Tippets: Whip Finishing, Soul River, Native Florida Bass

June 21, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • In a recent instructional video Lefty Kreh and Bob Clouser demonstrate how to tie off a whip finish, both using a tool as well as with just your fingers. Via Franken Fly.
  • Navy veteran Chad Brown founded lifestyle brand Soul River and branch off non-profit Soul River Runs Wild, which helps at-risk kids connect with the outdoors. Patrick Symmes writes a detailed profile of Brown and his work, via Outside Magazine.
  • Biologists in peninsular Florida are working to protect native Florida bass from hybridizing with non-native largemouth bass. The bass genetics project has also expanded to include research on Suwannee bass, shoal bass, and the newly classified Choctaw bass. Via The Fishing Wire.