Tippets: Tactics for Highcountry Trout, Tongass in Transition, Spawning Pike

July 29, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • The allure of highcountry trout is often their naïveté and ease. Yet this can be misleading, explains Curtis Fry of Fly Fish Food, laying out what you need to know before walking the many miles in.
  • In The Tongass National Forest, towns historically tied to the logging industry are having a hard time transitioning to a more sustainable economy of fishing, tourism, and small-scale sawmills. Krista Langlois highlights its complex history and future on High Country News.
  • Victor Kutischev has captured an event few get to see—fantastic underwater footage of pike spawning in weed beds. Check it out via Underwater Ireland.