By some benevolent act of nature, aquatic insects have evolved the perfect behavior for trout and fly fishers – insect drift. Editor’s Note: The logical connection between trout feeding and fly fishing comes to us from our favorite entomologist, author, and FCO member, Rick Hafele. He takes us under the surface to understand how aquatic…
Category: Conservation Corner
Conservation Corner – Foundation Awards Grants
Three Organizations Will Receive Supplemental Grants Your Foundation Board receives many worthy grant applications early each year. They carefully review each application and score them in order to decide which organization will be the recipient of the Keith Hansen Memorial Paddle Raise at our annual auction. As 2018 waned, the Foundation Board members carefully considered…
Conservation Corner – December 2018
The Spirit of Giving (for Fish) This exceptionally warm, exceptionally dry year is coming to a close. Reflecting back, we saw dismal steelhead returns, low flows in our rivers, and stagnation in climate change policy. Last month’s Conservation Corner offered some bright spots where fish and river focused non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) have made real progress…
Conservation Corner – News from NW NGOs
Fish conservation news has been pretty dismal of late with very low returns of salmon and steelhead throughout the west. Our northwest-based NGOs are out there advocating for wild fish, working to improve and protect habitat, building on available science, and strengthening alliances to leverage more influence in support of fish. Here are a few…
Alaska Salmon Fishing
Editor’s Note This piece comes by way of FCO Board Member, Christian Werner. He and Steve Willhite recently fished for Coho in southeast Alaska. Instead of sending a story of the great bright Coho they enticed to the fly, Christian informs us of very worrisome declines in legendary salmon runs in our northernmost state. Follow…
Conservation Corner – Lostine
Finding Salmon on the Lostine Last month my friend Patrick and I ventured east with our little teardrop trailer to explore camping opportunities in the Wallowa Mountains. We found a sweet little campground with just 4 sites along the Lostine River about 13 miles outside of the little hamlet of Lostine. Unfortunately, the saloon in…
Observations While Drifting from Mack’s Canyon to Heritage Landing – Summer 2018
Editor’s Note: Our Conservation Chair and Deschutes Wizard, David Moskowitz, floated down the Deschutes from Mack’s to the mouth to survey the damage by recent fires. He posted multiple photos along with detailed descriptions of the carnage caused by the infernos on his blog – https://moskosalmo.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/report-from-the-lower-deschutes/. With Dave’s permission, I’ve chosen some of his conservation-minded suggestions…
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Conservation Corner: Columbia River Fish Runs
Editor’s Note: Our Conservation Chair, Dave Moskowitz, provides us with the latest data on salmon and steelhead runs on the Columbia. Please take the time to read his notes that include caveats related to the numbers and policy (or lack thereof). Thanks Dave for sharing this vital, albeit depressing, information for the conservation-minded fly fisher.…
