Tippets: Guide Communication, Shorebird Population Control, Surprise Snook

December 2, 2014 By: Erin Block

  • Fresh from the saltwater flats of Belize, Phil Monahan shares a short instructional film from Tom Rosenbauer on tips for effectively communicating with fly fishing guides when out on the water.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to kill some 60,000 shorebirds near East Sand Island at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. The birds, including Caspian terns and double-breasted cormorants, are eating too many salmon and steelhead smolts, say scientists. This conservation strategy of ‘lethal control’ (killing one species to save another), is drawing fierce criticism, some of it focused on the hydroelectric dams on the river that have altered fish migration. Via National Geographic.
  • Chris Hunt writes about his “Ahab moment” and the surprise of redemption in a recent piece in Hatch Magazine.