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Bent Rods and Tight Lines
My girlfriend and favorite fishing partner, Erin Brasfield, has made numerous appearances in Bent Rods and Tight Lines. After two years of dating, including almost an entire year of living together, I decided it was time to stoop down on bended knee and propose marriage. .
Could brown trout dominate the Big Wood?
Permanently connecting the Big Wood River to Magic Reservoir south of Bellevue could result in an influx of brown trout and a dramatic alteration of the prized rainbow trout fishery, according to Bill Mason, owner of Bill Mason Outfitters in Sun Valley. "I'm the last guy to stop any stream restoration projects, but this could change the whole complexity of the fishery. Browns could take it over," Mason said. "We might want to be a little more careful about what we wish for." Mason is referring to an ongoing effort to restore flows to a seasonally dry 12-mile stretch of the Big Wood River south of Bellevue. Known as the Wood River Legacy Project and spearheaded by Rich McIntyre, of Hailey, the seemingly improbable undertaking is gaining support in Blaine County and down-basin communities, and could eventually serve as a pilot project to change Idaho's water laws, which are considered by some to be archaic.
Web site gives peek at aquatic insects
Fly fishermen who chase freshwater trout throughout North America now have the ability to get a new detailed peek into the world of aquatic insects which form the forage base for the likes of rainbows, brookies and browns. The web site www.troutnut.com was re-launched in late August and it offers a detailed encyclopedia of mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies. Site developer Jason Neuswanger has gathered thousands of color closeup photographs of trout stream insects. Neuswanger says the web site offers much more than can be found in the hundreds of books on the subject. "The best books were written before I was born," said Neuswanger, a Cornell graduate, "and since that time technology has lifted some big limitations." Neuswanger covers the behavior of the stream side insects, which vary as much as their appearances.
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