Tippets: Catching More Trout, The Fossil Fish

January 5, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • If your success on the water has plateaued, don’t miss these key tips for catching more trout. “It is not enough in fly-fishing to simply get comfortable with your clinch knot and roll cast and expect the numbers of fish you’re catching to increase dramatically,” writes Kyle Wilkenson via Gink & Gasoline.
  • A recent video celebrates the 1938 discovery of the coelecanth, a prehistoric “living fossil.” Two species of coelecanth have been identified: one off the coast of South Africa, another off the coast of Indonesia. Both are considered threatened.  Learn more via The New York Times.