Tippets: Tying Tenkara Flies, Colorado Think Tank, Facts on Bluegill

February 6, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • A recent video series from Tenkara USA will help anglers tie specific tenkara flies. Begin with this episode hosted by Malcom Daly.
  • The newly established Colorado River Research Group is made up of ten of the most knowledgeable experts on the science, law, and water policies of the Colorado River Basin, and is described as a “think tank” for the future of the river. Chair of the CRRG, Doug Kenney of the University of Colorado, recently sat down for an interview with Brian Richter on National Geographic.
  • While often thought of as easy “first fish,” bluegill can be “as wary and hard to catch as any trout.” Read more about this widespread species in a recent article by Phil Monahan via Orvis.