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Archive for October 10th, 2007

Get the Gear, its Esox time!

Original Post:
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/?p=145
Fall and esox fishing equals heart pumping action.  Esox is the latin prefix that comes in front of longer fancier terms that refer to Northern Pike and its bigger cousin, the Muskellunge.  These two toothy critters are at the top of their food chain wherever they are found in the lakes in North America, and fall […]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Hatchery Steelhead Far Less Productive Spawners Than Wild Steelhead

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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutUndergroundFlyFishBlog/~3/167434119/
Here’s a shocker; hatcheries might keep the numbers of fish up, but they do little to recover endangered species.
In fact, steelhead grown in hatcheries quickly lose their ability to spawn in the wild, and this despite the $90 million spent annually on hatcheries in the Puget Sound and Columbia basin alone.
Another chilling statistic? 95% […]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

FLW Walleye Notes

Original Post:
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/?p=144
I took some notes while watching the FLW tournament aired yesterday on FSN.  Since this was Lake Michigan and the Bays de Noc,  there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the show.  This body of water is vary similiar to the types of fishing that we do on Erie,  so you […]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Rod Building - Part 15.1: Who’s whistling?

Original Post:
http://opax-flyfishing.blogspot.com/2007/10/rod-building-part-151-whos-whistling.html
So far I have done all the steps required to build a fly rod. But there is a but. I have been casting with the rod and there are a few things I’m not happy with:

The stripping guides are making a sound like whistling with sand in your mouth.
Guides in the tip section are […]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007