Jack Dennis Sports investors haven’t taken kindly to the well-known guide and author’s opening of Jack Dennis Fishing Trips a block away from their store, according to Amy Schenck in the Jackson Hole Daily. “Among other allegations, partners in the…
Robert Merrill, and guide for the Three Rivers Ranch Orvis Fly Shop in Driggs, Idaho, is still missing two days after he and his clients were tossed from their driftboat on the South Fork of the Snake River Wednesday night….
Keys guides yesterday asked the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to postpone voting on revised rules for permit and African pompano, which include allowing divers to spear them in state waters. In a related story, the Commission voted 7-0…
In a major setback for anglers and conservationists, last week the N.C. Supreme Court issued a ruling that virtually negates a state law requiring “undisturbed” buffers for trout streams. “The Court’s decision leaves vulnerable thousands of miles of designated trout…
Fish and Game biologists Larry Barrett and Danielle Schiff along with pilot Perry J. Krinitt died yesterday when the helicopter they were using to count salmon nests on the Selway river crashed in downtown Kamiah, Idaho. “Resident Mick Landmark said…
As something of a follow-up to last week’s mention of fishermen living dangerously, we note Lee Hill Cavanaugh’s piece for McClatchy in which he quotes a USGS biologist on the terrifying damage that can be caused by flying carp. “‘Someone…
In The New York Times, Edward Rothstein writes about the $27 million visitor center that opened on the periphery of Old Faithful last week. Profile with video of feather-producer Tom Whiting: “a chicken farmer of a different feather.” “EARTH…
How to take care of “the trout of the future?” Tom Rosenbauer suggests several tips for how to avoid disfiguring or killing fish that haven’t yet grown durable. First off, he says, if you want to take a picture, use…
“The late English poet Ted Hughes (1930 – 1998) was an avid conservationist and enthusiastic fly fisher. Moreover, he came to love fly fishing for salmon and steelhead in British Columbia after befriending Ehor Boyanowsky, a criminal psychologist and professor…
“Trout Grass” cinematographer Ed George working on “Chasing the Light,” about “artists at that mercurial moment of inspiration.” (Watch “Troutgrass” clip on MidCurrent.) “Bob Hunter, a conservationist who led efforts to remove dams on the Rogue River, has been…
