Tippets: Book to TV, Salmon Pool Closures, Accident in Russian Arctic, Bass Structure

July 26, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • Authors of Classic Michigan Flies, Jon Osborn and Joe Van Faasen recently appeared on an episode of “Michigan Out of Doors” called “Trout Camp Weekend.” Lee Lamberts features their story in the Holland Sentinel.
  • Twenty-two salmon fishing pools in New Brunswick have had closed orders placed upon them by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, due to high temperatures and low water levels. “In the long run, it’s going to be a positive influence,” says outfitter Keith Wilson. “Conservation takes priority over everybody else’s interests.”
  • Two British fly fishers have been killed in a helicopter accident on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, while on a trip for Atlantic salmon.
  • When looking for a good bass lake, don’t take in numbers alone, writes Dave Wolak on Lateral Line, outlining four details that make a productive bass fishery.