWSON, MD. J. Thomas McMurray, JACKSON, WY. Bruce Allbright, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO. Stephen Moss, LARCHMONT, N.Y. John Bell, TRYON, N.C. Ken Olivier, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Unique ADVERTISE IN Gifts For Fish People Free Catalog For more information, contact 800 949 5163 Tim Romano at [email protected]. ____________ therogueangler.com TROUT WINTER 2017 4 qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents |Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® They just keep coming... CALE VAN VELKENBERG CALE VAN The awards, that is. 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Ph: (703) 522-0200 The change in administration may make some campaigns, such as Fax: (703) 284-9400 [email protected]_______ the effort to protect Bristol Bay, more challenging. The good news is www.tu.org that our campaigns are place-based and emanate from a strong desire from local people DESIGN to protect places they live and love. For example, the desire to protect Bristol Bay begins grayHouse design in dozens of small Alaska native villages in southwest Alaska, the spokes of which extend [email protected] outward to the commercial fishing industry to the state capital. It is a made-in-Alaska DISPLAY ADVERTISING campaign that will be hard for any administration to resist. Tim Romano [email protected]___________ Policies such as the regulation to return the protections of the Clean Water Act (303) 495-3967 (protections they enjoyed for the first 30 years of the law) will face increased scrutiny.