Category Archives: Science
"Attention Is the Holy Grail"
Ever try to pinpoint what it is that draws you back to moving water and the single-minded focus required to catch rising trout or tailing bonefish? In this morning’s New York Times, Matt Richtel writes about the effects of heavy … more
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Insects in "God's Living Room"
For anyone interested in biological diversity or intrigued by pretty bugs, “Sunday Morning”‘s segment on the art of Christopher Marley was a visual feast. Marley, a former fashion model who became a “bug artist,” assembles colorful and interesting insects (mostly …
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Blimp Designed to Swim Like Rainbow Trout
Filled with helium and constructed of hi-tech polymers, the Airfish moves with artificial muscles stimulated via electrodes. “‘We needed to mimic a fish that’s a versatile swimmer, not one that’s a specialist in fast acceleration or high maneuverability,’ says [Swiss … more
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Wisconsin Mayfly Hatch Caught on Radar
On May 29 at around 9:13 PM NOAA’s radar registered a billion or two tiny dots over and around La Crosse, Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River. The sensitive scanner (no doubt operated by a fly fishing fanatic) shows in glorious … more
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Tippets: Val Kilmer, Yucatan Kayak Fishing, Louisiana Guides, Eating Arctic Char
Val Kilmer’s $33 million Pecos River Ranch still unsold. Kayak fly fishing in Mexico’s Espiritu Santo Bay: “an empty wood cabin and a well used outhouse.” Louisiana guides: media killing business, not oil slick. Landlocked Arctic char taking role that … more
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After the Freeze: Mixed Picture for Florida's Bonefish and Tarpon
Pete McDonald just completed a detailed interview with Dr. Aaron Adams, head of operations for BTT (Bonefish and Tarpon Trust), in which Adams brings us up to date on impacts of Florida’s “nuclear winter” on bonefish, tarpon and permit populations. … more
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Falling Fly Populations Make British Trout Less Discerning
Image by BingoBangoGringo via Flickr “Prof Norman Maclean, of Southampton university’s School of Biological Sciences, said: ‘The days of detailed imitation flies being used are largely over, at least in the southern chalk streams. The fly hatches have been so … more
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New Books: "Predicting the Bite"
In the West Virginia Gazette, John McCoy reviews Ron Reinhold’s new Predicting the Bite: How to Predict When Fish Will Be Biting (Pressure Publishing, January 2010, 358 pages), calling it somewhat repetitive but rich with information. “After seven chapters, I … more
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Transgenic Trout: Coming to a Restaurant Near You
University of Rhode Island aquaculture expert Terry Bradley has figured out how to block myostatin production in rainbow trout, producing what Popular Science writer Jerry Hsu describes as “six-pack abs and burly shoulders.” “If the transgenic trout meet FDA approval, … more
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NYT and Gawker: Noxious Invaders and Felt Soles
“For fly fishers who pride themselves on a conservationist ethic, it hurts to discover that they may be trampling on that ethic every time they wade into a trout stream.” Felicity Barringer covers the current thinking on the role of … more →