Tippets: Tying Tips, Hydropower Boom, Stripping Streamers

December 1, 2014 By: Erin Block

  • David Goodrich of Tumbleweed Fly & Tackle Company presents some tricks for working with peacock herl, in an instructional video for tying the “San Juan Devil.”
  • While the United States and Europe are transitioning away from hydropower dams, developing countries are experiencing a dam-building boom. A new tool called the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol provides a framework for construction and evaluating its impact on the environment. Via The New York Times.
  • To imitate swimming prey with streamers, vary your stripping speed, advises Ben Kryzinski. Small, “mini-strips,” in particular can be very effective. Via Hatch Magazine.