Tippets: Reading Water, Fish Farm Escapees, Matching Rod to Fly

March 3, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • Reading water can sometimes be difficult. In a short instructional video, Tom Rosenbauer breaks down where trout tend to hold in streams, and gives pointers for recognizing patterns on the water.
  • New research published in the journal Marine Policy points to inadequate technology as well as overworked employees as the cause of failures in netting and containment, resulting in salmon escaping from fish farms. Read more via Conservation Magazine.
  • On a recent trip to the Sage factory in Bainbridge, WA, Kirk Deeter was met with a paradigm shift when it comes to choosing fly rod length and weight: matching the rod to fly for best performance. “Granted, we can’t all afford different rods for different flies, and there’s definitely something to be said for versatility. But I spend too much time thinking about the fish, and too little thinking about the fly,” Deeter writes on Field & Stream.