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2011 Youth Fly Fishing Clinic |
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Fifteen boys and girls attended the 2011 Youth fly fishing clinic on Cold Creek at the Castalia Fish Hatchery on July 8. The weather for the afternoon session was perfect and all the new fly anglers caught their limit of three rainbow trout. The new fly anglers were matched up with CFRTU chaper members who served as gillies, helping them with thier casting skills, tying wooly buggers onto the tippets and helping them net their catches. This is the first time in seven yea (More...) |
STEELHEADING 101 |
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This article is based on a program presented October 12, 2009 at the Clear Fork River chapter of Trout Unlimited. Presenters at that meeting were Skip Nault, Greg Elefterin, George Marzluf, Don Dean and Jeff Miller. This summary was prepared by Randy Rowe and includes his own experiences as well. |
Fly Fishing in Appalachian Virginia |
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At the June 8 meeting of the CFRTU, Canton's Jack Gravo gave a power point presentation highlighting fly fishing trips to Appalachian Virginia. The trips are organized and sponsored by John Rochus. John first started taking fishermen to streams stocked and managed by 'River-bound Extreme Fly Fishing' in Lebanon, VA, in 2006 with 6 fishermen. Now (2009) John organizes three, 2-day trips for 10 fly fishermen each in late February and early March. River-bound manage (More...) |
FLY FISHING WITH ANTS--by Skip Nault |
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Of the terrestrial fly patterns most often found in a fly fishers fly box, grasshoppers beetles and ants are the most likely candidates. I have written about the beetles on this website, here I discuss the ants. Ants are by far and away the most numerous insects on earth. More than 10,000 different species have been named. Yes, there are many more beetle species, over 350,000, but I am referring to the number of individual insects. A 'megacolony' of the Argentin (More...) |
FLYFISHING FOR SALMON, STEELHEAD AND DOLLY VARDEN TROUT, KARLUK RIVER, KODIAK, ALASKA |
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Harry Hoitink and Roy Ferguson (More...) |
Steelhead Biology in Lake Erie |
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June 9, 2008 Clear Fork Chapter, Trout Unlimited Kevin Kayle – Fish Biologist, ODNR (More...) |
Youth Fly Fishing Clinic |
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Friday, June 12, the Clear Fork Chapter partnered with the Division of Wildlife, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, to hold the fifth annual Youth Fly Fishing Clinic at the Fish Hatchery at Castalia. Thirteen boy and girls in the morning session and 10 in the afternoon session chosen by the ODNR by lottery, enjoyed a hours full of learning and fun. (More...) |
STEELHEAD FISHING ON OREGON’S GRANDE RONDE RIVER |
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Randy Rowe and Skip Nault In late 2006, we traveled to Northeast Oregon to fish the Grande Ronde River for steelhead. The GR is a famous western steelhead river that flows into the Snake River at the northern end of Hell’s Canyon, which is the deepest gorge in North America. Hell’s Canyon forms the northern border between Oregon and Idaho. The northeast corner of Oregon is a very rugged featuring the high Wallowa Mountains and several rivers that flow t (More...) |
STOCKING TROUT IN APPLE CREEK: November 7, 2009 Update |
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By Skip Nault In August of 2005 I wrote a short history of stocking trout in Apple Creek and its promise for the future for the Clear Fork Journal. At the time I prepared the report, Apple Creek had been stocked once in March of 2005 with 850 rainbow trout. The stream was also stocked in the fall with rainbows. Since then, Apple Creek has been stocked in the fall and spring of 2006, 2007 and 2008, and 2009. While fish stocked in the spring of 2005 were of ne (More...) |
Managing trout in midwestern streams with special reference to Apple Creek |
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The following is a summary of a presentation given at the
November 14 meeting of the Clear Fork Chapter by Lance
Williams, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, The
Ohio State University. The summary was prepared by Skip Nault
who takes blame for any errors, ommisions and
misinterpretations.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS that affect fish populations, including trout, in fresh water streams. Among physical factors, temperature is most important for trout. Rivers (More...) |
Apple Creek Stocking A Success |
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More than three dozen TU members met at Apple Creek at
Grosjean Park in Wooster Saturday, April 4, to stock 500 rainbow
and brown trout. The trout were spread over a one mile stretch
of the park. We expect the trout to hold over this summer and
provide good fishing from now till the fall 2009 stocking.
We posted several CATCH AND PROPER RELEASE signs in the Park to remind fishermen that this is intended to be a sustainable sports fishery. If you see other fishermen harvesti (More...) |
Youth Clinic Big Success; We will Be Back For More |
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They learned to leave no stone unturned - when looking for tasty trout tidbits - and they learned to tie what they find swimming and crawling and fluttering around the stream. They learned a knot or two and they learned to cast. And they discovered that all that learning can have big rewards. They were the 15 kids ages 11 to 15 who were selected by lottery to inaugurate the Youth Fly Fishing Clinic sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and staffed (More...) |
FLY FISHING WITH BEETLES--by Skip Nault |
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Most fly fishermen know something about the appearance, biology and behavior of the mayflies, caddis flies, stone flies and other aquatic insects that make up a large part of a trout's diet. Studies conducted on the feeding habits of trout, primarily done by examining the stomach contents of harvested fish, confirm that in the spring and fall of the year, all stages of aquatic insects make up the bulk of food items eaten. However, during summer months, terrestrial insects, lan (More...) |