Jun 16 2011

Over The River, the Cristo Project

Greg Felt is a partner in Ark Anglers in Salida, Colorado.  The following comments are in regard to the Cristo project which proposes to place cloth panels over the Arkansas River.  Frankly we think the project is at best silly and at worst, harmful to the River.  The following are Greg's comments.   I want to provide a significant update on the Over the River art project. As many of you will recall, the artist Christo is attempting to gain permission from the BLM to suspend fabric panels above 5.9 miles of the Arkansas River. The areas to be draped are spread over 50 miles of river but include our cherished County Line reach, the red cliffs near Rincon, and the Red Rocks Canyon between Howard and Vallie Bridge.

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Sep 30 2010

Call Of The Wild - A Wolf Story

by Amy J. Quick & Rene HugeThis is a reprint from Cody & Beyond Magazine 2010.  We are indebted to them for their good work. Their Website is CodyandBeyond.com. They are the subject of fairy tales, myths and legends. Over the decades, wolves have been both idolized and vilified, especially in the West where their tale is a long and adversarial one. Since their reintroduction in the mid 1990s, controversy has surrounded them, much of it borne out in the courts, and in heated debates and discussions among local residents around the West. As the wolves'  numbers increase, more people are affected - from biologists who manage this wild species to ranchers and outfitters who struggle to manage life and livelihoods in coexistence.

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Jun 17 2010

Bristol Bay: An Interview with Dr. Carol Ann Woody (C)

Interview by Trout Unlimited Alaska's Communications Director and Award Winning, Writer,  Paula DobbynIntroduction By Scott Hed, Director, Sportsman's Alliance for AlaskaMany sport anglers may have heard about the ongoing debate over a very controversial plan to allow massive mining development in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska.  Bristol Bay plays host to the largest runs of wild salmon on the planet, including over 40 million sockeye salmon annually.  This incredible fishery supports a $300 million commercial fishery as well as a sport fishery valued at over $60 million per year.

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Sep 9 2009

The Big Adventure: My First FFF Fishing Conclave

Author:  Deb BerkenbileLocation: Geneva, OhioAbout The Author:Deb Berkebile is a member of the North Coast Fly Fishers Club in Kirtland, Ohio where she serves as Director of Communications. She is also a member of Flygirls of MI. Well, I just have to say that if you have not attended a Federation of Fly Fishers fishing conclave, you are in for a treat when you do! I highly recommend to book all your workshops foron the water topics.Due to flight delays, my adventure launched with a rocky start, so much so that I missed my first workshop on Thursday morning! By the time I made it to Denver, got my rental car, drove through Denver traffic at no other time than infamous rush hour, I was yearning to hit the streams for some fishing and retire for a while from the hustle and bustle of the city.

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