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Biologist: Why change a good thing?
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories examining different aspects of minimum flows in the White and North Fork rivers. The Bulletin is taking a look at what minimum flow is and how it will impact the Twin Lakes Area.) The White and North Fork rivers are considered by many to be the crown jewels of trout fishing in Arkansas. World-class and premium are just some of the words often used to describe the fisheries. .
West Michigan anglers win fly-tying titles
Chris Soule, Gerry Worden and Jim Reed have more than a little in common. Each loves fly-fishing and tying flies. Each is a member of the Grand River Fly Tyers, a two-year-old chapter of the national Federation of Fly Fishers. Most notable is that all three gained fame as world champion flytiers this summer. They won 39 of 96 medals given out at the first annual FFF International Fly Tyers competition. The event drew 156 competitors from countries such as Finland, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and the Bahamas. "I was hoping I might get something, but I was not anticipating such a wonderful reaction from the judges who are my fly-tying heroes," said Christopher Soule, 36, of Grand Rapids. "Those guys are the best in the field.
Mistakes don't matter at favorite place on Earth
But that big, beefy brown didn't gobble my fly, mostly because I forgot to tie one on my leader. I tied on a fly, bungled the cast and spooked the fish. So it goes. I hiked back to the first meadow of Slough Creek on Tuesday to fish for wild Yellowstone cutthroat trout -- which are as pretty as any tropical fish -- and to visit the most beautiful spot of my favorite place in the world. Slough Creek is gorgeous, but it's really for the trout junkies. Hiking to Slough Creek means slathering on bug spray, wearing that new outdoor clothing that repels mosquitoes, deerflies and other fanged insects and then hiking up a steep trail over a ridge for about an hour. I fear a swarm of deerflies much more than Yellowstone grizzly bears or wolves. Those evil bugs have FANGS, and they'll suck your body dry in less than an hour.
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