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More than just catching fish
By DAVE BUCHANAN The Daily Sentinel When Carol teaches, people listen. That’s important, but it’s only a part of the reason why Grand Junction resident Carol Oglesby recently was honored with the Federation of Fly Fisher’s "Woman of the Year" award at the Federation’s annual conclave in Bozeman, Mont. The award is one of the "Big Three" given out each year by the FFF, along with the Man of the Year and the Buzz Buszek Award, given to someone in the fly-tying end of the sport. Among the past recipients of Woman of the Year honored are such illustrious fly fishers as Joan Wulff, Joan Whitlock, Maggie Merriman and Rhea Topping. The criteria in part require "outstanding contributions" that benefit the Federation on a national or international level.
‘Goodby, God, I'm going to Bodie,' or ‘Good by God, I'm going ...
BODIE - About the same time each year for the past 14, a group of Hi-Desert athletes, this writer and his friend of almost 30 years, Dean Gill, an employee of the Eastern Municipal Water District set sail for the eastern High Sierra north of Bishop.We stay in a three-story town house in Mammoth Lakes, then travel to lakes and streams from the Virginia Lakes Loop on the north (occasionally Upper Twin Lake near Bridgeport) to Rock Creek and Rock Creek Lake on the south.It's a 10-day adventure that has seen a number of the young men who annually make the trip become outstanding fly fishermen - to the point where the movie “A River Runs Through It" is totally enjoyable.A Page From HistoryDuring the adventure we've dubbed the “Corps of Discovery," we take one day of the 10 to spend in the ghost town of Bodie.We discover annually that it wasn't trout fishing that resulted in the growth of this awesome area, but gold and silver discoveries that made many millionaires, while leaving so many with empty pockets.
Fishery News
ROSSLYNLEE TROUT FISHERY, near Penicuik (01968 679606): Bannockburn Angling Club's 13 anglers took 27 fish with a total weight of 100lb 6oz, giving an average weight per fish of 3lb 11oz. The heaviest bag of the day went to B. Dawson who had four fish for 16lb 13oz including one at 6lb 2oz. Runner up was J. McKee with four for 15lb 15oz with his heaviest at 5lb 2oz. S. Allen had one fish at 5lb 12oz. The water is now cooler and the fish well spread out, now taking dry flies again such as Daddies, CDC's and Hoppers, although Buzzers and lures are also taking a great number of fish. BUTTERSTONE LOCH (01350 724238): Conditions have changed dramatically with water temperatures plummeting from the 20s down to 16oC. Water clarity is nominal at around 1-1.5m depending on the day and the wind conditions stirring up the bottom.
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