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Fly-fishing club forming in Osceola
A new fly-fishing club is being formed in the Kissimmee/St. Cloud area. The club will have tournaments on local lakes targeting bass and bluegills. For more information, contact Dave Barson at 407-973-7895.
Islamorada event planned
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Fly fishing rods are now available in raspberry
Standing on a rock outcropping that juts into Officer's Gulch Lake, Char Bloom resembled an orchestra conductor the moment before a concert. Instead of lifting a wand, though, she waved a fly fishing rod. With an audience of women surrounding her, Bloom brought her rod back and then gracefully rocked it forward, throwing her line into the lake with just the perfect amount of arc. The fly gently landed on the tranquil lake, creating only the tiniest ripple. "Make sure the fly hits the water first and not the rest of your line," Bloom said. "Otherwise, you'll scare the fish away." Too late: The 17 female anglers watching Bloom were wearing jingling beads around their waists and they were decked out from head to toe in bright colors such as turquoise and hot pink. Their rods? Raspberry colored.
Mother Nature joins fight to control Rapid bass
For the past several years the number of bass in the Rapid River has been growing, troubling anglers who seek this world-class trout and salmon fishery near Farmington. Efforts this spring to disrupt the fish from spawning using a first-time study failed, said state fisheries biologist Forrest Bonney. But Mother Nature created an experiment all her own that may provide data that would help biologists get a handle on how to control these predatory pests. "One of the things about bass they don't react well in (high) water levels before spawning and during spawning and after spawning," said Jeff Reardon, Trout Unlimited New England director. "I don't think anything in this year's result discouraged us. It confirmed what we already know: Bass are really sensitive.
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