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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. .
New Insect Website Has Fly Fishermen Abuzz
Fly fishers and science buffs get a detailed peek into the world of aquatic insects on the website www.troutnut.com, which was re-launched in late August. Its close-up photographs have sparked a new way of looking at rivers and the sport of fly fishing. Ithaca, NY (PRWEB) August 30, 2006 -- Internet blogs and message boards are abuzz this week with talk of flies -- fishing flies, and the insects they imitate. A new illustrated encyclopedia of mayflies and their aquatic kin is drawing crowds to www.troutnut.com, which site developer Jason Neuswanger re-launched in late August. Thousands of colorful close-up photographs of trout stream insects are stirring excitement both within and outside the fly fishing community.
Books have covered the site's subject before, but Neuswanger says Troutnut.com is different.
The art of rod fishing
Several times a year while fishing on the Delta, I've ran across people still using bamboo fishing poles. I've often wondered how they managed to fish with such out-dated equipment with any success. While observing them for a while it was clear that they were completely comfortable with their equipment and had mastered their technique. Most of the people I saw would have a metal roller on the tip of the pole for the line to travel across and a tin can used to spool their line wound on the outside. Their poles were 10 or more feet in length and instead of casting they would extend the pole as far out as they could and drop their bait strait down without disturbing the water. Delta legend and bass fishing hall of fame member Dee Thomas invented a technique called flipping that uses a similar technique.
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