Tippets: Over-Educated, Impact of Human Noise, Wading Pants

October 18, 2014 By: Erin Block

  • Successful fishing isn’t just luck, and Phil Monahan shares an article by the late William G. Tapply on tactics for fooling “PhD” trout via Orvis.
  • The implementation of a no-wake rule on a Minnesota lake and the good fishing thereafter caused Greg Laden to think about the impact human and motorized boat noise has on fish populations and behavior. Read more on ScienceBlogs.
  • For fishing small streams or coldwater streams in hot weather, check out the new wading pant from Patagonia. They look and fit “like a flashy pair of khakis,” writes Steve Graepel in his review of the Gunnison Gorge Wading Pant. Via Gear Junkie.