Tippets: Lighten Your Load, Salmon & Sea Lions

July 20, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • The backpacking season is starting in earnest, and for anglers, packs can be heavy with extra gear. A recent article by Brendan Leonard points to 10 tongue-in-cheek ways to lighten your pack. Via Semi-Rad.
  • Recovering salmon populations on the Columbia River are being hampered by an overabundance of sea lions. “By concentrating and disorienting salmon, Bonneville Dam has created prime conditions for a canned hunt,” writes Ben Goldfarb. “The sea lions are simply behaving like human fishermen at a stocked trout pond.” Via High Country News.