Tippets: Having Fun, Outdated Dam, Anatomy of Fly Design

September 5, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • A great reminder from Delta Trout Force: remember to have fun. As crowded summer waters can get competitive, remember why we’re all out there in the first place.
  • The Buckley Diversion Dam on the White River east of Tacoma, Washington, is preventing thousands of salmon from completing their spawning run in the Mt. Rainier watershed. “Local tribes say the federal government is failing in its responsibility to transport the fish around the dams on this river,” reports Ashley Ahearn on Northwest Public Radio.
  • Is there really anything new in fly design? Curtis Fry breaks down the process of creating a pattern on Fly Fish Food.