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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
