Tippets: Northern Exposure, Threats to Arctic Wilderness, Czech Nymphing Tactics

December 16, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • A nice write up on swinging flies for steelhead in British Columbia, from Russell Miller on the Sage Currents blog.
  • “The far north,” writes Sarah Gilman, “still has things that most of us can only imagine — salmon runs thick enough to walk across, rivers of migrating caribou, freezing seas teeming with marine mammals and fish.” Yet the arctic wilderness is threatened on several fronts: climate change and oil and gas exploration. Read more in an informative piece by Gilman on High Country News.
  • A recent article on Gink & Gasoline by Kent Klewein thoroughly explains the rigging, technique, and effective situations of Czech nymphing. Check it out.