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Tiny Craig finds prosperity as outsiders chase trout
CRAIG, Mont.- The midafternoon heat is intense in this little town, and the fishing is a little slow. But Mike Bushly is still upbeat.There's air conditioning inside The Trout Shop, an emporium loaded with cool fishing stuff - flyrods, vests, waders, flies, ventilated clothing and a well-stocked deli offering drinks, sandwiches and chilled salads. Even the thick fleece-lined jackets have a perverse retail appeal.And Bushly has plenty more reasons not to sweat. The shop and the small community that surrounds it are awash in anglers ready to spend cold cash chasing big trout."This is our Christmas right now," Bushly said. .
Event features fishing legend
The Blue Grass Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a special event on Monday, Aug. 14, with fly-fishing legends Dave and Emily Whitlock. Dave Whitlock is a renowned conservationist, fly tyer, writer and artist. His presentation and fly casting demonstration will be held at 6 p.m. at the Good Ol' Days Farm, 544 Old Frankfort, in Midway. Reservations are required, and tickets are $30 per person. For tickets call Holly Phipps at (859) 351-7158, or e-mail: hphipps@ballhomes.com. "How fortunate for the world of fly fishing that Dave Whitlock was born in the right place, in the right era, and got started on the right road," wrote John Randolph, editor of Fly Fisherman, in 2000. "In a sport where the arcane is standard fare, he makes fly-tying innovations and new fishing techniques practical and understandable.
Fishing Notebook: Most trout are not keepers
Pennsylvania anglers release well over half the trout they catch, according to a new study by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Penn State University, which compared anglers fishing stocked streams for the first eight weeks of the 2005 trout season with those fishing wild trout streams mid-April to Labor Day in 2004. The stocked stream anglers averaged more than one fish per hour and released 63.1 percent of their catch, while the wild trout anglers averaged one brook or brown trout every two hours on large streams and two brook trout per hour on small streams, and released 92.7 percent of their catch. They preferred large over small streams by a ratio of 57.5 percent to 42.5 percent. More than 21 percent of the 2.1 million stocked stream trips were made on opening day weekend.
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