Monthly Archives: March 2010

Fish management policy – what Mama didn’t tell you

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Digging Deeper  — A Primer on Fish Management Policy Making We crazies who love fish and fishing are really good at fighting among ourselves over hatchery fish or allowable fishing gear.  Sometimes, we get quite engaged picking at each other … Continue reading →

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Ten Commandments for Novice Spey Fishers

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Ten Commandments for the Novice Spey Fisher … One.  Do not, under any circumstances, let anyone see you make that little “drop-the-rod-on-your-shoulder, wrap-the-line-around-you” Double Spey cast that Ed Ward features in Skagit Master.  No one else casts like this.  Except … Continue reading →

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While Everyone Else was Fishing …..

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

While everyone else went fishing . . . . . Someone smoked in a No-Smoking room. A mother worried about her teenage son’s embarrassment over his weight. A young man quarreled with his girlfriend, in the parking lot behind the … Continue reading →

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More on being “Anti-Hatchery”

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

More thoughts on being “Anti-Hatchery” Consider a person who points out problems with historical and current hatchery management practices.  Should this person be categorized, strictly, as being anti-hatchery?  No. Consider a person who accepts hatchery salmon and steelhead as a … Continue reading →

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Tube Intruder and MOAL Leech…

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

Look out Steelhead…. Too much musing about conservation issues lately.  Must fish.  Rods to mess with.  Lines.  Tube flies.  Tube Intruders.  Killer Tube Leeches in mini-sizes. Here ya go.  No frills, no hype.  Just a messy fly bench and two … Continue reading →

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On being “Anti-Hatchery”

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

On being “Anti-hatchery” Interesting concept, that of being “anti hatchery.” I recently wondered how one could earn the reputation of being an anti-hatchery person?  Being labeled pro-hatchery is often the equivalent of being anti-wild fish.  Being labeled pro-wild fish is … Continue reading →

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A letter to my Father: March 7, 2010

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

A Letter to my Father, March 7th, 2010 It was about 6:15 AM.   I was perched at a window seat at one of a zillion Starbucks in San Francisco; this one at the corner of Bush and Sutter streets.  My … Continue reading →

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Wild Salmon – Hatchery Salmon….

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

Thoughts on the Artificial Propagation of Pacific Salmon People have been culturing Pacific salmon in the Northwest corner of the lower 48 (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho) for over a century now.  By Pacific salmon i refer generally to native salmon, … Continue reading →

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Winter Steelhead – Salmon Fisher’s Journal, 27 February, 2020

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

Journal Entry:  27 February 2010 My mom died last October.  I was fishing on her birthday, February 27th.  Funny thing happened last week..  I had some good news and I had the thought, “I’m going to give mom a call … Continue reading →

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